A Word from Bob: You’re reading Part 5 of a 5-part blog mini-series on One America; Two Experiences. I’ve taken my thoughts from chapter 10 of my book Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction. You can read Part 1 here: Racial Reconciliation: Understanding 2 Vastly Different Views of America. Read Part 2 here: The God of the Promised Land. Read Part 3 here: God’s Chosen People. Read Part 4 here: God Comes Down!
The African American Faith Journey
We follow the North Star guidance of African American faith narratives by remembering that life is the story of God’s conquest of evil in our lives and on our planet. God is the Hero of our biblical faith story. Our heroic Savior has sovereignly chosen to work with us, in us, and through us.
The ultimate evil adversary in our story is Satan. He inspires all sin, including the sin of slavery.
Emancipation from sin is God’s grace-work. He saves us by grace through faith then calls us individually and corporately to work out our salvation with fear and trembling—in childlike dependence upon him.
Faith is childlike, yet it is adult and mature. Faith requires courage
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