The Marben Bland Podcast

Send us Fan Mail General Charles E. McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, who flew a remarkable 409 combat missions in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam has died.  He was 102 years old.   Life is made up of more than just the years that we live.  More importantly, our lives should be measured by the actions that we take.   “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be a...

Send us Fan Mail The COVID 19 landscape is changing fast Dr. Cynthia Snider the medical director of infection prevention at Cone Health in Greensboro, NC joins Dr. Veita Bland, MD for an update.    For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail On the eve of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Pastor Marben teachers from Amos 5:21-24 about how God disapproves of the reframing of facts and events to suit the beliefs of those in power.  He uses the same logic from the Word of God to contend that the present-day whitewashing of events like the attack on the US Capital is equal to the reframing of the life of Dr. King to that of a h...

Send us Fan Mail Whitewash is a solution that is used to cover up the paint that is currently on the wall – so that you can cover it with a new coat of paint.  Often that new coat of paint is of a different color than the paint that was previously on the wall.  When a painter whitewashes the wall stays the same however, it now is a new color.  A color that is more assessable to the people who are...

Send us Fan Mail In a podcast recorded on January 11th at Panera Bread in Macon, Georgia Charles and Marben discuss topics from the news including the National Championship football game won by the University of Georgia, voting rights, and the late actor Sidney Poitier  For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail The upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is not an ordinary holiday day.  It is a day where we give of ourselves in service to the community.    This year we are encouraging members and friends of the Greater Saint Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jonesboro, Georgia to create “Blessing Bags” to honor Dr. King.   In the COVID-free safety of your own home, we are aski...

Send us Fan Mail In a sermon recorded live on Sunday, January 2nd at Greater Saint Peter, Pastor Marben teaches from 1st Samuel17:3-11.  As he talks about the giants in our lives and how with faith in God they can be defeated.   For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail What makes you happy?  I am happy when I spend time with the grandkids.  I am happy when the Braves win.  I am happy on a warm summer day enjoying it with the one I love.  In thinking about the things that make us happy how often do we think that worshiping and serving the Lord can make us happy.   Psalm 68:3-4 says “May the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be ha...

Send us Fan Mail Saul and the people of Israel faced a dilemma that dismayed and made them greatly afraid. Goliath the Philistine champion had challenged them to a fight. He wanted Saul and Israel to pick one person to fight against him. If the Israelite fighter defeated him then the Philistine people would become their slaves but if Goliath prevailed enslavement would be Israel’s lot.  The stakes...

Send us Fan Mail As we enter a new year Psalm 100 is a pleasant reminder of not only who God is but how we are to worship and to serve him.   Yes, we are to worship with singing and a joyful noise that will bring gladness to all.   And since we know that the Lord is the only one and true God, we are thankful and filled with praise.  Let us bless his holy name for the Lord is good, loving, and fait...

Send us Fan Mail On New Year’s Eve last year, we were all cheering the end of 2020.  We were hopeful that 2021 would be a better year. In many ways, it has been a better year. The Trump Administration is out of office, but then there was January 6th. The Braves won the World Series, but we lost Henry Aaron. The vaccine and the booster have saved lives, but COVID is still raging.  Paul in 1 Thessal...

Send us Fan Mail Mary, Joseph, and twelve-year-old Jesus traveled from their home in Nazareth to attend the Passover festival in Jerusalem.   Find out what happens when Jesus does not return home in Pastor Marben’s sermon teaching recorded live at GSP entitled. “Jesus Is Missing.”   For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail   The good fight the race that marked the earthly life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu is over.  The spellbinding preacher Nobel Peace prize winner and the moral compass of the pre-and post-apartheid era in South Africa has died at age 90.  Archbishop Tutu preached and practiced the forgiveness of Jesus in the midst of ungodly injustice.  These principals were put to the test when he c...

Send us Fan Mail John 1:1-14 are verses that reveal not only the actions and promises of God but also the outcomes that can only be achieved if we believe.   Let’s look at the actions of God that are uncovered in this text. First, before anything else existed there was God and with God there was Christ. Second God created everything and third, it is His eternal light that shines through the darkne...

Send us Fan Mail Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:1-7) tells of a governmental decree obeyed by Joseph to travel from where he lived in Nazareth to return to his ancestral home of Bethlehem. We also learn that Joseph is of a royal line with heritage that leads directly to King David, a man after God’s own heart.  Traveling with Joseph is Mary who is described as his obviously pregnant...

Send us Fan Mail We depend on the government for protection against our enemies both foreign and domestic.  We depend on the government to educate our children from kindergarten to college.  We depend on our government to provide equal protection under the law.   How well did the government protect us on January 6th?  How well has the government educated our children especially in the intercity or...

Send us Fan Mail In America, Christmas is the most celebrated holiday of the year, with an estimated 85% of the population celebrating it in some way.  Families reunite, decorations are put up around the home, and gifts are bought for family and friends. Most families have Christmas traditions, whether it be baking cookies together, touring Christmas light displays or attending a Christmas Eve can...

Send us Fan Mail On October 15th, 1958, 17-year-old Albert “Shug” Hill, Jr was shot and killed by his white neighbor 36-year-old Earl Vance Shivers.  According to local newspaper reports, Mr. Shivers said he shot the black teenager because he was looking through a window of the Shivers’ home where his wife and daughter were sitting.   Frenchy Hodges joins the podcast to talk and read excerpts from...

Send us Fan Mail Our monthly luncheon podcast with Charles E. Richardson.  Topics: Warner Robins Mayor’s race, David Perdue challenging Brian Kemp for the GOP nomination for governor, Stacey Abrams entry in the race for governor, book recommendations For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail For me, the television special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” remains a highlight of the Advent season.  Produced over a half-century ago in 1965, the show features the cast of Peanuts, a newspaper cartoon strip illustrated and written and by Charles Schultz.  Schultz’s singular goal was for the special to focus on the true meaning of Christmas. According to Wikipedia, Schultz was a...

Send us Fan Mail For nearly 70 years Thelma Wright Edwards has been connecting the dots seeking justice for the murder of her cousin Emmett Till.   The dots connected when in 2020 the U.S. Justice Department reopened the case prompted by the release of the book "The Blood of Emmett Till," in which Carolyn Bryant Donham appears to recant her 1955 claim that 14-year-old Emmett made advance...

Send us Fan Mail In a sermon recorded live at Greater Saint Peter African Methodist Episcopal   Church in Jonesboro, Georgia, Pastor Marben Bland teaches from Malachi 3:15 about the peace of Jesus which will bring justice.   For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail COVID has robbed us of the simple joy of visiting with people.  It’s been three years since I had been with my siblings.  However, thanks to the vaccines we were together this Thanksgiving.     Being together brought us so much joy as we connected the dots of family bonding, sibling understanding, and love that only a physical visitation can bring.   When the angel Gabriel told Ma...

Send us Fan Mail In the last book of the Old Testament the prophet, Malachi delivers two important messages.  First God is not pleased with the injustices of the world and secondly, God is sending a messenger who will prepare the way for the peace that will come.   The messenger is John the Baptist, and the peace that will come is Jesus.   And when Jesus comes there will be peace and with that pea...

Send us Fan Mail “No justice, no peace!” is a powerful call for the equality and equity sought by the Black Lives Matter movement.  More than a slogan “No justice, no peace” is a concise description of the blinding privileges of whiteness that undergirds every factor of American life.     From redlining to unfunded schools, to law enforcement practices, the systemic favoring of whiteness makes it...