{"product_id":"becoming-a-people-jabriel-ballentine-9781737396109","title":"Becoming A People: Re-Membering Blackness in the imago Dei","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe God Who Delivers has spoken. He has declared our mattering. And His declaration is the re-membering of Blackness to the imago Dei.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, we have to embrace our personhood, as defined by the God Who Delivers. To embrace our personhood...to lay claim to the declaration by the Almighty, is to pursue the promises of God made unto us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only way to remember Blackness in the imago Dei is for us, as Black people, to pursue the promises of the God Who Delivered our ancestors from slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have to utterly reject our personhood, as defined by white power - the god who fails to deliver...the god who only delivers when cajoled or coerced...the god who only delivers when it's politically expedient...and, the god who can always find justification for our abuse, murder and dismemberment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than pursuing the promises of this society that repeatedly fails us, we have to pursue the promises of the God Who Delivers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what are those promises \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you know? Do you have a vision for what those promises might be? For what those promises must be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you even go about seeing a vision for those promises? What clues have the Lord God left for us, that we might reconnect to His promises unto us, as Black people subject to bondage under white power?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the questions I aim to help you answer in, \u003ci\u003eBecoming a People: Re-membering Blackness in the Imago Dei\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of sermons preached during Great Lent 2020, in preparation for the Christian Passover and while the world was adjusting to the beginnings of COVID lockdowns, the Lord led me to study the stories of Jacob, Joseph and the Israelites, as they struggled to embrace their identity, in the imago Dei.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did these people, who had been tremendously wronged by those in authority over them, come to find and embrace their personhood? How did they find the \"right stuff\" to at long last lay hold the promised land and become a people, secure in themselves and their God?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was amazed by what the Lord showed me in the foundational texts of Hebrew Identity, and how they apply to Black people in this age's manifestation of Egypt and Babylon. I am excited to share this book with you that you might reclaim the fullness of your Black identity in the imago Dei.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jabriel Ballentine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1737396106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737396109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jahbread, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Jabriel Ballentine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442546880767,"sku":"9781737396109","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0edb4dbd-f433-4449-b89a-788f4b40f2bf.jpg?v=1777198119","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-a-people-jabriel-ballentine-9781737396109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}