Sermon Illustrations about Black History Month
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Evangelist Leighton Ford Meets Muhammad Ali
Leighton Ford, evangelist and brother-in-law of Billy Graham, once met the former boxing champion Muhammad Ali at a hotel in Sydney, Australia. Ford listened ...
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Scene from Film 'Lincoln' on Lincoln's Courageous Leadership
In a powerful scene during the film Lincoln, starring Daniel Day Lewis, the bloody Civil War has tested the nation's endurance, but the tide is finally ...
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The Faith and Courage of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1822. As she grew up, she was made to work driving oxen, trapping muskrats in the woods, ...
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Black Actor Achieves Breakthrough Role on 'Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood'
A 2016 episode on NPR's "StoryCorps" interviewed Francois Clemmons, who played the role of friendly Officer Clemmons on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood for over ...
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Author Ta-Neishi Coates Wonders about the Church
In his New York Times bestseller Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes a book length letter to his adolescent son, Samori. It's a brutally ...
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Apartheid Was Based on Bad Theology
The system of apartheid in South Africa, a sophisticated but oppressive structure of racism that reigned for decades, was based in large part on theological ...
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A White Woman Learns to Cry 'Black Tears'
Brenda Salter McNeil tells the story of a diverse group of Christians who traveled across the United States visiting some of the places known for their ...
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Are You a ‘Functional Atheist’ In Public?
In an interview with Christianity Today, Alexia Salvatierra—a pastor and key immigration reformer in the U.S.—commented on what it takes to ...
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John Ortberg Considers the Ongoing Battle with Racism
Psychologists have found an intriguing way to study what it is that we really like and dislike. It's called "affective priming." They print ...
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Filmmaker Excludes Latinos in World War II Documentary
It's not all that hard to argue that Ken Burns is the biggest name in the world of documentaries. His stirring works about the Civil War, baseball, ...
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