Friday, August 3, 2007

TABOO: Why Do Blacks Underperform on Standardized Tests? By La Shawn Barber

After I became a Christian eight or so years ago, I developed a hunger for good, sound biblical teaching. I wanted more than the emotional style of preaching I was used to hearing at black churches.

My youngest sister, who’d been a Christian years before I had, recommended a denomination that was Bible-focused, conservative, and emphasized expository preaching from men who’d gone to seminary and studied Greek and Hebrew, early church fathers, systematic theology, etc. Their style of preaching was organized in such a way that one could listen, take notes as they analyzed the text, and leave the church filled with a burning curiosity about the faith and a hunger to read, study, and learn more.

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