(ThyBlackMan.com) There are a variety of verses in the Bible that seem to command us to avoid fallen or backslidden Christians. Yet one verse in particular, Galatians 6:1, commands us to restore fallen Christians. What are we to do? 1 CORINTHIANS 5:11 1 Corinthians 5:11 – But now I have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) ‘But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hat committed adultery with her already in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The news that is sure to captivate a global audience broke late on yesterday evening: Osama Bin Laden is dead. To be more specific – Osama Bin Laden has been killed. To humanize it: Osama Bin Laden has been murdered. And though it would seem that the ecclesiastically old ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, I would like to pose a simple question: Does size matter when it comes to your seed? Now that I’ve got your attention, let me rephrase that. Rather, does size matter when it comes to our faith? In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus compared both faith and the Kingdom ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What are the evidences of a Christian who is Spirit filled? Is it super natural powers? Is it a magnetic personality? No, not really. Being a Spirit filled Christian is not spooky or even supernatural. A person does not have to break down and start foaming at the mouth, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I wrote and posted the poem An Edifice Complex, I wanted to present a truth in a parabolic way – allowing the reader to experience a revelation in their own time as they digested the words for themselves. Well, I’ve been directed to make it plain today! I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In Revelation, Jesus said that He’d rather us (the Church) be hot or cold and not lukewarm. The irony of this is that it’s when the weather tosses these extremes of hot and cold at us that we show lukewarm sentiments the best! While He wasn’t speaking from a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the past year, I have been wrestling with the thought- “What does it means to Black and a Christian.” That may appear as a no-brainer comment with a diluted intent to segregate but that is far from the truth. It unpacks a question that many young black males ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Satan had been showing a pattern of attacking me. I had gradually become very angry at some things. Most of my anger was aimed at my husband and in our marriage of twelve years. I began to seek a way to combat this spiritual attack. I wanted to write ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a pastor, I get asked, quite often actually, why God created a devil if He knew all the evil Satan would do. A corresponding question is why did God create the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? After all, if God hadn’t created the tree, then ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the course of my 47 years on this earth, I’ve been called lots of names. Some are repeatable. Some are not. I’ve heard them on the playground, in the heat of competition and from irate drivers who think I spend too much time in the left-hand lane. I’ve ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When a new baby is born, fathers, mothers, family and friends all celebrate. For several days, balloons, flowers, gifts and cards flood the hospital and decorate the new parents’ home. The new parents experience a kind of euphoria: giving birth to a new creation that is a bit of ...