Recently added articles from The African American Pulpit:
SUMMER 2009
Jul 01, 2009; ... While our co-executive editors are preparing the Fall issue of The African American Pulpit (TAAP) and completing the mammoth amount of work that always comes with the Seminarians' Issue (available Winter 2010), Frank and I have been delighted to step back into the role of shepherding an issue ....
NOTHING But the Devil: The African American Church and Sexual Abuse
Jul 01, 2009; ... Two events supremely impacted my deci- sion to write about the role of the African American Church and sexual abuse. The first event occurred during a conversation with a friend. She asked about my work with chil- dren and adolescents who have been sexual- ly abused. As I attempted to explain to ...
Christian Conciliation: PROTECTION for the Church against Litigation
Jul 01, 2009; ... Courts usually dismiss lawsuits involving churches for lack of jurisdiction and require the parties to resort to an alternative forum of dispute resolution if the church's governing documents require dispute resolution pursuant to Matthew 18:15-18 and 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 or if the church and ...
Don't PREACH to Me: A Commitment to Proclamation in a Postmodern World
Jul 01, 2009; ... The postmodern person looks at the world through a different pair of lenses than people who lived 30 or 40 years ago. Craig Loscalzo delineated some of the characteris- tics of the postmodern way of thinking. He suggested that the postmodern mindset is characterized by a love/hate relationship ...
God's SOVEREIGN Power
Jul 01, 2009; ... Ephesians 2:4-8, kjv But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That ...