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The Problem of Discrimination (76A)
By: Howard Hendricks | 7/1/2006

The only way we can reject discrimination, as James exhorts us to, is to make ourselves servants who care about others more than ourselves. ***See outline below.

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The Problem of Discrimination (76A)

Speaker: Howard Hendricks

Date: 7/1/2006

References: James 2:1-13

Introduction:

There are all types of discrimination in the world today: economic, intellectual, sexual, political and racial, and age.

We are commanded not to show favoritism.

The early church was not perfect in this: There is no perfect church.
Illustration: Hendricks expands on the two men, one rich, one poor, who come to church and are treated differently.
James says not to judge on the external.

Our values are not like God's values.

If God doesn't discriminate on the basis of the material, why should we?
Why do we scrape and bow before the rich who oppress us?

Favoritism defies the royal law of love.

It's only when Jesus liberates us that we can be free from personal favoritism.

Discrimination is overcome by servant leadership.

We need to remember John 13:3—servant leadership.
Illustration: Senator Mark Hatfield helping stack chairs after a father-son breakfast.
Illustration: Tom Landry reaching out to Woody Hayes when he was a pariah in America.
Illustration: A man who had fallen morally was restored through the efforts of one man who offered to help.
Illustration: Testimony of a Dallas Cowboy to whom God gave the courage to tell his wife how much he appreciated her.

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