{"id":5503,"date":"2018-02-28T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T07:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2018\/02\/28\/commentary-oneness-item-8973-black-history-month-i-have-come-to-testify-to-the-truth\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T10:37:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:37:35","slug":"commentary-oneness-item-8973-black-history-month-i-have-come-to-testify-to-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/commentary-oneness-item-8973-black-history-month-i-have-come-to-testify-to-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month: \u201cI Have Come to Testify to the Truth\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> This Black History Month sermon, &#8220;I Have Come to Testify to the Truth,&#8221; is a lesson on why the word of God does not sanction what scholars now call &#8220;American slavery.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/axiY-hdLZIw\" title=\"Dr. Richard Rodriguez || American Slavery &amp; Bible || Black History Month\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Richard Rodriguez recently earned his Ph.D. with distinction at Florida International University in U.S. History in December 2017. The title of his dissertation is &#8220;The Bible Against American Slavery.&#8221; He is a Social Studies teacher and will be an Adjunct Lecturer at Florida International University this Summer and Fall. He has been married for 27 years to Debonaire and they have four children: Kris, Stephen, Daniel, and Jade. Richard is part of the lay leadership of the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onemiamichurch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">One Miami Church<\/a>&nbsp;ministry of the South Florida Church of Christ. He was baptized into Christ at the Crossroads Church of Christ in 1981.&nbsp;Dr. Rodriguez can be contacted at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:r2rock.richard@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">r2rock.richard@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Black History Month sermon, &#8220;I Have Come to Testify to the Truth,&#8221; is a lesson on why the word&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[54,72],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-5503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","tag-north-america","tag-race-and-culture"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/richard_rodriguez-4a2b0c26.png?fit=548%2C393&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-1qL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4883,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/florida-campus-ministries-shift-to-a-new-perspective\/","url_meta":{"origin":5503,"position":0},"title":"Florida Campus Ministries Shift to a New Perspective","author":"dtadmin","date":"November 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In the last week of October, over 200 students in all of the Florida campus ministries withdrew to the lightly populated city of Old Town, Florida for a time to be unified in worship to our God.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Campus&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Campus","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/campus-ministry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2018floridacampusretreat7.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2018floridacampusretreat7.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2018floridacampusretreat7.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2018floridacampusretreat7.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2018floridacampusretreat7.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3538,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/a-christian-perspective-on-racism1\/","url_meta":{"origin":5503,"position":1},"title":"A Christian Perspective on Racism","author":"dtadmin","date":"October 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Gordon Ferguson preached a sermon on racism, followed by a panel discussion on racism in St. Louis and how it effects the church.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Commentary&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Commentary","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/commentary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gateway_city_church_st._louis_panel_racism.jpg?fit=826%2C369&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gateway_city_church_st._louis_panel_racism.jpg?fit=826%2C369&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gateway_city_church_st._louis_panel_racism.jpg?fit=826%2C369&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gateway_city_church_st._louis_panel_racism.jpg?fit=826%2C369&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5915,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/team-conor-inspired-by-conor-s-sermon-on-suffering\/","url_meta":{"origin":5503,"position":2},"title":"Team Conor: Inspired by Conor&#039;s Sermon on Suffering","author":"dtadmin","date":"June 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"After the Reach2016 Conference, Conor McCormick suffered a crippling swimming pool accident which left him a quadriplegic. 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