...Tim. And I basically sang a song that was sung to me, "Jesus loves the little children, all the little children of the world, red and yellow, black and white, they are precious to his sight. He was gasping, his breathing went down and I watched him, too, take his last breath....

...with me because of what my God loves and what my God hates. To quote another Sunday-school chorus: "Jesus loves the little children / All the children...black and white / They are precious in his sight." Rwanda might seem far away, and these Rwandan children might seem different from my own, but I do not...

..."How can you hate this child?" he had asked. How far I had come from the days when I sang those words: "Jesus loves the little children,/ All the children...black and white,/ They are precious in his sight...." Suddenly I was repulsed by the poison that swirled around me. I felt sick to my stomach. I turned in...

...world. Even as a child, I knew there was something terribly wrong with our singing about Jesus' loving all the children of the world, "red and yellow, black and white," while refusing to eat or drink or worship with those same beloved children. Religion, instead of reconciling...

...apparent. But to remove all doubt, the noun is plural — "peoples" — indicating all ethnic groups. "Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight." To make this unmistakably clear there is the reference in the preceding verse to 448 all nations, and...

...Schools, which were held in hot and stifling chapel halls, we were taught to sing the democratic chorus, "Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world, Red and Yellow, Black and White, All are children in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world." Meanwhile we still remained...

..."Only when I can't pay the bills." "No, the Klan. The Boones. Cumbie." "I can't say so. God help 'em. 'Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight. . . .' [The racism] is probably worse now than it was before Martin Luther King came along. About all...

...American churches after World War II emphasizes the ideal of God's love reaching out to every race: Jesus loves the little children, all the children...the world; red and yellow, black and white, they are pretious in his sight; Jesus loves the little children of the world. This song has been popular because...

...of the earth (Acts 17:26) There is more to "race" than color, right? I remember very well singing a Sunday school song, "Jesus loves the little children,...Black and White, They are precious in his sight..." Let's assume for the sake of argument that there are four races and four skin colors. Take a piece...

...with me because of what my God loves and what my God hates. To quote another Sunday-school chorus: "Jesus loves the little children / All the children...black and white / They are precious in his sight." Rwanda might seem far away, and these Rwandan children might seem different from my own, but I do not...