One Life with Te’Luvv

Sports, entertainment, and news are saturated with black people coming from urban contexts.  Urban is a word that has been associated with Black culture.  Why?  What is urban and what about this context has influenced black people?  What are the spiritual identifiers contributing to the landscape of urban America?  How important is music to black people and how does it influence its values?  Hear the continuation of the previous ep...

Growing up as a black man in America, I must say that what black culture has evolved to altogether is not something I care to be associated with.  In a city like Memphis, TN there are and have been countless initiatives and movements to resolve the plight of juvenile crime, which has contributed to influencing a city that called for President Trump's SAFE TASK FORCE (National Guard, FBI, etc).  Urban is frequently associated with B...

Conferences, seminars, workshops and special church meetings continue with promises of a "specific event" or a prophesy of the end times as to what will take place and who will do what and what to look for.  How can anyone know who is who?  Why is it that a random charismatic person or seemingly wealthy person has the "word" or is in a place to speak on behalf of God?  When it comes to prophesy, could it be that God has not reveale...

Permanently disqualified!  This is a phrase that is broadcasted loud and clear to the masses, declaring a man to be formally banned from preaching or pastoring. Standards, responsibility, accountability, and eligibility are understandable, and rightfully so.  Is it possible for a man to be disqualified from serving in a church capacity?  Sure.  Standards are either met or they are not, which is universally accepted and understood. ...

Christianity.  What comes to the mind of most people when that word is read?  A wise man once asked "If the church looked like you, what would it look like?"  There are the written words of the Bible, and then there are people.  If we know God through Jesus and Jesus through people, is it possible for people to know the Jesus Christ of the Bible through the lives that Christians live today?  Thus, the questions begs to be asked, wh...

American Football consists of various players on a team that all do their part to win games.  The quarterback, the running back, the wide receiver and so forth.  How do abortions happen?  Is it all on the expecting mother (female) or are there others who contribute to the act of abortion?  Since Genesis 3 in the garden of Eden, Satan's twisting of words, phrases, questions, statements, and definitions have not changed.  So then, wh...

The sexes have battled in the world and sadly, the battle has spilled over into the walls of the church.  Male and female?  Yes, even these were both created by God.  Who is suppose to do what and how far back in time was this established?  God does not waste what He creates.  He creates and does everything intentionally and with a purpose and function.  In other words, we cannot just do anything, and, everything does not "go" with...

Roads outside the city limits have a darkness at night that requires superior lighting when driving.  Hi-beams and fog lights that have high lumens make the road clear for driving safe.  Likewise, this episode clears up the supposed fog surrounding God's prescription for males and females in marriage, family, and specifically church.  Man has no business arranging the Bride of Christ according to his intellect, preference, or conve...

The battle of the sexes has not grown weary in the world.  Sadly it has become a point of contention, confusion, and competition in the church.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever says the Bible.  How did the roles assigned by God get out of order?  Jesus Christ is the head of the church.  Is He clear on the leadership of His church?  Corporate America's seasoning has sickened the Bride of Christ through false d...

Sex. So much sex is desired today on American soil that highly valuable items and entities are trash in comparison.  Do I just want to have sex with anyone and everyone anytime I want to or do I want marriage?  Do I want sex with no strings attached or do I want to get married and have children?  What has been substituted in exchange for sex anyway?  Hear the conclusion of this series and the sexual blunt force trauma grade substit...

Sex.  Just seeing the word is stimulating for most people, which is why companies continue advertising with sex or sexually suggestive themes.  Sex is craved so much so that it's purpose and products have been discarded.  Reproductive organs are a nuisance to those in pursuit of the feeling of sex.  Marriage and family are delayed and avoided when sexually convenient.  "Sex with no sperm or egg please" is the drumbeat of our day.  ...

Sex.  Just saying the word alone has it's own effect on people.  It continues to be a word used in advertising and marketing because it continues to sell.  Sex has now been sold to the culture to the point where it is now what leads, guides, and governs the direction and pursuit of most people today.  What does that look like in modern day America?  Marriage, children, and family have all been replaced in priority and purpose by th...

What use to be normal, innocent, precious children has now turned into what I call preposterous!  It absolutely is.  Obedient and pleasant children are far from the norm no matter where you go.  What happened?  How did we as a nation get to the place where adults are afraid of even their own children?  How have children become so unpredictable, vile, and ruthless?  Listen to what may be the tip of the iceberg that impacts everyone ...

Shallow surface talk runs out of gas quick!  Real, authentic and deep discussion stir the soul and feeds the mind in uncommon ways.  Discover the real driver of dating and marriage from the bible.  Listen to the continuation of the previous episode and get at the meat of the matter when it comes to the futile exchanges that take place between men and women who date.  Some couples even live together for years before learning their p...

Dating is probably the hottest topic in the world second to money.  Why?  How does dating occur?  What are the origins of dating and why are so many people driving down date road with the lights off?  Do you know if the person you are in pursuit of is in pursuit of you the same way?  Are you wasting your time?  Is this an issue where the bible is silent or can we look to Jesus for dating advice?  This might be the word you need to ...

Would it make sense to celebrate a fighter in a 12-round match who knocks his opponent down in the 2nd round but loses by TKO (technical knockout) in the 7th? Absolutely not.  No one would do that because winners are celebrated in sports, not losers.  Sense we all know this to be true, how can one who was God's preacher in his early life be celebrated as an unrepentant sinner at his death?  This famous preacher was none other than ...

It is amazing at how many things the imaginations of men conjure up.  Unless the truth about things were revealed, our minds and hearts would deceive us into believing anything about everything!  From talking dogs to teleporting abilities to celebrities who are just as crazy about us as we are about them.  But what we imagine and what is reality are drastically different.  It's no different than the endless scenarios imagined since...