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This episode begins and addresses the church's complicity in racism over the history of America. We begin with the effort to colonize the land and the decisions that were made that helped establish racism as an institution in the developing country. We look in broad strokes at slavery in scripture and in the Roman Empire during the time of Jesus. We look in depth at two passages from the Apostle Paul: 1 Corinthians 7:20-24 and Philemon. Running through the class is the theme of baptism: what it means and who it makes us. Thank you for joining us!

This week we look at 2 Samuel 7, where God corrects King David in his understanding of the relationship between he and God; In Luke 1, in the passage known as Mary's Magnificat, we see Mary has the right relationship with God and she sings of reversals that God initiates to correct relationships between those in power and those who are exploited by that power. And in Paul's final words in his letter to the Romans, we are encouraged that our right relationship with God is something that God cares about enough to strengthen and guide to that right relationship.