You must understand that only white people can. be racist. Also I guess he didn’t call the black slave owners traitors and demand an apology from their black heirs.
The Bible speaks of the need to forgive. Matthew 6:14-15. The pastor is not reading the Bible very carefully.
From this, Keller concludes that an entire society can be found responsible for and guilty of past sins committed by that culture.
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Sins are not committed by culture/s. Sins are committed by .... wait for it ..... SINNERS!!
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But, if it is time for white people to apologize to black people here is an idea:
Whites should apologize for the horror of abortion that has been used to wipe out millions of black lives.
And point out that Planned Parenthood was founded by a racist white woman who saw her mission as the elimination of as many blacks as possible by means of abortion.
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Not sure if Mr. Keller would welcome the attention he would receive if he put serious effort into addressing the actual sins of people living today. So much easier to “go back in time” and second guess people who have been dead for 150 years and more.
Keller should familiarize himself with scripture
The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself Ezek 18:20