Jones' sermons are posted at the church's website and also on their YouTube page. Two recent messages are two that I'd like to highlight for readers of this blog. In a day when too many pastors are concerned with things that appear to be outside the purview of Scripture, it's good to be able to hear from a preacher who is not afraid to diagnose things based on the clarity of God's Word, and preach it.

The first sermon I'd like to highlight is titled, "Microaggressions!" (the message begins right around the 8:19 mark). If you've not heard the term, "microaggression," then you're probably not too aware of the factors involved in CRT, or Critical Race Theory. CRT, as Jones explains was essentially created in the 1980s and as part of its dogma, labels all white people as "supremacists" and/or "terrorists." The reason they conclude this is due to what CRT proponents believe that America is literally steeped in "whiteness," which has harmed and continues to harm people of color. They also believe that this still exists and is the major motivating (albeit underlying), factor in the way white people see this world.

Microaggression is a term that means that whenever a white person interacts with a person of color, while their questions and even statements might seem straightforward, the truth (according to CRT), is that often these questions are filled with underlying "aggression," hence the term "microaggression." For instance, if a white person is talking with a person of color whom they've just met, the white person might ask, "Where are you from?" This innocuous question that has always been seen as simply one of the starting points to advancing conversation, is now seen as really implying "you don't really belong here."

My wife has just completed a round of "equity" trainings and two more are required. She's learned all kinds of new words and phrases, many of which Jones highlights (intersectionality, microaggression, etc.). In these trainings, she has learned that as a white person, her "privilege" gave her everything she needed. It didn't matter that her father, mother, one brother, and grandparents all spent up to 10 years in a relocation camp for people who were kicked out of Yugoslavia and forced to start all over again. It doesn't matter that her grandfather on her mother's side literally had everything stolen by the Nazis. It doesn't matter that they had to wait until they could find a "sponsor" who would help them emigrate to America, help them find work and housing without being a drain on the American taxpayer. None of that mattered.

When my wife's families did eventually get to come to America, they worked very hard once here, doing the worst jobs. My wife's father was a grave digger at a Catholic cemetery. He didn't like it but he did it until he could segue into work as a painter. He did that for a number of years until he fell off a ladder and couldn't paint anymore for a living, He then had to find work as a maintenance man. Over the years, he worked hard, saved money, was able to buy a house. He continued working hard, saving money and then bought another house. He eventually bought seven homes on the same block and rented them out to people at dirt cheap prices. He only insisted that people take care of their lawns and if they didn't, he would have it done and deduct it from the rent. He was as fair as he could be.

But proponents of CRT argue that because he was white (he's now deceased), white privilege carried him through life. This is the claim they make about all white people and some white folks are too insecure to stand up to those lies, so they give in and grovel before people of color.