During the memorial service for Dr. Warren Lewis, my mind wandered backward to days of my youth and days of his strength. He was the single largest figure in the life of most of us in my small town. He was polemic and controversial. Our majority community was fearful of him; he was graduate school […]
“Religion, if banished to the realm of mere feeling, has ceased to be dangerous for any
rational and practical human enterprise. But, we must add, it also has lost its seriousness, its truth, and its ultimate meaning. In the atmosphere of mere subjectivity of feeling without a definite objective of emotion, without an ultimate content, […]
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Sleep on Old Soldier, Sleep On, How long? Not Long! This is a rhetorical pathos - phrase; it is an emotional appeal that belongs to African American funeral oratory. Aristotle calls this epideictic speech or ceremonial discourse. It is a way to appeal for future hope, it is a way to praise and avoid blame […]
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Dr. Joseph Evans and Min. Marquez Ball discuss evangelism. Evangelism Part 2
I stood to speak to an aging delegation, they were people that I have known all of my life – it seems. I had worried that I may not rhetorically connect with them, since it had been so long that I stood before them. I am different; I am older and more seasoned and sure […]
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Dr. Evans and Min. Ball Discuss Evangelism. Evangelism Part 1
Over the past days, uniformly, Mr. Obama has been criticized for meeting with Latin American leaders; namely Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chavez. Some may remember the 1980’s Iran Contra scandal, as it was called. It involved “guns for hostages.” Two worlds apart, Nicaragua and Iran were associated by an elaborate scheme to free Americans and […]
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Some may remember that I encouraged you to engage in this notion of a wealth gap; and that the gap is increasing in American but namely among blacks. Meizhu Lui, wrote the gap is is like a “deepening canyon.” Thus, the rich get richer and poor get poorer kind of thing I guess. Can we […]
Mr. Obama attended worship service at Saint John’s Episcopal church in Lafeyette Square; it’s near the White House. The Reverend Luis Leon, D.D. is the rector. I hear that he is a very fine man. In fact, over the years, many presidents have attended their services. Near the White House, it is conveniently located and it provides for […]
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Easter Sunday Sermon was recieved well and has been loaded on the podcast for listeners. The sermon was expounded from Daniel 7. The goal was to orient auditors with Daniel’s interpretation of regimes or kingdoms of the world that would oppress and condition humanity to loose its divine hunger. Four kingdoms rise and three have […]