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The Mississippi Mass Choir is BACK and topping the charts with One Way Home!Join us as choir co-founder, songwriter, and producer Jerry Mannery shares: His incredible backstory, how the legendary choir got started, and are choirs still relevant today amid praise and worship teams at church? Mississippi Mass's powerful, chart-topping album and more! Don't miss this rewind of a powerful, inspiring conversation!  Listen Now. Download & Subscribe – It's FREE!  #LinWoodsGospelEntertainmentPodcast #MississippiMassChoir #JerryMannery #GospelMusic #Choirs #Faith #ChurchMusic #Inspiration Follow on social media: X: @linwoods Facebook and LinkedIn: @Lin. Woods Instagram and Tik Tok: @linwoods96

•Rev. Hayward Anderson the eldest of 8 children was born in Bay Minetee, Alabama.  His father taught the children how to sing in harmony and had them going from house to house singing.  After high school he entered the military where he served until honorably discharged.  He moved and settled in Connecticut where he founded and directed many choirs. •Rev. Anderson founded Bridgeport Mass Choir which recorded 2 CD's.  Some of the songs have just been released along with his family Hayward Anderson and the Davis Chorale Singers also Hayward Anderson and the Bridgeport Mass Choir. •Rev. Anderson has written all of the songs for the Bridgeport Mass Choir and the Davis Chorale Singers.  The song “He Will Heal The Land” was arranged by Sister Shirley Scott, David Fairly and Rev. Anderson oversaw the music. •Rev. Anderson has shared the stage with Frank Williams, Lillian Lilly, Rev. Milton Biggham, The Mississippi Mass Choir, The Williams Brothers and most recently with Evangelist Dorothy Norwood. •Latest release is “Use What You've Got” available on all digital outlets. •Please send Let's Talk: Gospel Music Gold an email sharing your thoughts about this show segment also if you have any suggestions of future guests you would like to hear on the show. Send the email to ⁠⁠letstalk2gmg@gmail.com⁠⁠ •You may Subscribe to be alerted when the newest episode is published. Subscribe on Spotify and we will know you are a regular listener. All 4 Seasons of guests are still live; check out some other Podcast Episodes •LET'S TALK: GOSPEL MUSIC GOLD RADIO SHOW AIRS SATURDAY MORNINGS 9:00 AM CST / 10:00 AM EST ON INTERNET RADIO STATIONS WMRM-DB AND ON WJRG RADIO 12:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM CST •Both the Podcast and Radio shows are heard anywhere in the World on the Internet! •BOOK RELEASE! •Legacy of James C. Chambers And his Contributions to Gospel Music History Available for purchase on Amazon.com

Today, it's all about Mississippi's best! For our first stop, we're checking out the largest book festival in the nation, the Mississippi Book Festival, during their 10-year anniversary celebration, September 13th and in with us is "Wicked Mississippi" book author, Josh Foreman. Then we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods with a pit-stop clip of the newest "10-Minute Timeout" podcast episode with Lacey Alexander, featuring Rob Jay, before a final stop to check out the best choir in the U.S. of A., The Mississippi Mass Choir! They'll talk about their 2024 album, "We Still Believe," their upcoming "Music from the Masses" concert in Memphis, September 27th, and they'll perform live on the show! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Crusin' Clinton Car Show2024 Travel Unity Summit SoutheastThe WAR AND TREATY @ MSU Riley CenterLeAnn RimesMississippi Antique Showcase: Holiday Edition10-Minute Timeout "Tiger Blood" feat. Rob JayNext Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we try to understand the elections in France and Iran; the horror of the Ukrainian war;  Californian Democrats claim making purchasing children for sex a felony is anti LGBTQ!  The Trans Eunuchs;  12 year old investigated by terrorism unit for saying there are only two genders; Brian McClaren v Michael Shellenberg on Climate Change; Italy's Volcanoes;  Green MP opposes wind pylons; the fall of Candace Owens; the Rise of English Football;  Church of England Synod authorises same sex blessings;  John Lennox; SEEK 42 - God, Humanity and Angels; and for a change all our songs are cheerful - including Paolo Nutini, Leonard Cohen, yo Yo Ma Bach, the Proclaimers, T-Rex, and the Mississippi Mass Choir

Mississippi Mass Choir is Back! Don't miss Choir co-founder, songwriter, producer and former label executive Jerry Mannery sharing his backstory, how the choir got started, are choirs still relevant, new album, We Believe  and more on Lin. Woods Gospel Entertainment Podcast. Tune in Now. Download and Subscribe FREE,  #LinWoodsGoseplEntertainmentPodcast #gospel #mississippimasschoir #JerryMannery #christianity #religious #Churchmusic #inspirational

Welcome to Gospel for the Glory of Jesus. Praise and Worship the Lord together!Smokie Norful, Mississippi Mass Choir, Bri Barbineaux and more. Evangelist June McKinnon teaches on Living by Faith. Living By Faith Evangelist June McKinnon Listen live on the 3rd Sunday of the Month Don't forget to listen to the Ministry on your phone […]

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We ask a special prayer for the McIntosh family, as we lost Mary at 4:30 p.m. last Sunday.   Growing up we heard a lot about chivalry, the age of King Author and the Knights of the Round Table (however I don't know why the table was round). We watched its depiction in Hollywood classics, as men would spread their coats across a puddle of water so that a damsel crossing the street would not get wet, just as well holding open doors and the slight tip of the hat were customary as well in what we consider the golden years, as a sign of distinct courtesy.   I can recall an old cartoon, Penelope Pitstop, in which the antagonist was named, the Hooded Claw (look him up), and he would seek to kidnap her. Once he succeeded in doing so, one of his plots was to bind her up and lay her across the path of an oncoming train. As news traveled of her demise, her heroes in waiting (seven of them) rushed to rescue in a car named “Chugaboom” (not relevant), arriving in the nick of time, as the train barreled down the track at full speed, and they would always echo the oft repeated phrase, “to the rescue.” What I've realized as a Christian is, our lives can serve as testimonies, our words can soothe and provide comfort, our presence can offer shelter, but what took me a some time to grasp was that in spite of my best efforts, and no matter how frustrating it might be, I do not have the capacity to save anyone. That is reserved for God only. I can offer, ask, urge, plead and beg, but it was not I that bore the cost of redemption, … Jesus did through his death and resurrection. It is a task far too great, an immeasurable cost, to be exact, for humanity to forbear. It is not until we or they yield and come to the conclusion that we are incapable of saving ourselves that God is able to respond.   The Mississippi Mass Choir echoed such sentiment in the chorus to the song, I Need Thee.   I need Thee, O I need Thee,Every hour I need Thee!O bless me now, my Savior,I come to Thee!   It is not a collective cry, but an individual plea.   Today's Podcast is titled. To the Rescue Ephesians 2:8   For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own; it is the gift of God, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david66634/message

Hebrews 11 vv 1-6 Thank you very much for Listening to the broadcast please let me know if you enjoyed today's message Bless the Lord O' my Soul and All that is within me, bless his holy name! Psalm 103, Psalm 40 1-3 Music Blessing me by Avery Sunshine Dr. Ricky Dillard, with New Generation choir The promise, & the Mississippi Mass Choir stay tuned for The final Altar call Now playing the best of the best in Gospel Music Spotify FM Anchor ⚓ radio and Apple radio. Google and Stitch. This broadcast Ministry is designed with me in mind. This is your day for a Miracle broadcast. Please Like our page; https://open.spotify.com/blend/taste-match/c562937a03e52ed4?si=-1lPcgUuRGW7AaJOUkFT_g&fallback=getapp --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andre-murphy8/message

Thank you very much for Listening to the broadcast please let me know if you enjoyed today's message Bless the Lord O' my Soul and All that is within me, bless his holy name! Psalm 103, Psalm 40 1-3 Music Blessing me by Avery Sunshine Dr. Ricky Dillard, with New Generation choir The promise, & the Mississippi Mass Choir stay tuned for The final Altar call lNow playing the best of the best in Gospel Music Spotify FM Anchor ⚓ radio and Apple radio. Google and Stitch. This broadcast Ministry is designed with me in mind. This is your day for a Miracle broadcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andre-murphy8/message

Don't miss BET Sunday Best Allstar winner 8th season and indie gospel recording artist talks about his life beyond the show, why he did not get his recording contract, working on music, TV and film projects from of Kanye West, Tyler Perry, Beyonce and Greenleaf (OWN), growing up in the legendary Mississippi Mass Choir, and his single, "This Joy!" on Lin. Woods Gospel Entertainment Podcast. Get Inspired! Listen. Follow. Comment Subscribe. Download FREE.Follow on social media:Twitter: @linwoods; Instagram: @linwoods96, @Dathanthigpen; Facebook: @Lin Woods, @Dathan Thigpen; LinkedIn: @Lin. Woods; Tik Tok @linwoods96, @DathanThigpen

Samona is one such artist that epitomizes the essence of the modern era. A multi-talented Contemporary Gospel vocalist and singer born in Oakland Ca and raised in Sacramento Ca. Samona is making music that is thoughtful, conscious, and driven by a desire to motivate, inspire, comfort, and spread love and joy to all those that hear it. Samona has had a vast array of musical influences however she accredits the pivotal influences in her music to Old School Gospel music including Mississippi Mass Choir, Daryl Coley, John P. Kee, Kirk Whalum, and Opera/Classical music. Samona also uses her music as a vehicle to express her perspectives and tell stories. Her overarching ambition is to encourage and inspire people through Gospel music. Her music exhibits not only her versatility and vocal prowess but has surely cemented her style of making intriguing, out-of-the-box Gospel music and has paved the way for the varied expressions of her musical ideas and artistic craft. This is the music that will push the boundaries of our perception as well as inspire and drive us to introspective conversations. As long as artists like Samona exist and her story and voice is heard then this is the music that may not change the world. Samona's new single 'Afflicted' will be played on this show.

On this episode of Mississippi Stories, Mississippi Today Editor-At-Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with Mississippi Mass Choir Executive Director and pastor Jerry Mannery. Mannery has lived a colorful life that includes being in the first class to integrate Florence High School to being in the Navy, a Jackson Firefighter, an executive at Malaco Record, a poet, a songwriter, a pastor of We Are One United Methodist Church and founding member of the world-famous Mississippi Mass Choir, Jerry has done it all. He discusses his life, the choir, his family and how his faith has influenced it all. This is a great conversation with a Mississippi legend.

