7 Quotes by Bryan Loritts

God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated churches where the gospel is cherished – these are the birthplace of the kind of racial harmony that gives long-term glory to God and long-term gospel good to the world.

Reconciliation and bridge building is messy, be it organizationally, culturally, or relationally. It is not for the faint of heart. There are tough calls and it can often feel like three steps forward and two steps back. Perseverance is crucial.

One may well ask: “How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?” The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

Intentionality is a nonnegotiable for those with a heart for reconciliation.

The gospel will dominate a person and part of the reconstruction of that person will be a reorienting of our view of everything, including race.

Lukewarm indifference is a greater threat than white-hot hatred.