d mat him with my white hand reached out to invite him to the new center. When I walked back to continue eating, something deep inside said, Wash your hands. I thought, Would I have felt the same way if I had shaken a white hand? I knew God had called me to reach all people, but how could I if I felt this way? Something deep inside had told me that one hand was dirtier than the other. My opinion had been reached through assumption. To face reality, I refused to follow my feelings and ate the other half of the sandwich.Perhaps you really have no problem in your attitude toward other races. However, I feel that a more careful look at this subject will reveal prejudices attitudes between the rich and the poor, the landlords and the tenents, the labor unions and the management, and those of different political persuasions. Many times there are strong feelings and exaggerations that exist between the educated and the uneducated groupings. The man with the degrees will set himself on a higher level than the other. The man with his high school diploma or maybe none will look at the other and say, look at the brain and he canĺt even change a tire.It is Society VS the Prisoners, the Mentally Illů the Handicapped. It was the straight people vs the hippiesůthe long hairs. A few years ago, I heard a young man with long hair give a beautiful testimony of his recent conversion to Christ. The next Sunday morning a preacher who had also attended the meeting was heard to say, Heĺs not anymore of a Christian than my dog. Was that a fair statement?Prejudice is a sin among the many sins of this world. Yet, the most grieving realization is that it is part of the church among a people who claim the love of God. It is true that there is Religious and Denominational Prejudice. How many Protestants tell stories about the Catholics without any first hand knowledge? There were two cars driving down the freeway. As one passe...
