Wokeness & the Gospel | Tom Ascol & Sam Waldron

What is Wokeness? Is it really a problem facing the church?

Dr. Tom Ascol, President of Founders Ministries, sat down with Dr. Sam Waldron, President of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary to talk about Wokeness, Social Justice, Critical Theory, and the Gospel.

[jaywebler]

Good to see you Sam. I hope all is going well with you in these days. It's been a long time.

[RyGuy]

The class he did, A Biblical Assessment of the Social Justice Movement, is really good.

[rufusnganga]

Thanks for sharing....This is a good resource for believers

[ademolaadebayo]

Thanks for shedding some light on these two issues. I have to admit that this is the first time I have ever had to courage to watch a discussion on these two issues. I have heard about them from different sources, but I decided to let the bible give me the comfort that I need on how to deal with them, if I ever have to. Scriptures such as Numbers chapter 12 (When Moses was confronted by his siblings regarding his Ethiopian wife) and John chapter 4, (Our Lord's conversation with the Samaritan woman) have provided me with lots of comfort regarding the issue of racism in the church. I used to hear that such exist in the church of England (I am from England) and not the evangelical church here. It was in the mid 1990s that I first experienced it from the leadership of a bible believing evangelical church hear in England. That was a very low point in my walk with Christ, especially because I went on to experience it more into the early 2000s. Then God by His wonderful providence brought me into a reformed Baptist church in England, that was then I realized that doctrine and practice are intertwined in reformed churches. I have since met many brothers and sisters in Christ and I can safely say that I haven't experienced racism since. I agree that these issues can only be dealt with through the bible and any effort otherwise will remain an exercise in futility. Please keep up the good work.

[TheJpep]

Please forward to Matt Chandler, Tim Keller, David Platt.

[janied]

Justice is defined by God. I agree. But what is so wrong with just listening to what pressed people have to say? Why the refusal to listen ? If we believe black Americans face no more discrimination today we are incredibly naive.