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Jeremiah Wright and Jeremiah of Old: Politically Correct or Prophetic Patriots?

November 26th, 201207:54 PM ET

By Paul Louis Metzger

This piece was originally published at Patheos on November 26, 2012. I was struck by a certain criticism of my "I Can't Wait for Christian America to Die" blog post. The person specified that this is the same kind of speech hailing from churches affiliated with individuals like Jeremiah Wright, and which white liberals assent to in order to f...
Color Blind

July 23rd, 201212:26 PM ET

By Paul Louis Metzger

We’re often blind to color—that is, blind to how color shapes us. Some good white people like me will say they are color blind—they don’t see people’s color. While I appreciate their desire to move beyond prejudice, and while they themselves may not be prejudiced, I find their statements problematic from two angles. First, the statement ...
Passive Racism

May 30th, 201204:14 PM ET

By Paul Louis Metzger

I am a passive racist, or perhaps better, a passive racialist. When one speaks of being a racist, one often has in mind matters of intentionality. I am not intentionally attacking people of diverse ethnicities. I am not targeting or profiling them in any active sense. I have friendships with many people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. I want to cult...

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Dr. Paul Louis Metzger is the Founder and Director of The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins and Professor at Multnomah Biblical Seminary at Multnomah University.

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