(ThyBlackMan.com) At just about 11:30, last Saturday morning (Jan. 7th), a brother stood at the church alter and shared that he occasionally entertained thoughts of suicide. His testimony was stirring. He was joined by two other brothers who, also, were bold enough to share with the audience their struggles. On ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Going into the new year Pastors, Bishops, Apostles, Priests and others of religious faiths should pray over all fathers. Now more than ever in history do we need spiritual guidance, wisdom and protection. I’m a father, educator and mentor, I want to inspire and motivate fathers, step-fathers, grandfathers, fathers ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s nothing more awkward than to be the one southern black man in the room who says that he’s not quite sure about Christianity. No one attacks you for asking questions, they just “pray” for you. Some will talk to you like a mentally-disabled two year old who has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s time for some real talk. I gotta warn you: if you’re a Christian or a pastor, you may find my words offensive. That’s not my concern. I’m just honest enough to keep things real with you. I want to address a few of the reasons why I believe ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am riddled with paranoid conceit… at least I think I am. Rather, I am a devoted husband who is in love with his wife and is overly cautious about other women approaching me. As such, I treat every other woman I encounter that is not directly related to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes I feel a little overwhelmed looking at the evil that is in the world. Or rather, to be specific, looking at the evil that is reported by folks who should be overcomers of it. While I report on the d’evils that I see in rap music along with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s a plague that is infecting Christians today that I hope to eradicate. It is a rash that’s spread unnecessarily amongst us that limits the power and authority we walk in even though the ointment/balm to correct it exists within the core of our belief. It may go by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Life is a Trip!!! and Its not like we are given a customized list of options when we are born into the world. Being thrust into the world not by our own choice, one would think we’d be given all the tools we need, placed in the right environment, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) ‘For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to him who sows and bread to him who eats, so shall My word be that goes forth from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The late Dr. Edwin Lewis Cole, one of the guiding forces behind the rise of the Christian Men’s Movement in the later part of the last century, had the following summation of Christian relationships: “A man MUST major on manhood; and minor on womanhood.” In order for our young, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I put the finishing touches on my entry entitled Sick and Tired: Take Your Hands Off of Steering His Will: an exposition regarding how people haphazardly use God’s will to limit how they exercise faith, the sword I wielded doubled back and cut me in the process. There ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Who remembers Hasbro’s Battle Beasts?!! They were these little anthropomorphic toy figures that were no more than 3 inches tall. Aside from being armed to the teeth (metaphorically and literally!), the coolest feature of these little creatures was the emblem that each one bore. Each belonged to a “clan” ...