For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
This morning, I attended a remarkable lecture at Wesley Theological Seminary where Dr. Joerg Rieger, an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, the Wendland-Cook Endowed Professor of Constructive Theology at SMU Perkins School of Theology and author of several books to include Christ and Empire: From Paul to Postcolonial Times, served as the guest lecturer […]
Read More“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit and that Christ may dwell in […]
Read More“For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.” ~ Galatians 1.11-12, NRSV, emphasis mine I was […]
Read MoreEdward J. Blum and Paul Harvey detail in The Chronicle Review how the image of Jesus has been made and remade in American history, contrasting the socially colored black Jesus with short hair portrayed in now historic 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama with that of a replica of Christus, an eleven foot high chiseled […]
Read MoreAs reported by Crystal Wright of Townhall.com, according to the Congressional Black Caucus chairman Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, the “pride” felt regarding President Obama’s socially constructed blackness is more important than holding him accountable for failing to address the social and economic needs of African Americans. Because he’s “black,” he is excused from accountability and criticism.
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The Raceless Gospel 