Second Update: MLK50: Thabiti Anyabwile, TGC, and the ERLC of the SBC. A Bibliography.

MLK50: Thabiti Anyabwile, TGC, and the ERLC of the SBC

~ A Bibliography ~

Editor’s Note:

Many thanks again to our good friend Jack Jeffery – our favorite bibliographer! – for helping us track yet another online discussion. We hope this will help you keep up!

Recent:[1]

• MLK50: Gospel Reflections from the Mountaintop (3–4 APR 2018; Memphis, TN) at http://mlk50conference.com/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• “MLK50: Gospel Reflections from the Mountaintop,” on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/conference/mlk50/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “We Await Repentance for Assassinating Dr. King” (4 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition (TGC) at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/await-repentance-assassinating-dr-king/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Leonardo Blair, “Matt Chandler Calls on White Pastors to Help Fight Miseducation of White America on Blacks” (4 APR 2018), one The Christian Post (CP) at https://www.christianpost.com/news/matt-chandler-calls-white-pastors-help-fight-miseducation-of-white-america-on-blacks-222479/ [accessed 19 APR 2018].
• Robert A. J. Gagnon, “Evangelicals and Martin Luther King” (4 APR 2018), on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/notes/robert-a-j-gagnon/evangelicals-and-martin-luther-king/1913545525383217/ [accessed 19 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Admitting Things” (5 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/admitting-things/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• News Division (unsigned),[2] “Thabiti Anyabwile Says All Whites Are Complicit in Murdering Martin Luther King, Jr.” (5 APR 2018), on Pulpit & Pen at http://pulpitandpen.org/2018/04/05/thabiti-anyabwile-says-whites-complicit-murdering-martin-luther-king-jr/ [accessed 16 APR 2018].
• Marsha West, “Grace Community Church Venue Canceled for Gospel Coalition Conference” (6 APR 2018), on Christian Research Network (CRN) at http://christianresearchnetwork.org/2018/04/06/grace-community-church-venue-canceled-for-gospel-coalition-conference/ [accessed 10 APR 2018]; from Pulpit & Pen (5 APR 2018) at http://pulpitandpen.org/2018/04/05/grace-community-church-venue-canceled-gospel-coalition-conference/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• P. Kolstad, “Matt Chandler Calls Social Justice Dissenters “Ignorant Fools.” A Pastoral Evaluation of Chandler’s MLK50 Sermon” (6 APR 2018), on Post Tenebras Lux at https://preacherboy316pt2.blogspot.com/2018/04/matt-chandler-calls-social-justice.html [accessed 19 APR 2018].
• Joshua Sommer, “Thabiti And TGC: A Response” (6 Apr 2018), on The Baptist Reformation at https://reformbaptist.com/2018/04/06/thabitis-social-gospel/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “The One Sin That Must Not Be Confessed” (7 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/one-sin-must-not-confessed/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Four Ways the New Testament Identifies Ethnicity in the Church” (8 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/four-ways-new-testament-identifies-ethnicity-church/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Lisa Robinson, “Because Jesus loved his body more…and so should we” (8 APR 2018), on Lisa Robinson at https://theothoughts.com/2018/04/08/because-jesus-loved-his-body-more-and-so-should-we/#more-3295 [accessed 16 APR 2018].
• Robert A. J. Gagnon, “Celebrate MLK’s Civil Rights Accomplishments without Whitewashing the Sexual Immorality and Heresy that You Condemn in Trump” (8 APR 2018), on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/notes/robert-a-j-gagnon/celebrate-mlks-civil-rights-accomplishments-without-whitewashing-the-sexual-immo/1919180558153047/ [accessed 19 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “ ‘Race’ and Racism Pre-Date Karl Marx” (9 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/race-racism-pre-date-karl-marx/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• James White, “The Racialist Lens Disrupts True Christian