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Welcome to the Gospel Coalition Podcast. In spring 2022, TGC released a five-part video debate

series featuring prominent Christian thinkers discussing some of the most divisive issues

facing the church today. On today's episode, we're featuring the fourth debate where Brian

Davis and Justin Gibney discuss how the church should address racial injustice. Pastor Jim

Davis from Orlando Grace Church moderates this debate. First, you'll hear from Justin Gibney,

followed by Brian Davis. Let's listen in.

I stand before you today as the grandson of a civil rights era preacher. Bishop Thomas Lee

Cooper was born into a country where an African American was hanged or burned alive

every four days. He couldn't set foot on the campus of most white conservative seminaries,

at least not as a student, yet his high Christology and belief in the authority of scripture

helped him see the error in these realities and gave him a hopeful disposition. His Gospel

Center's social action was proof of his resolve not to give up on America or on majority

Christians who saw God in nationalistic idols, but could not see the image of God in him.

In a society that devalued his life, he learned to find joy and gratitude in the smallest things

because he knew that cynicism was a form of death in itself. He taught me that there was a solid

and indivisible line between the Gospel and the pursuit of justice and righteousness in society.

He showed me that leadership was the privilege of self-sacrifice and that we all had to make

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