Gospel and the City by Moody Dwight A.;

Author:Moody, Dwight A.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chalice Press

Many of our young people are unable to sing because of their unfortunate realities. As young preachers, we have to change this. We have to create safe spaces for our peers to share. It is imperative that we as young ministers—white, black and Asian—preach a relevant gospel. We must preach a relevant gospel that responds to the cries of our communities. We must preach a relevant gospel that will reach the wild and set the captives free. Preach until justice rolls down like a mighty flood. Preach like the psalmist: “If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy” (Psalm 137:5-6). The Psalmist laments that even though they could not sing, they could not forget Jerusalem. They remembered their homeland because to forget means that they would not sing the songs of Zion anymore.

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy. As painful as it is to remember, it is even more painful to forget. So we are charged to remember. Remember that Jesus ministered in the wilderness and he ministered to people’s wild situations by lifting, touching and restoring.

Therefore, we must preach until the wild become a place of worship. Preach until the sons and daughters of Zion can sing “’twas grace that brought me here thus far and grace shall lead me home.” We must preach to liberate and promote hope for God’s people. Preach that there was a rebellious man who walked the Earth years ago. He was a thug because he went around causing havoc and upsetting the religious and social order of the day. Because we are moved by the life Jesus, we preach the gospel in the city and the gospel in the wild.

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1Monica R. Miller, Religion and Hip Hop (Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture), Book 3.2012.

2James H. Harris, Preaching Liberation (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995), 108.

3Ibid, 108

4Monica R. Miller. “‘No Church in the Wild’: The Youth’s Unrecognized Spirituality between Beats and Rhymes,” Huffington Post, September 14, 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/monica-r-miller-phd/no-church-in-the-wild-spirituality-between-beats-and-rhymes_b_1756187.html (accessed December 27, 2012).

5Monica R. Miller. “‘No Church in the Wild’: The Youth’s Unrecognized Spirituality between Beats and Rhymes,” Huffington Post, September 14, 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/monica-r-miller-phd/no-church-in-the-wild-spirituality-between-beats-and-rhymes_b_1756187.html (accessed December 27, 2012).

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