Unity: A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile” (9 APR 2018), on Alpha & Omega Ministries at http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/2018/04/09/the-racialist-lens-disrupts-true-christian-unity-a-response-to-thabiti-anyabwile/ [accessed 10 APR 2018]; reposted on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/racialist-lens-disrupts-true-christian-unity-response-thabiti-anyabwile/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “There Can Be No Reconciliation Where There Is No Truth-Telling First” (9 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/can-no-reconciliation-no-truth-telling-first/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Dear Douglas” (9 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/dear-douglas/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Dear Thabiti” (9 APR 2018), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/dear-thabiti.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Lorine Spratt, “OPEN LETTER: Russell Moore does not represent me, a Black Christian” (9 APR 2018), posted by Will Hall on The Message at http://baptistmessage.com/open-letter-russell-moore-does-not-represent-me-as-a-black-christian/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• 2samuel127 (Todd), “Thabiti Anyabwile and TGC Have Lost Their Way, Racial Relations Suffer a Setback” (9 APR 2018), on Thou Art The Man at https://thouarttheman.org/2018/04/09/thabiti-anyabwile-tgc-lost-way-racial-relations-suffer-setback/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• G. Hart, “New Calvinists and Red Letter Christians Together” (9 APR 2018), on Putting the “Protest” in Protestant at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/protestprotest/2018/04/new-calvinists-and-red-letter-christians-together/ [accessed 13 APR 2018].
• George Yancey, “An Abusive Relationship and Race Relations” (9 APR 2018), on Shattering Paradigms at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/shatteringparadigms/2018/04/an-abusive-relationship-and-race-relations/ [accessed 13 APR 2018].
• Peter Heck, “Is Social Justice Activism Leading Black Christians Away from the Cross?” (9 APR 2018), on The Resurgent at https://www.themaven.net/theresurgent/contributors/is-social-justice-activism-leading-black-christians-away-from-the-cross-gQChDmtYhE-fQg-t2KPdWg/?full=1 [accessed 16 APR 2018].
• Tom Ascol, “Racism, Sin & Scripture: A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile” (9 APR 2018), on Tom Ascol at http://tomascol.com/racism-sin-scripture-a-response-to-thabiti-anyabwile/ [accessed 18 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “But Thabiti . . .” (10 APR 2018), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/but-thabiti.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Russell Moore, “King and Kingdom: Racial Justice and the Uneasy Conscience of American Christianity” (10 APR 2018), on Russell Moore at https://www.russellmoore.com/2018/04/10/king-and-kingdom-racial-justice-and-the-uneasy-conscience-of-american-christianity/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• News Division (unsigned),[3] “2018 SBC Pastors’ Conference is Affirmative Action in Action, with Predictable Result” (10 APR 2018), on Pulpit & Pen at http://pulpitandpen.org/2018/04/05/thabiti-anyabwile-says-whites-complicit-murdering-martin-luther-king-jr/ [accessed 16 APR 2018].
• Rechab Gray, “What our church staff took away from the MLK50 Conference” (11 APR 2018), on The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (ERLC) at https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/what-our-church-staff-took-away-from-the-mlk50-conference [accessed 11 APR 2018].
• Richard Phillips, “Is Political Agreement Necessary to Gospel Reconciliation?” (11 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/political-agreement-necessary-gospel-reconciliation/ [accessed 13 APR 2018].
