(ThyBlackMan.com) I am going to clear this up right now, regardless of what you have heard and regardless of what you want to believe. I find that most people who believe you can lose your salvation (1) do not overstand the difference between religion and relationship, (2) do not overstand ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Our message is entitled, “How to Overcome Your Storm.” Our scripture is coming from the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 4. Mark 4:40 reads, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” The next verse reads, “And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, “What ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Not all news about black men is negative. For decades now, we’ve heard negative news coverage, data, conclusions drawn by social scientists and even some in our own community that the black man in America is dangerous, deviant and dysfunctional. The media will peddle surface views to the masses – ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In April of 2018, I wrote an article for this publication entitled, Adam, Where Are You: Why Black Men Have Quit the Church. That article pointed to four major rationales for why brothers have stopped attending church weekly, including too much judgment in today’s churches, the rise of personal spirituality, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Faith Comes by Hearing (And Being Heard): A Message to Pastors: While the majority of men will not admit it, they will always desire being heard. They also long to be invited to a BBQ, taken out for a meal, or football party, or simply welcomed into the pastor’s confidence. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are teaching on, Lord, Teach Us to Pray. We are on the section called, The Mechanics of Prayer, or the functionality of prayer. We want you first of all to read the Scripture. Our two foundational Scriptures are found in Luke 18:1, and Ephesians 6:18. Luke 18:1 [1] And ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not a religious person, growing up my household wasn’t particularly religious. Sure, my younger sister and brother attended Sunday School but church wasn’t a central part of family life growing up. We had that the two pictures in our living room for years: Black Jesus and Martin Luther King, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, as the nation pauses to honor the late humanitarian and civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I am forced to return to the life and legacy of Jesus Christ, whose struggle for peace and justice was not unlike that of Dr. King in the twentieth century. Indeed, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Monday, March 25… HISTORY’s eight-part event “Jesus: His Life” explores the story of Jesus Christ through a unique lens: the people in his life who were closest to him. Each of the eight chapters is told from the perspective of different biblical figures, all of whom played a pivotal ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Christmas is a time of celebration and thanksgiving. Although sometimes lost in secularism, this holiday marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Alone, we can never atone for the wrongs we commit. Instead, Jesus cancels our debts as his death is a substitute for our own penance. How should we respond ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m a freethinker, but logic causes me to lean toward believing in a supreme force. For me, whatever force is responsible for existence and the creation of the universe is God. Something caused the universe to come into existence, and whatever that something was, I call it God. So for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today we who call ourselves Believers and Children of God are surrounded by popular teachings absorbed by millions and millions of people. The problem is that too many of us have rationalized these teachings to be correct because we don’t believe that many people can be deceived. But sadly, that ...