This past Sunday in my sermon I couldn’t resist raising for my congregation’s consideration, the public “resignation” of Anne Rice from Christianity. The best-selling author of many vampire tales announced on her Facebook page last week that she was done with the Faith. She said: “Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I...
Photo Credit: www.faithwestnewton.net I’ve been doing a lot of hiding in my office for the past two weeks while trying to digest my perception of pastoral duties during the Holy Season. As my friends over at Working Preacher reminded visitors not long ago, this is a season that in many ways speaks for itself....
Today, I preached a sermon entitled, “Hanging on to Christmas” with a scriptural focus of Matthew 2:16-19. This passage describes Herod’s murderous response to the birth of Jesus. For fear that the Christ Child would push him from his perch as client ruler of Judea, Herod ordered infanticide in Bethlehem and the surrounding area...
I’ve always been interested in how much pastors decide to get involved in local politics. Some pastors choose to maintain public silence on political issues and others involve themselves extensively as the ones featured in this video. Pastor John Wright (First Baptist Church of Guilford) and Pastor Marvis P. May (Macedonia Baptist Church) have...
Preached a year to the day of his assassination; Dr. King offers one of his most powerful sermons entitled, “Why I am Opposed to the War in Vietnam.” May this be encouragement to those preachers who publicly stand in opposition to the occupation of Iraq and may it be conviction to those preachers who’ve chosen to...
For today’s Sunday Sermon, I invite you to enjoy this snippet from a giant of a preacher who’s legacy stands tall despite his passing this year. Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson was the presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc. He went home to be with the Lord in March 2007. It...
I was blessed to be a part of the last class that had the opportunity to sit under the teaching of the prolific professor, Dr. Miles Jones at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. He left an indelible mark on me and thousands of others who were privileged to...
As a Black preacher who truly studies the powerful art of the sermon as proclaimed in the Black Church tradition; I celebrate the unique vessels who have come before me preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. The moment of proclamation in the Black Church is one of the most divine and mystical experiences in...
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