On the cusp of their 11th Live Recording, and celebrating close to 35 years of ministry, The Mississippi Mass Choir has not only succeeded in longevity, but has also proven themselves a gospel force in the industry. Malaco Record's 200+ voice choir has remained a constant presence on Billboard's gospel charts since the release of their 1988 debut album, and has amassed multiple awards, nominations and Hall of Fame inductions in that timespan. Choir Director, Jerry Mannery and member, Yolanda Clay-Moore, join us today to discuss their upcoming performance, their legacy and their dedication to The Mississippi Mass Choir's self-described mission* of “serving God through song.”Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized, Emmy award winning editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today's Editor-At-Large. He's also host of a "Now You're Talking" on MPB Think Radio and "Conversations" on MPB TV, and is the author of several books. Marshall is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2019 recipient of the University of Tennessee Alumni Professional Achievement Award. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Devotion by Chaplain Walker lyrics by Mississippi Mass Choir and prayer Evangelist Mariette Cummings

Episode 4: Generational Wisdom w/ Jeff Krum You are listening to the Remaining in the Vine Podcast! In this episode we: Introduce our guest (0:00) Discuss the definition of wisdom (4:00) Discuss the importance of sharing wisdom (6:00) Discuss how to bridge the gap between generations (11:00) Discuss steps to seek Generational Wisdom (23:30) Discuss how to apply those steps (42:00) Give advice from Sarah (55:00) Give advice from Samuel (57:00) Conclusion (1:01) Give a song recommendation: When I Rose This Morning by The Mississippi Mass Choir

S6E483 - Aired: February 2, 2022 – ALL NEW! Real Talk with Rufus: Before I Walk Away; Inside Scoop with Rufus: #WashingtonCommanders, #WhoopiGoldberg, #ColorPurpleMusicalMovie, & more; Gospel News with Nina Taylor: This Week: Black History Month Edition: Sugar Ray Robinson, The Jackson Southernaires, The Mississippi Mass Choir. - www.therh3show.com. Stay Safe, Stay Protected, Stay Home! *No Copyright Infringement intended!!!! We do not own the rights to the music that's being played*. ---- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. ---- #Entertainment. #BlackAlbinism. ---- #TheRH3Show Follow The RH3 Show See it first. See it now. Only at www.therh3show.com www.facebook.com/therh3show www.instagram.com/therh3show www.twitter.com/therh3show ---- The views expressed here are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of any affiliates of The RH3 Show. ---- Health Minute Disclaimer, please visit: www.therh3show.com. ---- How to listen to The RH3 Show at 6 pm est. M-F on @gospel107.1, you can go to my website www.therh3show.com to check times of airplay, or subscribe to one of the major podcast platforms ... #iHeartRadio, #Spotify, #ApplePodcasts, #GooglePlayMusic, #AnchorFM, other Podcast platforms and search "The RH3 Show". #Gospel107FM. #KitchenTableTalk. #InsideScoopWithRufus. #RealTalkWithRufus. #TRH3S. #TheRH3Show. #BlackAlbino. #AskRufusLetter. #AdviceLetters. #DaytimeTalkShow. #DaytimeTV. #DebmarMercury. #OWN. #TVOne. #EndemolShine. #RadioStation. #EntertainmentTalk. #TylerPerryStudios. #FoxSoul. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/therh3show/message

S6E481 - Aired: January 31, 2022 – ALL NEW! Kitchen Table Talk: All New RH3 in 2022; #BettyWhite, #SidneyPoitier, & more. Gospel News with Nina Taylor: This Week: Black History Month Edition: Sugar Ray Robinson, The Jackson Southernaires, The Mississippi Mass Choir. - www.therh3show.com. Stay Safe, Stay Protected, Stay Home! *No Copyright Infringement intended!!!! We do not own the rights to the music that's being played*. ---- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. ---- #Entertainment. #BlackAlbinism. ---- #TheRH3Show Follow The RH3 Show See it first. See it now. Only at www.therh3show.com www.facebook.com/therh3show www.instagram.com/therh3show www.twitter.com/therh3show ---- The views expressed here are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of any affiliates of The RH3 Show. ---- Health Minute Disclaimer, please visit: www.therh3show.com. ---- How to listen to The RH3 Show at 6 pm est. M-F on @gospel107.1, you can go to my website www.therh3show.com to check times of airplay, or subscribe to one of the major podcast platforms ... #iHeartRadio, #Spotify, #ApplePodcasts, #GooglePlayMusic, #AnchorFM, other Podcast platforms and search "The RH3 Show". #Gospel107FM. #KitchenTableTalk. #InsideScoopWithRufus. #RealTalkWithRufus. #TRH3S. #TheRH3Show. #BlackAlbino. #AskRufusLetter. #AdviceLetters. #DaytimeTalkShow. #DaytimeTV. #DebmarMercury. #OWN. #TVOne. #EndemolShine. #RadioStation. #EntertainmentTalk. #TylerPerryStudios. #FoxSoul. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/therh3show/message

