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Jim Davis and Justin Holcomb welcome Sheila Wise Rowe, author and executive director of The Rehoboth House, to discuss racial trauma and the many ways it can present itself cognitively, emotionally, behaviorally, and physically. Rowe describes how Christians should engage others who have experienced racial trauma, in an effort to close the trauma gap and bring healing. The group discusses:

  • An introduction to Sheila Wise Rowe (1:06)
  • Defining trauma (1:50)
  • Causes of trauma (6:21)
  • Helping those unfamiliar with trauma to understand (8:06)
  • The effects of trauma (11:19)
  • Secondary trauma (14:06)
  • The effects of secondary trauma (15:44)
  • Defining racial trauma and its effects (19:52)
  • Microaggression (28:57)
  • Gaslighting (31:15)
  • Feeling racial trauma (33:05)
  • Learning to listen (36:22)
  • Unknowingly exacerbating racial trauma (42:29)
  • Empathy (45:44)
  • Lamenting racial trauma (47:44)
  • Healing racial trauma (50:20)
  • Dealing with skeptics (56:10)

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. What do you think of when you think of trauma? What are examples of trauma?

2. What is a trauma gap? Why does it exist? Why must the church seek to understand the trauma of others, especially those who have experienced racial trauma?

3. What is vicarious trauma? What are examples of vicarious trauma? How can that play out repeatedly through media and lived experiences?

4. How can we seek to understand and relate to others trauma? What might this look like? How does the gospel speak to trauma and, specifically, racial trauma?

Transcript

Is there enough evidence for us to believe the Gospels?

In an age of faith deconstruction and skepticism about the Bible’s authority, it’s common to hear claims that the Gospels are unreliable propaganda. And if the Gospels are shown to be historically unreliable, the whole foundation of Christianity begins to crumble.
But the Gospels are historically reliable. And the evidence for this is vast.
To learn about the evidence for the historical reliability of the four Gospels, click below to access a FREE eBook of Can We Trust the Gospels? written by New Testament scholar Peter J. Williams.

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