Supporters of religion argue that human beings naturally seek purpose, identity, and hope. Friends, family, careers, and personal achievements are important, but they may not always satisfy deeper questions about suffering, mortality, and meaning.

When relationships break down, when depression strikes, or when tragedy hits, many people begin searching for answers beyond themselves. For countless individuals, that search leads back to faith.

Many people have strong values and beliefs. However, when life tests them through financial difficulties, marital problems, peer pressure, or other hardships, it can be easy to compromise if those values do not extend beyond the problems of this life or even the grave itself.

The media has made racial tensions worse than they should be by highlighting stories of black victims and white perpetrators and using language that insinuates that the cause of the assault was due to racial differences. Usually, this causes an eruption of anger and outcry in the black community, as we’ve seen with the Trayvon Martin case and police brutality in 2020. 

The question that should leave many Christians to ponder is: what does God’s word say about race, and how should we respond?

The violence tearing apart the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo barely makes the news, especially in Western media. But silence from the media does not permit Black Christians to be silent. We cannot ignore the suffering of our brothers and sisters simply because their pain feels far away.

America loves to call itself “One nation under God” and proudly sings “God Bless America” as if the phrase alone proves divine favor. Since 1776, the United States has carried a Christian identity, at least on the surface. But as the decades passed, especially since the 1990s, Christianity has declined, skepticism has risen, and the nation has opened its doors to countless belief systems.

Europeans are not more blessed than Africans. The differences in history do not reflect divine favoritism; they reflect oppression, injustice, and Satan’s long‑term strategy to sow confusion, division, and lies that keep people from seeing Christ clearly.