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James Cone on Survival Strength - Black Church (Philippians 4:13)
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"The enslaved sang and testified: 'I can do all things through Christ.' This was survival faith, not triumphalism. Christ's strength got them through chains, through beatings, through family separation. The 'all things' include surviving what should not be survivable." — James Cone. Black Church reading: strength for enduring the unendurable.
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