Smack & The BeanTalk

In all humility and love it’s time to talk that talk! Let ya boy keep it a bean and talk smack for the good of people in general, but more specifically for the Lord and His Bride; the Church. If you are reading this and say, “uh oh, did he say church? This ain’t for me”. STOP, don’t leave, this is for you too.     Why Black People Leave the Christian Faith & the Church Distortion of the Image of God In America the Church, especially certain denominations, have not just tolerated racism but promoted it’s existence. Jesus is presented in art within the church as a weak white man (not implying there’s weakness in European peoples) who doesn’t care about the plight of black people in this country. Not only that, with such an emphasis on the Reformation and Enlightenment periods black people are made to think that this faith that was once for all delivered to the saints has its roots in European culture. If it did start there, then a European origin wouldn’t make it less true,...

  Nothing has been more refreshing and frustrating to my faith than recognizing that the problem of racism isn't just a problem in the world, but that it is alive and well within the church. Well there is one thing that is more frustrating; the black racist who hates his own people. Many of my friends have sent videos of Candace Owens and Officer Tatum my way, and in the video they not only regurgitate talking points of Fox News, but they speak slanderously about the black community. I would love to address that and I will later, but this piece here will deal with the consistent dodging that I have seen in my white brothers and sisters in the church. If I was an enemy of God and His people I would hide evil in theological language and ensure it was seen as "good". I would then enshrine it in the law of God and bind the consciences of His people in such a way that anyone who disagreed with the added law would be seen as an enemy of God. In other words I would make sure tha...