Raca: The Danger of Dismissiveness

Send us Fan Mail Raca: The Danger of Dismissiveness “Anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court…” — Matthew 5:22 Most of us would never take a life. But Jesus says something just as serious begins much earlier. Raca was an insult meaning “empty-headed.” Worthless. Beneath consideration. It wasn’t violent anger. It was dismissal. And dismissal is dangerous. When we roll our eyes… when we reduce someone to a stereotype… when we treat their con...