Hope for a Racially Divided Culture (with Miles McPherson)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Talbot, Church, Christianity, Christian, Culture, Biola, Sean Mcdowell, Religion & Spirituality, Scott Rae, Think Biblically

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🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Issues of race and racial reconciliation are ongoing in many communities. Sean and Scott interview pastor Miles McPherson (The Rock Church in San Diego, California), about his book, The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation. Miles refers to himself as a perpetual outsider, as a mixed race individual (Black, white and Chinese ancestry) who identifies as black. Join us as he shares his experience and his solutions to the problems of racial reconciliation. Read a transcr...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Think Vivically, Conversations on Faith and Culture.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Sean McDow, Professor of Apologetics at Taubit School of Theology,
0:14.4	Biola University.
0:15.6	I'm your co-host Scott Ray, Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics,
0:19.5	also at Taubit School of Theology here at Biola University.
0:25.7	We're here today with Pastor Miles McPherson.
0:28.7	He is the pastor of the church called The Rock in San Diego,
0:31.8	which he founded in 2000. He's the author of multiple books, a popular speaker,
0:36.6	but today we want to talk about a book that he's written that is so timely and so powerful
0:42.0	called the third option.
0:44.2	Pastor Miles, thanks for coming on the show.
0:48.3	It's my pleasure and I'm sitting there feeling like I'm ancient here.
0:51.6	You say you're a professor, because I remember when you a little kid.
0:55.2	Oh my goodness.
0:58.0	I'm telling you, so you're listening to the laughing right not.
1:00.5	Being your dad goes so far back, were you were in high school I believe.
1:04.8	You know I heard you speak you came to Julian and gave a talk and it was about being an eagle
1:10.8	not a turkey and you know how many talks I've heard in my life I still remember that so that's spoken volumes to me.
1:19.0	Well we love you we're grateful to have you on.
1:24.0	And let me start by asking you this.
1:26.4	Of all the topics you could address,
1:29.5	why did you choose to write a book in particular
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