INTRODUCTION:This episode sparks the beginning of a relationship with an astounding man whom I look forward to many years of friendship with! He, like me, is a former drug dealer, he's been to jail, he's been homeless, and like myself he understands his mission is to do all he can to help others now that he's been given a second chance. His name is Branch Isole and he is a poet, a storyteller and the author of 22 books! Branch was born in Osaka, Japan (my favorite country) and has the traveled the world extensively!  In this interview we are going to be focusing on his book titled GOD… i Believe. I wanted to focus on this book in particular because of how easy it is to read and understand. It is also written from a perspective that all world religions have value and it doesn't place Christianity of a lofty pedestal. Branch graduated from Texas State Univ. B.S.Ed., did post graduate work at the University of Houston, M.Ed Adm., and holds an Oxford M.A. Theology degree from Trinity Bible College and Seminary. Branch shares how strength of choice can change consequences and  this man is known worldwide for his contemporary short story prose that reveals emotions and issues often experienced, but not always voiced. This is the longest interview I have ever conducted, and the subject matter is so important that the full version of this episode will be available to both paid and non-paid listeners. I really hope this helps someone… INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to):·        Personal Stories From Two Former Drug Dealers·        A Detailed Look Into Branch's Book: God…i Believe·        The Purpose Of Life·        What Happens When We Die?·        A Better Understanding Of God And Jesus·        Is Everything About Life Really Covered In The Bible?·        The Difference Between Religion And Spirituality·        Discovering Spiritual Truth·        A Bit About The End Of The World (A Full Episode About This Is Coming)·        Breakdown Of “Attitude – Belief – Perception”·        Baby Steps To Starting A Spiritual Life ·        The Importance Of Choosing A Spiritual Path (Whatever That May Be)·        Failings Of Christianity ·        Why Tithing Is NOT Mandatory·        Exploration Of World Religions             - Judaism             - Islam             - Buddhism             - Hinduism             - Animism             - Atheism             - Christianity  CONNECT WITH BRANCH:God…i Believe: https://amzn.to/3gwgi1NWebsite & Other Books: https://www.manaopublishing.com/FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/thevoyeuristicpoetLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/branch-isole-851433201/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzN66BkAUAemYX76Smnn0GA DE'VANNON'S FAVORITE GOSPEL ALBUM:·       I'll See You In The Rapture by The Mississippi Mass Choir         https://music.apple.com/us/album/ill-see-you-in-the-rapture/98028289SDJ MEMBERSHIP (FULL EPISODES):·       $2.99 per month.·       Donate any amount for 30 days of access.·       $25 per year.https://www.sexdrugsandjesus.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ TRANSCRIPT:[00:00:00] You're listening to the sex drugs and Jesus podcast, where we discuss whatever the fuck we want to. And yes, we can put sex and drugs and Jesus all in the same bed and still be all right. At the end of the day, my name is Davanon and I'll be interviewing guests from every corner of this world. As we dig into topics that are too risky for the morning show, as we strive to help you understand what's really going on in your.[00:00:24] There was nothing on the table and we've got a lot to talk about. So let's dive right into this episode.[00:00:34] De'Vannon: This episode sparks the beginning of a relationship. Well then astounding man, whom I look forward to many, many years of friendship with. He liked me as a former drug dealer. He's been in jail, he's been homeless and like myself, he understands his mission is to do all he can to help others. Now that he's been given a second chance, his name is branch east LA, and he is [00:01:00] a poet, a storyteller, and the author of 22 books.[00:01:03] Ranch was born in Osaka, Japan and my favorite country. And he has traveled the world extensively in this interview, we're going to be focusing on his book title. God, I believe I wanted to focus on this book in particular because of how easy it is to read and understand. There's also written from a perspective that all world religions have value and it doesn't place Christianity on a lofty ass pedestal branch.[00:01:28] I graduated from Texas state university with his bachelor's in education. He did post-graduate work at the university of Houston. Got out of there with his master's in education administration. And he also holds an Oxford master's of theology from, uh, Trinity Bible college and seminary brand shares. How strength of choice can change consequences.[00:01:50] And this man is known worldwide for his contemporary short story pros that reveals emotions and issues often experienced, but not always a [00:02:00] voice. Now this is the longest interview I've ever conducted. And the subject matter is so important that the full version of this episode will be available to both paid and non-paid listeners as well.[00:02:12] I really hope this helps someone.[00:02:16] Branch, thank you so much for joining me on the sex drugs and Jesus of podcasts that I'm so excited that today we get to talk a lot about Jesus, who was a part of our namesake here. How are you feeling today? [00:02:32] Branch: Hey buddy. I feel great. Thanks for having me on your show. I've been looking forward to this time together.[00:02:39] De'Vannon: so have I and what delicious and sweet time it will be. And so, uh, so today we're going to talk a lot about the beginnings and the root work that is done when somebody is considering a spiritual path, you've written many, many, many, many books, and one in [00:03:00] particular, God, I believe I thought really is like a cornerstone for people who are curious about religion and spirituality, undecided, or looking for a new point of view or perspective.[00:03:14] And so I'd like you to tell us what was your motivation for writing God, I believe in a little bit about your own personal encounters with Jesus and conversion stuff. [00:03:26] Branch: Okay, thanks. Um, that's a great place to start obviously. Um, like most people, my early years and my upbringing were pretty normal, pretty average.[00:03:38] Um, I wasn't influenced or exposed to a lot of religion. Uh, my family was Christian, but that was about as far as it went, you know, we were seeing E Christians, uh, Christmas and Easter. And beyond that, you know, it was, um, well, it's out there, [00:04:00] but that's about all we know. So, you know, my first 20, 30 years were pretty normal in terms of growing up in American society and education and the job and the career and all of those kinds of things.[00:04:15] Um, about 35, I had some real south self doubts about who I was and what I was doing. And I was trying to figure your out if I'm not who I want to be, how do I become the person that I think I want to be? And that initially led me to a decision that I wanted to explore and try and find truth in my life and to come from the truth in my life.[00:04:46] So that was the trigger point. That was the jumping off, um, Point for me and that search for the truth, um, I found was easy and difficult at the same [00:05:00] time. Um, the truth is all around us. It's pretty self-evident. But if we are consumed by and buried by the layer of the world and society, the truth is often hidden from us, even though it's in plain view, you know, our concepts and our decisions, um, get colored by ourself desires and the things that we want out of this life and, and from the world.[00:05:32] So the, the conflict for me began almost immediately with, uh, what is the truth? How do I find the truth? How do I embrace the truth? Um, for the next 15 years, My struggle. And my path took me from the world into the spiritual path and from the truth, because I didn't get the answer. I started [00:06:00] exploring different religions and mysticism, um, Buddhism, you know, the Eastern religions, uh, as much information as I could find in this search for proof, if proof is out there, then there must be a medium where it exists.[00:06:19] And of course, this is what all religions are trying to portray and sell is that they have the truth. They have the way to the truth. So my exploration went from the truth as a concept to activities involving all of these different religions. And then finally, I had some experiences that sort of solidified for me where the truth lies, where it is to be found and what to do with it when you find so with that background, when I decided to write this book, I was [00:07:00] moved to write this book.[00:07:01] It was primarily designed for fallen away Christians, because I am a Christian and others who had, who might be on the same path that I was on of being a seeker and a searcher. You know, for truth. So that was the motivation for the book. And as a result that the contextual presentation of the book is basically a layman's study, a comparative study of the world's different religions or faith belief systems.[00:07:38] Um, and, and what I've done in the book or tried to do for the average reader is present them with the opportunity to know a little bit more the foundations or the basics of each of those religions and compare their answers to the same [00:08:00] set of questions so that the person who's looking for a spiritual path and doesn't know which one they might want to be going down.[00:08:10] They've got a base of comparison between all of those systems of belief. And then once they know a little more information about each one, they might be able to make a more informed decision as to which one is their choice. Um, so that's how the book came about and the foundation for, you know, my motivation to write that first book based on that struggle and that search.[00:08:43] And then what that search actually looks like. You know, practice for today's, um, purported religions and, and systems of belief [00:08:55] De'Vannon: now, uh, thank you for that explanation. Now, you said that you had, um, [00:09:00] a series of profound experiences that helped you to see what truth was while you were exploring. And, um, I want you to tell us what, you know, what, what some of those, uh, what, what, what was the profound moment that she said, okay, this is true.[00:09:22] What was the experience that happened to lock it in for you? Because you had been experimenting with all of the experiencing all the different religions. You could get your hands on. What made you settle on Christianity? What happened? [00:09:37] Branch: Um, okay. Uh, I have been on this venture for five years. Um, you know, trying to discover truth, what it means, what it looks like, what it truly was.[00:09:51] And many of your listeners may not believe this story, but since you asked, I'm going to tell it, um, one night I was getting [00:10:00] up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and the bathroom was right across. From my bedrooms. And there was a small hallway between, and I was sort of half asleep. You know, I, I stumbled out of the one room headed for the next room and in the middle while I was in the hallway, a voice in my living room called out to me and it startled me so much that it blasted me awake and I turned around and I said, okay, um, there was no answer.[00:10:36] And I was in the apartment alone. So there was nobody else in the apartment with me. And at that moment, um, I realized that the voice that had called out to me had to be one of two voices. It was either God, or it was the devil. And since I knew, if it was the devil, [00:11:00] he wouldn't have responded. When I said what, then I realized that it was the spirit of the Lord calling me and all during this previous five years, I had been struggling with trying to read the Bible and trying to understand scripture as you know, my exploration into Christianity, along with my other explorations of religion.[00:11:24] So at that point, that epiphany to me indicated that the Lord had. Something in mind for me. And he audibly called my name. And when I responded, his spirit came within me, his holy spirit came to live with my spirit. So that was the first epiphany that really took me off of, you know, the multiple paths and onto the Christian path.[00:11:57] Um, yeah, I, [00:11:58] De'Vannon: at that time, [00:12:00] oh, go [00:12:00] Branch: ahead. Yeah. At that time in my life, my secular being, I was a drug dealer and that's how I made my living. Um, so there was a real conflict between the way I was living my life and the desire of how I wanted to live my life. And that's where my conflict was. Um, my second epiphany was shortly thereafter.[00:12:31] I was arrested and, uh, arraigned and looking at 99 years in prison. Um, luckily or blessedly for me two weeks before I was set to go to trial. Um, my lawyer called and he said, uh, I was living in one state, had been arrested in a different state and my lawyer called and said, uh, you, you can come [00:13:00] back. Um, your case has been dropped and you can come back and get your vehicle and all the things that they took from you.[00:13:08] And so that profound experience, having spent some time in jail, you know, after the arrest and spent the next three months, um, sort of for, in foreboding mode of what I was about to face and what was about to happen to me, that was like a weight lifted off of me. Um, you know, like you can't imagine, but circumstances were such that the case was dropped and that was the end of my, um, drug life and my jail time life.[00:13:47] Um, know, so, and the third experience I'll tell you real quickly was the main change. And, and I had, um, decided to change my [00:14:00] name and quick experience. Gave me the name that I took, which is branchy Solei. But when I accepted that name change, it solidified me as a servant of God. One, when God gives you a commission or a task, or tells you to change your name and gives you a new name and you accept those things, then you are committed to service to him.[00:14:29] So those three experiences, um, over a 10 year period, after the five years of exploration period, uh, put me on the path and have, um, led me down this path where I attempt to share with others who are seeking and searching and wondering about, there's gotta be more in my life. Where is it? What is it? And how do I find it?[00:14:56] So that's my, you know, my [00:15:00] job today is to share with people, um, how to find the Lord in their life. [00:15:08] De'Vannon: Right? Okay. So I'm going to go back and touch on kind of like all three of those, because they were also fascinating. So, and I love these, this, this sort of transparency here, branch, because see the Lord comes in here.[00:15:25] Talks to people and deals with people in all sorts of ways. And maybe sometimes they may be thinking they're the only ones something super strange is happening. And so I like it when we can talk about this so that listeners can go, okay, well maybe I heard a voice too, or maybe I had, maybe God was speaking to me in this dream or in this trance or whatever.[00:15:45] So, um, and you know, for those who it is meant to believe they will, for those who it is not, they will not. And so, but the, you know, a personal here transparency like this, and if the Lord wants to, he will strike a chord in them. Whereas my grandmother would call [00:16:00] it, uh, a spiritual note or like when, um, people were singing and we're singing in church, you would call it a spiritual net when someone would get to get happy if they would say.[00:16:12] And, um, because what happened when I was young, I was, and I was sleeping in the bed with my grandmother when I was little, I heard an audible voice like that in slumber, in the middle of the night too, but it was not the Lord calling me. It was the devil, um, trying to, it was a, it wasn't an enticing.[00:16:38] Slithery like voice. And it was like, it was saying like, um, the van and the van, and I believe he said it twice. And it was a such that I touched my grandmother and I was like, you know, you know that you call me, you tell me what was that voice that I heard. And so both the devil and God have the [00:17:00] power to speak verbally.[00:17:01] People don't talk about that a lot. So I don't think your story is strange at all. Um, and then your, your second experience with drug dealing. I was a drug dealer too, for some time in Houston, Texas. And then, you know, I got arrested as well. Um, yeah. Going to jail and, and facing long sentences and stuff like that can be a life-changing could put you on a path.[00:17:24] And then when you get delivered from it, you get this strong sense of, okay, you know, I have this second chance and now what am I going to do with it? And it's not meant to, for, for people like us and for people who have been delivered from, you know, from, from strong things like that, that try to captivate your whole life, uh, to dissent quietly.[00:17:51] You know, it is for us to open our mouths and talking about what happened so that others may be delivered, whoever it is. That they'd gone as [00:18:00] intended. And then the name changes that you speak of, um, reminds me from the old Testament of Jacob, you know, you had a Jacob experience there and, um, and what happened, you know, Jacob wrestled with an angel all night and then the Lord turned, gave him his name from, uh, changed his name from Jacob to Israel.[00:18:24] Or you could say you had a, uh, a road to Damascus experience where we're Saul's name went from Saul to Paul. So sometimes certain things happen to us in life and we come out of it. Some people shave all their hair off, I'm already bald. So I can, I can identify with that. Some people do all kinds of things to signify, and a lot of times is after trauma has happened, but a whole name change totally counts too.[00:18:50] Um, I think that some children, when they're adopted should be given completely different names because they're coming from such disadvantaged [00:19:00] backgrounds and everything. And that way it really drives the point home with that child, that whatever, whatever it was that was going on with you before we're coming to help you and save you that's over you now have a new name, a new life, a new path, a new purpose, a new destiny, a new everything, or is it says in the book of revelation, he who sets up on the throne, said behold, I make all things new.[00:19:24] And sometimes, sometimes why, who we need a whole. The whole redo. And so, so I think it's wonderful. I bet you, somebody out there is going to find the Lord and change their name just because you did. And I love it. [00:19:40] Branch: Well, you know, a couple of those things you said are just so important because the Lord has a plan for everybody and that plan involves them coming back to him.[00:19:55] And I think that there's one of [00:20:00] the greatest things about all these podcast options and availabilities today is we're able to reach out and touch or expose a lot of people who have not been exposed to their options in their life. And I believe there's a, you know, a big revival coming in the future.[00:20:19] And so. All of these people around the world who are involved in ministry. And that's what you're doing and I'm doing is, is a little ministry, but we're trying to share the gospel, share the word, share the importance of a spiritual relationship. And this is the way the word is. The Lord is work through to lots of people in order to reach lots of other people.[00:20:46] And so what you've said is exactly right. You know, he speaks to us, he comes to us in different ways. He'll use whatever method or medium he can to awaken us to who [00:21:00] he is and what he's got planned for us. And, you know, people shouldn't be surprised if they see in the world of the Lord working in their world or in their life, he's doing it through lots of different people, um, in lots of different mediums.[00:21:17] So as a listener, don't be surprised if the Lord is reaching out to you because he is and, um, be cognizant of it and welcome it. It'll change your life. [00:21:31] De'Vannon: Amen and amen on a, on a Tuesday morning. And, uh, and, and it, everybody, I had said that we were going to touch on a little bit of, um, in times, uh, things which has to do with the end of the world.[00:21:49] And stuff like that, but actually I think we're probably going to do like a whole other different episode that talks about eschatology and things of [00:22:00] that in, um, but this, but I just don't, I'm going to do that because a lot of people are thinking that, you know, do this might come back any second of today and things like that.[00:22:14] And I think a lot of people don't understand the political implications that are in the book of revelation and things like that. And so it bears the whole episode. So just for now, you don't have to worry about whether or not the world is going to crumble, you know, like any second, a lot more has to happen and we're going to do it in, in some end up, at least one ended up episode on that.[00:22:37] So you can stop worrying about it because God, when I was growing up, you know, all the old people were like, you know, the, in this coming, it's going to be any day now, you know, at any moment, you know, so, you know, the kid, you know, looking out the window, you know, because Jesus up there anxiety that, you know, I just really didn't need.[00:22:57] So it was there anything branch you would like to say [00:23:00] to kind of broach the topic of the end times and then after that we'll dive right into the book. [00:23:05] Branch: Okay. The end times. That that's without a doubt. And we see the precursors of what's described as end-time events happening in our lives today. And, and you're right.[00:23:20] Um, we need more time to get into it. You're also correct. People don't have to worry that, you know, the sun's not coming up tomorrow and it's over, there has to be some things that are going to take place, um, before those times happen. But you know, it's interesting. And I'll just say this real quickly, when you start to look at end time prophecy and what the word of God tells us about the end times, and then you recognize some of the things that are happening.[00:23:52] What it's trying to do is give us a warning and make us aware that these things will [00:24:00] take place. And now is the time to get right with the Lord. If the Lord's not in your life, there's no better time to start than today. Because when you start down this path, these events that are unfolding right before our eyes will become self-evident as to their relationship to the end times and the last day events.[00:24:26] And as they open up and make themselves known, we can be prepared for them. Um, and we can also be prepared for whatever the consequences may be, because we will have that relationship with the Lord, but don't worry. It's not happening anytime soon, but it is likely going to happen. You know, there's going to be a lot of people alive today who see it take place.[00:24:55] De'Vannon: Okay. Um, oh, can you explain to us [00:25:00] the difference in between spirituality and religion please? [00:25:05] Branch: Wow. Um, in a nutshell, uh, religion is ma a man-made system to interpret the word of God. And spirituality is the word of God inaction. Um, know one comes from God and one manipulates. What comes from God. [00:25:35] De'Vannon: Uh, when you say that, I think about, uh, what my next book is going to be kind of centered around, which is the fuckery that has become the Christianity in America, in the, in like the 50 million different versions of it that you have and stuff like that.[00:25:54] And so, um, that's another thing that people can stay tuned for, but for right [00:26:00] now, what, what branch is saying is that. Spirituality is like your one-on-one time. Like you, you and the Lord and religion is this sounds like it's getting into rituals and practices and things like that that may not necessarily have anything to do with your walk of faith.[00:26:16] More like maybe platitudes or superficial things. And so [00:26:22] Branch: well, for, for, for the, for the individual, who's wondering, you know, and, and asks themselves. The simple question to ask is, is this religion asking me to use it, to get to God? Or is it allowing me to come and get to God on my own? You see, that's all religions.[00:26:49] If you look at them, their intent is to bring people to God, however, their re their rights and worship [00:27:00] services and those kinds of things that they go through require that you go through the priest or the pastor or the mom to get to God. So if, you know, if, if you get fed in a religious situation, That's what's important that you have, you know, you get that word that you need to help make you a better person in your life.[00:27:26] However, if the religion requires that you come through the priest or the pastor or the mom in order to get to God, unless that's where you want to be, you probably are more interested in the spiritual path than the religious path. The spiritual path, as said, is open to you to go to God at any moment in time every day.[00:27:50] I mean, it's, it's, it's what a personal relationship, personal spiritual relationship between the individual and God is, [00:28:00] um, you don't need to go through some mediator to get to God other than for the Christian. Of course we go through Christ. [00:28:10] De'Vannon: You're right. Absolutely. No human is needed because we already have Jesus.[00:28:15] Branch: Exactly. [00:28:17] De'Vannon: Exactly. Okay, cool. So now your book is broken down into three parts, attitude, belief, perception. I love me something that's very organized and I can't remember. Yeah. I spent six years in the air force and I don't remember only what I was MIT. And I don't remember when I was super, I was pretty organized before then, but certainly after that and, um, that I've never lost that.[00:28:40] So I love it. You know, attitude, belief, perception, and there's different chapters under each section. And so then if a person feels drawn to one section, we feel like they need help with this or that. You know, it was very clearly defined where you can go and seek that, which you need. [00:29:00] So we're going to give an explanation of what each section is about starting with attitude, and you defined it as a mental position or feeling with regard to a fact, or a state, a manner of showings one's feelings or thoughts or one's disposition or opinion.[00:29:19] So tell us though, at further about the attitude section of the book, [00:29:27] Branch: but like you said, and I'm glad you pointed out, you can start, you don't have to start at page one with this book. You, you can know pick where you want to begin. Um, whatever your interests may be peaked from the table of contents, attitude.[00:29:42] You know, we have an attitude towards virtually everything in our life from birth on, and it's interesting that a lot of self-help, um, books and gurus, um, Base [00:30:00] everything that they're selling or sharing or teaching on a change of attitude. And that's how powerful, uh, you know, one's attitude can be, is you can go into a situation and, and your, your mention of the military is such a great example because in the military, you're in a very regimented environment and things are pretty well-defined.[00:30:28] And if you've ever been in the service, which Nevada, Anna and I both have, um, there comes times when, you know, you're required or requested to do things that you might have a problem with or an issue. But you know, you go ahead and you do them. What you find is a simple change in attitude can make any task, no matter how regimented the situation be, can make [00:31:00] any tasks, less threatening and less of a challenge to do.[00:31:05] So attitude is so important in our daily lives. Um, changing your attitude can make all the difference in just a moment's notice of change of attitude, you know, your whole. Perspective on what you're being asked or required to do. It can be totally different. That's the power of one's attitude. Um, so this is particularly important when we're talking about something as life-changing as spirituality or a religious commitment can be, um, that in and of itself takes a totality of one's investment of self to go from a non-religious or non-spiritual position in your [00:32:00] life.[00:32:00] And to then invite that new application and concept of spirituality or religion in your life. That essence of attitude is absolutely necessary from you to go from a secular only, or non-spiritual non-religious life into a new commitment as a spiritual or religious neophyte. So attitude becomes important, um, particularly in this realm of spirituality and religion, because it's going to change your life, whether you want it to or not.[00:32:44] Once you make that commitment and step on that path of spirituality. Or religion, your life will change and your attitude needs to be one that can accept that change and then [00:33:00] make the most out of that change. Uh, you can't do it without a change in attitude. And that's how important attitude is. Um, you know, even beyond our daily activities and daily life kinds of situations, when we're talking about making life changing changes than attitude is certainly one of the cornerstones of making that new exposure successful.[00:33:31] De'Vannon: Okay, well put sir, and then the next section is belief. Um, trust or confidence is how this is, uh, defined in the book or, or the conviction that certain things are true. Break that down further for us please. [00:33:49] Branch: Well, you know, we all believe certain things and from our earliest memories and indoctrinations as [00:34:00] children and the environments and families that we grow up in, we learn and accept certain belief, structures, and patterns.[00:34:12] Um, you'll see this evident in behaviors today. That are outside of what we once considered, you know, the norm and the way people respond to other people today, um, in very negative ways and very negative actions, all of our actions and all of our responses are grounded in our belief system, whatever that might be, uh, here, again, for people who are not on a spiritual or religious path, it's sort of one of those, um, attitude is all, it's all about me or what's in it for [00:35:00] me.[00:35:00] And therefore the grounding of my belief system is I can do whatever I want and I will do whatever I want, no matter who it harms or what turmoil it may cause. So that's the strength of belief and belief is, uh, essentially grounded in who we are, who we become, um, is the tap root. That's tied to who we believe we are by who we were, you know, who we grew up as being.[00:35:38] So that's the importance of belief. Now belief in myself and belief in my world can change. But for a lot of people, that's, that's a difficult jump to make. And again, we see that evidenced in our world today just by the, um, [00:36:00] and the crazy things that are taking place and the way people choose to behave towards, you know, other people, um, all of that's grounded in, in our belief system of who we are and what we believe to be true or trust to be true.[00:36:21] De'Vannon: Okay. Well put, well, I believe all of that, which you just said, then the third section perception, and that you say that this is an awareness of one, the environment through physical sensation or the mental grasp of objects through the senses insight or intuition knowledge and just it by pristine thing.[00:36:47] Tell us, tell us what we should be perceiving here. [00:36:52] Branch: Well, the question is what are you perceiving? You know, and I'll give you a great, well, I'll give you the prime example for where we are [00:37:00] on July the 27th, 2021 as the, uh, insurrection congressional hearing starts. You have an action that took place that was seen across the planet, uh, in real time.[00:37:18] And yet today we have a variety of different perceptions of what actually happened. So our perception of ourselves or the people in our lives, or the events in our lives are colored by the previous two things. We talked about our belief system and our attitudes towards that belief system perception can be, it's like a magician.[00:37:52] You know, you perceive one thing that's happening and the reality is it's not happening. And [00:38:00] this is the strength of perception. All three of these attitude, belief and perception is sort of like a three-legged stool that holds the seat of one's reality. And our attitude can be changed. Our beliefs can be changed and our perceptions can be changed, but we have to be the ones to change those.[00:38:25] Um, otherwise, you know, the difficulty to break those bonds. Are so great. And the struggle is so great because you have to look at yourself and that gets into a whole nother realm. Am I willing to look at myself? And if I do, am I willing to accept what I see? Only when I get to that point, can I spread the path where I might be willing to [00:39:00] change my attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions.[00:39:03] So, you know, we can perceive things, but our perception is colored by our beliefs and our attitudes. It's all [00:39:12] De'Vannon: connected. So, um, all connected. Tell us branch, you, you write in your book that one of the greatest challenges that we face when we're starting a new relationship with the Lord is grappling with our feelings of unworthiness.[00:39:31] I feel like since you stated such a bold statement, it was worth bringing up in the interview to talk to us about this unworthiness of where it comes from and why it's such a hindrance[00:39:46] Branch: as people, we all crave, two things love and approval. And again, these things start in childhood [00:40:00] and. Transmuted and transmitted as we grow and they morph and change. According to our attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, our environment, um, you know, our family situation, all of those factors that are part of life as we grow, um, all make who we are and who we are and who we wish to become, um, are all interconnected.[00:40:40] So[00:40:44] ask asked me, I lost my train of thought here. I was going down the wrong path. [00:40:50] De'Vannon: No problem. We were talking about the feelings of unwell. [00:40:53] Branch: Oh yeah. Unworthiness. Well, this, this, this craving for love and approval right. Starts with our parents and [00:41:00] works out as our, the ripple of our life expands. And what we find as we go through the lessons in life is we have lots of opportunities to doubt ourselves and to question ourselves and to beat ourselves up about some of the choices that we make, all of these sort of negative.[00:41:28] Vibes and negative consequential experiences feed into this idea of, well, I'm not worthy of love or approval. And if I'm not worthy of love or approval than my life basically is worthless or has no worth to anyone else. And if it has no worth to anyone else that it has no worth to me, this is one of the importance of developing a spiritual [00:42:00] relationship is that spirituality gives you a connection with something greater than yourself, outside of yourself that can show to you and prove to you that you are worthy.[00:42:18] No matter your situation, no matter, you know, the decisions and choices that you you start to make, or that you continue to make spiritual growth is all based on you understanding that you are worthy, that someone does love you. That being the Lord and that his love is unconditional. Um, unconditional love is, is the greatest thing in the universe.[00:42:49] And it's the most difficult thing, or one of the most difficult things for us to understand. We can't understand unconditional love because we live in a world [00:43:00] that, you know, denies that, that exists. This is why, again, a spiritual path and a spiritual relationship is so important. It shows you that God's unconditional love for you no matter who you are, no matter where you are in your life.[00:43:18] No matter of the mistakes that you've made, you have a worthiness to him simply because you are, he, as the creator created you, your spiritual energy comes from him. It is therefore part of his spiritual energy. It's part of his spiritual existence. And for that reason alone, you are worthy to be loved.[00:43:48] And regardless of how much approval you crave for yourself, that approval is unnecessary. This is why, you know, unworthiness in itself [00:44:00] can be such a downer. I mean, it can just drag us and keep us into the depths of our own despair. Finding out and realizing that we are worthy because we're worthy of God's love.[00:44:14] That's all we need to establish our worthiness. Now it's our position and our responsibility to allow our worth, to grow and to show it to the world. Um, the interesting thing about life, as you know, we're all in the same situation, we're all struggling. We all have problems. We all have relationship issues.[00:44:41] We have to, you know, divorce ourselves or allow something greater than all of those struggles to be part of our life. When you allow a spiritual relationship to be ignited in your life, your sense of worth, all [00:45:00] of a sudden becomes real. And you realize I can face these struggles because I am worthy. I don't have to keep beating myself up about decisions or choices that I made that make me believe that I'm unworthy.[00:45:17] So you know, this unworthy and worthy concept, it's like a two-edged sword, whichever sword side we've got up and choose to use is the one that will continue to build its strength within[00:45:35] De'Vannon: the important. The spirituality reminds me of the, um, of the fact that it's important for people to make a spiritual choice on what they're going to believe or into, and to really work on themselves spiritually. Because if not, then, you know, we're out of balance. And I don't think, I think most people agree that we all have some [00:46:00] sort of spirit, soul, something unseen living on the inside of us at the center of our being, no matter what path of faith that a person believes in.[00:46:12] Um, and so when we don't actively get after spiritual enlightenment and understanding, then invasively leaving a part of ourselves on nourish, unfulfilled and unsatisfied, and then that throws us out of balance. And then what happens then is we go out in the world and we have problems and things like that.[00:46:31] And when we can't figure out why we keep running into those problems, or where is the problem coming from? Well, you know, it's like, you know, starving yourself. If you don't eat, you're gonna fall out and leaving your poor little spirit there with no direction and no food, no nourishment or nothing like that.[00:46:51] It going to throw you completely out of balance. It's like trying to drive a car on three tires. It's not going to work. And so, and what I love about [00:47:00] this book is it's not necessarily saying one. Religion is better than another. Talk about this, that later on in the interview, but it breaks down the different options that are out there.[00:47:12] You got to find something though and do something with that spirit. It's all sitting inside of you in a, rather than because a lot of people just take a casual approach to spirituality. Like they'll find it eventually, or they, maybe they think they'll find it in their travels across the globe, but it's not like you really have to go to the other side of the world anymore to even experiment experience different things.[00:47:35] You can go online, you know, do zoom calls and things like that. And talk to, you know, different people who are, who are, who are from different religions and stuff like that. You can go to church online these days, if you want to, and you can look anything up online. So what I'm saying is the knowledge is at your fingertips, that this book gives you a good overview of it.[00:47:56] But if we really wanted to do something with our spirits and our souls, just like [00:48:00] when we want to go out and do anything else, make money, have sex, you know, follow our advices. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with those things, but I am saying that we go after what we really fucking want to go after and dealing with our spirits, shouldn't be something that's left to chance or, you know, I appreciate the Wednesday whenever the day may come, you know, [00:48:23] Branch: well, life is about choices and consequences and, uh, you know, spiritual cognition is one of those choices.[00:48:34] One of the interesting things about God is whether you're a spiritual person or not, or religious person or not. And it doesn't matter what religion we're talking about. One of the most interesting things is God demands, nothing of us, except one thing before we die, he will demand whether or not we will [00:49:00] believe that Jesus Christ was his son and came here for a reason, that reason being salvation.[00:49:10] Um, no, I don't want to go down the rabbit hole with different religions and, and Jesus or no Jesus or any of those things. People choose the religion for the reasons they need that religion, whatever that religion may be. But for the Christian, we are obligated to decide whether or not, or for the professed Christian, you know, somebody who says, well, I'm, I'm a Christian, regardless of whatever that may look like in action or thought word, indeed, if you claim to be a Christian, that at some point you will have to decide whether or not you truly believe what Christianity is.[00:49:57] And Christianity is Christ like [00:50:00] behavior. So are you going to emulate Christ, believe who he was, who he steady was and who the scriptures say he was or not? And this is the struggle for Christians today. Many Christians I'm a Christian, but my actions and my thoughts, words and deeds are not Christ-like.[00:50:26] So how much of a Christian am I? [00:50:29] De'Vannon: And in terms of the actions, uh, Jesus summed it up like this. He said all the laws in the books and the profits getting, hang on to whether or not you love your neighbor as yourself. And if you love the Lord, your God with all your heart and with all your mind, with all your soul and all your spirit.[00:50:46] So that means you don't be an asshole. It means you don't be a Karen, essentially speaking.[00:51:00] [00:51:03] Branch: No. And people asked me, you know, can you, can you explain to me the old Testament and the new Testament, and there's greater minds than mine that have grappled with that question. But when the seeker and searcher asks me the easiest way to describe to them, Is to send them to Exodus 20 and to Matthew 2237, the entire, the entire Bible is about one person and that's Jesus Christ, both the old Testament and the new Testament both have the same focus and intent, and that's on the life and teachings of Christ as the Messiah.[00:51:55] But the old Testament is summed up in the 10 [00:52:00] commandments found in Exodus 20. And the new Testament is found in Matthew 2237, which you just quoted love God first and most treat your neighbor as yourself on these two, hang all the laws and the prophets, meaning every law that God had given, whether it's the 10 commandments or the 632 that he gave to Judaism and all the words of all the prophets old and new Testament, all boil down to those two things, love God most first and most and treat your neighbor as yourself.[00:52:40] You see, that's one of the problems we have today in the world, but particularly in the Christian world, we call ourselves Christian. But we don't go out with an attitude, a belief and a perception that my desire is to treat others the way [00:53:00] I want to be treated. And for me, that's the biggest failing of Christianity, regardless of the denomination.[00:53:08] Someone may be in the totality of Christianity is summed up in that statement by Christ. And yet we've got lots of Christians who refuse to no trust and abide in the behavior. There's that would emulate that statement. [00:53:31] De'Vannon: Correct. And, um, I want to add too. So like, so like y'all, wouldn't branches saying the old Testament is some of the, in the, uh, the 10 commandments, um, and those 10 commandments reflect the heart of Jesus.[00:53:45] I agree with that now for, for people who are aware and a lot of people are of all the other rules in the old Testament. Like you can't eat, you know, this beast, if their foot is clove in, or if they chew the cud, you know? Okay. [00:54:00] So that has a lot to do with the culture of the Israelites and different things that were going on with them at that time.[00:54:07] And, um, and so I'm just going to say this to set people free from a lot of confusion that prevails in the book of acts, which is in the new Testament, there was this whole kerfluffle. Between the Jews and the people who are of the bloodline of Abraham and everybody who wasn't the Gentiles. So even though Jesus came and did his ministry, it's not like those of us who were not of the bloodline of Abraham were just as welcomed in, on a nice rosy carpet, you know, do people had to really, really fight for acceptance and things like that.[00:54:41] And so it got to a point where were, where were the apostles of the day? And everything had a meeting and said, okay, the Gentiles are here to stay. So what is it that they have to do? What don't they have to do? And when they came out of that meeting, they released everybody who was not of the bloodline of Abraham from all [00:55:00] Israelite, customs and traditions, with the exception of like eating strangled meat and things sacrificed to idols or something like that, they all had to do with life consumption of some sort of thing.[00:55:11] But in terms of anything traditional like that from the old Testament that doesn't have anything to do with, with, with those of us who are not of the bloodline of Abraham. And then even from my understanding, if they don't want to, they don't have to, because that was a whole, you know, it was the one thing Jesus accomplished.[00:55:28] You gave everybody a new path, but if people insisted upon holding to the old traditions, they could, but nobody really had to any more, but especially those of us who were in grafted in through Jesus Christ in, you know, And I, and, um, I'm going to put my foot in the rabbit hole a little bit and say that I believe that that released all of us from like the commandments, the thigh, and a couple of other things, because those things started, you know, back in the old Testament for the nation of [00:56:00] Israel and we are not of the nation of Israel.[00:56:02] And so, and so don't worry about you eat whatever you want to baby. The Lord was still loving you.[00:56:12] And, um, [00:56:13] Branch: you know, the God gave the Israelites, you know, some fundamental laws and decrees, and so much of the time the Israelites, you know, rather than trusting in the Lord, they wanted to be like other people, you know, they wanted a king, so they got solved. They wanted laws. So they get, they got lost, they got 639 laws in Leviticus and Deuteronomy and, and ways that they would be required to live Christ did away with all of those things for believers and followers in Christ, the Jews, the Hasidic Jews, particularly the Orthodox Jews, you know, still live with those kinds of [00:57:00] traditional mores and that's their lifestyle and their life choice.[00:57:05] Uh, the Zionist Jews. You know, are like the, um, purpose driven Christians, they kind of pick and choose what it is they want to, um, honor and obey Christ's coming. And the new Testament writings like the man, Adam says releases us from those old traditions. Um, his, his sacrifice for us pays for all of our sins as believers.[00:57:40] Um, so it, you know, if you don't want to eat bacon, don't eat bacon, but if you want to enjoy bacon, um, you know, it's not a sin to eat bacon, uh, at, at this point, you know, in you're right about the, uh, doing a way with this [00:58:00] division. It's interesting that there were so much conflict between the traditional keeping Jews who be, who were becoming Christians and the rest of the Christians who were, you know, trying to understand what this new religion was all about.[00:58:18] Um, the circumcision, right? What was kind of the, the focal point that brought it all to a head, but Jesus, his presence for his followers, it doesn't negate the past, but it puts away the sin. Of disobedience of the past. It's a new life. You're a new creation in Christ. And so as a new creation in Christ, as a believer in Christ, then our duty and our obligation, um, by accepting him as our Lord is to, you know, emulate him in thought word, [00:59:00] indeed.[00:59:00] And it's not about being circumcised or not, or not about eating bacon or not. It's about loving God first and most and treating your neighbor as yourself, whether or not the bacon are circumcised. [00:59:12] De'Vannon: Well, I love me, um, bacon and my bloody Mary's kidney. That's about the only thing I really have vacant is when it's, when I'm throwing me back.[00:59:21] One of those and, um, [00:59:26] Branch: well, that's interesting, you know, what's, what's, what's advice. Vice is like, what's a vice [00:59:34] De'Vannon: vice vinyl. Oh, I thought you were asking. Yeah. W [00:59:38] Branch: w no, what do we consider a vice, right? For me of ice may be eating bacon, um, for someone else it's not. So who determines, you know, what's a vice, what's a sin who determines what's a sin and what's not a sin.[00:59:55] Um, you know, [01:00:00] it's, that's what forgiveness is all about. And that's what. Repentance is all about, um, I can choose to not eat bacon, um, that doesn't make it a sin or a vice I can choose to repay. It's just, you know, there's a difference between spiritual grounding and understanding of sin and sin nature.[01:00:23] And then there's a difference between vice and San Anna legalistics situation or legalistic terms. And you see, that's what you find in most traditional applied religions, Judaism, Islam, um, some of the Eastern religions, you know, it's a vice, because we say it's a vice or it's a sin because we say it's a sin.[01:00:48] Or, you know, our holy book says it's a sin, but for the follower of Christ, whether it's a sin or [01:01:00] not in legal terms or traditional religious terms, the love of Christ and the forgiveness of Christ covers those sins. So this, this question of is that a sin or not a sin, is this behavior a vice and not a vice?[01:01:15] Is this behavior. Sin becomes irrelevant except to the self-righteous and hypocritical one who wants to hold that as the standard for reward or punishment. And this is the importance of spirituality. That spiritual connection, you know, covers you from this past behavior that others might have said was a sin.[01:01:48] They can still call it a sin and still be, you know, lambasting you as sinful. But the hypocrisy is in their own statement, [01:02:00] a sin as a sin, um, in God's eyes, you know, murder is no more or no less a sin than covetousness. So that's where we, you know, religion encourages us to get caught up in this hypocrisy of I'm right.[01:02:19] And you're wrong, or this behavior is okay, and this behavior is not okay. And whose to make that judgment and that determination while the hypocrites love to be the judge and the jury. Right. Um, whether it's the ISIS faction of Islam or the evangelical extremists in Christianity, they love to throw stones, um, you know, at others who are sinning, but their sin is okay.[01:02:54] You know, I, I, there's an old joke. Um, and I'll, I'll tell you just because you're from [01:03:00] the south and I live in the south and it's, um, why do Baptist never make love standing up? They're afraid somebody is going to see them and think they're dancing. I see. So, you know, who's going to determine sin activity and righteous activity.[01:03:23] Well, ultimately God is going to determine that he's the judge, um, and his justice is right. So, you know, if somebody says your activity is sinful and you shouldn't be doing that, first of all, let them look at their own sin, you know, get that speck of dust in that plank in correct proportions. And then you, you worry about, you know, how you're going to a tone when you stand in front of God, it's between you and him.[01:03:54] And here's the whole point of Christianity. If you're a believer and a follower in Christ, [01:04:00] he's already covered that sin for you. You will not have to stand in front of God. You will be judged. But Christ's sacrifice for you as a Christ, believing Christian, and one who emulates Christ will be covered. So don't worry about, you know, who calls you a sinner?[01:04:22] Um, let them worry about themselves. You do, you know, love God first and most and treat others the way you want to be treated. And you're on the path to becoming less sinful in the eyes of God. Um, right. [01:04:37] De'Vannon: And, um, I like to say, I agree with you said, and the simplest way I've learned to look at it, is that okay?[01:04:49] So in the Bible it says that like the Lord changes us and deals with us, like a line upon line precept upon precept here, a little there, a little bind by, [01:05:00] so we don't have power to change like our behavior necessarily ourselves and, uh, [01:05:11] Branch: or we would, [01:05:12] De'Vannon: or we would, but you know, the Lord, you know, already told us that, you know, we, by taking thought cannot add one cubic of height to ourselves.[01:05:19] And so he was, he was telling us, you know, it was him that's going to change is what he's not going to do it until he's ready to do it. And so in its simplest form, as long as you are true in your pursuit of the Lord, He, you just left that, you know, as long as you're really getting after him and sincerity, that anything that's that he doesn't want you to be doing, eventually you're going to naturally fall out of agreement with it anyway.[01:05:43] Amen. [01:05:44] Branch: Amen. [01:05:44] De'Vannon: That's it. And then you [01:05:45] Branch: don't need it. Yeah. Become a new creation in Christ. When you give your heart and soul to Christ and choose to start following him, you will change your behavior, your [01:06:00] thoughts, your desires change, because the holy spirit now lives within you and with him in you. This is the great thing about Christianity for the believer.[01:06:10] Every time you have to make a choice, whatever it may be something, you know, monumental in your life or something simple in your life. Every time you've got to choose, you have a choice to make, you can say, am I going to do this my way or the world's way? Or am I going to do it Christ way? Am I going to do what God would have me do?[01:06:32] And when Christ spirit lives within you, his holy spirit is the same holy spirit of God. The father, when that spirit is alive within your spirit, and you ask in this situation, what am I going to do? Your next question is what would Jesus do? In this same situation, I find myself, what would he respond? How would he respond?[01:06:59] What would he [01:07:00] do? And when you ask that question, his spirit living within you will answer and we'll show you the consequences of not being obedient of not choosing God's way. Look, God, nobody in your life has your best interest at heart, more than God himself. That's why he sends his spirit to be with us, to help us, um, get through the day.[01:07:29] And so when you have a choice to make, and you say, what am I going to do? Um, what do I want to do with the carnal world branch thing would want to do, do I want to do what's in it for me? Or am I going to do what Jesus would have done? I have a choice to make, but if I choose to do it my way, then I will, you know, reap the benefit or suffer the consequences of whatever that choice has at the end of the [01:08:00] road.[01:08:00] If I choose to do it God's way or ask, what would Jesus do? His spirit living within me is going to show me right then the consequences of doing it my way of doing it, the world's way. He's going to show me the downside to that decision. This is the amazing thing of God's love. He will show you your future before it even takes place.[01:08:28] Before you put into action, the choice of the decision you've made, he will show you the downside, the negative outcome of choosing the world's way. When the closer we get to God, that becomes more and more self-evident. So our behavior on our actions automatically begins to change. We change ourself with the strength of God's spirit living within us.[01:08:58] That's what spirituality [01:09:00] is all about. That's what a relationship with Jesus Christ or a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, because we now possess his same spirit. He will show us the way and that keeps us out of trouble. It keeps us away from the holes of adversity. It allows us to not go down that path.[01:09:24] The greatest thing about the love of God is the further you go down the path, responding the way he wants you to respond, because he has your best interest at heart. The more you respond that way, the more he begins to bless your life. And those blessings could be run the gamut. It could be material blessings, it could be, you know, possession, blessings.[01:09:50] It could be psychological blessings relationship wise. It doesn't matter. The love of God and obedience to his [01:10:00] spiritual leadership fills your heart. That's the true blessing. Your heart is filled. Like nothing else can fill it. There's nothing of the world that can fill your heart. Like the spirit of God, if it did, you wouldn't want that new car or that new house, or, you know, another appliance that desire for material goods is the core.[01:10:25] Of the world and that's where its tests and temptations know live in our house. This is why you never can grasp happiness through the ways of the world because the world, no matter what, you have always encourage you to want more and to desire more when you have the love of God in your heart, because the spirit of God lives within you, your heart and your soul are full.[01:10:51] There's nothing that the world can offer you that can fill you more than that spirit. And when you have his spirit within [01:11:00] you and you are fulfilled, you see the truth in the world, you see the folly in the world and you realize that the fall is nothing more, you know, than illusion. The love of God will, will reward you more than you could possibly imagine.[01:11:22] And this is why going down the spiritual path led by the light of Christ brings you closer to God. And the closer you get to God, the more like Christ you are. So your natural action and your natural inclination is against the sin of the world. [01:11:41] De'Vannon: And, um, and so. And so branch is not saying there's anything wrong with cars and houses and stuff like that.[01:11:48] What he's talking about here with balance and perspective. And, um, and as it says in the Bible to learn how to be content with whatever state that we're in and to be happy there with, um, he's [01:12:00] also talking about how, um, in the book of Hosea, how it talks about like the more God blessed people, it's like the less, they want it to be close to him.[01:12:08] He's talking about not making idols out of the blessings that we have and remembering who it came from and being sort of at our passion is greatest for God of all things, no matter what, there's also another part that says that the eye's not satisfied with seeing nor the ear with hearing. And so we, so we just gotta mind ourselves and be careful how we let ourselves get carried away with things in there's life.[01:12:31] But that's a, that's a part of, you know, this life. And when, uh, when branch is talking about the Lord will tell us and deal with us, you know, always use the fit in church. In wonder when people would say the Lord spoke to them, or he showed them something. I'm like, okay, how, you know, how does this, how does that go?[01:12:48] So it could be, for me, it's in brings a lot. I've always been a gift that dreamer, and as I was a child, you know, things, that's the, my dreams come true, you know, and stuff like that. It could be audible voice. It's like [01:13:00] what we talked about earlier, it could be through a friend, a loved one, a family member, a relative, or a total stranger.[01:13:07] It could be an inclination, a no. You know that it really comes deep within you, but you'll know that it's him without a shadow of a doubt. God speaks to us in many, many different ways. So when we say, God will tell you, he will talk to you. One thing I would suggest to add to your prayer life as you're seeking this sort of God to speak to you, you know, and, and to really, I wish he's going to do this anyway, but it never hurts to, I think, state the obvious, especially when you're, or at least when you're new with God, and you ask him to talk to you in a language or in a way that that's gonna mean something to you.[01:13:41] And so that you'll know that it's him and, um, [01:13:46] Branch: excellent, excellent, excellent point. You know, it, if you're open to the Lord, he'll answer, um, as nothing he wants more than for you to turn towards him so he can embrace you with all he [01:14:00] is. Um, it just, uh, and I don't want you to think new cars. Aren't nice. Uh, God wants us to be good stewards of the things that we have and the things that we get.[01:14:14] If you look, if you know the stories in the old Testament, you know, virtually every wealthy person in the old Testament, um, gained their wealth through their obedience to God. And he made them even more well. When they stayed that course and stayed obedient. So what he did for them, he'll do for you and me.[01:14:36] Um, you know, I have, I was 40 years on the world's path and have nothing but regrets for the damage I did and the people I hurt. Um, my 40 years on the spiritual path has been nothing but blessings. And, you know, I was homeless once. Like a lot of people, I started out at the bottom, like a lot of people, [01:15:00] but you know, every blessing that I have has come from him and I recognize that and what he has done for me and for others he'll do for you.[01:15:10] We're not special. Um, we're just here walking the path, just like you are trying to figure out, you know, what's in our life for us and how do we be the best person we can be? [01:15:24] De'Vannon: You know, I was homeless at one point in here. It's nothing like starting from the bottom and being rebuild. Um, I want to, we're going to get into the whole, like self-confidence self-sufficiency movement and X, but just for a second, I wanted to talk about like your thoughts on tithing, because I know that's, that's a really big deal and people who are going to be new in the faith, especially if they come across any kind of Christian Church is going to be hit with offerings, top ties and offerings as they call it.[01:15:57] And, um, From my [01:16:00] experience, it was always presented in a threatening way. Like if you don't give this, then something bad will happen to you. If you do then great things are going to happen to you. And, um, and they use old tests, they use an old Testament scripture in Malakai, where it says that you'll be cursed with a curse.[01:16:18] You know, that that was going on with the years of her lives back then. And like I said before, when they had the meeting in the book of acts, they released us from everything that has to do with that culture, with the exception of eating strangled, with meat and, and crazy shit like that, that, you know, we wouldn't, you know, who, who would want to do that anyway, but probably somebody we have to say that.[01:16:37] But, um, so I don't feel like tithing is necessary. I feel like it's just like all of the other tradition from the old Testament. Like if you want to use it as a guide, if you want to do it phenomenal, if you don't want to do it, you're not about to get struck by lightning and maggots. And I'm about to eat of all your food, you know, which is something that happened when, when they left Egypt and the whole other thing, [01:17:00] but, you know, bad things are not going to happen to you.[01:17:02] You're not going to get flat tires and you're going to get fired from your job. But because anybody new and brave is gone and somebody is going to try to get money out of them and they're probably going to get threatened with it. And so I wanted to dive into that. What do you think about Tyler? [01:17:21] Branch: Okay, well, tithing cake cake that you know, was sor

