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Tony Evans - Recovering From Low Expectations 1/3

Hats off to the poster of this video series!

Viewing this today made me remember something very important concerning Pastor Evans. Evans has tackled the issue, Curse of Ham; and this subject was made a topic of discussion at Destee.com, via a posted thread. Not only is Evans a great man of God, but finds truth to be biblically correct, whether politically correct or not. For those unaware of pastors position or think this issue remains insignificant, carefully read the thread’s excerpt below and Pastor Evans’ position on the matter, via a direct link.

Link to Full Thread at Destee.com:Are Black People Cursed? The Curse of Ham

http://destee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60291

Are Black People Cursed? The Curse of Ham

by Tony Evans

http://www.epm.org/artman2/publish/racial_reconciliation/Are_Black_People_Cursed_The_Curse_of_Ham.shtml

"Because Ham was the father of black people, and because he and his descendants were cursed to be slaves because of his sin against Noah, some Christians said, "Africans and their descendants are destined to be servants, and should accept their status as slaves in fulfillment of biblical prophecy." (4)

Now there existed a myth of inferiority with apparent biblical roots. This theological basis provided the raw material necessary to convince the slaves that to resist their assigned inferior status was to resist the will of God. This myth became an authoritative myth because it was rooted in theology, and slave owners used this twisted theology to sustain a perverted sociology. This process is known as sacralization, the development of theological and religious beliefs to serve the interest of a particular ethnic or racial group.

.....Never mind, of course, that the Bible says that Canaan, Ham's son, was cursed, not Ham himself. Thus, only one of Ham's four sons, not all four, were cursed. How then could all black people everywhere be cursed?...”

To finish the article and read more, click the link below:

http://www.epm.org/resources/2010/Jan/18/are-black-people-cursed-curse-ham/

Below are footnotes outlining Pastor Evans' sources:

FOOTNOTES:

4. C.F. Keil and F. Delitzsch take this view when they write, "The Phoenicians, along with the Carthaginians and the Egyptians, who all belonged to the family of Canaan, were subjected by the Japhetic Persians, Macedonians, and Romans; and the remainder of the Hamitic tribes either shared the same fate, or still sigh, like the Negroes, for example, and other African tribes, beneath the yoke of the most crushing slavery." See "The Pentateuch" in Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1987), vol. 1, 178.

5. See Beyond Roots II: If Anybody Asks You Who I Am (Wenonah, N.J.: Renaissance Productions, 1990), 89-92, for my fuller refutation to the curse of Ham and its relationship to the Old Schofield Reference Bible.

6. William W. Sweet, The Story of Religion in America (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1973), 170, 285.

7. See Charles V. Hamilton, The Black Preacher in America (New York: William Morrow and Co., 1972), 37-46, for a summary of how the slaves responded to this strategy.

From LET'S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER (pages 6-9) by Dr. Tony Evans, Thomas Nelson Publishers. Available from The Urban Alternative, PO Box 4000, Dallas TX 75208.

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Clyde C. Coger, Jr. April 8, 2011 at 1:27am

Below are footnotes outlining Pastor Evans' sources:

FOOTNOTES:

4. C.F. Keil and F. Delitzsch take this view when they write, "The Phoenicians, along with the Carthaginians and the Egyptians, who all belonged to the family of Canaan, were subjected by the Japhetic Persians, Macedonians, and Romans; and the remainder of the Hamitic tribes either shared the same fate, or still sigh, like the Negroes, for example, and other African tribes, beneath the yoke of the most crushing slavery." See "The Pentateuch" in Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1987), vol. 1, 178.

5. See Beyond Roots II: If Anybody Asks You Who I Am (Wenonah, N.J.: Renaissance Productions, 1990), 89-92, for my fuller refutation to the curse of Ham and its relationship to the Old Schofield Reference Bible.

6. William W. Sweet, The Story of Religion in America (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1973), 170, 285.

7. See Charles V. Hamilton, The Black Preacher in America (New York: William Morrow and Co., 1972), 37-46, for a summary of how the slaves responded to this strategy.

From LET'S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER (pages 6-9) by Dr. Tony Evans, Thomas Nelson Publishers. Available from The Urban Alternative, PO Box 4000, Dallas TX 75208.

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