The Christian Church finds itself societally in interesting times; times of rapid change, uncertainty, and division, where all that was our sure objective standards seem to be melting into air. Among the many features of these tumultuous times is a concept called “social justice” which has manifested itself within faith communities in the form of critical race theory and intersectionality.

Faced with this, many of the leadership throughout our denominations and seminaries have greeted it as something great and good, even as the magnificent end of an evil hegemonic history. But that doesn’t seem to be what’s happening, however, within the halls of Christian leadership. In this sense, they have revealed a decades-long scandal that has in…