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Michael Burton completed both bachelor's and master's degrees in Jazz Studies under the renowned musician and professor, David Baker at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.Trained in music from an early age, his mother is an original member of the legendary Mississippi Mass Choir, and his father a tenor saxophonist himself. Burton’s distinctive soulful saxophone performances, riveting grooves, and vocal productions are the result of this influence and his native Jackson, Mississippi culture.Currently touring Patti LaBelle, Michael has also toured with Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, and Anita Baker as well as with New Edition, and PJ Morton. He’s also performed with Aretha Franklin, Fantasia, Young Jeezy, Tank, Russell Gunn, and Eric Roberson. Burton has recorded with a long list of jazz, soul, pop, rhythm and blues, gospel, and hip/hop artists. His soulful saxophone can also be heard on 2 Grammy Nominated projects, ”Love Has Finally Come At Last," by Calvin Richardson as well as PJ Morton’s Gumbo album. Mike was also a featured soloist on Hidden Beach Recordings Unwrapped Volume 5.Michael has also served as an Artist in Residence in the US Virgin Islands, providing music education and mentorship to middle school, high school, and college students throughout St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John. Mike serves on the Grammy Board of Governors for the Atlanta Recording Academy chapter. He’s also a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Mike has released 5 independent projects, Sojourn, Soulful, The Producer, Say What?, and Walk With Me. In 2012. Mike plays Java Saxophones...Support the show (https://www.gofundme.com/lets-jazz-it-up-ladydiva-live-radio&rcid=r01-155237937664-a0ba938ee6e24441&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w)

