EPISODE · Jun 20, 2022 · 35 MIN
Ep. 39 Juneteenth, Slavery, and Freedom
from Faith in Focus · host Faith in Focus
Have questions or comments about this (or a previous) episode, give us a text!The holiday of Juneteenth is relatively new to many of us as it just became a federally recognized holiday in 2021. Before that many of us had never even heard of Juneteenth; now it's all over the place. The conservative impulse is to reject anything new whereas the progressive impulse is to accept anything that is new. Maybe wisdom should evaluate each new thing and either discard it or accept it.With Juneteenth there may be some legitimate spiritual analogies we can focus on to help us, as Christians, to relate to the message of Juneteenth. Issues of slavery, freedom, and most importantly the knowledge that we ARE free. If you have any questions or comments that you'd like Dennis to address you can shoot him an email to [email protected] to the "Faith in Focus" substack by following the link here to get articles directly to your inboxAnd if you'd like to support his ministry with InFaith you can text the word "discipleship" to 41444 or head over to https://infaith.org/dennis-sutherby and give there. Support the show
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Have questions or comments about this (or a previous) episode, give us a text!The holiday of Juneteenth is relatively new to many of us as it just became a federally recognized holiday in 2021. Before that many of us had never even heard of Juneteenth; now it's all over the place. The conservative impulse is to reject anything new whereas the progressive impulse is to accept anything that is new. Maybe wisdom should evaluate each new thing and either discard it or accept it.With Juneteenth there may be some legitimate spiritual analogies we can focus on to help us, as Christians, to relate to the message of Juneteenth. Issues of slavery, freedom, and most importantly the knowledge that we ARE free. If you have any questions or comments that you'd like Dennis to address you can shoot him an email to [email protected] to the "Faith in Focus" substack by following the link here to get articles directly to your inboxAnd if you'd like to support his ministry with InFaith you can text the word "discipleship" to 41444 or head over to https://infaith.org/dennis-sutherby and give there. Support the show
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