Truth & Love Blog
Richard Allen and Absalom Jones: The Martin Luther King of Their Day
Richard Allen and Absalom Jones: The Martin Luther King of Their DayMartin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) was, of course, one of the main leaders of the American Civil Rights movement. What is lesser known today is King’s training and ministry as a Baptist pastor. Even...
Who Is Saint Nicholas?
Who Is Saint Nicholas?*Note: So many people enjoyed this Christmas blog post last year, that I plan to re-post it every Christmas season. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!The origin of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born during the third century in the village of...
How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind
How Africa Shaped the Christian MindI just learned about a new book that sounds fascinating for everyone interested in African American ministry. It will be released in January 2008 and is by church historian Thomas Oden. The title is: How Africa Shaped the Christian...
Willow Creek Repents
Willow Creek RepentsAll those concerned about how churches produce spiritually mature believers should find the following link fascinating: http://blog.christianitytoday.com/outofur/archives/2007/10/willow_creek_re.htmlBottom line: spiritually mature people grow as...
Core Equipping Course Goes Online
Be Equipped by the Book Online I am excited to announce the first ever Capital Bible Seminary (CBS) online distance education (ODE) course.I will be teaching Discipleship Counseling I (DC I) as an ODE course from February 4 to May 2, 2008. DC I is our core course...
Tin Man, Part II, Guest Blog by Pastor Aaron Tolson
Tin Man, Part IIGuest Blog by Pastor Aaron Tolson[1]My wife and I (Aaron Tolson) watched the recent mini-series Tin Man on the Sci-Fi channel over the past couple of nights. I’m not much for sci-fi movies, but I did enjoy the humorous connections between The Wizard of...
Tin Man and Evangelical Christianity
Tin Man and Evangelical ChristianityThe Sci-Fi channel recently aired a six-hour mini-series, Tin Man, updating The Wizard of Oz. This was not your Auntie Em’s yellow brick road!In the original movie version, no one could confuse the good guys (and girls) with the bad...
Shrek the Halls?
Shrek the Halls?I’m normally not one to expect TV Christmas specials to uphold the true meaning of Christmas. A secular program is going to be secular. However, when a secular program subtly and not-so-subtly moves from secular to sacrilegious, that’s going too...
Venture Smith: Pulling the Rope in Unison
Venture Smith: Pulling the Rope in Unison[i]It has become something of a cliché to imagine that Black families today find it difficult to experience stability because of a long history of instability caused by slavery and racism. While not at all minimizing the...
African American Spirituals
African American Spirituals: Telling the Rest of the Story[i] To appreciate the meaning, message, and mutual ministry of the slave spirituals, it is vital to understand how and why they were composed. Carey Davenport, a retired Black Methodist minister from Texas, had...
