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.

The Death of Our Expectations of God in Prayer

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So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe..." - John 11:14 (NASB) All too often, when we go to God with our petitions and requests, we may in fact believe God will respond but that belief …

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The Deafening Silence of the Black Church on Homosexual Marriage

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The reason traditional (heterosexual) marriage receives certain civil benefits that non-traditional (homosexual) marriage does not, is because traditional marriage is the means by which families are, and have throughout the whole of time, been created and propagated and, consequently, earthly societies and cultures sustained. Marriage is first and foremost a spiritual union not a civil …

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My Heart for the Black Church

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

I want to preface my comments by saying that when I use the term “Black church”, please understand that I apply it strictly in terms of the collective of Christian churches across America, regardless of denomination, whose memberships have traditionally and historically been composed primarily of black or, if you prefer, African-American, congregants. Now, having said that, let me say …

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