“The Color of Compromise”…One Year Later January 28, 2020 March 19, 2020 by Jemar Tisby , posted in color of compromise WATCH: A few of my reflections on why "The Color of Compromise" has been received the way it has Jemar Tisby (BA, University of Notre Dame; MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary) is CEO of The Witness, Inc., an organization dedicated to Black uplift. The Color of Compromise opens with the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963 Alabama, when 4 members of the Ku Klux Klan planted bombs inside a Black church, killing 4 young girls and injuring 22 members of the church. An acclaimed, timely narrative of how people of faith have worked against racial justice. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.. Phil. Buy Now. The Color of Compromise Jemar Tisby. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38915761-the-color-of-compromise The Color of Compromise: the Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism. Our Buy Now. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/color-compromise He is also cohost of the Pass the Mic podcast and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Color of Compromise. In The Color of Compromise Video Study, Jemar Tisby takes us back to the root of this injustice in the American church, highlighting the cultural and institutional tables we have to flip in order to bring about progress between black and white people. [1] Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019) 122, 127, 160, 165, 170, 171, 188, 189. What Tisby contributes to this sorry history is a consistent focus on how church actions, policies, and members have been consistent supporters of racism, from the beginning of the country to today. Book Review of Jemar Tisby’s The Color of Compromise Jemar Tisby. And a call for urgent action by all Christians today in response. A survey of the history of racism and the church shows that the story is worse than most imagine. Play Video. [1] Tisby, Jemar. He logically implies, I believe, that an aversion to big government is rooted in a complicity in racism on page 122. Jemar Tisby’s description of the horrific event serves as a good imagery for racism. 13-14. Who is Jemar Tisby? Grand Rapids, MI, MI: Zondervan, 2019. If you’re new to the Carver Project, we are also new! European colonists brought with them ideas of white superiority and paternalism toward darker-skinned people. Duration: 17:16. 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