Michael Burton completed both bachelor's and master's degrees in Jazz Studies under the renowned musician and professor, David Baker at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.Trained in music from an early age, his mother is an original member of the legendary Mississippi Mass Choir, and his father a tenor saxophonist himself. Burton’s distinctive soulful saxophone performances, riveting grooves, and vocal productions are the result of this influence and his native Jackson, Mississippi culture.Currently touring Patti LaBelle, Michael has also toured with Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, and Anita Baker as well as with New Edition, and PJ Morton. He’s also performed with Aretha Franklin, Fantasia, Young Jeezy, Tank, Russell Gunn, and Eric Roberson. Burton has recorded with a long list of jazz, soul, pop, rhythm and blues, gospel, and hip/hop artists. His soulful saxophone can also be heard on 2 Grammy Nominated projects, ”Love Has Finally Come At Last," by Calvin Richardson as well as PJ Morton’s Gumbo album. Mike was also a featured soloist on Hidden Beach Recordings Unwrapped Volume 5.Michael has also served as an Artist in Residence in the US Virgin Islands, providing music education and mentorship to middle school, high school, and college students throughout St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John. Mike serves on the Grammy Board of Governors for the Atlanta Recording Academy chapter. He’s also a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Mike has released 5 independent projects, Sojourn, Soulful, The Producer, Say What?, and Walk With Me. In 2012. Mike plays Java Saxophones...Support the show (https://www.gofundme.com/lets-jazz-it-up-ladydiva-live-radio&rcid=r01-155237937664-a0ba938ee6e24441&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w)

