The spiritual is a combination of African musical traditions and European Christian hymns. They are meditations on the triumph of the metaphysical over the physical realities of slavery. They attempt to answer profound questions: What happens to an enslaved person when she dies? What does it mean if her life has been so denigrated on earth? What does freedom feel like if your only access to it is in your imagination? What miracles of God are needed to get free?
Today’s Top Ten List explores “Messages – Explicit in Implied – in Some African American Spirituals.” Scriptures referenced include Joshua 3; Jeremiah 8; Jeremiah 46:11; Isaiah 2:4; and Joshua 6.
We begin our study of the book of Numbers and begin to explore how the people reacted to God’s calling on their lives. Scriptures...
What are some verses in the Book of 1 John on which we ought to meditate? Scriptures referenced include more than 22 passages from...
Ezekiel, active during a tumultuous period of exile for the Israelites, left a lasting impact on early Christian thought through his messages of judgment,...
