Wrong Think III

Extracted Verses and Quotes from the Sermon

Biblical Verses

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

“For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.”

Galatians 6:7

“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.”

Romans 3:23

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

Acts 17:26

“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth.”

Psalm 51:1-2, 7-10 (paraphrased)

“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your steadfast love; blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a right spirit within me. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. Lead me in the way everlasting.”

Memorable Quotes

“We are called to represent Jesus Christ who loves all people, who died that all people might be saved and who did not come to divide this world but in order that all might be saved.”

“Education is never in a vacuum. There is always underlying ideologies that drive what happens in a school or university.”

“Critical Race Theory is the view that the law and legal institutions are inherently racist and that race itself instead of being biologically grounded and natural is actually a socially constructed concept that is used by white people to further their economic and political interests at the expense of people of color.”

“Critical Race Theory argues for the permanence of systemic racism—that racism is entrenched in every social structure within the United States. Racism is a relentless fact of life so entrenched and enmeshed in society that it appears ordinary to people within that culture.”

“Whiteness is property. Whiteness is something that you possess. All whites according to Critical Race theorists are complicit in racism because they possess whiteness as a political caste and they benefit from systemic racism.”

“Critical Race Theory promotes storytelling by oppressed minorities to challenge the dominant white supremacy and the social construction of race.”

“Critical Race Theory rejects the very foundations of the liberal order including equality theory, legal reasoning, Enlightenment rationalism, and neutral principles of constitutional law.”

“Interest convergence hypothesis argues that advances for Black people only happen when such advances are in the interests of white people.”

“The massive progress in race relations since the Civil Rights movement is therefore a myth according to this theory.”

“Critical Race Theory promotes historical revisionism such as the New York Times 1619 Project which argues America began with the first African slave coming to America and that the USA is irredeemably stained systemically racist by the original sin of slavery.”

“Critical Race Theory promotes the concept of intersectionality—the idea that race, gender, sexuality, and other identity markers are cultural constructs rather than absolute realities, yet oppression is experienced along all those dimensions.”

“The Bible explicitly condemns partial treatment of one group over another such as the rich over the poor in the legal judicial system. Justice must recognize intrinsic equality and human dignity before God.”

“Critical Race Theory’s focus on equity is equal outcomes for everybody regardless of input, energy, hard work, talent, education, appetite for risk, or family culture. It rejects biblical principles of equality of opportunity and personal responsibility.”

“Truth in Critical Race Theory is considered a Euro white construct to be rejected as intrinsically racist. There is no objective truth; there is your truth and my truth.”

“Critical Race Theory is a rejection of the biblical nuclear family and promotes the idea that children should be raised by the community rather than parents because parenting is an unequal power balance.”

“Critical Race Theory rejects open and free societies that value individual liberty, freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom of religion as systems that maintain white racist supremacy.”

“Critical Race Theory rejects the individual in favor of the group, rooted in Marxist ideology where certain groups are promoted and others destroyed.”

“Martin Luther King is antithetically opposed to everything Critical Race Theory teaches. He longed for a day when a person would be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin.”

“Critical Race Theory rejects science, mathematics, logic, reason, and dialogue in favor of storytelling and subjective lived experience.”

“Critical Race Theory declares that anyone who disagrees with it is racist. It rejects all alternatives such as color blindness and the liberal ideal of an open society.”

“Critical Race Theory is totalitarian and seeks absolute power. It cannot be disagreed with and denies all racial progress as a mirage due to its interest convergence hypothesis.”

“The fruit of Critical Race Theory is bitter division and infighting, tearing apart marriages, homes, churches, institutions, businesses, employers, and nations.”

“Critical Race Theory is a Marxist ideology that treats you based on the group you belong to rather than your individual merits, and that group identity can shift fluidly.”

“As Christians, we are called to look in the mirror and cry out with David, ‘Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your steadfast love’ and to repent of the sin of racism.”

“To espouse or uphold racist beliefs is a denial of the gospel and an affront to our Creator.”

“Racism cannot be legislated out of existence; it is a sin that resides within the human heart and must be dealt with by God’s grace.”

“As Christians, we must work for the well-being of all parts of our wider community, recognizing that all people are created in God’s image.”

“Parents, carefully reflect where you send your children. If institutions promote Critical Race Theory, send them somewhere else.”

“As board members of Adventist institutions, you have a sacred responsibility to ensure your schools adhere to Scripture rather than atheist ideology.”

“If you don’t use your rights, you will lose your rights. Use your religious liberty to share the gospel and show God’s love in the coming week.”

Other Quotations

Martin Luther King Jr.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”