Should Christians Be Colorblind?

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, Pastor J.D. is joined by special guest Trillia Newbell to talk about whether or not Christians should be colorblind.

Trillia just released her new children's' book, The Big Wide Welcome, and is also the author of God's Very Good Idea. These books teach so many important lessons about how God has created us and the unity he desires us to have.

Show Notes:

* J.D.: Trillia, one question related to your book that we hear all the time at our church: should Christians be "colorblind?" What I mean is, should we as Christians not be "seeing" the color of peoples' skin? Should it be irrelevant?
* Trillia: Often, this is very well-intentioned. It's a way of saying, "I love all people." But the Bible paints the picture of heaven in such a way that shows that even there, God will not erase our different races, cultures, etc.
* Over and over, we see the nations reflected in the Scriptures — different from one another but all united around the gospel.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Me Anything.
0:19.1	I am Matt Love, but I am not here with Pastor J.D. Greer because there is a very special guest with Pastor J.D., and I'm very excited to listen to it as much as I'm sure you are. Trillia New Bell is joining Pastor J.D. for a quick answer to a very tough question.
0:33.7	Trillia is a prominent voice on issues of faith, family, and diversity, and has been widely published,
0:39.0	including on numerous websites such as Desiring God, Christianity Today, Gospel Coalition,
0:43.1	basically any website that you like, she probably wrote something for it.
0:46.2	She is currently on staff with Moody Publishers and was previously, for several years,
0:51.3	the Director of Community Outreach for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
0:55.1	When you have a resume like that, you know you're legit.
0:58.5	So we're very excited to hear from Chile today.
1:00.3	So without further ado, let's dive into this conversation with Pastor J.D.
1:03.8	and Trillian New Bell.
1:05.1	They're going to be talking about should Christians be colorblind?
1:12.6	This week on the podcast, we get to do that thing that we do every once in a while,
1:16.8	and that is flip the mic because we have somebody that I'm going to have a conversation with,
1:20.8	a short conversation that I just have learned so much from.
1:25.8	And that is the case today with Trillian Neubel.
1:29.9	Trillia, I'm not even sure how long you and I have known each other.
1:32.3	It feels like, it feels like a decade.
1:34.1	Is that too long?
1:35.7	You know, it does feel like a decade, but I think it is a little too long.
1:38.5	I think it's more like eight years and less, yeah.
1:42.5	Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, but Trilly is one of those people that you've talked to her one time and you feel
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