Author: Darrell B. Harrison

Darrell B. Harrison is a native of Atlanta, GA. In January 2024, Darrell joined the pastoral staff at Redeemer Bible Church in Gilbert, Arizona, after serving the previous five years at Grace to You, the media ministry of Dr. John MacArthur. He is a Fellow of the Black Theology and Leadership Institute (BTLI) of Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) in Princeton, New Jersey, and a graduate of the Theology and Ministry program at PTS. Darrell studied at the undergraduate level at Liberty University, where he majored in Psychology with a concentration in Christian Counseling, and was the first black person to be ordained as a deacon in the 200-year history of First Baptist Church of Covington (Georgia), where he attended from 2009 to 2015. Darrell is an ardent student of Reformed theology, and enjoys reading Puritan writers such as Thomas Watson, John Flavel, and Richard Sibbes. Darrell is an advocate of expository teaching and preaching and has a particular passion for seeing expository preaching become the standard within the Black Church.

On Frederick Douglass and Putting Our Faith Into Action

On By Darrell B. HarrisonIn Black Conservatism, Black Liberation Theology, Christianity, Conservatism, Conservatives, Family, Marriage, My Worldview, Racism, Religion, TheologyLeave a comment

"I prayed for twenty years, but I received no answer until I prayed with my legs." - Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, orator, educator and runaway slave In my personal library I have more books on slavery than on any other subject with the exception of theology. I mention this because in studying theology, I've become convicted …

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The Silence About the Lamb

On By Darrell B. HarrisonIn Christianity, My Worldview, Theology2 Comments

"Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" - John 1:35-36 So, here we are again. Another Easter is upon us, and with it, another opportunity for those who profess to believe in Jesus Christ to …

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Why Stephen A. Smith Suggesting Blacks Vote Republican Proves We Still Have a Long Way To Go

On By Darrell B. HarrisonIn Black Conservatism, Conservatives, Democrats, Family, My Worldview, Progressivism, Racism, Theology4 Comments

It doesn't speak well of the supposed progress made by black Americans when, a half-century after passage of the Voting Rights Act, it is deemed "controversial" that a black man would dare to suggest that black Americans vote Republican during an election cycle. The black man of whom I speak is sports journalist and television …

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