The biblical solution to racial tensions
THE BIBLICAL SOLUTION TO RACIAL TENSIONS POSTED: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 | ABRAHAM HAMILTON III | POP CULTURE - Urban Family Talk AddThis Sharing Buttons Recently, a pastor I hold in high esteem said to me, “I haven’t seen it this bad since the tension of the 1960s…but police officers weren’t being killed then.” He made that statement due to the national tension we’re experiencing after the deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castille in Minnesota, and the murdered police officers in Baton Rouge, LA and Dallas, TX. Like many, the palpability of the societal strain has wracked my heart. Yet, as it is in all matters, God has provided the guidance we need in His holy word. Proverbs 28:5 says, “Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.” This brings things like the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement into clear focus when we fully grasp the reality t...