When Christian Hip Hop was Poor and Lowly

I remember when Christian Hip Hop was a ministerial movement. Today it consist of money making monopolies.
I remember when Christian hip hop was a poor community. Today it is a prospering commodity.
I remember when Christian hip hop aimed to see converts to Christ. Today it is more concerned with making concerts for the Church.
I remember [...]

Biblical Authority: Reflection on Job

“The real issues of biblical authority and interpretation are not likely to be settled by erudite cognitive formulation or by appeal to classic settlements, but live beneath such contention in often unrecognized and uncriticized ways that are deeply powerful, especially if rooted (as they may be for most of us) amid hurt, anger, or [...]

Bible Monopoly

No, its not a game, Bible Monopoly is played in real life and unfortunately among highly respected Bible teachers. Bible monopoly is the view that the Bible is solely understood by a person or a specific group. It is synonymous to what the religious leaders (Pharisees and Scribes) during Jesus’ time were [...]

Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s Letter to NY Times.

Interesting letter from the man himself…
check it out here

A Celebration of New Life

Today among Christian gatherings you will hear emphatically that “Jesus is alive!”
Yes He is is. Truly Jesus is alive.
Part of what makes Jesus being alive fascinating and amazing is that Jesus was dead, Jesus was unjustly punished, Jesus was betrayed. He felt the powers of sin, felt the oppression of injustice, underwent the feeling of [...]

Jeremiah Wright a Modern Latter Prophet

The previous post was one of Jeremiah’s sermons in its entirety. Today is a link (at the end of the post) to another Wright sermon in its entirety, the one that has been referred to as the, “God Damn America Sermon.” In its context, you will see clearly how this modern day prophet’s name [...]

Jeremiah’s Full Sermon

http://essence.typepad.com/news/2008…-to-rev-j.html

This is the sermon from where Jeremiah’s remarks about America chickens coming to roost was taken out of context from.

This sermon was given on September 16, 2001. The reason why I post it is because it is only right to understand the excerpt from this sermon in its [...]

Race, Gender, the Whitehouse, and You

When there is a Black-American and a White woman standing a good chance to win the Democratic primaries, lots of talk about race and gender is expected. In recent news both Barrack Obama’s skin color and Clinton’s skin color [...]

More Thoughts on Creation

Creation  is not only a point in time nor is it limited to the human species. And, comments from the previous post have indicated, creation is an ongoing process.
In taking on the task of exploring the meaning of creation some more, a specific Bible passage came to mind.
Psalm 104 provides us with more things to concider.
Please take time to read and think about the following,
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
O Lord my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
wrapped [...]

What Is Creation?

Speaking to an audience at a Lutheran campus ministry house in Northern Michigan, Walter Brueggemann, a notable Old Testament teacher, asserts that pre-occupation with personal salvation among American Christian Churches has led to ignorance of what the Bible has to say about natural environments. Along these same lines, one can also say that the American [...]