From one of my main mentors over the years, Chuck Swindoll in 2006:
Text: LUKE 19: 37-40, “When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest! Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples! I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
Introduction: In 1990, C. Eric Lincoln wrote his landmark book entitled “The Black Church in the African American Experience” wherein he described many of the characteristics that contribute to the uniqueness of the Black Religious Experience.
Lincoln notes that Black churches are filled with passion and emotion and that the fervor of our religious experience is oft times expressed with volume.
