Voddie Baucham, an American who is currently Dean of Theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia, appeared on The Glenn Beck Radio program today to explain the social justice and Black Lives Matter movement and warn believers of it’s often “anti-Christian” message. . . .

Baucham is one of the more potent Christian speakers today and has addressed the issue of social justice at length for well over a decade. He believes it runs in direct opposition to the Christian Gospel message. . . .

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Baucham coined the phrase “ethnic Gnosticism” which, as Josh Buice explains, is “the idea that black people (and other ethnicities including white people as well) have the ability to possess secret knowledge of motive, intent, and goals in specific situations such as the recent cases involving police officers and black men.”

This is critical, Baucham explains, because he believes it runs counter to the Christian Gospel. . . .

Baucham explained how many social justice leaders today have “likened this movement, this sort of anti-racism movement, to a religion. Jim Wallace wrote a book, and the title of his book was, ‘America’s Original Sin.’ So, again, there are religious connotations there.”

Baucham says this is precisely why the social justice movement, while well-intentioned (by most) is ultimately problematic. . . .

“And the problem is, that this religion is promising salvation, somewhere other than God,” Baucham said. “And unfortunately, there are many Christians, who are sounding like they’re satisfied with this.”

Editor’s Note: Social Justice may not be what you think it is.

. . . “Social justice is about redistributing resources and opportunities,” Baucham explained. “Social justice is not the same as the biblical idea and the biblical concept of justice. You also need to understand that social justice is built on the back of critical theory. Which is all about the idea of, you know, hegemony and power structures.” . . .

Baucham began. “I think what’s happening is, people are having two different discussions.  And they don’t realize they’re having two different discussions.

“People look at — for example, like the George Floyd death and they see this tragic situation. And on the one hand, there’s this universal condemnation, of what happened. “But then what happens, people are explaining this, in two different ways. There are some people saying, ‘see, there is the racism’.  And there are other people who are saying, ‘wait, you know, there are four officers. Two black.  One Asian. The officer that did this, how do we just declare that this is racism?’” Baucham explained. . . .

Baucham says messages that point to a salvation other than the Gospel of Jesus “have to be confronted” because “these ideologies actually undermine our message, as Christians. I’m concerned about people.  I’m concerned about justice. I’m concerned about souls. And I know where this stuff comes from. I understand where it comes from. And I am not willing to lay down my Bible and have anyone force me to agree with certain things, simply because, if I don’t, they will — you know, they will somehow label me and call me names.”

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(Excerpt from Faith Wire)