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.
What does it means to be sheep and what it means to have a good shepherd who knows, cares for, and protects His sheep?...
The Gospel of Luke is renowned for its unique parables that emphasize Jesus' teachings on mercy, repentance, and the Kingdom of God: The Good...
The Fourth Commandment calls the people of God to remember the Sabbath. The Sabbath was set apart by God as a time of rest...
