One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love

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Peter, “I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him” (Acts 10:34–35).

John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love

“Would you forgive me?”

John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love

at Charles Roberts’s funeral, Amish mourners outnumbered the non-Amish.

John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love

“When I saw you from afar, I thought you were a monster. When you got closer, I thought you were just an animal. When you got even closer, I saw that you were a human, but when we were face to face I realized that you were my brother.”

John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love

HUGE!!!

we have got to be willing to suffer.

John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love

Forgiveness is the linchpin of reconciliation.

John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love

Emphasize This point as the most crucial point. Again, the greatest thing the church can do is for you and I to work and serve and seek reconciliation through each of our individual relationships. The church can plan and strategize...and trust me...we have and we will continue…but the most important act is that of repentance…to forgive and to seek forgiveness.In most occasions we want to rush through forgiveness! We cannot afford to do so! The American thing is to "fix" it. Not helpful!

Forgiveness makes you feel lighter. It warms the soul. It just feels right. It’s a part of our Christian DNA to forgive.