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.
In this episode of 10:10 Thrive, we explore Jesus’ teaching from Luke 11:5–8, where He shares the parable of a friend knocking at midnight...
In Daniel 2, King Nebuchadnezzar's troubling dream prompts him to summon Babylon's wise men, demanding not just the dream's interpretation but its content—setting an...
The psalms comprise the ancient hymnal of God’s people. They express emotions to God or about God. We wrap up our week-long study with...
