From Grace to Race

Tony Evans' Podcast

Tony Evans

Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Everybody’s got a theory about how to deal with the issue of racism in our country. But, in this lesson, Dr. Tony Evans says the only way we’ll ever solve the problem of skin is to deal with the problem of sin. It’s an eye-opening look at the connection between race and grace. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/222/29

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0:00.0	The cross was established to deal with sin, but we want to spend all of our time talking
0:07.5	about sin.
0:08.5	Dr. Tony Evans says when God is dismissed from society, harmony and unity cannot be achieved.
0:15.4	If we're not fixing the problem of race, it's because we haven't fully understood the
0:22.1	glory of grace.
0:24.3	This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior pastor of Oaklef Bible
0:30.6	Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president of the Urban Alternative.
0:36.7	It's become common to acknowledge racism in our culture, but Dr. Evans points out that
0:41.7	cultural evils are rooted in spiritual sins, and that overcoming them requires embracing
0:47.2	a lesson learned at the cross of Christ.
0:49.8	Let's turn to Ephesians 2 as he explains.
0:53.3	In writing to the church at Ephesus, Paul spends the first half of the chapter talking
1:00.4	about the magnificent grace of God.
1:04.2	He tells us we are saved by grace through faith.
1:08.5	He tells us that in the ages to come, God wants to manifest His grace.
1:14.5	He comes in verse 10 and He says it's because of this grace that we are now workers.
1:19.7	We need to get to work and get the job done.
1:22.7	Now that we've been redeemed by Jesus Christ, but curiously, when he finishes talking about
1:32.8	grace, he goes to race.
1:35.9	He moves from grace to race.
1:38.5	And he says that the first work of saved people, of people who name Jesus Christ ought to
1:45.5	be the work of racial reconciliation.
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