I am sure my friend has his heart in the right place, I have known him since long before he was either a cop or a Christian. He serves as a very valued sounding board on these types of issues, we can have the sort of direct conversations digging deeper than I can with my townsfolk for instance. Sort of a diplomatic back door to understand the signals I am sent by the locals but not really meant to understand.

That being said, you are absolutely right that when people cry “Christianity is Love” in the same breath as “Except for …] than I too hear “I am not really a Christian” coming from that person’s mouth.

So does my Christian cop friend, he has assured me this.

It is hard for me to believe that someone is a true Christian if they believe they can exclude others. Therefore I try to live with an open heart for THEY DO NOT GET IT. Have your friend ask his fellow Christians of color, if he even belongs to a church that allows people of color, if things are equal. The 1960s did not fix all issues. WE have equality issues in this “one nation under God”!