WEEKEND WORSHIP:
Many Rivers to Cross

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The Third Option with Miles McPherson

Joshua 5: 13-15
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to him and said to Him, “Are You for us or for our adversaries?” So, He said “No, but as Commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.”

Every single image is the same

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• Grouping: the way we sort people into groups that are either “like me” or “not like me” creating “Us” vs “Them”

• In-Group Bias: the tendency to give preferential treatment to people considered “like me”

  1. I am more comfortable with those “like me”
  2. I am more inclined to spend time socially with those “like me”
  3. I am more patient with those “like me”
  4. I give the benefit of the doubt quicker to those “like me”
  5. I express more grace when mistakes are made by those “like me”
  6. It is easier to communicate with those “like me”
  7. I assume I will get along easier with those “like me”
  8. I am more willing to go out of my way to help those “like me”
  9. I possess more positive assumptions about those “like me”

• Out-Group Discrimination: withholding in-group bias against people

  1. I am less comfortable with those “not like me”
  2. I am less inclined to spend time socially with those “not like me”
  3. I am less patient with those “not like me”
  4. I give the benefit of the doubt slower to those “not like me”
  5. I express less grace when mistakes are made by those “not like me”
  6. It is more difficult to communicate with those “not like me”
  7. I don’t assume I will get along easier with those “not like me”
  8. I am less willing to go out of my way to help those “not like me”
  9. I possess less positive assumptions about those “not like me”

“You have to in your mind think how does that make me feel, why does it make me feel that way because that’s where God can work. Does that make you a racist? Absolutely not! That just means hey I’ve got something to learn.”

1.

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me as your “brother” or “sister”

Matthew 22: 37-40
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

1 John 4:20
If everyone says “I love God”, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God who he has not seen?

Even in the

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we create for ourselves with God and others, He

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leaves us alone.

2. Give “

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-group” love to your “

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-group”

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your “brother’s”/ “sister’s” color.

4. Give your

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to those “not like you”

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