Wait, What?!?!
For the last two years, the ideology of Critical Race Theory has dominated the debate in Evangelical circles. But that wasn’t the beginning of the movement. The movement, under the guise of “racial reconciliation,” began gaining steam when Democrat, Russell Moore took over one of the top offices in the Southern Baptist Convention in 2014 and immediately began causing division.
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a heretical worldview that is incompatible with biblical Christianity. It emerged as an offshoot of Critical Theory, a neo-Marxist philosophy that has its roots in the Frankfurt School, and its methods are drawn from Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. CRT teaches that institutional racism exists within every structure of society and that these structures are intrinsically designed in such a manner as to protect and preserve “white supremacy” in our culture. Further, CRT does not rely on factual statistics or objective evidence to support the theory, rather it relies on anecdotal evidence and personal experience.
While Reformation Charlotte and other discernment outlets have been covering the movement since it began, only in the last two years has it actually become a hotly contested topic as conservatives began becoming aware of the unbiblical and anti-Christian implications of the movement.
Critical Race Theory opposes the theological doctrines of Scripture — notably, it muddies the doctrine of sin and places irreconcilable guilt upon groups of people by the very virtue of their physical attributes. In short, it implicates white people in the sin of racism simply because of the color of their skin while, on the other hand, victimizing non-whites for the very same reason.
Thankfully, many Southern Baptist leaders have begun to speak out against this as we’ve done for years. Yet, others, on the other hand — who are given over to their sociological impulses — instead complain that people who oppose their movement are the ones “ravaging churches” and causing division.
The Scriptures are clear; it is the Marxists who cause division as their ideological movement is in opposition to the sound, biblical theology.
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. –Romans 16:17
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There is no argument that Critical Race Theory is an obstacle contrary to the doctrine the Scriptures teach. It is an obstacle to true repentance and faith; it teaches that the “oppressor” — white people — can never truly be relieved of their guilt and, instead, must engage in perpetual acts of penance, i.e. slave reparations and “restorative justice.”
Thabiti Anyabwile, a Southern Baptist pastor of Anacostia River Church in Washington D.C. and member of Mark Dever’s 9Marks ministry, complains that “anti-CRT” people “ravage churches” and “slander” pastors causing “re-segregation.”
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