He makes the answer so simple because it is. The reason why white slave owners can look at what they are doing and approve it is because they have hard hearts. Hard hearts are deceitful and will tell our heads lies in anyway it can to make us feel like what we are doing is not really that bad or the bible does not mean exactly what is written.
This is a very insightful answer to the question of why Christians in the south would approve of slavery. He says that those who could not see anything wrong with slavery were choosing to ignore the truth of the Bible because their hearts could not agree with the verse. When this happens, people are often quick to think that it is the scripture that is wrong, but instead, they need to thing about what is wrong in their heart that is keeping them from taking the Bible as it is written.
This sermon has a very clear message that I respect unequivocally. David young says within the first couple seconds that “without holiness, there are no ethics…If humans are not created in the image of God then there is no wrong way to treat a human.” and that the “practice of slavery as we know it is the equivalent of murdering your mother and father. That is how evil it is.” These points are both amazing at getting people to understand the clear injustice of slavery, and how biblically incorrect it is. Yet, in that period of American history so many people were quick to brush off the verses that clearly condemn the act of enslaving another human being. It is really disheartening to know that those white slaveholders knew the severity of their sins and yet still defended the structure of slavery in the south.
David Young’s message behind his three thoughts/points on the Christian approval of slavery in the antebellum south gives insight into how they were able to only hear the parts they wanted in church. He says that their “hard hearts” is why they could hear such powerful condemning Bible verses, as Christians, and still approve of slavery. having a heard heart allows them to doubt and deny the true meaning of the scripture, enabling them to brush it off and continue with their sin. They used twisted logic in the wrong context to persuade themselves into believing that the Holy text could not possibly mean what it says.
White slave owners can approve what they have done and not feel badly about it because of their hard hearts. Slavery is very obviously wrong and goes against everything the Bible teaches. The white slave owners that knew this chose to go against God’s Word and treat people as though they are not bearers of Christ’s image. David Young explains this well and answers the question of why people who claim to know Christ chose to have slaves.
In this video, David Young very clearly develops the point of why slavery goes against everything taught throughout the Bible. I think this video was very insightful in that it explains how slavery can be viewed as a parallel to murdering your mother and father. He states that the white people had hardened hearts and so they looked past the crimes that they were essentially committing by accepting slavery. I think it is beneficial to watch this video to truly see and understand how willing white slave owners were to ignore the severity of what they were doing, and because of this, they were also knowingly going against the teachings of Christianity.
Thoughout this video David Young get rights to the point of this question. His message is clear and insightful. His biblical interpretation is so true. The people who couldnt see that slavery were wrong were trying ot jusify it with the Bible. However, slavery was completely agaisnt the bible and showed how hard the white peoples hearts were. This video has a great perspective and I gained so much knowledge from this.
David Young discusses the nuanced theological arguments for slavery. His analysis of the ways in which the institution of slavery was justified by manipulating biblical readings provides important new perspectives. The film offers a fair-minded perspective by showcasing both proponents of slavery and the Christian abolitionists who were against it. Overall I think Young’s speech encourages people to think about how religion and social injustice have historically connected.
Throughout the history of America, the Bible has been the justification for numerous situations. The fact that slaveholders chose to ignore Biblical scripture goes to show how humans tend to pick and choose what scripture they see is useful or applicable to their lives, discard the other verses, or even twist the Bible into something it doesn’t even mean. David Young focuses on this idea in the video by explaining how “hard hearts” can be the root cause of this downfall that we can experience. We should never blame the Bible for it not applying to our lives, we should blame ourselves for being prideful that we believe we are better than what the living breathing Word of God has to say. That being said, we shouldn’t hold ourselves higher than the slaveholders of their time because even if our “sin” isn’t the exact same as theirs, it is still sin and is all equal in the eyes of God. We need to look inward at our own hearts and not judge others for their shortcomings, because the judgement is ultimately left up the God.
