Get John Piper’s latest book “Bloodlines: Race, Cross and the Christian” for free online. Here is the summary:
Racism, hatred, and claims to ethnic superiority have been tragic elements of the human condition since the Fall. In every manifestation, the root of racial sin is an unbelieving heart resistant to the grace and mercy of God. The gospel of Jesus Christ, therefore, is the only hope for any meaningful racial solutions.
John Piper brings the light of the gospel to bear on racial issues in this groundbreaking book. Bloodlines begins with Piper’s confession of his own sins and experience with racial tensions, along with how God has been transforming him and his church. He enables readers to grasp the reality and extent of racism, and then he demonstrates from Scripture how the light of the gospel penetrates the darkness of this destructive sin.
The book concludes with sections on what Jesus’s atoning death means for racial issues, interracial marriage, and prejudice. With great sensitivity and compassion, along with a careful reading of the Scriptures, Piper helps readers navigate the painful landscape of racial sin, showing that in the gospel we all have a common bloodline and that through the blood of Jesus, race and ethnicity become secondary for a common people of God.
Download it for FREE here: http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/online-books/bloodlines
Yolanda Erwee says
Hi there,
Can you quote some scriptures from the Word (Bible) that talk about bloodline memories.
Things that happened in your fore fathers past that you will occur in your life.
Stuff that your bloodline will keep in memory, good or bad.
Thanks
Yolanda
Jeffrey J. Stables says
There is not a single reference to genetic (bloodline, ancestral) memory in the Bible, and the concept itself is wholly unsupported by modern science.
The book referenced in this post is about Christianity and race.