Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking the Gospel - and the Way to Stop It
Owen Strachanamazon.com
Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking the Gospel - and the Way to Stop It
you are not less human if you have less ability and functioning in various categories.
“No one really has red, or yellow, or black skin. We all have the same basic color, just different shades of it. We all share the same pigments—our bodies just have different combinations of them.”
But most importantly, because our present institutions derive their delegated authority from God, these institutions (individualism, family, church, and state) must first be deconstructed and stripped of their authority in order to fully eliminate God from society. In fact, for Marx, deliverance from the evils of capitalism cannot occur until all t
... See moreIt is perennially tempting to come to one-factor conclusions about different social realities, but it is often best to step back, coolly think about what is before us, and not predetermine our analysis.
We cannot assume that because woke leaders and activists use biblical language, and even cite biblical teachings, that the case they make is a sound one.
Wokeness is a different system entirely than Christianity. It is, in fact, “a different gospel.”
we must practice cultural deconstruction, analyzing and critiquing an unbiblical system, in order to do Gospel reconstruction, such that we think all our thoughts according to biblical teaching and the contours of sound doctrinal reasoning, not worldly arguments or worldviews.
It is the speech of God that begets the man and the woman, not a cosmic accident.
We cannot automatically equate our culture’s pursuit of justice with biblical justice.