• Brandon Showalter, “Theologian Argues MLK50 Conference Was ‘Propaganda,’ ERLC and TGC Have Unequal Standards” (11 APR 2018), on The Christian Post (CP) at https://www.christianpost.com/news/theologian-argues-mlk50-conference-propaganda-erlc-tgc-222704/ [accessed 19 APR 2018]; reporting on Robert A. J. Gagnon, “Celebrate MLK’s Civil Rights Accomplishments without Whitewashing the Sexual Immorality and Heresy that You Condemn in Trump” (8 APR 2018), on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/notes/robert-a-j-gagnon/celebrate-mlks-civil-rights-accomplishments-without-whitewashing-the-sexual-immo/1919180558153047/ [accessed 19 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “He Said, She Said” (12 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/he-said-she-said/ [accessed 12 APR 2018].
• Jesse Johnson, “I’m old enough to remember when “evangelical” was a bad word” (12 APR 2018), on the Cripplegate at http://thecripplegate.com/im-old-enough-to-remember-when-evangelical-was-a-bad-word/ [accessed 12 APR 2018].
• John C. Richards, Jr., and Daniel Yang, “Preaching on Racism from the ‘White’ Pulpit: Reflections from David Platt’s Talk at T4G” (12 APR 2018), on Christianity Today (CT) at http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2018/april/preaching-on-racism-platt.html [accessed 12 APR 2018].
• G. Hart, “Has Thabiti Anyabwile Let Angela Merkel Off the Hook?” (12 APR 2018), on Putting the “Protest” in Protestant at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/protestprotest/2018/04/has-thabiti-anyabwile-let-angela-merkel-off-the-hook/ [accessed 13 APR 2018].
• Michael Horton, “How the Church Gets Justice Wrong (And How To Begin Getting It Right)” (12 APR 2018), on Core Christianity at https://corechristianity.com/resource-library/articles/how-the-church-gets-justice-wrong-and-how-to-begin-getting-it-right [accessed 13 APR 2018].
• Justin Giboney, and C. J. Rhodes, “Social Justice Isn’t The Problem” (12 APR 2018), on The Resurgent at https://www.themaven.net/theresurgent/community/social-justice-isn-t-the-problem-rESWEiwQ6EKGR9SkhxiBOA/?full=1 [accessed 16 APR 2018].
• Randy Alcorn, “The MLK50 Conference on Why Racial Unity Is a Gospel Issue (and Some Thoughts About John Perkins)” (12 APR 2018), on Eternal Perspectives at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/randyalcorn/2018/04/mlk50-conference-john-perkins/ [accessed 18 APR 2018].
• John Piper, “The Glory of Christ and Racial Unity: On the 50th Anniversary of MLK’s Death”  (12 APR 2018), on desiring God at https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-glory-of-christ-and-racial-unity [accessed 18 APR 2018]; delivered at the MLK50 Conference in Memphis, TN on 4 APR 2018; also on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/conference_media/glory-god-racial-unity/ [accessed 18 APR 2018].
• Fred Butler, “David Platt on Racism and Why Your Church is so White” (16 APR 2018), on Bible Thumping Wingnut Network (BTWN) at http://biblethumpingwingnut.com/2018/04/16/david-platt/ [accessed 16 APR 2018].
• Peter Heck, “Are The Gospel Coalition and ERLC Sacrificing Integrity to be “Woke?”” (16 APR 2018), on The Resurgent at https://www.themaven.net/theresurgent/contributors/are-the-gospel-coalition-and-erlc-sacrificing-integrity-to-be-woke-BFgi3ujJjEKM4JfbskAItA/?full=1 [accessed 16 APR 2018].
• Darrell B. Harrison, “The Problem is Enmity, not Ethnicity” (16 APR 2018), on Just Thinking…For Myself at https://justthinking.me/2018/04/16/the-problem-is-enmity-not-ethnicity/ [accessed 16 APR 2018].
• Kevin DeYoung, “Racial Reconciliation: What We (Mostly, Almost) All Agree On, and What We (Likely) Still Don’t Agree On” (17 APR 2018), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/racial-reconciliation-mostly-almost-agree-likely-still-dont-agree/ [accessed 17 APR 2018].
• Conrad Mbewe, “Why There’s No Such Thing as African Christianity” (17 APR 2018), on 9Marks at https://www.9marks.org/article/why-theres-no-such-thing-as-african-christianity/ [accessed 17 APR 2018]; from the 9Marks Journal (Spring 2018) at https://www.9marks.org/journal/church-life-our-true-political-witness/ [accessed 17 APR 2018].
• Isaac Adams, “More Christian than Black or White” (17 APR 2018), on 9Marks at https://www.9marks.org/article/more-christian-than-black-or-white/ [accessed 17 APR 2018]; from the 9Marks Journal (Spring 2018) at https://www.9marks.org/journal/church-life-our-true-political-witness/ [accessed 17 APR 2018].

