What does it look like to walk in integrity as a Caucasian follower of Christ? (I’m focusing on white folks because that’s my heritage and because I believe we need to up our game in the integrity department.)
A contemporary definition of integrity reads “to consistently adhere to moral and ethical principles.” To have integrity means that we’re not double-minded. We’re the same person when we’re home alone as we are when we’re at church, work, or out with friends on Friday night.
But simply being consistentdoes not mean that we have integrity. Integrity comes from the Latin adjective integer, meaning whole or complete. If I’m consistently rude, impatient, greedy, or hateful, I actually lack integrity.
To be a whole, complete Christian who consistently adheres to moral and ethical principles begs the question which or whose principles are we adhering to? Our own? The governments’? Christ’s?
Human beings have a tendency toward self-protection and self-righteousness. We often defend our views, perspectives, and preferences without really bothering to evaluate them against Scripture. Because we live in America, which we believe was founded on biblical principles, we assume our citizenship automatically aligns us with Christianity.
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