Michael Burton completed both bachelor's and master's degrees in Jazz Studies under the renowned musician and professor, David Baker at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.Trained in music from an early age, his mother is an original member of the legendary Mississippi Mass Choir, and his father a tenor saxophonist himself. Burton's distinctive soulful saxophone performances, riveting grooves, and vocal productions are the result of this influence and his native Jackson, Mississippi culture.Currently touring Patti LaBelle, Michael has also toured with Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, and Anita Baker as well as with New Edition, and PJ Morton. He's also performed with Aretha Franklin, Fantasia, Young Jeezy, Tank, Russell Gunn, and Eric Roberson. Burton has recorded with a long list of jazz, soul, pop, rhythm and blues, gospel, and hip/hop artists. His soulful saxophone can also be heard on 2 Grammy Nominated projects, ”Love Has Finally Come At Last," by Calvin Richardson as well as PJ Morton's Gumbo album. Mike was also a featured soloist on Hidden Beach Recordings Unwrapped Volume 5.Michael has also served as an Artist in Residence in the US Virgin Islands, providing music education and mentorship to middle school, high school, and college students throughout St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John. Mike serves on the Grammy Board of Governors for the Atlanta Recording Academy chapter. He's also a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Mike has released 5 independent projects, Sojourn, Soulful, The Producer, Say What?, and Walk With Me. In 2012. Mike plays Java Saxophones...

