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Hidden Figures: Excellence as Resistance - Black Church (Colossians 3:23-24)

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The women in Hidden Figures worked with excellence as unto the Lord—not for segregated NASA, but for God who saw their dignity. The Black Church has transformed Colossians 3:23-24: work heartily despite unjust masters because the Lord sees. Excellence becomes resistance; dignity refuses degradation. "From the Lord you will receive the inheritance"—the promise sustained enslaved people, Reconstruction workers, Jim Crow laborers. Human masters defrauded; the Lord repays. Work heartily as protest; work excellently as witness; work faithfully because God sees.

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