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There are very few things more harmful for Christian cooperation than the weaponization of the gospel against Black and brown cries for justice.
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The quote warns that Christian cooperation is seriously damaged when the gospel is used to dismiss or oppose Black and brown people’s calls for justice. “Weaponization” presents religious teaching as a tool of conflict rather than a basis for working together. It identifies this use of the gospel as especially harmful to shared Christian efforts.
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