Welcome to BASE: The Black Apologetics Study Enterprise Podcast, where deep faith meets critical thought! Dive into a transformative journey with a community of dedicated Bible and theology scholars as we unravel the complex intersections of faith, society, and contemporary issues like nationalism. This podcast is your gateway to engaging with pressing questions, exploring new perspectives, and confronting the challenges of our times with a grounded, yet revolutionary approach.Tune in, challenge your beliefs, and become part of a movement that’s not just about study—it's about transformation.
BASE: The Black Apologetics Study Enterprise Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Rev. Amiri B. Hooker, FE
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Welcome to BASE: The Black Apologetics Study Enterprise Podcast, where deep faith meets critical thought! Dive into a transformative journey with a community of dedicated Bible and theology scholars as we unravel the complex intersections of faith, society, and contemporary issues like nationalism. This podcast is your gateway to engaging with pressing questions, exploring new perspectives, and confronting the challenges of our times with a grounded, yet revolutionary approach.Tune in, challenge your beliefs, and become part of a movement that’s not just about study—it's about transformation.
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September 27, 2025
The sermon “The New Snake”
<p>Introduction to “The New Snake”</p><p>This sermon was born out of a burden. I could not stay silent while serpents slither freely through our nation, poisoning our faith, our politics, and our common life. Violence stalks us—mass shootings, assassinations, wars abroad and wars at home. But beneath the bullets and the blood lies a deeper venom: the rise of White Christian nationalism, the glorification of guns, and the corrosion of truth.</p><p>I preach this message as part of the Black church’s long tradition of prophetic witness. Our ancestors taught us that silence in the face of lies is complicity, and that the pulpit is not for comfort only but for courage. This sermon is an attempt to name the poison clearly, so God’s people will not mistake the serpent for a savior.</p><p>But “The New Snake” is not just a warning—it is also a word of healing. Like Israel in the wilderness, we do not deny the snakes, nor do we pretend their bite is harmless. Yet God has given us a way to live: by lifting our eyes to Christ, the One lifted up for our salvation. In a season of venom, the only vaccine is love.</p><p>I offer this sermon because I believe the world needs to hear it. Our communities cannot survive on hatred disguised as holiness or nationalism masquerading as gospel. We need a faith that heals rather than harms, a church that resists poison and spreads love. My prayer is that these words help us become God’s factory of peace, justice, and new life in the wilderness of our times.</p><p>Here is some of the text: </p><p><strong>Sermon Title: “The New Snake” </strong>Text: Numbers 21:4–9</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Church,every day we are besieged with acts of violence across the globe. From Gaza toGoma, from Orem to Evergreen, we watch families, communities, and nationsbuckle under the unbearable weight of grief. Violence leaves behind an emptychair at the table, a silenced voice in the choir, and a wound in the body ofhumanity that will not heal easily.</p><p>This past week, the assassination of Charlie Kirkshocked the nation. And whether we agreed with him or not, we must be clear: the taking of a life is never justified. Violence dehumanizes both victim andperpetrator. It eats away at our souls and corrodes the very fabric of our common life. </p><p>As Bishop Fairley has reminded us, “We must and we canbe better than this.”</p><p>Yet even as we face death, we must not close our eyesto the deeper sickness beneath the violence — the poisonous rhetoric of WhiteChristian nationalism, the normalization of gun culture, and the toxic divisions that are making serpents rise among us. </p><p>Like Israel in the wilderness, our discouragement hasbred snakes. And the question before us is: will we keep feeding the snakes, or will we lift our eyes to the One who heals?</p><p>This is where we turn to Numbers 21:4–9. The peoplecomplained. The snakes bit. And God provided a strange but powerful remedy: a bronze serpent lifted up, so that all who looked upon it would live. </p><p>Today, God is calling us again — not to deny thesnakes, not to pretend the venom isn’t real — but to lift our eyes to Christ, to resist the poison of nationalism and hate, and to take the only vaccine thatheals: the vaccine of love.</p><p>“Snakes still bite, but God still heals.” Three pointsand I’m out of your way </p><p><strong>I. The Snakes We Invite</strong></p><p>The children of Israel were on their way from slaveryto freedom, but in the in-between — the wilderness — they grew discouraged. Thetext says they spoke against God and against Moses. They let their complaintsovertake their calling. And in their discouragement, serpents appeared.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
September 14, 2023
5 Night 5 Church Lake City Revival Title Love is Fried Chicken
