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Howard Thurman on God With the Fearful - Black Church (Isaiah 41:10)

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"The fearful—and who knows fear like Black folk in a hostile land? 'Fear not, I am with you.' God speaks to the threatened, the terrorized, the lynched. His presence was in the slave cabins, in the marches, in the cells. 'I am YOUR God'—God of the oppressed." — Howard Thurman. Black Church: God of the threatened.

Topics & Themes

fearfulthreatenedterrorizedslave cabinsoppressed

Scripture References

Isaiah 41:10

Emotional Tone

feargriefhope

Audience

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