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“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. (Romans 11:34-36) When we think about God, often we […]
Each week we will try and highlight your favorite posts from RAANetwork’s blog and other great posts across the web. Check back each weekend in case you missed something. Top 3 Posts (RAAN) 1. Why John Piper Risks Dealing with a Controversial Topic like Race? 2. Joe Tells Christian Men to Pursue Her 3. Raising Financial Support: […]
This week Joe is back with a timely episode encouraging single Christian men to pursue the girl they’re interested in. Joe explains what it means and doesn’t mean to pursue and offers wisdom from the scriptures. With Valentines day around the corner, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.
If you’re called to full-time ministry, you know the day is coming—if it hasn’t already—when you will have to raise financial support. When I think about support-raising, I hear faint ominous chords playing in my ears. Okay, that’s somewhat facetious, but I have a sneaking suspicion I’m not alone. [pullquote]Let’s face it, raising support can […]
My name is Ameen. I’ve been saved for eight years. I’m reformed and I’m black. My family loves people from all races, so ethnocentrism was never a struggle during my growing up years. For the most part, I was open to making friends with people regardless of their skin color, race or background. Magnificent Truth […]
This week Joseph Solomon and special guest, Jackie Hill, discuss if the Bible teaches that we can speak things into existence. Check it!
There is a place more dangerous than any other. If you were to go there, you would surely find and experience all kinds of evil. Murder is common and even acceptable. There is blood everywhere. Not only will you witness adultery, but you will also be enticed to join in. There is no modesty. You […]
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? Psalm 56:3-4, ESV Children are easy to scare. It doesn’t take much. They’re afraid of the dark. They’re afraid of strangers. They’re even afraid […]
Jemar & Phillip are joined by Cameron Triggs as they discuss the impact of the black church. Join them! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Credit: Pass The Mic is fully produced by Podastery Studios. Visit www.Studio.podastery.com to discover what Podastery can do for you.
“Why doesn’t someone plant a church in a mobile home park?” One noted theologian (https://twitter.com/drantbradley) has often made this challenge to evangelical leaders and denominations that tend to focus their attention on the inner-city and “reaching” blacks. But we found a church planter who started a church in a low-income white community–a mobile home park–in […]
Joe offers another timeless video encouraging Christians to stop “frontin’” or faking for other people. Watch and be encouraged and challenged. Question: Have you ever found yourself faking or frontin’ for others? What did Joe say that encouraged and/or challenged you the most?
I never heard the term “church planting” growing up in Black churches. It wasn’t until I got involved in White evangelical circles that I heard the phrase and it took on meaning. This doesn’t imply that African American churches weren’t or aren’t thinking about multiplication. I remember numerous conversations around evangelism and growing the church […]
I can’t read it without my heart picking up its pace, my ears pulsing with the swell of the applause I would have heard had I been standing there that day, amid the crowd of people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. I can’t read it without a pang as […]
Forty-five years after his death, Martin Luther King, Jr. still serves as an important and often overlooked theological resource for the Church today. As one of the towering figures of the civil rights movement, most people know King as activist, ethicist and orator. However, far too few know King in the way he thought of […]
In Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Tim Keller recently described Western Christianity’s inability to make meaning out of suffering. However, the African American church tradition represents a notable exception to the general inability of American Christianity to suffer well. Redemptive suffering is a widespread and deeply cherished belief within the Black church tradition, […]
A while ago RAAN’s Regular Contributor, Jasmine Baucham, interviewed Joseph Solomon. Recently I visited chaseGod.tv to see what Joseph, a.k.a “Joe”, was cooking and stumbled on this amazing video on prayer. He offers three thoughts on the Christian prayer: Pray Humbly and Carefully Do not Pray for Style Pray Often He also offers things he […]
Monday’s Meditation The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22, ESV) New Years is one of the most fascinating times of the year in regards to the human heart. We all anxiously look forward to a new beginning. It’s a […]
Jemar & Phillip sit down with pastor H.B. Charles Jr. to discuss his testimony, the black church, God’s providence, and his new book: It Happens After Prayer. Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Credit: Pass The Mic is fully produced by Podastery Studios. Visit www.Studio.podastery.com to discover what Podastery can do for you.
Each week we will highlight your favorite posts from RAANetwork’s blog and other great posts across the web. Check back each Saturday in case you missed something. Top 3 Posts (RAAN): 1. Pridefully Reformed? by Cyril Chavis, Jr. The largely white, reformed circles, with their theological and cultural traditions, have much to teach the world and the […]
