These audio lectures provide an in-depth diagnosis for a racially divided American church and suggests ways to foster a more equitable and inclusive environment among God's people. Given the centuries of Christian compromise with bigotry, believers today must be prepared to tear down old structures and build up new ones. Understanding our racial history sets the stage for solutions, but until we understand the depth of the malady we won't fully embrace the aggressive treatment it requires. Tisby provides a unique survey of American Christianity's racial past, revealing the concrete and chilling ways people of faith have worked against racial justice. In The Color of Compromise: Audio Lectures, 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.

Churches remain racially segregated and are largely ineffective in addressing complex racial challenges. Jemar Tisby is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Color of Compromise, president and co-founder of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, and co-host of the podcast Pass. King's call to action, first issued over 50 years ago, is relevant for the church in America today. Warning against the 'tranquilizing drug of gradualism', King emphasized the fierce urgency of now, the need to resist the status quo and take immediate action. Yet King included another powerful word, one that is often overlooked. In August of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech, calling on all Americans to view others not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Color of Compromise: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources. The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience.

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