Urban Apologetics examines the legitimate issues that Black communities have with Western Christianity and shows how the gospel of Jesus Christ—rather than popular, socioreligious alternatives—restores our identity. African Americans have long confronted the challenge of dignity destruction caused by white supremacy. While many have found meaning and restoration of dignity in the black church, others have found it in ethnocentric socioreligious groups and philosophies. These ideologies have grown and developed deep traction in the black community and beyond. Revisionist history, conspiracy theories, and misinformation about Jesus and Christianity are the order of the day. Many young African Americans are disinterested in Christianity and others are leaving the church in search of what these false religious ideas appear to offer, a spirituality more indigenous to their history and ethnicity. Edited by Dr. Eric Mason and featuring a top-notch lineup of contributors, Urban Apologetics is the first book focused entirely on cults, religious groups, and ethnocentric ideologies prevalent in the black community. The book is divided into three main parts: Discussions on the unique context for urban apologetics so that you can better understand the cultural arguments against Christianity among the Black community. Detailed information on cults, religious groups, and ethnic identity groups that many urban evangelists encounter—such as the Nation of Islam, Kemetic spirituality, African mysticism, Hebrew Israelites, Black nationalism, and atheism. Specific tools for urban apologetics and community outreach. Ultimately, Urban Apologetics applies the gospel to black identity to show that Jesus is the only one who can restore it. This is an essential resource to equip those doing the work of ministry and apology in urban communities with the best available information.

Are you interested in knowing what the Bible says about prayer? Then continue reading. Ephesians 6:18 reads, “18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” Knowing YAHUAH's voice is critical to receive the answers to your prayers. To have a good relationship with the Most High, you have to have meaningful conversations; you achieve this through prayer. If you wish to learn the truth, you have to step outside the box; you must exercise an enormous amount of faith to understand how the Most High operates. Hebrews 11:6 reads, “6 But without faith, it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to ELOHIM must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” You cannot please the Most High without faith; as the scriptures state, you have to believe in His ability to help and reward you. You will have to open your "spiritual eyes" to see the Most High's sovereignty; also, believe in things that the world declares foolish. Many expect the Most High to operate the way the world works; the world's ways are not His. Isaiah 55:8-9, it reads, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saithYAHUAH. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” The way He intervenes and delivers His people is unexplainable and extraordinary; no one will steal His glory. Everyone will know that He is behind the scene conducting miracles. Take, for example, the walls of Jericho. YAHUAH made the soldiers in the Israelite army march around the city of Jericho for six days; on the seventh day, they walked around the city seven times; after the priest blew the shofar, the Israelites shouted, and the walls of Jericho fell. To confirm this, look at the book of Joshua 6:20, which reads, “So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.” To believe that the walls came down, you have to have faith. It takes an Israelite that knows his ELOHIM to believe; the world has been blinded; they cannot see the Most High's ability; the god of this world has blinded their eyes. 2nd Corinthians 4:4 says, “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of YAHUSHUA, who is the image of YAHUAH, should shine unto them.” Here is another unexplainable example of how the Most High operates: look at the first exodus. YAHUAH could have led his people, the Israelites, out of the land of Mizrahi (Egypt) another way. Instead, YAHUAH chose to prove to the world that there is nothing too hard for Him. He is the only ELOHIM; He parted the sea and made the Israelites walk on dry land. When YAHUAH delivers you, He will do it remarkably, and only He can take the credit for your deliverance. Here is what others are saying about this book: 5.0 out of 5 stars, An eyes opener. I enjoyed reading this book because I have been searching for the truth about who I am and whose I am. Jacklin If you would like more, consider scrolling up and clicking the buy now button to get your book immediately.

During the last captivity in the Western World, the Hebrew Israelite nation, culture and identity has been totally destroyed and erased. This was according to prophecy. Ps.83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. Deut. 28:61-62 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will The Most High bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of The Most High thy Power.But now the time of restoration and nation-building has come. The true Israelites, Hebrews by blood, are commanded to rebuild and restore their nation. The teachings in this book are geared towards helping andencouraging Hebrew Israelite sisters to return back to the Hebrew Israelite culture. This book is a tool, for, as Isaiah 4:4 says: "washing away the filth of the Daughters of Zion". The Most High has given us laws, statutes, and commandments to obey. By complying, we show our obedience to The Most High our Father.Deut. 28:1-3 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of The Most High thy Power, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that The Most High thy Power will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of The Most High thy Power. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field ...It is time for nation building and restoratio

Substantial insights into various identity discourses reflected in the biblical prayers This collection of essays from an international group of scholars focuses on how biblical prayers of the Persian and early Hellenistic periods shaped identity, evoked a sense of belonging to specific groups, and added emotional significance to this affiliation. Contributors draw examples from different biblical texts, including Genesis, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Psalms, Jonah, and Daniel. Features Thorough study of prayers that play a key role for a biblical book’s (re)construction of the people’s history and identity An examination of ways biblical figures are remodeled by their prayers by introducing other, sometimes even contradictory, discourses on identity An exploration of different ways in which psalms from postexilic times shaped, reflected, and modified identity discourses

As a preteen Black male growing up in Mount Vernon, New York, there were a series of moments, incidents and wounds that caused me to retreat inward in despair and escape into a world of imagination. For five years I protected my family secrets from authority figures, affluent Whites and middle class Blacks while attending an unforgiving gifted-track magnet school program that itself was embroiled in suburban drama. It was my imagination that shielded me from the slights of others, that enabled my survival and academic success. It took everything I had to get myself into college and out to Pittsburgh, but more was in store before I could finally begin to break from my past. "Boy @ The Window" is a coming-of-age story about the universal search for understanding on how any one of us becomes the person they are despite-or because of-the odds. It's a memoir intertwined with my own search for redemption, trust, love, success-for a life worth living. "Boy @ The Window" is about one of the most important lessons of all: what it takes to overcome inhumanity in order to become whole and human again.

What are the Biblical Feast days, and how we are to celebrate them? We have been commanded to keep the Feast days forever. Look at the book of Leviticus 23:2, 4, 44. Verse 2 the Most High is speaking to Moses, "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts."Did you notice that YAHUAH says, "...my feast..." This is key; you must understand this; these Feasts are His; we are instructed to keep them in a particular way for a reason. Look at verse 4, it reads, "These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons." Read verse 44, "And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord." We see once again, these are YAHUAH feast.