Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

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  • In the resurrection, God reveals the power isn’t in condemnation and oppression, but in restoring life and building the blessed community.

  • In the fourth chapter of Stand Your Ground, Douglas explores the nature of God as freedom revealed in the exodus and manifest in the gospel.

  • Perpetual War

    At the heart of Manifest Destiny is a tragic truth: it creates perpetual war on non-whiteness.

  • In the second chapter of “Stand Your Ground” Kelly Brown Douglas explores the question “Why are black murder victims put on trial?”

  • Douglas establishes that it isn’t about a singular Florida law that should concern us, but the culture which creates it.

  • The point of the parable of the Good Samaritan isn’t just to be nice. Or that we’re all the same. Jesus pushes us to see how we see each other. Here’s a story poorly understood. There’s a man mugged and beaten by the side of the road. People keep going past him. But one stops…