I'm a 35 y/o mixed race man (black & white) and I've just learned about James Cone today. Thanks for making this video. I'm fairly uneducated (traditionaly) but I've recently become interested in theology and am considering going to school to study the subject. Based on your video, James Cone seems to be someone I would very much like to learn more from and possibly continue the work he was doing.
I’m glad to hear this video helped introduce you to Cone! Nowadays with the virus, and the access to online resources there are a LOT of theological schools that offer cheap online classes you can take, even if you don’t want to go there full time. I would suggest you start there and see if that’s something you’d like and find interesting. In the resources below the video I have linked some of Cones most influential writings so if you would like to dive into his work check out some of those links in the description. I’m glad to hear you’re interested in theology and I wish you the best with your future plans! God bless!
I respect Cone's Theology. But were Cone failed in his theological assessment regarding how the Bible relates to Black folk is this: HE DID NOT IDENTIFY BLACK FOLK AS BEING THE ACTUAL SUBJECT OF THE BIBLE! Yes, he said that we identify more with the oppression and the struggle the Bible depicts; but what he didn't say is WE ARE THE PEOPLE!! Main case in point: "the curses of Deuteronomy 28." How did he miss this??? Deuteronomy 28:48-49: "Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and HE SHALL PUT A YOKE OF IRON UPON THY NECK, until he have destroyed thee." "The LORD shall bring a NATION against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as SWIFT AS THE EAGLE FLIETH (America's symbol is the Eagle); a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;" "A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:" Deuteronomy 28:68: "And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again WITH SHIPS (Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade), by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be SOLD UNTO YOUR ENEMIES FOR BONDMEN AND BONDWOMEN, and no man shall buy you." Go ahead and stretch the interpretation of these passages as much as you can; do whatever intellectual gymnastics you feel. The experiences stated in these passages only belong to "black folk!" And if anyone is honest, ALL THE CURSES in this chapter belong to no one but BLACK FOLK! The Bible is "Black History!" The Europeans in Palestine right now, i.e. "The Promise Land" ARE NOT THE SUBJECT OF THE BOOK BECAUSE THEY ARE "EUROPEANS," NOT JEWS!! And the Ashkenazi Jew would not indeed identify himself as being "Hebrew" because they know they are not Hebrew! They descend from Japheth's bloodline, not Shem! Genesis 10:3: "And the sons of Gomer; ASHKENAZ, and Riphath, and Togarmah."
Would this just divide the church even further and nullify Christ’s work? Christianity has long been a religion for all men. Christ will be the one to conquer the oppressors and free the oppressed. Listen to Voddie Baucham’s speech on race being a social construct. Liberal theology stands in direct opposition to the gospel.
As an American who happens to be black and a redeemed rescued ransomed and grace called minister of The True Life Transforming Gospel of Jesus The Messiah/Christ - NOT LIBERATION THEOLOGY NOT SOCIAL GOSPEL BOTH ARE AS PAUL WRITES “Another gospel” NOT BIBLICAL NOR CHRISTIAN BUT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT gospel
I'm a 35 y/o mixed race man (black & white) and I've just learned about James Cone today. Thanks for making this video. I'm fairly uneducated (traditionaly) but I've recently become interested in theology and am considering going to school to study the subject. Based on your video, James Cone seems to be someone I would very much like to learn more from and possibly continue the work he was doing.
I’m glad to hear this video helped introduce you to Cone! Nowadays with the virus, and the access to online resources there are a LOT of theological schools that offer cheap online classes you can take, even if you don’t want to go there full time. I would suggest you start there and see if that’s something you’d like and find interesting. In the resources below the video I have linked some of Cones most influential writings so if you would like to dive into his work check out some of those links in the description. I’m glad to hear you’re interested in theology and I wish you the best with your future plans! God bless!
Be careful my friend and keep your eyes open. This is cultural....Christ over culture
That's my grandpa
What's in black heaven?
How did black a god create light if he's black?
I respect Cone's Theology. But were Cone failed in his theological assessment regarding how the Bible relates to Black folk is this: HE DID NOT IDENTIFY BLACK FOLK AS BEING THE ACTUAL SUBJECT OF THE BIBLE! Yes, he said that we identify more with the oppression and the struggle the Bible depicts; but what he didn't say is WE ARE THE PEOPLE!!
Main case in point: "the curses of Deuteronomy 28." How did he miss this???
Deuteronomy 28:48-49: "Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and HE SHALL PUT A YOKE OF IRON UPON THY NECK, until he have destroyed thee."
"The LORD shall bring a NATION against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as SWIFT AS THE EAGLE FLIETH (America's symbol is the Eagle); a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;"
"A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:"
Deuteronomy 28:68: "And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again WITH SHIPS (Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade), by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be SOLD UNTO YOUR ENEMIES FOR BONDMEN AND BONDWOMEN, and no man shall buy you."
Go ahead and stretch the interpretation of these passages as much as you can; do whatever intellectual gymnastics you feel. The experiences stated in these passages only belong to "black folk!" And if anyone is honest, ALL THE CURSES in this chapter belong to no one but BLACK FOLK!
The Bible is "Black History!" The Europeans in Palestine right now, i.e. "The Promise Land" ARE NOT THE SUBJECT OF THE BOOK BECAUSE THEY ARE "EUROPEANS," NOT JEWS!! And the Ashkenazi Jew would not indeed identify himself as being "Hebrew" because they know they are not Hebrew! They descend from Japheth's bloodline, not Shem!
Genesis 10:3: "And the sons of Gomer; ASHKENAZ, and Riphath, and Togarmah."
Would this just divide the church even further and nullify Christ’s work? Christianity has long been a religion for all men. Christ will be the one to conquer the oppressors and free the oppressed. Listen to Voddie Baucham’s speech on race being a social construct. Liberal theology stands in direct opposition to the gospel.
As an American who happens to be black and a redeemed rescued ransomed and grace called minister of The True Life Transforming Gospel of Jesus The Messiah/Christ - NOT LIBERATION THEOLOGY NOT SOCIAL GOSPEL BOTH ARE AS PAUL WRITES “Another gospel” NOT BIBLICAL NOR CHRISTIAN BUT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT gospel
Well said!
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