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.
Today’s episode delves into the genuine essence of love, contrasting the profound, biblical understanding with the superficial and often misleading portrayals common in modern...
In today’s episode, in the continuing story of Maisie and her grandfather, the older man is delivering the message at the church service. He...
Today’s episode features two monologues based on characters in the Book of Acts. In Part 1, Gamaliel, a revered teacher of the Law and...
