Wednesday, April 16, 2008


Together for the Gospel

Day One

Thabiti Anyabwile

Last night we were privileged to hear from Thabiti Anyabwile from the Grand Cayman Island (tough gig) He spoke on race from a Biblical perspective and it was pretty sobering and thought provoking. His main point was that race, like unicorns, doesn't exist.

Thabiti Anyabwile had four main points (1st base, 2nd base, 3rd base and home):

1st Base: Our unity in Adam

  • Our solidarity is not just in out sin but in our common heritage and parents. We all stem from the first parents, Adam and Eve, and we are all made in the image of God, whether we are Christians or not.
2nd Base: Our unity in Christ


  • John 17:20-26
  • Our common heritage in Christ is a deeper source of unity. We shouldn't look at people based on skin color and say that person is like me, but when we see Christians we should see a descendant of Adam, like me. A sinner in need of grace, like me. A redeemed brother or sister, bought with the blood of Christ, like me.
  • Christ's blood creates a greater unity, a deeper identity than our ethnicity.

3rd Base: Our unity in the church
  • The penultimate display of unity in Christ before glory, the glorious assemblage of all of the redeemed elect, from every tribe and nation.
Home Plate: Our unity in heaven
  • Revelation 5:9-10
  • That is how we are going to end up, that is where we are headed, so why not live that way now?

One of the best talks I have ever heard on race, in any context. Hands down. Sober, provoking, challenging, Bible saturated.

"It isn't that we can't see the solution, it is that we can't see the problem."

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