David Young had a very insightful response as to why Christians in the South accepted slavery. He noted that the problem was in the heart of the people who accepted it, not in the Bible. If we see a verse that doesn’t agree with us, we are the ones who must change.
I really like his comparison of holiness and ethics, because he is right that the basis of all human interactions and what is right and wrong comes from God. He emphasizes that people make exceptions to what God’s warnings in order to suit our personal needs and desires. I think this is really interesting because it is really easy to question ethics, as it is hard to believe that our instinct could be to do the opposite of what is right. However, it is important to then reflect on yourself and your heart to change your mind and do the right thing.
In this video, David Young describes the clear contrast of scripture and the practice of slavery. However, people in the antebellum south accepted slavery and believed it was not wrong. Young states in the video this is simply due to their hard hearts. They ignored some scripture and only accepted that which they wanted to hear. Their hard hearts clouded their vision of what is truly right and wrong based on scripture.
In the sermon, he states that, “Ethics depend on holiness.” Humans are created in the image of God and what is right and wrong comes from what God has defined. He also highlights that the people in the south during slavery had hard hearts and already sold their souls. It points out that it is really easy for our hearts and souls to interpret the bible in what we want to hear. This, however, is not always true and accurate. David Young wants us to reflect and really think about what is right even if it is not what we want to hear.
David Young makes a critical point here that can be applied to not only slave owners but to Christians in general. Christians and followers of other religions cannot pick and choose which rules and laws they follow. You must follow the rules to be a faithful follower of a religion and a god. We often try to skirt around regulations and expectations to make our lives more comfortable but putting yourself through the “uncomfortableness” is what makes someone a faithful follower.
David Young talks about how many Christians in the Antebellum South justified slavery by interpreting Biblical texts to support their views, believing it was divinely sanctioned. They often saw slavery as a natural social order, combined with economic interests that made abolition seem threatening to their way of life. This combination of religious justification and economic dependence created an interesting culture that accepted and defended the institution of slavery.
He makes the answer so simple because it is. The reason why white slave owners can look at what they are doing and approve it is because they have hard hearts. Hard hearts are deceitful and will tell our heads lies in anyway it can to make us feel like what we are doing is not really that bad or the bible does not mean exactly what is written.
This is a very insightful answer to the question of why Christians in the south would approve of slavery. He says that those who could not see anything wrong with slavery were choosing to ignore the truth of the Bible because their hearts could not agree with the verse. When this happens, people are often quick to think that it is the scripture that is wrong, but instead, they need to thing about what is wrong in their heart that is keeping them from taking the Bible as it is written.
This sermon has a very clear message that I respect unequivocally. David young says within the first couple seconds that “without holiness, there are no ethics…If humans are not created in the image of God then there is no wrong way to treat a human.” and that the “practice of slavery as we know it is the equivalent of murdering your mother and father. That is how evil it is.” These points are both amazing at getting people to understand the clear injustice of slavery, and how biblically incorrect it is. Yet, in that period of American history so many people were quick to brush off the verses that clearly condemn the act of enslaving another human being. It is really disheartening to know that those white slaveholders knew the severity of their sins and yet still defended the structure of slavery in the south.
David Young’s message behind his three thoughts/points on the Christian approval of slavery in the antebellum south gives insight into how they were able to only hear the parts they wanted in church. He says that their “hard hearts” is why they could hear such powerful condemning Bible verses, as Christians, and still approve of slavery. having a heard heart allows them to doubt and deny the true meaning of the scripture, enabling them to brush it off and continue with their sin. They used twisted logic in the wrong context to persuade themselves into believing that the Holy text could not possibly mean what it says.
White slave owners can approve what they have done and not feel badly about it because of their hard hearts. Slavery is very obviously wrong and goes against everything the Bible teaches. The white slave owners that knew this chose to go against God’s Word and treat people as though they are not bearers of Christ’s image. David Young explains this well and answers the question of why people who claim to know Christ chose to have slaves.
