Wilberforce and Race

John Piper in his very excellent and challenging Bloodlines  spends a considerable amount of time dealing with William Wilberforce. His simple point is that we need more Wilberforces; men who move not towards comfort but towards need. Wilberforce’s life amounted to two objectives:

God almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the Slave Trade and the Reformation of [morals].

Wilberforce persevered and after many years saw the end of slave-trading. But that was not all. Sixteen years later and hree days before he died, he saw the end of slave-holding.

Wilberfoce envisioned and conquered despite an array of adversities and adversaries.

Racial reconciliation requires similar efforts and the blood of faithful men.

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