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    We Can Do Better: Healing the Racial Divide (Part 1)
    We Can Do Better: Healing the Racial Divide (Part 1)
    We Can Do Better: Healing the Racial Divide (Part 1)
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    We Can Do Better: Healing the Racial Divide (Part 1)

    By Tony Evans

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    “That they may be one even as we are one” - Jesus the Messiah

    In a response to today’s racially charged climate, Dr. Tony Evans speaks from a spiritual perspective and discusses the need for racial healing in our nation and in our churches.  He proposes that at the core of racial disunity lies the failure to understand and execute righteousness and justice from God’s perspective. In this timely digital ebook, which concludes with a personal challenge to all believers, Dr. Evans calls readers to be intentional about embracing God’s desire for oneness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoody Publishers
    Release dateSep 1, 2013
    ISBN9780802490636
    We Can Do Better: Healing the Racial Divide (Part 1)
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    Tony Evans

    Dr. Tony Evans is founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative, and author of The Power of God’s Names, Victory in Spiritual Warfare, and many other books. Dr. Evans is the first African American to earn a doctorate of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, as well as the first African American to author both a study Bible and full Bible commentary. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on more than 2,000 US outlets daily and in more than 130 countries. Learn more at TonyEvans.org.

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      We Can Do Better - Tony Evans

      © 2013 by

      Anthony T. Evans

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

      Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      Edited by Karen L. Waddles

      Interior and Cover design: Erik M. Peterson

      All websites and phone numbers listed herein are accurate at the time of publication but may change in the future or cease to exist. The listing of website references and resources does not imply publisher endorsement of the site’s entire contents. Groups and organizations are listed for informational purposes, and listing does not imply publisher endorsement of their activities.

      ISBN 978-0-8024-1181-5

      We hope you enjoy this book from Moody Publishers. Our goal is to provide high-quality, thought-provoking books and products that connect truth to your real needs and challenges. For more information on other books and products written and produced from a biblical perspective, go to www.moodypublishers.com or write to:

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      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Two Sides in Every Story

      A Biblical Perspective

      Wrapping the Christian Faith in the American Flag

      Wrapping the Christian Flag in Black Culture

      Righteousness AND Justice

      The Contradiction of Liberty

      The Breaking of the Bell

      A Battle for Freedom

      Lost in the Quagmire

      Appendix 1: Personal Challenge to White and Black Christians

      Appendix 2: The Urban Alternative

      Notes

      INTRODUCTION

      The racial problem is the unresolved dilemma of America. It is the asterisk on the otherwise respectable reputation of American exceptionalism. Whether manifesting itself overtly in conflicts between differing racial and cultural groups, or simply lurking below the surface as a suspicion camouflaging the true depth of the problem, it continues to be the one dominant area of our failure as a nation.

      Racial problems have continued since America’s inception because their root has not been addressed by the people who are most qualified to address it: followers of Jesus Christ. When we only bring people together in a limited way, without full acceptance of who they have been created to be, how can we expect much

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