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.
Enoch stands out in Scripture as a man who walked with God, setting a model of deep communion and worship. While many in his...
In Part 3 of The Disciple Whom Jesus Loves, Elder John recalls the days immediately following Jesus’ baptism, when he and Andrew spent time...
Episode 8 opens in a Kansas church service where Pastor Shepherd delivers a message that cuts straight into Jeremiah’s heart. He challenges parents to...
