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Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
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
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Jonathan & Brad continue our "Meet a member" series by sitting down for a conversation with Reena Kelly!
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Jonathan & Brad sat down with Parke Stalcup as a part of our ongoing Meet A Member series!
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
Jonathan, Brad, John-Mark and Andrew Thomson discuss the ESPN documentary "The Last Dance".
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
This is another installment of our ongoing "Meet A Member" series. Jonathan & John-Mark sat down for a discussion with Joe Cory.
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
This week, Jonathan, Brad and John-Mark discuss the new series "The Revelation".
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
We recorded an episode...then recorded a bonus episode...then we proceeded to lose the file of the first episode...so here's the bonus episode we recorded.
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
In our second installment of meet a member we sit down for a conversation with long time Shades member Grace Wolnski!
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Our first installment of "Meet A Member". This week Jonathan, Brad, and John-Mark sat down with Andrew Thomson to discuss his faith, his story, how he found Shades and much more!
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Jonathan, Brad, & John-Mark discuss the importance and significance of the historical resurrection of Christ as well as a man that has social distanced for 50 years and a newlywed couple stuck in the Maldives on their honeymoon during the Coronavirus pandemic.