Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love is 6th and 7th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 7 |
SMOG Index | Grade 10 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 9 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
The estimated word count of One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love is 43,090 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 2 hrs 53 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 4 hrs 48 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 36 mins.
One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love - 43,090 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 4 hrs 48 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 2 hrs 53 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 36 mins |
for One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love
Dr. Perkins’ final manifesto on race, faith, and reconciliation We are living in historic times. Not since the civil rights movement of the 60s has our country been this vigorously engaged in the reconciliation conversation. There is a great opportunity right now for culture to change, to be a more perfect union. However, it cannot be done without the church, because the faith of the people is more powerful than any law government can enact. The church is the heart and moral compass of a nation. To turn a country away from God, you must sideline the church. To turn a nation to God, the church must turn first. Racism won't end in America until the church is reconciled first. Then—and only then—can it spiritually and morally lead the way.Dr. John M. Perkins is a leading civil rights activist today. He grew up in a Mississippi sharecropping family, was an early pioneer of the civil rights movement, and has dedicated his life to the cause of racial equality. In this, his crowning work, Dr. Perkins speaks honestly to the church about reconciliation, discipleship, and justice... and what it really takes to live out biblical reconciliation. He offers a call to repentance to both the white church and the black church. He explains how band-aid approaches of the past won't do. And while applauding these starter efforts, he holds that true reconciliation won't happen until we get more intentional and relational. True friendships must happen, and on every level. This will take the whole church, not just the pastors and staff. The racial reconciliation of our churches and nation won't be done with big campaigns or through mass media. It will come one loving, sacrificial relationship at a time. The gospel and all that it encompasses has always traveled best relationally. We have much to learn from each other and each have unique poverties that can only be filled by one another. The way forward is to become "wounded healers" who bandage each other up as we discover what the family of God really looks like. Real relationships, sacrificial love between actual people, is the way forward. Nothing less will do.