Defining racism:

1. Failing to
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   the image of God in others based on race.
2. Showing
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   to a person because of his or her race.
3. Letting racial differences keep us from experiencing
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   in Christ.
4. Seeing ourselves as
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   to others because of our race.
5. Failing to
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   our neighbor as ourselves based on race.

Our tendency to give preferential treatment to those who are like us is known as

In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus teaches us to apply our in-group bias to our

What might it look like to apply this teaching to our everyday thoughts, words, and actions?

In your own experience, where have you seen in-group bias play out? Where have you seen it successfully and biblically overcome?

What is your internal reaction after hearing about the ways in which the Methodist church has participated in racism?

Note-Taking

Resources for going deeper:
• Methodism’s Racial Dilemma: The Story of the Central Jurisdiction by James S. Thomas
• The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation by Miles McPherson
• “The Sin of Racism” by Timothy Keller (https://quarterly.gospelinlife.com/the-sin-of-racism/)