Robbins Church of Christ
Robbins, Illinois 60472
(708) 389-1310

• Education: A.A. - B.A., Rochester University; M.Ed., City University of Seattle; M.A., St. Xavier University; M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Concordia University of Chicago; Ph.D., Colorado Theological Seminary; Ph.D. Nelson Mandela University (Port Elizabeth, South Africa); Ed.S., University of Missouri; Graduate Certificate in School Superintendency, Abilene Christian University; Ed.S., University of Missouri.
• Experience: Preaching Over Fifty (56) Years. Public School Administrator and Secondary Educator (Chicago, Illinois); Public Middle School Administrator; College History Professor.
• Comment to those looking at my sermons: "Keep the Faith Baby... Keep the Faith!"
• Sermon or series that made a difference: Philippian Series: "Pressing On" (Philippians 3:14) - "Strength for the Struggle" (Philippians 4:6-8)
• Family: Widower with two adult children and two grandchildren.
• What my parents think of my sermons: My sermons help to heal the hurts of humanity
• Best advice given to me about preaching: Make it Plain and "Preach the Word."
• Books that have had an impact: "Invisible Man" (Ralph Ellison), "King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr." (Wil Haygood), "Soul on Ice" (Eldridge Cleaver), "Philosophies and Opinions of Marcus Garvey" (Amy Jacques Garvey), "From Slavery to Freedom" (John Hope Franklin), "Souls of Black Folk" (W. E. B. Dubois), "Martin, Malcolm, and America" (James H. Cone), "The Mis-Education of the Negro" (Carter G. Woodson) "Afrocentricity" (Molefi Asante), "The Judas Factor" (Karl Evanzz), "Growing Up X" (Ilyasah Shabazz), "Forced Into Glory" (Leronne Bennett), "Battle Cry for Freedom" (Eric Foner), "If They Come in the Morning" (Angela Y. Davis), "This Little Light of Mine" (Fannie Lou Hamer), "The Professor and the Pupil" (Paul Robeson), "Singing in a Strange Land" ( C. L. Franklin).
• Hobbies: Chess, Contemporary Jazz Music, Writing, Historiographical Research
• If I could Preach one more time, I would say...: "That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection" (Philippians 3:10)
• What I want on my tombstone: "Servant of God... Well Done"

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