I had the honor and distinction of preaching what amounted to my trial/first sermon here in Atlanta, well, Marietta, Georgia on March 21st, 2008 at a Seven Last Words service. For those inquiring minds I had the Third Word, John 19:25-27, “Woman, here is you son….Here is you mother!” And for further inquiries, the title […]
Read more "My Theolgy of Preaching, Part IV: The Seven Last Words"Even in the face of remarks deemed controversial by the mainstream media (MSM) concerning Obama’s pastor, I feel that there is a need to speak on the issue of black preaching. I did some opposition research and watched the O’Reilly Factor on FOXNews and those who frequent his show are familiar with his segment called […]
Read more "My Theology of Preaching, Pt. III: Coded Language"Isn’t it interesting that just as Obama’s pastor Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. celebrated 36 of ministry at Trinity United Church of Christ, and retiring as senior pastor from that pulpit that the new firestorm concerning his pastor is being trotted out again in front of the media as though this is something new. […]
Read more "Obama’s Pastor Uncovers a Hidden Reality of a Second America"In this day and age where black megachurches are having “hip-hop” services and churches are reaching out to the “hip-hop” generation and I hear talk about trying to reach the “hip-hop” generation, I get really confused. I get confused because this particular uppity Negro isn’t a big music listener (go figure as I’m a musician) […]
Read more "So…what generation am I?"Yesterday, February 10th, I attended three different church services, all three associated with different denominations and all three catering to three different needs of different congregations. It was interesting to hear the preaching of all three and the message that they were trying to get across. The first church had a mostly middle-class to upper […]
Read more "Easy like…um, Sunday Morning"An Obamawatch 2008! exclusive article. This is an article that I received via email concerning the media’s perpetual fascination with Sen. Barack Obama and his pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. I think it does stand to reason that any article published in a newspaper of a major […]
Read more "Good Press for Obama’s pastor?"This is a repost from my Facebook profile. Okay, here’s Intro to NT or HB (Hebrew Bible or Old Testament) 101– EXEGESIS–the careful investigation of the original meaning of a text in its historical and literary contexts; the word comes from a Greek verb meaning “to lead out of” (Greek “ex” = “out”; “ago” = […]
Read more "Jesus Aint In The Old Testament!!!!!"I know that this is a weird and quite unusual statement, especially from a self-professed Christian. However, we always hear the statement, that Jesus is the reason for the season, and although I’m mostly in aggreance with that statement, I’d like to take that particular philosophy to task for a moment. Let’s go to work. Many […]
Read more "Jesus Isn’t the Reason for the Season"My cousin gave me True to Our Native Land, an African American New Testament Commentary as a Christmas present and I flipped through it and I saw names like Cleophus J. LaRue, Thomas Hoyt and Brad Braxton and since I had heard of these, among other names I was real interested in what my cousin […]
Read more "My Theology of Preaching, Pt. I"As I sat in one Atlanta’s finest Pentecostal churches last night for their weekly evening service, I pondered what kept me drawn to the church relatively often. I as I saw people in various forms of ecstatic worship and praise, I was reminded of Pavlov’s dog experiment and ultimately a lesson in classical conditioning. The […]
Read more "In Defense of Pentecostals…."
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 