Comments on: The Controversy Regarding Black History Month

By: asalh

asalh — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:42:31 +0000

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By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:46 +0000

Julia, Thank you for your encouraging words. We need to continue building bridges. I, too, wish that the loud voices on Christian radio would be more thoughtful and biblical. You can pick up Beyond the Suffering right on the website here for 40% off. I’d love to autograph a copy for you. Bob

By: Julia Sanna

Julia Sanna — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:49:00 +0000

Once again thank you so much for such a thoughtful post – I will look for your book on black church history. You give me so much hope that change is possible within the evangelical church – each side embracing and celebrating the other’s contribution to our faith. As an African, your article challenged me to learn more about the American black church history and also to work on my preconceived notions concerning the evangelical church. I truly wish your voice was the loudest one we heard on Christian radio – you represent where God is taking the church.

By: bobby capps

bobby capps — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:15:55 +0000

Of course it should. I thinks so for these reasons:
1. Like Independence Day, It celebrates a great national victory, a D-Day of sorts, a beginning of an end.
2. Like Cancer Awareness Month, It brings awareness to an on-going struggle. It is emblematic of all forms of racial discord of which African and Native American have been the most cruel and systematized and have the lingering effects that still need much work.
3.And maybe most importantly, like 911 and it’s motto “Never Forget”, it brings a national humility and a prophetic reminder that not only are we not “over it”, but we are capable of it again.