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Send us Fan Mail Chapter Summary: Both brothers begin in a state of being lost. The elder brother shows his lostness by getting angry when things do not go the way he wants. People like this tend to blame God if they think they have been good enough, and they tend to blame themselves if they think they have fallen short. They either hate God or hate themselves when their life doesn’t turn out the...

Send us Fan Mail The Reverend Rose Johnson Mackey has been on the front lines of the fight for voting rights.  The pastor of The Saint Paul AME Church in Sandersville, Georgia joins The Podcast days before the midterm elections to talk about the effort to get out the vote  For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail According to the World Health Organization, as of 2022, over 700,000 people take their own life every year. There are likely twenty times that many people who seriously consider it.  But Black people don’t commit suicide, that is what white folks do! Nothing can be further from the truth. According to CDC suicide is more common among black males aged 25- 29, and among black female...

Send us Fan Mail Greater Bethel - Athens 130th Anniversary Sermon from The Reverend, Doctor Toni Belin Ingram, Presiding Elder Augusta North District  For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail Timothy Keller, author of The Prodigal God says most of us define sin as breaking a list of rules. Jesus shows us that a man who keeps the moral codes can be just as spiritually lost as the most vile and immoral person because sin is not just breaking the rules but putting yourself in the place of God as Savior, Lord, and Judge.   Join The Reverends Janice Casey and Marben Bland f...

Send us Fan Mail The late Congressman John Lewis said it best: “The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument in a democratic society. We must use it. This is the season for us the use the vote! Early voting in Georgia has started and will end on November 4th.    If you ever think that just one vote in a sea of millions cannot make much of a di...

Send us Fan Mail Prostate Cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America. In the United States, 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.    Today we will talk about Prostate Cancer, its symptoms, screening recommendations with psychiatrist and prostate cancer educator Dr. James A. Smith, III.   For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail In a sermon recorded at Greater Bethel, African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, Georgia, Pastor Marben Bland teachers about the three types of people following Jesus and how He tells them about the true nature of God in The Parable of The Lost Coin. (Luke 15:1-3, 8-10) For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail Timothy Keller the author of the Prodigal God says that Jesus’s parable about the Prodigal Son might best be named the Parable of the Two Lost Sons. It is a drama in two acts, with Act 1 entitled “The Lost Younger Brother” and Act 2 “The Lost Elder Brother.”  Janice Casey and Marben Bland discuss.     Download the Bible Study  https://marbenbland.com/the-prodigal-god    For More G...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus in The Parable of The Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10) equates the joy of the woman who finds a coin that was lost with the joy realized by the angels of God over a sinner who repents.   We can be certain the joy of the woman had nothing to do with the 1st Timothy 6:10 admonishment that the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.   However, it the lack of money, specifically t...

Send us Fan Mail In a sermon delivered on October 9, 2022 Pastor Marben discusses the power of God's love especially for the lost as told to us by Jesus in the Parable Of The Lost Sheep.  Sermon Highlights:  Jesus knew the value of one lamb, that is why when the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”  He told them a parable about a lamb...

Send us Fan Mail Lost In Plain Sight You are six years old at the mall with your mother and three other siblings, the sights the sounds, the smells are wonderful.  In the happiness of wonderment, you somehow get lost. The wonderment turns into fear, the happiness has become sadness for you are lost in plain sight.  For the mother a nightmare that has come true, her child is defenseless, scared, al...

Send us Fan Mail Join Janice Rhodes Casey and Marben Bland for a discussion of the introduction and chapter one of The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller.  Go to https://marbenbland.com/the-prodigal-god to download the Bible Study and to discover how join us for the weekly live discussion.   For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail A foodie is a person who loves and has a refined interest in food.  Foodies eats food not only out of hunger but also as a hobby.  Jesus is a foodie because he uses meals to engage people teaching important lessons at the table.   In Jesus’ time the promise land that God had given the Jews had been taken over by the Romans.  The Romans commissioned Jews to be tax collectors, and t...

Send us Fan Mail Serving 69 million customers in 100 countries daily, McDonald’s is the world’s largest restaurant chain.    Although the golden arches sign out front says billions served, MickeyD’s does not serve everyone.  Come in shirtless you are rejected not served; no shoes rejected not served. If you come in without money for Ronald?  You guested it rejected not served.   The Pharisees were...

Send us Fan Mail In a sermon delivered on Sunday, September 24, 2022, at Greater Bethel AME in Athens, Georgia Pastor Marben Bland teachers about the priceless  mentoring advice given in First Timothy chapter 6 verses 11-15.  The advice sands the test of time.  The advice is good for us to know. And the advice is good for us to use for we all need mentorship in this Christian journey.     For More...

Send us Fan Mail Laurens county is in central Georgia about a two-hour drive from Atlanta.  The County has two high schools, East Laurens and West Laurens high schools both have been in the news lately.    On Tuesday an East Laurens High School student was killed and three injured in a car crash.   Last Friday, five West Laurens County High School students were pictured spelling out the N word on...

Send us Fan Mail It’s mid-September and students in most of the country are back in school.   And while going back-to-school and being in school is a wonderful experience for many, it can be a stressful time, for parents and students.    Licensed Professional Counselor Dr. Omi Dobbins joins Dr. Veita Bland, MD for a wide-ranging conversation about dealing with the stresses of being in school.   Fo...

Send us Fan Mail In the new movie the Woman King, Academy Award Winner Viola Davis plays the leader of a group of all female warriors charged with defending her tribe.   Based on a true story these warriors fight with skills and fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen.  Davis’s character trains the next generation of recruits to fight “the good fight of faith” against a threat from fore...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s Devotional….The Lord Is My Shepherd  “The Lord Is My shepherd;” that one phase from the 23rd Psalm answers the question posed by all of us at one time or another of Who God Is?   God is a shepherd, who will not fly His migrant children out of his state to score political point.  God is a shepherd who would use the surplus in his state’s budget to pay teachers, police offic...

Send us Fan Mail Located in central Georgia Hancock County, is one of the poorest areas in the state.  The pronominally black county is rich in natural resources but lacks the industry to employ its citizens.   Demand for new road construction, housing and other projects has Hancock’s rock quarries as perhaps the only industry in the county that is in a growth mode. The Sandersville Railroad a pri...

Send us Fan Mail It’s A Matter Of Your Health  Season 3 Show #3  Title: September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Guest: Kirt Davis Description: September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month —a time to raise awareness of this stigmatized, and often taboo, topic. Our guest today is suicide survivor, veteran, and suicide prevention advocate Kirt Davis.  Kirt struggled with depression during...

Send us Fan Mail The Georgia Department of Revenue indicates that the state will once again run a surplus.  Leaving it with a record level of cash on hand and a full “Rainy Day” savings account.   After the Rainy-Day account is filled with funds as mandated. The law calls for the cash to go into a separate account of unobligated money to be used at the state government’s discretion.   According to...

Send us Fan Mail A dysfunctional family is defined as one in which conflict, misbehavior and often child neglect or abuse happens regularly.    The Jacksons are perhaps the most famous of all dysfunctional celebrity families.  Joe Jackson traumatized Michael as a child.  A direct link to the problems the late superstar had as an adult. In Genesis we meet Isaac and Rebekah, they have twin boys Esau...

Send us Fan Mail Black Americans are disproportionately affected by dementia. Older black Americans are twice as likely as older whites to have Alzheimer's or another dementia.  Among Black Americans ages 70 and older, 21.3% are living with Alzheimer's or another dementia. Alzheimer's and Dementia strips away the cognitive functioning of thinking, remembering, and reasoning.  It int...