May 2018
Episode 1: Rev. Dr. Kenyatta R. Gilbert Pt. 1
A conversation series about prophetic preaching with Rev. Dr. Kenyatta R. Gilbert, a professor of Homiletics at the Howard University School of Divinity and author of Exodus Preaching: Crafting sermons about justice and hope.
Cosby, Kanye and Cone: A Prophetic Truth
Today I’m lamenting the death of three prophetic voices from our American discourse. Kanye, Cosby and Cone are all black men who have had something to say about society and the conditions of those [...]
Reconciliation and Reparation: Preaching Economic Justice
Effective twenty-first-century preaching is prophetic when it addresses closing the income and wealth gap. In the face of growing inequities in the United States and global economies, Rev. Dr. Joseph Evans, Dean of Morehouse University [...]
Dr. Rev. K. A. Slayton – Grace Baptist Church, Germantown, PA
Dr. Rev. K.A. Slayton preaching at Grace Baptist Church, Germantown. PA
April 2018
It’s Time For the Silent Giant to Speak Up! – Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled [...]
The Practice of Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
The necessary context of prophetic preaching, Walter Brueggemann argues, is "a contestation between narratives." The dominant narrative of our time promotes self-sufficiency at the national level (through militarism) and the personal level (through consumerism). Opposed [...]