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Christianity is Not the White Man’s Religion Pt 3
Last week I talked about the many “Christianities” of the early church. Yes there was not just one Christianity but many “Christianities” What do I mean by that? Christianity was not a monolithic...
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Christianity is the Not The White Man’s Religion Pt 4: Syriac Christianity
If you look at the usual maps of Christian expansion most maps focus on Europe. From Antioch Paul and Barnabas (later Silas) go off into Asia Minor and Greece and preach Jesus and churches are formed....
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Christianity is not the White Man’s Religion Pt 5
Last week I talked about how Christianity had a firm footing in Africa and Asia and what we now call the Middle East way before it took hold in Europe. So what happened? How come the church has...
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What’s wrong with the way you read the Bible?
Confession: I hate cleaning up after my kids. It annoys me to no end. It seems like everyday they leave a trail of school work, toys, clothes, and food throughout the house. It seems like they always...
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Christianity is not the White Man’s Religion Pt 6
Christianity had a firm footing in Africa and Asia and then some major things developed during the Middle Ages to shift the center of power to Europe. But what if I told you that by the year 2050 half...
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The Mission Field: Irian Jaya or Englewood?
An interesting conversation transpired over the dinner table on Christmas day. The subject: gang violence in inner city Chicago. We all know the statistics and if you don’t know you can read about them...
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5 things Prophetic People Need to Stop Doing
So I come from a pentecostal/charismatic background. My grandfather is a pentecostal preacher. My great grandfather was a pentecostal bishop. The church I attended in my youth was full of boisterous...
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr….Public Enemy #1?
So tomorrow we will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. There will be parades, news stories and everyone will get the day off. Oh yeah and I can’t forget some will celebrate...
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10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Teach Your Kids To Be Nice
Nice. One of the most overused and banal words in the English language. What does it even really mean? So many things can be “nice” and sometimes this niceness is substituted for being Christian. As a...
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Have You Ever Struggled To Find Your Voice?
Sometimes I want to reach down into my insides and rip my heart out. Figuratively of course. I want to study and investigate what makes me tick. Jeremiah the ancient Hebrew prophet said “The heart is...
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The Myth of the Minority Associate Pastor
Move over Zeus and Hercules! The Evangelical church has a mythology that will blow your mind. If you eavesdrop on certain conversations you will be amazed at the things that are believed just...
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Lessons from Paul on Embracing Your Identity
What comes to your mind when you think of the apostle Paul? I see a man in a robe. I see a man with a beard. An outspoken dude with a very strong opinion. I see someone who was dedicated and committed....
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How to preach Resurrection to different cultures
Easter Sunday is always a time of intense preparation and focus for pastors. Of course. This is when our C.M.E. (Christmas, Mother’s Day, and Easter members come out in droves. It is one of the only...
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My struggle to write as a black evangelical
I have been struggling to write. At least write for this blog. Part of it is due to my own exhaustion and needing to have a come to Jesus moment. That’s for another blog post. Another reason is because...
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The Quest For Biblical Preaching Pt 1
Expository preaching seems to be all the rage these days. I stumbled upon expository preaching when I found this website on the interwebs all about the ministry of Ray Stedman. From then on I made it...
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How can the church address fatherlessness?
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27) Manhood Restored by...
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My Family is My First Church pt 1
If I had a quarter for every time someone told me how busy they were I’d be lending money to Oprah. If I had a quarter for every time I told someone I was tired or busy I’d be swimming in them like...
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A Call to Lament
From the church shooting in Charleston to the SCOTUS ruling on same sex marriage it’s been a wild week. And when you add the news headlines of the last several months it becomes clear and apparent that...
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Church as a verb
How do you define church? A building where people gather to sing songs and hear a short (or long depending on your tribe) talk. That’s church as a noun. I like to think of it more as a verb. When...
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3 things I learned at Inbound 2015 that churches can use immediately
I just got back from drinking the Kool Aid at the Inbound 2015 Conference. The focus at #INBOUND15 was on Inbound marketing. Pretty much how to not annoy people but actually find the people who are...
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