Singer/Songwriter J Mitch has penned songs for Karen Clark Sheard, Edwin Hawkins, Mississippi Mass Choir and more, from Gospel to Broadway to film. He talks with Lin. Woods about his new music, long career - its valley lows and mountain highs, including how he was cheated out of royalty dollars because he didn't know the business, and the upside - having a song placed in a movie that’s still $blessing decades later. Listen. Like. Follow. Download FREE. Subscribe. Follow on: Twitter @linwoods, Instagram @linwoods96 #JMitch #GospelPodcasts

Did you know Satan is using the same tactics to trip Christians up today as he did back in the Bible days? In this week’s message, we uncover some of his schemes and learn why we must take God’s plan for our lives seriously.Make sure to subscribe, share, and visit us at TruthAndLoveMinistries.orgIntro and Outro Music: Sunkissed by IksonWorship Song: Your Grace and Mercy by The Mississippi Mass Choir

On this episode of the Rector’s Cupboard we welcome two medical professionals who are with patients and families in some of the most difficult and painful times in life.We speak with Michael Boldt and Rosemary Hill about what it is like to work with people in times of sorrow and loss. What can we learn in such times that we often fail to see in times of relative comfort or ease? We can’t know for sure how we will respond and react at times of great uncertainty or loss in our own lives, but considering how we might see life and humanity and gratitude even in such times can help us in the tumult that comes in each of our lives.What might it meant to be grateful amidst pain and sorrow?There's a Mississippi Mass Choir song from years ago;“Teach me to sing at midnight, the same song I sing today.The same song that I sing in the daytime, is the same song I want to sing at night.”If we can see life even in the darkness, we just might know more of what it means to be fully alive. When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi This episode we enjoyed St.Vincent made with gin from Okanagan Spirits.If you’d like to mix yourself a St. Vincent to sip along with us here’s the recipe:¾ ounce gin¾ ounce light cream¾ ounce Galliano3 dashes grenadineShake all the ingredients together well, with ice, strain into your preferred drinking vessel.

