Episode 017 - An Interview With Dr. Robert Smith, Jr.

Jonathan, Brad & John-Mark sat down for a conversation with Dr. Robert Smith, Jr. to discuss his life, issues of racial injustice, racial reconciliation, current events and what the church can do moving forward. 

Robert Smith, Jr. holds the Charles T. Carter Baptist Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School where he teaches Christian Preaching. An ordained Baptist minister, he served as pastor of the New Mission Missionary Baptist Church in Cincinnati, OH for twenty years. He earned his Ph.D. while serving as pastor. He is a contributing editor for a study of Christian ministry in the African American church, Preparing for Christian Ministry, and co-editor of A Mighty Long Journey.He has written the book, Doctrine That Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life (B&H Publishing Group, Nashville: 2008), which was selected as the winner of the 2008 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Preaching magazine and 2009 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Christianity Today’s preaching.com. His book, The Oasis of God: From Mourning to Morning—Biblical Insights from Psalms 42 and 43 was published in the spring of 2015.

Dr. Smith's Recommended Resources:

Race Matters - Dr. Cornel West

The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou

Beyond Roots: In Search Of Blacks In The Bible - Dr. Dwight McKissic & Dr. Tony Evans

Between Heaven & Earth: Conversations With American Christians - Helmut Thielicke