By Tyler Huckabee | Relevant
Published in September of 2021
SUMMARY: In easy to understand, straightforward language, Relevant Magazine’s Tyler Huckabee details the incarnation of the war against critical race theory, the varying definitions and key tenets of CRT, and how Christians should respond.
KEY QUOTE: “Somehow the Gospel is so feeble, so anemic, that some legal theory is going to somehow circumvent the Church and overthrow it? And it’s going to prevail over the kingdom of God while the gates of hell won’t. It’s the most preposterous thing that I can ever imagine.”
DID YOU KNOW? We have a learning capsule about critical race theory to help learn and think Christianly about CRT.
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