In this video, David Young very clearly develops the point of why slavery goes against everything taught throughout the Bible. I think this video was very insightful in that it explains how slavery can be viewed as a parallel to murdering your mother and father. He states that the white people had hardened hearts and so they looked past the crimes that they were essentially committing by accepting slavery. I think it is beneficial to watch this video to truly see and understand how willing white slave owners were to ignore the severity of what they were doing, and because of this, they were also knowingly going against the teachings of Christianity.
Thoughout this video David Young get rights to the point of this question. His message is clear and insightful. His biblical interpretation is so true. The people who couldnt see that slavery were wrong were trying ot jusify it with the Bible. However, slavery was completely agaisnt the bible and showed how hard the white peoples hearts were. This video has a great perspective and I gained so much knowledge from this.
David Young discusses the nuanced theological arguments for slavery. His analysis of the ways in which the institution of slavery was justified by manipulating biblical readings provides important new perspectives. The film offers a fair-minded perspective by showcasing both proponents of slavery and the Christian abolitionists who were against it. Overall I think Young’s speech encourages people to think about how religion and social injustice have historically connected.
Throughout the history of America, the Bible has been the justification for numerous situations. The fact that slaveholders chose to ignore Biblical scripture goes to show how humans tend to pick and choose what scripture they see is useful or applicable to their lives, discard the other verses, or even twist the Bible into something it doesn’t even mean. David Young focuses on this idea in the video by explaining how “hard hearts” can be the root cause of this downfall that we can experience. We should never blame the Bible for it not applying to our lives, we should blame ourselves for being prideful that we believe we are better than what the living breathing Word of God has to say. That being said, we shouldn’t hold ourselves higher than the slaveholders of their time because even if our “sin” isn’t the exact same as theirs, it is still sin and is all equal in the eyes of God. We need to look inward at our own hearts and not judge others for their shortcomings, because the judgement is ultimately left up the God.
David Young had a very insightful response as to why Christians in the South accepted slavery. He noted that the problem was in the heart of the people who accepted it, not in the Bible. If we see a verse that doesn’t agree with us, we are the ones who must change.
I really like his comparison of holiness and ethics, because he is right that the basis of all human interactions and what is right and wrong comes from God. He emphasizes that people make exceptions to what God’s warnings in order to suit our personal needs and desires. I think this is really interesting because it is really easy to question ethics, as it is hard to believe that our instinct could be to do the opposite of what is right. However, it is important to then reflect on yourself and your heart to change your mind and do the right thing.
In this video, David Young describes the clear contrast of scripture and the practice of slavery. However, people in the antebellum south accepted slavery and believed it was not wrong. Young states in the video this is simply due to their hard hearts. They ignored some scripture and only accepted that which they wanted to hear. Their hard hearts clouded their vision of what is truly right and wrong based on scripture.
In the sermon, he states that, “Ethics depend on holiness.” Humans are created in the image of God and what is right and wrong comes from what God has defined. He also highlights that the people in the south during slavery had hard hearts and already sold their souls. It points out that it is really easy for our hearts and souls to interpret the bible in what we want to hear. This, however, is not always true and accurate. David Young wants us to reflect and really think about what is right even if it is not what we want to hear.
David Young makes a critical point here that can be applied to not only slave owners but to Christians in general. Christians and followers of other religions cannot pick and choose which rules and laws they follow. You must follow the rules to be a faithful follower of a religion and a god. We often try to skirt around regulations and expectations to make our lives more comfortable but putting yourself through the “uncomfortableness” is what makes someone a faithful follower.
David Young talks about how many Christians in the Antebellum South justified slavery by interpreting Biblical texts to support their views, believing it was divinely sanctioned. They often saw slavery as a natural social order, combined with economic interests that made abolition seem threatening to their way of life. This combination of religious justification and economic dependence created an interesting culture that accepted and defended the institution of slavery.