Sermon for Sunday May 31, 2020 Proverbs 3:5-6. Dr. Clifton Montgomery, Jr. Music credited to Mississippi Mass Choir https://www.last.fm/music/Mississippi+Mass+Choir/_/Put+Your+Trust+In+Jesús

4/8/20. Five Minutes in the Word devotional scriptures for today's meditation focus on celebrating Passover: Exodus 15. Song for praise: This Morning When I Rose, Mississippi Mass Choir. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/esbc-webmaster/support

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Silver Quintette - "Sinner's Crossroads" Davis Sisters - "12 Gates to the City" [The compilation offers a number of hit recordings along with numerous musical treasures just waiting to be discovered. The collection includes Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Rev. James Cleveland, along with other notable artists such as The Gospel Keynotes, Solomon Burke, The Caravans and The Mississippi Mass Choir. This set is also one of the first, if not the first, to explore in depth the mass choir phenomenon that not only dominated gospel radio from the mmid-1970s to the early 1990s but also produced many of today’s top-selling songwriters, soloists and musicians.] Harlem Gospel Travelers - "He's On Time" ["The Harlem Gospel Travelers are not from Harlem. They came to Harlem, however, from far-flung corners of the five boroughs of New York City, and it was in Harlem, that legendary center of African-American culture, that they found their voices. As members of the music education program Gospel For Teens, these young men spent many hours on the subway or the bus to ultimately end up at an unassuming brownstone on W. 126th Street. They walked through the red door at the parlor level, the one with the cross on it, and inside they found a world of music. Gospel music.] Messiahs of Glory - "No Other Love" - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978) [this collection of rare black gospel from the Midwest—featuring church congregations, basement recordings sessions, family bands and children’s choirs—is drawn together by two threads. The first—hope—which holds fast and unchanging, even in the most trying of circumstances. The second—circumstance—the way these recordings fell into the hands of producer, Ramona Stout, in Chicago at the dawn of the Obama era, when she had just about lost hope in her American Dream. Over the course of five years (2006-2011) of vinyl hustling in Chicago’s South and West Sides, these 45s came into Ramona’s hands, mixed up in milk-crates stacked with Northern Soul, water-damaged jazz and Hall and Oates LPs. After much travel and time, Ramona has articulated the spirit that drove this music forward. In this collection, she writes of this music and its relationship to the struggling communities where the records were found. Sourced from exceedingly rare 45s—many of which were vanity pressings of less than 100 copies—all but one of the tracks found on this collection appear for the first time since their original release. Remastered by Grammy-winning producer Christopher King, these recordings have been resurrected for a new generation of listeners. With art direction by Grammy-winning graphic designer Susan Archie, this collection is a tangible, immersive experience in the struggles—the victories, the failures and the lingering hope—that defined Chicago in the post-Civil Rights era.] National Independent Singers - "Someday We'll Be Together" - Sacred Sounds: Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel 1969-1974 Silver Harps - "I'm Pressing On" - Sacred Sounds: Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel 1969-1974 Rev. John Thomas And The New Christian Fellowship Church Choirs - "Christ Rose" - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978) Harlem Gospel Travelers - "Am I Doing Enough" - He's On Time Joanne & Sonny - "Rocky Roady" - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978) Edith Moreno - "Get Ready For Judgement Day" [Ups to DJ Greg Belson.] LA Shouting Stars - "What Would I Do" Stars of Glory - "I'm Going Away" Swanee Quintet - "Dr. Jesus" - Gospel According to Malaco [Renowned author and researcher Robert Marovich tells the stories of the 100 recordings contained in the eight CD anthology. Marovich, the author of the authoritative A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music, hosts a weekly gospel show on Chicago WLUW 88.7 and runs the superb website, The Journal of Gospel Music. A meticulous researcher, his liner notes greatly complement the music included here. About the project, Marovich notes, “Never before have so many memorable gospel songs from so many significant gospel stars been collected in one package. These songs brightened spirits when they were released and continue to do so today whenever they are heard. This collection presents some of the best of African American gospel music and does it with the grace and dignity the songs deserve.”] Jessy Dixon and the Dixon Singers - "Wade in the Water" [https://www.dublab.com/archive/greg-belson-the-divine-chord-gospel-show-pt-64-10-26-16 Greg's superb gospel show on LA's Dublab radio and online station. Divine Chord Gospel. Check it!] Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "Precious Memories" - Gospel According to Malaco Ward Singers - "Packing Up" - Gospel According to Malaco https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/89972

Silver Quintette - "Sinner's Crossroads" Davis Sisters - "12 Gates to the City" [The compilation offers a number of hit recordings along with numerous musical treasures just waiting to be discovered. The collection includes Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Rev. James Cleveland, along with other notable artists such as The Gospel Keynotes, Solomon Burke, The Caravans and The Mississippi Mass Choir. This set is also one of the first, if not the first, to explore in depth the mass choir phenomenon that not only dominated gospel radio from the mmid-1970s to the early 1990s but also produced many of today’s top-selling songwriters, soloists and musicians.] Harlem Gospel Travelers - "He's On Time" ["The Harlem Gospel Travelers are not from Harlem. They came to Harlem, however, from far-flung corners of the five boroughs of New York City, and it was in Harlem, that legendary center of African-American culture, that they found their voices. As members of the music education program Gospel For Teens, these young men spent many hours on the subway or the bus to ultimately end up at an unassuming brownstone on W. 126th Street. They walked through the red door at the parlor level, the one with the cross on it, and inside they found a world of music. Gospel music.] Messiahs of Glory - "No Other Love" - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978) [this collection of rare black gospel from the Midwest—featuring church congregations, basement recordings sessions, family bands and children’s choirs—is drawn together by two threads. The first—hope—which holds fast and unchanging, even in the most trying of circumstances. The second—circumstance—the way these recordings fell into the hands of producer, Ramona Stout, in Chicago at the dawn of the Obama era, when she had just about lost hope in her American Dream. Over the course of five years (2006-2011) of vinyl hustling in Chicago’s South and West Sides, these 45s came into Ramona’s hands, mixed up in milk-crates stacked with Northern Soul, water-damaged jazz and Hall and Oates LPs. After much travel and time, Ramona has articulated the spirit that drove this music forward. In this collection, she writes of this music and its relationship to the struggling communities where the records were found. Sourced from exceedingly rare 45s—many of which were vanity pressings of less than 100 copies—all but one of the tracks found on this collection appear for the first time since their original release. Remastered by Grammy-winning producer Christopher King, these recordings have been resurrected for a new generation of listeners. With art direction by Grammy-winning graphic designer Susan Archie, this collection is a tangible, immersive experience in the struggles—the victories, the failures and the lingering hope—that defined Chicago in the post-Civil Rights era.] National Independent Singers - "Someday We'll Be Together" - Sacred Sounds: Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel 1969-1974 Silver Harps - "I'm Pressing On" - Sacred Sounds: Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel 1969-1974 Rev. John Thomas And The New Christian Fellowship Church Choirs - "Christ Rose" - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978) Harlem Gospel Travelers - "Am I Doing Enough" - He's On Time Joanne & Sonny - "Rocky Roady" - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978) Edith Moreno - "Get Ready For Judgement Day" [Ups to DJ Greg Belson.] LA Shouting Stars - "What Would I Do" Stars of Glory - "I'm Going Away" Swanee Quintet - "Dr. Jesus" - Gospel According to Malaco [Renowned author and researcher Robert Marovich tells the stories of the 100 recordings contained in the eight CD anthology. Marovich, the author of the authoritative A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music, hosts a weekly gospel show on Chicago WLUW 88.7 and runs the superb website, The Journal of Gospel Music. A meticulous researcher, his liner notes greatly complement the music included here. About the project, Marovich notes, “Never before have so many memorable gospel songs from so many significant gospel stars been collected in one package. These songs brightened spirits when they were released and continue to do so today whenever they are heard. This collection presents some of the best of African American gospel music and does it with the grace and dignity the songs deserve.”] Jessy Dixon and the Dixon Singers - "Wade in the Water" [https://www.dublab.com/archive/greg-belson-the-divine-chord-gospel-show-pt-64-10-26-16 Greg's superb gospel show on LA's Dublab radio and online station. Divine Chord Gospel. Check it!] Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "Precious Memories" - Gospel According to Malaco Ward Singers - "Packing Up" - Gospel According to Malaco http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/89972

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Noted for his ability to move through musical genres flawlessly, Mike Burton, a native of Jackson, Mississippi has created a path as a well-versed musician and producer. Mr. Burton received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Jazz Studies under the renown Musician and Professor David Baker at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Trained in music at an early age, his mother is a founding member of the legendary Mississippi Mass Choir and his father, a tenor saxophonist. Currently on tour with Jill Scott, Michael has toured with notable artists from Patti LaBelle to Mary J. Blige to Anita Baker and has performed with the likes of Aretha Franklin. He has appeared on the Tonight Show, Good Morning America, the Steve Harvey Show and the McDonalds 365 Black Awards, just to name a few. Enjoy this uncolored interview amongst artists about the power of banning together in the Arts! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tamartalks/support

Baseball and robots: two examples of classic Americana. This week Craig oils up his glove and manhandles some (base)balls when he takes the mound against “The Mighty Casey” from The Twilight Zone’s legendary first season, then keeps the mandroid vibe rollin’ with a loving examination of the nuts, bolts and artificial hide of the season four classic “In His Image.” Put on your cleats and tune in… and yeah, you’d best wear a cup.   David K. Frasier’s write-up on Robert Sorrells: http://davidkfrasier.blogspot.com/2013/10/robert-sorrells-dont-fuck-with-cowboy.html Craig’s appearance on Brandon Cruz’s Submitted for Your Approval podcast: https://www.apatheticenthusiasm.com/s4ya-s2e17-twenty-two/http://geekade.com/newsfeed/2017/2/9/s4ya-s2e17-twenty-two   Theme: “Neither Here nor There (Mecha Variant)” by Twin Loops “Get Schwifty” performed by Justin Roiland (copyright 2015 by Cartoon Network) “I’m Not Tired Yet” performed by the Mississippi Mass Choir (featuring Mosie “Mama” Brooks; from the album Not by Might, Not by Power, copyright 2005 by Malaco Records) “I Will Not Forget You” performed by Sarah McLachlan (from the album Solace, copyright 1991 by Nettwerk Records) “The Dirty Games of Dr. Love” performed by Alex Puddu (from the album The Golden Age of Danish Pornography, copyright 2011 by Al Dente Records) “Robot Man” performed by Jamie Horton (copyright 1960 by Joy Records) “Mr. Roboto” performed by Styx (from the album Kilroy Was Here, copyright 1983 by A&M Records)   The Twilight Zone is a trademark of CBS, Inc. Between Light and Shadow: A Twilight Zone Podcast is a nonprofit podcast. Music clips and dialogue excerpts used herein are the property of their respective copyright owners; we claim no ownership of these materials. Their use is strictly for illustrative purposes and should be considered Fair Use as stated in the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. section 107.

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Featuring my favorite gospel groups. The Mississippi Mass Choir, A.J SPENCE and many others. Please join me for an inspiration

Featuring my favorite gospel groups. The Mississippi Mass Choir, A.J SPENCE and many others. Please join me for an inspiration

Featuring my favorite gospel groups. The Mississippi Mass Choir, A.J SPENCE and many others. Please join me for an inspiration

Featuring my favorite gospel groups. The Mississippi Mass Choir, A.J SPENCE and many others. Please join me for an inspiration