<p>Tuesday Night 3: Rev. Amiri B Hooker at Greater St James AME </p> <p>Scripture: Romans 12:9-10</p> <p>Theme: “Living in Love and Harmony” "Title "<strong>Love is Fried Chicken" </strong></p> <p>Theme Overview: On this night, explore the teachings on genuine love and living in harmony with one another. Challenge participants to embrace diversity, treat one another with respect, and cultivate an atmosphere of love within the community.</p> <p>The theme "Transformed Living" draws inspiration from Romans chapters 11 to 14, focusing on the Apostle Paul's teachings on God's mercy, living in harmony, and offering our lives as living sacrifices. This citywide revival aims to ignite a transformational journey within each individual, community, and the city of Lake City at large.</p> <p>The Message</p> <p><strong>9-10 </strong>Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tonight, we gather here to delve into a profound theme - "Living in Love and Harmony.". Let’s shorten that and use instead Love is Fried Chicken. Our scripture passage, Romans 12:9-10, speaks directly to the essence of love, and we will explore this theme in the context of Black Liberation Theology. Let us challenge ourselves to embrace self-love, treat one another with love, and cultivate an atmosphere of love all around Lake City.</p> <p> </p> <p>In today's society, it can indeed be challenging to see the love we should have for one another. We find ourselves in a world marked by division, polarization, and a seemingly endless stream of conflict. It can be disheartening, but it is precisely in these trying times that we must lean on our faith and persevere in our commitment to love.</p> <p> </p> <p>Love is not just an emotion; it's a moral and ethical obligation. It's the force that should drive us to challenge injustice, fight for equality, and stand up for the marginalized. It compels us to engage in the work of justice and reconciliation, even when it feels difficult or uncomfortable.</p> <p> </p> <p>In a society where we witness division and hatred, our love must be a counterforce. It's a love that stands up against racism, inequality, and all forms of discrimination. It's a love that seeks to heal the wounds of our communities and bind us together as a people.</p> <p> </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>
May 25, 2023
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, YEAR A Casting Your Cares On Jesus
<p>Casting Your Cares 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11<br>5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. 5:8 Discipline yourselves, and keep alert. Like a roaring lion, your adversary, the devil, prowls around, looking for someone to devour. </p> <p>Sermon: “Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you” (I Peter 5:7 NRSV).</p> <p>How many times have you heard that? </p> <p> </p> <p>How many times have you said it, or something like it? </p> <p>Leave your worries at the foot of the cross, for example. </p> <p>Give it over to Jesus. </p> <p> </p> <p>There are lots of different ways to say this fairly simple idea. We hear it and say it all the time. </p> <p> </p> <p>But here’s the real question – “How do you do it?” How do we surrender ALL?</p> <p> </p> <p>Digging a little deeper, we find a number of things in the text from 1 Peter that might help us understand what he is calling us to do and understand. </p> <p> </p> <p>1 God is bigger than just your stuff. </p> <p>The word that in so many translations is rendered as “anxiety,” but in the King James Version as “care” is, in fact, singular. </p> <p><br></p> <p>The Text better reads Cast all the stuff that has Us worried and Us anxious to the feet of the Cross. Or maybe even Stop worrying about the Republican and democrats the Proud Boys and Christian Nationalists and Revive your prayer life. We can stop worrying about the governor in Florida and our governor here in South Carolina who said this week at the GOP Convention knowing the history of SC. McMaster repeating one of his favorite GOP lines: "I look forward to the day that democrats are so rare, we have to hunt them with dogs."</p> <p> </p> <p>Stop trying to make the racial hatred, the size shaming, the LGBTQ hatred, about you. They don’t even know you they are hating Us. They are hating the collective they don’t hate you because you are black, they have been taught sometimes by their church to hate all black, all immigrants, to hate all indigenous people. </p> <p>2. Power is the realization of Faith without Fear. It You Believe that God can Act through the portal of holy Ghost Prayer and Spiritual Action.</p> <p> </p> <p>Peter isn’t suggesting that we should stop caring; the verse itself speaks of how much Jesus cares. </p> <p> </p> <p>He suggests instead that we should stop worrying. </p> <p> </p> <p>He is remembering, no doubt, when Jesus said the very same thing: “Do not be anxious.”</p> <p> </p> <p>Black Americans have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. This has been compounded by the tragic deaths of Black men and women — lives cut short at the hands of police and vigilantes. Thus as a church and as a community these days we have some collective cares and or collective anxiousness.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ahmaud Arbery shot while jogging. Breonna Taylor killed in her home. George Floyd suffocated as the world watched. Rayshard Brooks asleep in a Wendy’s parking lot. Robert Fuller found hung from a tree in Palmdale, Calif. We lament the Black lives lost, past and present.</p> <p> </p> <p>Repeated trauma and stress have real effects on health, both physical and mental. Though the dialogue surrounding mental health is changing, it’s often it is still considered a taboo subject in the Black community. Navigating the intersections of Black identity has always been layered and complex.</p> <p> </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>
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