(ThyBlackMan.com) Why is it that some days we wake up alert and energized ready to face the world feeling like we can conquer anything that comes our way and other days we struggle to open our eyes and tap into a source of motivation, confidence or optimism? To be completely ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you prepared? Prepared for what you ask? The inevitable of course! Understanding what is inevitable (an unavoidable thing that is certain to happen), will help us address what it is we all have to deal with – Challenges! Challenges are a part of life. There is no escaping ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Peter ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Because of your particular circumstances, you might not agree that our world is broken and heading swiftly towards perdition, but the vast majority of ordinary people out there are under no such illusion. The angst suffered by ordinary people is so great that only if you are cosseted by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nearly every householder knows the absolute joy of moving into a new home, of having the decorations done exactly as you wanted, of having the surrounding, the hard and soft landscape done precisely to your requirements, and having the driveway and fencing look just the way you liked. When ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the heart of American history, where struggle and hope often intertwined, the Black Church emerged not only as a place of worship but as a sanctuary of strength, identity, and liberation. It was within these sacred walls—often humble, sometimes hidden, always holy—that a resilient people lifted their voices ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jesus’ mention of fasting in Mathew 6:16 and His giving instructions therein of how it should be conducted indicate that fasting is a prerequisite for a Christian. Here He says, ‘When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you really satisfied with your life? If you’re like most of us, sometimes you are and sometimes nothing feels right about it. Our day to day feelings impress us more than we think. If we’re feeling good, then we think better thoughts. If we’re down or discouraged, it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In Mathew 5:13-18 Christ lays out for the disciples what kind of character they are supposed to have; they are to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world- they are to be the pacemakers, the trendsetters. The bible says that as a man thinks, so ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the book of John 15:1-8, Christ expounds on the parable of the vine and the branches-that if a man remains in Him, then he will certainly bear much fruit. Infact in verse 6 He categorically says, ‘If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Contrary winds have been blowing across the path of Christians for centuries, and over those same centuries events have occurred that were capable of destroying one’s faith in God, or debilitating the walk and witness of believers to make them ineffective. But still the faith “once delivered to the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Crucifixion was not the only way in which one was put to death during Jesus’ day. In fact, crucifixion was probably the least likely method a person was put to death in Jesus’ day. The Romans reserved this punishment only for slaves or for freemen who had committed the ...