The African American Pulpit back issues from July 2006:
A VARIETY of Voices from The Pulpit
Jul 01, 2006; ... In Fall 2005, The African American Pulpit (TAAP) made history once again. We published a Collector's Issue featuring some of today's powerful women preachers. In that issue, we gave particular honor to fifty elders-women who have served on the battle-fields of ministry for twenty years or ...
Church GOSSIP
Jul 01, 2006; ... Mildred, the church gossip and self-appointed monitor of the church's morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several members did not approve of her extracurricular activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence. Mildred made a mistake, however, when she accused ...
Three GOOD Arguments
Jul 01, 2006; ... A Cajun friend had three good arguments for proving Jesus was Cajun: 1. He liked to serve fish to his friends. 2. He could make his own wine. 3. He sure wasn't afraid of water. A black friend had three good arguments for proving Jesus was black: 1. He ...
Talking about Preaching: An Interview with William Augustus Jones
Jul 01, 2006; ... Prior to his death in February 2006, William Augustus Jones seved as the pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York. This interview with Rev. Jones originally appeared in the Winter 2003-2004 issue and is being reprinted in tribute to his life and ministry. Frank Thomas: ...
The African American Pulpit Salutes CORETTA SCOTT KING (1927-2006)
Jul 01, 2006; ... The African American Pulpit honors the life and ministry of Mrs. Coretta Scott King. As we reflect on the sacrifices she made for the Civil Rights Movement and for justice, we hope that each of us will be encouraged to keep pressing on and fighting ...
How Black Preaching Can EMBRACE Multiculturalism
Jul 01, 2006; ... "You can't join it; you have to be born in it ..." This refrain from my years in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) gives witness to an unspoken ethos and understood ontological perspective among the black Christians who filled the pews of the local congregation. We were convinced that God had ...
RELIGIOUS REASONING in Democratic Politics
Jul 01, 2006; ... Religious citizens give and demand respect. Respect requires liberty. Respect demands equality. Respect means the end of racism, sexism, and the other ills that destroy our common destiny. Some argue that respect demands the exclusion of religion from politics, but I think this claim is ...
Preaching from the LECTIONARY
Jul 01, 2006; ... The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) is a schedule of daily readings from the Bible. If the schedule of readings offered by the RCL is followed on a daily basis, it guides you through a complete reading of the Bible every two years. The Sunday preaching lectionary is a set of readings based on a ...
How Will OUR Preaching Be Remembered? A Challenge to See the Bible from a Woman's Perspective
Jul 01, 2006; ... I believe that when history is written decades from now, three things will stand out as the most significant events in twentieth and twenty-first century American Protestant church history: (1) the rise of radical Christian fundamentalism and its influence upon American politics in general and ...
What Should Be the Black Church's Response to Wal-Mart?
Jul 01, 2006; ... As I was traveling from Chicago to Atlanta on Memorial Day weekend of 2005, I noticed how Wal-Mart stores and Wal-Mart trucks littered the highways. I noticed in particular what seemed to be some type of Wal-Mart warehouse. On the side of the warehouse a sign read, "Wal-Mart: Our People Make the ...
It Don't Make Sense, BUT IT WORKS
Jul 01, 2006; ... Samuel Johnson once wrote that great works are performed not by strength, but by struggle. Not just by talent, but also by perseverance. Another writes that struggle exists in the tension created by the push of the new. Struggle and the tension against the new; the future against the substance ...
I CAN Produce
Jul 01, 2006; ... Luke 1:5-25, NRSV In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife ivas a descetidant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both of them were righteous before Cod, living blamelessly according to all the ...
The WORD Whose Time Has Come
Jul 01, 2006; ... Psalm 68:31, KJV Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. This is the word whose time has come! Psalm 68:31 is one of those defining Scriptures, an illustration of the compelling power of the A prophetic Word. Psalm 68:31 is a powerful ...
Makes Me Wanna HOLLA'
Jul 01, 2006; ... Mark 10:46-52, NKJV Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartinujcus, the son ofTimaeus, sat by the road begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of Dai'id, have mercy ...
When FAITH Takes Flight
Jul 01, 2006; ... John 20:1-18, NRSV Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good netvs of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had ...
DON'T Give Up on God
Jul 01, 2006; ... Hebrews 10:35-39, NRSV Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward. For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. For yet "in a very little while, the one who is coming will come and will not ...
The Three R's of FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A Stewardship Sermon
Jul 01, 2006; ... Acts 5:1-15 Remixed With at least 5,000 members on role the Jerusalem Missionary Church was definitely a mega church. The church decided to pool their money to take care of the poor and the widows and anyone in the church who had a need. Two landowners of the Congregation were hi ...
The Marks of an IRRESISTIBLE Church
Jul 01, 2006; ... Mark 2:1-12, KJV And whett they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins he ...
The PERFECT Storm
Jul 01, 2006; ... Acts 27:13-44, NIV When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the "northeaster," swept down from the island. The ship was caught ...
GOD'S WORD and Our Salvation
Jul 01, 2006; ... 1 Samuel 15:10-31, 35, NCV Then the Lord spoke his word to Samuel: "I am sorry I made Saul king, because he has stopped following me and has not obeyed my commands." ...When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said, "May the Lord bless you! I have obeyed the Lord's commands." But Samuel said, "Then ...
Lord, I DON'T Think I Want This Anymore!
Jul 01, 2006; ... Luke 22:17-20, 39-43, NIV Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation. " He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, "Father, if you are ...
The Revolution WILL NOT Be Televised
Jul 01, 2006; ... Luke 4:16-20, NRSV When be came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: "The ...
BEING HUMAN: Race, Culture, and Religion
Jul 01, 2006; ... BEING HUMAN Race, Culture, and Religion By Dwight N. Hopkins Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005. 228 pages, $21.00, paperback Anyone serious about serving black people and other oppressed groups or anyone called upon to speak truth to those in power should wrestle with the thesis and ...