Back Story:

2013 — on the subject of Douglas Wilson, Black & Tan: A Collection of Essays and Excursions on Slavery, Culture War, and Scripture in America (Moscow, ID: Canon, 2005)[4]

• Douglas Wilson, “With a Bit of Menthol” (9 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/with-a-bit-of-menthol.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Why Respond Publicly to Douglas Wilson’s “Black and Tan”?” (12 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/why-respond-publicly-to-douglas-wilsons-black-and-tan/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Doug Wilson’s Views on Race, Racism, Slavery and the Bible” (13 MAR 2013),       on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/doug-wilsons-views-on-race-racism-slavery-and-the-bible/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Patrick “Nostradamus” Henry” (14 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/patrickt-qnostradamusq-henry.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Does the Driving Logic of “Black and Tan” Hold Up?” (14 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/does-the-driving-logic-of-black-and-tan-hold-up/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Slavery and the Bible: The Perspective of This Abolitionist” (15 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/slavery-and-the-bible-the-perspective-of-this-abolitionist/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Love Is Never Later” (15 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/love-is-never-later.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “How Koinonia Conquers” (15 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/how-koinonia-conquers.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Sometimes the Exceptions Reveal How Far We’ve Gone with the Rule” (18 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/sometimes-the-exceptions-reveal-how-far-weve-gone-with-the-rule/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “The Designated Ambition Pole” (18 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/the-designated-ambition-pole.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Adoni-bezek’s Thumbs and Toes” (19 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/adoni-bezeks-thumbs-and-toes.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “The Cost of Our Chosen Entanglements” (20 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/the-cost-of-our-chosen-entanglements/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Water is Thicker Than Blood” (20 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/water-is-thicker-than-blood.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Resisting the Slavers” (20 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/resisting-the-slavers.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “The Histories of the American South: A Caution against Hegemonies” (25 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/the-histories-of-the-american-south-a-caution-against-hegemonies/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “With Jello in My Hair” (26 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/with-jello-in-my-hair.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Another Point Where Wilson and I Almost Entirely Agree: On Doing History and Multiculturalism” (26 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/another-point-where-wilson-and-i-almost-entirely-agree-on-doing-history-and-multiculturalism/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “A Good Luck Wave Won’t Cut It” (27 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/a-good-luck-wave-wont-cut-it.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Illustrating “Racial Insensitivity” in Black and Tan” (27 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/illustrating-racial-insensitivity-in-black-and-tan/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Harder Than It Looks” (28 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/harder-than-it-looks.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “A Theology of Apology” (28 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/a-theology-of-apology.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “I Can Be Insensitive, Too” (29 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/i-can-be-insensitive-too/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Once More Into the Breach: Pushing Toward Reconciliation” (29 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/once-more-into-the-breach-pushing-toward-reconciliation/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Oh, So Close… And Yet So Far Away” (30 MAR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/oh-so-close-and-yet-so-far-away/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Trigger Alert Study Bible” (30 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/trigger-alert-study-bible.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Another Rose Hedge Awaits” (30 MAR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/another-rose-hedge-awaits.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Hecklers Gonna Heck” (1 APR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/hecklers-gonna-heck.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “A “Black and Tan” Round-Up” (2 APR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/a-black-and-tan-round-up/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “A Final Wrap-Up: Thabiti Anyabwile and Douglas Wilson” (19 APR 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books/a-final-wrap-up-thabiti-anyabwile-and-douglas-wilson.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Sincere Public Apologies” (7 OCT 2013), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/sincere-public-apologies.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].[5]

2016 – on the subjects of moral choices and race in the Presidential election

• Douglas Wilson, “On Dodging the Flaming Hailstones” (2 AUG 2016), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/dodging-flaming-hailstones.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Thabiti Anyabwile, “Apologies, Clarifications, and Slavery” (3 AUG 2016), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/apologies-clarifications-and-slavery/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “Thabiti and Thanks” (4 AUG 2016), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/thabiti-and-thanks.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].
• Douglas Wilson, “On Not Blowing Sunshine” (15 AUG 2016), on Blog & Mablog at https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/not-blowing-sunshine.html [accessed 10 APR 2018].

Compiled by:
John T. “Jack” Jeffery
Pastor, Wayside Gospel Chapel
Greentown, PA
9-12 APR 2018
Soli Deo Gloria

Revised:

13 APR 2018
16 APR 2018
16-19 APR 2018

[1] By “Recent” is meant the 3-4 APR 2018 MLK50 conference documented in the first entry, and subsequent interaction precipitated by that conference. Related posts from 2013 and 2016 are included under “Back Story” below.

[2] Linked to J. D. Hall’s Polemics Report at http://polemicsreport.com/.

[3] Linked to J. D. Hall’s Polemics Report at http://polemicsreport.com/.

[4] Also involved in this discussion is the volume that Thabiti Anyabwile refers to as the “prequel”: Douglas Wilson, and Steve Wilkins, Southern Slavery: As It Was (Moscow, ID: Canon, 1996). Thabiti’s reference to this as the prequel is in his “A ‘Black and Tan’ Round-Up” (2 APR 2013), on The Gospel Coalition at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/a-black-and-tan-round-up/ [accessed 10 APR 2018].

[5] Wilson begins this post with “This is the fourth post in a series of four posts on race and reconciliation.” It is unclear to the compiler of this bibliography what posts constitute the first three after searching Wilson’s blog with the tag “Retractions,” and the subject of “race and reconciliation.”