(The Conversation) African-American 'folk' preachers blended homespun sermon and song to offer life lessons on how to survive in a world of inequality and virulent racism. (The Conversation) The first ...

When I carried this book into a gas-station diner I saw the waitress look at the title and roll her eyes. I turned the book over. But was I ashamed of the gospel? Well, of course not—so I turned its ...

For generations upon generations, Gospel music has been a cornerstone in the Black community. Getting us through slavery, segregation and the modern day trials and tribulations of being Black in ...

An overview of the historical background and theology of Matthew to help you develop your sermon series and apply it to your hearers. The author of the first Gospel in the New Testament is a brilliant ...

Evangelistic preaching is the proclamation of the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit with the aim of a clear decision for Christ in the hearers. To be sure, all Christian preaching should expect a ...

There's nothing like the good word. The good word of GloRilla that is. The rapper's lyrics have made their way to the pulpit via Baltimore-based pastor Rev. Melech E. M. Thomas. In video of a recent ...

In the mid-70s, gospel artists flirted with disco in an attempt to convert clubbers into believers and, in the process, left behind a heavenly body of work With its reputation for sex, drugs and ...

The first truly African-American musical form, the “Spirituals,” took shape in the 17th and 18th centuries within the generations of slaves born into the tough American experience. Music was a daily ...

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