Reginald F Davis

Think of this book as a GPS.A spiritual atlas to help you navigate the maze of life and be a joyful, peaceful, prosperous, and godly person.Follow God's Path to Success and be an example to your generation. Life is a tumultuous road jam-packed with trials, tests, and temptations. When you are at a crossroads, you need a reference guide to give you hope and inspiration in a topsy-turvy world.This book amplifies the truth of the Bible to help you understand its inner wisdom to be a light on your pathway.You are a chosen generation and an explosion of possibilities. There is hope for you in this world. But who do you listen to? What advice do you take?If you want to live with hope and to lead others into God's Promised Land where you have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10), this book will assist you on your journey.

Faith is not enough to transform our present reality. It is not enough to believe in a God who can do anything but fail. To transform our reality, we must join faith with action. Enough talk of the problems of society and the world. Until we decide to become involved participants in the transformation of the world around us, our faith is nothing more than a tale that is told signifying nothing. We are more powerful than we realize. The transformation of the world around us is attainable more than we think. If humans can achieve going to the moon, an effort that was unthinkable centuries ago, we can transform the socio-economic political situation today. God used all kinds of people who had flaws, defects, and deficiencies to transform the world, and we are no different than they are. Despite their weaknesses, they had a TNT faith (the standard measure of strength of bomb and other explosives) that exploded with accomplishments when they put it into action. Our faith has within it the TNT but it is not exploding with accomplishments because we lack the action that causes it to detonate. This work is a battle cry of faith to remind the faith community to get up and transform the world around them. To do this we must have faith in God; grow in faith; understand the Kingdom of God is not talk but power; put faith in action; demonstrate a bold faith; wed politics and faith together; and remain faithful until Christ returns.

Pastors and ministers have one of the most challenging jobs on earth. Of all their tasks, one responsibility they cannot neglect is teaching the word of God. Unfortunately, church leaders seldom have enough time to prepare Bible studies for their congregations. This book is a quick resource to help fill the gap. These thematically arranged Bible studies each contain an introduction to a topic and a list of relevant Scripture readings for that topic. Pastors can use the introduction to spark discussion within small groups or to focus on the specific themes during sermon writing. Many have stated that Volume 1 is a great resource, and it is my prayer that Volume 2 is a great resource as well. ""Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, . . . teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age"" (Matt 28:19-20). ""These Bible study lessons are an excellent resource on a variety of relevant topics and sermon preparation. This resource book should be in every pastor's and minister's library. It is destined to be a classic for years to come."" --James C. Davis Senior Pastor Nollies Chapel Missionary Baptist Church ""Dr. Davis, the consummate colleague, shares with busy pastors and Christian educators the fruit of his sincere devotion to the Bible and considerable experience as a teaching pastor. You will find him, as I have, a trustworthy journey partner through the scriptures and a no-holds-barred prophet in addressing the times and requirements of the times. The 'Introduction' alone is well worth your attention; the studies, worth mining for years to come. Welcome to his workshop "" --James B. Johnson II Pastor Williamsburg Baptist Church Reginald F. Davis is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Shelby State Community College in Memphis (AS), Incarnate Word College in San Antonio (BA), Colgate Rochester Divinity School (MDiv), and Florida State University (PhD). He has been a frequent radio guest and lectures at colleges, universities, and churches across the nation. He currently lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, with his wife and three children. He has authored six books in the field of theology and religion.

Frederick Douglass: A Precursor of Liberation Theology deals with the evolution of Frederick Douglass's philosophical and theological development. This book is another paradigm that expands the debate and places Douglass's thought in a more appropriate context, namely anticipating liberation theology. Since no consensus exists about Douglass's philosophical and theological development, Reginald F. Davis attempts to settle a dispute in Douglass studies that revolves around his religious odyssey and in particular the character and cause of his philosophical and theological development. The dispute among scholars is concerned with where to locate Douglass on the theological spectrum. Some scholars identify Douglass as having moved away from traditional forms of Christian millennialism, which elevates not the human agent but an omnipotent God who apocalyptically intervenes in human affairs and history. Still others interpret Douglass as having moved outside the circle of theism to enlightenment humanism. There is also an unsettled debate about the cause of Douglass's theological shift. One view attributes Douglass's shift to a psychological factor of rejection by White Churchmen over his support for radical policies like abolitionism. Another perspective attributes Douglass's shift to enlightenment principles of natural law and rationality. Davis utilizes selected categories from liberation theology to provide a more accurate exegesis of Douglass's study to encourage a new angle of interpretation of Douglass's philosophical and theological evolution.