A Word from James: Discrimination
by Marilynn Chadwick
If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Here's a good seat for you," but say to the poor man, "You stand there" or "Sit on the floor by my feet," have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? (James 2:3-4 NIV).
This word "discriminate" is a hot-button for me. I grew up in the deep South during the birth-pangs of the Civil Rights movement. Our town was the headquarters for the KKK. The first African American cheerleader in our high school's long football history was on my cheer squad.
It was the 1970's in…
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