What inspired you to write A Pursued Justice: Black Preaching from the Great Migration to Civil Rights? I take a lot of inspiration from my own spiritual quest toward self-discovery. But as a ...

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. President Barack Obama mentioned King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance and victory speeches in 2008, ...

I’ve always wanted to know more about how biblical scholar Ellen Davis envisions the notion of the “prophetic interpreter,” which she discusses at the beginning of her 2014 book Biblical Prophecy. She ...

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s preaching used the power of language to interpret the gospel in the context of Black misery and Christian hope. He directed people to life-giving resources and spoke ...

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. The outgoing 44th president, Barack Obama, spoke of King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance and victory ...

In other words, King used a prophetic voice in his preaching – the hopeful voice that begins in prayer and attends to human tragedy. Indeed, the best of African-American preaching is three-dimensional ...

From time to time the call comes: the Christian preacher should “get back to the Bible.” A major reason for the triviality of much of today’s preaching, it is said, is the modern preacher’s failure to ...

If you were to visit Trinity United Church of Christ, a predominantly African-American congregation on the Chicago’s South Side, you would be warmly welcomed. You’d experience spirited singing that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the Freedom March on ...

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. President Barack Obama mentioned King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance and victory speeches in 2008, ...