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Jan 11, 2024 · Thankfully, the Bible does the same thing with the ethnicity of people. Churches don’t have to go overboard to emphasize black people in the Bible. However, you should not downplay their existence either. When you see it in the pages of Scripture, say it, and don’t pretend like it is not there.
Thankfully, I have examples of these black Biblical heroes to follow. EBED-MELECH. Jeremiah, a prophet of God to his people, was charged with delivering some very unpopular news: the king of Babylon was coming, and he would conquer Jerusalem. For hundreds of years, God’s people had been super flaky with him.
- Caleb Mathis
Feb 19, 2014 · The Black Presence in the Bible: Uncovering the Hidden Ones. By Onleilove Alston. Feb 19, 2014. “Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.” - Psalm...
May 7, 2018 · Indeed, more than half of black people in the U.S. (54%) – both Christian and non-Christian – say they read the Bible or other holy scripture at least once a week outside of religious services, compared with 32% of whites and 38% of Hispanics, according to data from the 2014 Religious Landscape Study.
Feb 14, 2019 · The lands of the Bible span the continents of Africa and Asia — both home to peoples of color. People of African descent, Asian descent and of mixed descent all lived in ancient Israel. In general, the people of Ancient Israel were probably more African than Asian and they looked it.
Dec 16, 2020 · Seeing Black people in scripture. Esau McCaulley’s book reclaims what the Black church has always known. by Jessica Hooten Wilson in the December 16, 2020 issue. Share. African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope. What does it mean to exercise hope while reading the Bible?
Feb 18, 2021 · Black history can’t be told without the Bible. Black Christian heroes knew that the Bible had to be at the center of life as free men and women in the United States. Jackie Robinson in an...
