He’s used a volatile phrase there: “Tribal chiefs.”
It turns out all humanity of any color instinctively gravitates to a tribal chief. The only real cure is to allow God that position. Jesus’ incarnation was a concession to this need. But failing this, or on the way to this, others may stand in.
This is why MLK Jr., spotty and checkered background notwithstanding, was so revered and missed. He aspired to something that obviously outclassed where he was. And so does the bumptious (admit it, he was and often still is) Donald Trump.
The answer to bad tribal leaders is good ones.
“It turns out all humanity of any color instinctively gravitates to a tribal chief. The only real cure is to allow God that position. ”
Half the Bible is about the Tribe God favored. Try reading it sometime.
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