The Confederate battle flag may mean many things, but with those things it represents a defiance against abolition and against civil rights. The symbol was used to enslave the little brothers and sisters of Jesus, to bomb little girls in church buildings, to terrorize preachers of the gospel and their families with burning crosses on front lawns by night.<\/p>\n
That sort of symbolism is out of step with the justice of Jesus Christ. The cross and the Confederate flag cannot co-exist without one setting the other on fire<\/b>. White Christians, let\u2019s listen to our African American brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s care not just about our own history, but also about our shared history with them. In Christ, we were slaves in Egypt \u201d\u201d and as part of the Body of Christ we were all slaves too in Mississippi. Let\u2019s watch our hearts, pray for wisdom, work for justice, love our neighbors.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take down that flag.<\/p>\n