After the Sermon and Other Candid Conversations

This week Bishop Turner Ph.D., Elder D, and Deacon Wypij breakdown Bishop’s last message in Black History Month, “Guard Your Valuables”. Bishop discusses the importance of looking at what God has provided to us, through the good and the bad, and how those moments shape not only who we are today, but is the preparation for who God wants us to become. We also are visited by 2 Special Guests, Whitney Belcer and Quentin Johnson, as they share their powerful meditations from Sunday services this 2026 Black History Month.

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This week Bishop Turner Ph.D., Elder D, and Deacon Wypij introduce Bishop’s sermon “Let God Do His Work.” They deal with the topics of how God puts people around you so that they can see and experience Himself, how God doesn't waste anything that we experience and that we need to position ourselves with God so that we are able to let God do his work.

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In our penultimate Black history Month episode Bishop Turner Ph.D., Elder D, and Deacon Wypij continue their discussion on Bishop’s message “A Season of Renewal”. Bishop breaks down the 3 main rocks of his message; revival, radical reconciliation, and representation. 

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This week Bishop Turner, Ph.D., Elder D, and Deacon Wypij discuss how whiteness is abusive within the church. From Rwanda, to a white-shaped Christianity, and the effects of not standing up for Biblical truth, Bishop Turner holds no punches as he delves into the past and present of Eurocentric Christianity.

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In this episode Bishop Turner Ph.D., Elder D, and Deacon Wypij continue the conversation around holding onto your dreams in the context of the Bishop’s current series “God Is In The Details.” Bishop gets into the rocks of his sermon that dreams are an important method that God speaks to His people today as well as an earmark for those with prophetic giftings, how understanding the culture that the scriptures are written in is key to any interpretation and application of the scriptures, and gives foundational truths to dreams and how to understand who they are for and who they are from.

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In this episode Bishop Turner Ph.D., Elder D, and Deacon Wypij discuss the next sermon in Bishop’s series “God Is In The Details,”  with the main topic of holding onto your dreams. Bishop brings to the forefront the need to reiterate the need in representation and that the representation given to us biblically and historically is important to our relationship with God, he points out that God will use more than just Christians to bring the dreams He gives us to fulfillment, and that the church contains and functions in a culture and how that culture produces the people that are raised in it.

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This week Bishop William Turner Ph.D., Elder D, and Deacon Wypij continue the conversation of Reclaiming Our Blackness. Bishop emphasizes the importance of being who were created to be and not allowing others to define you based on what they want you to be, the system of oppression that is both present in the world and the church, and the need for white people to have more emotional toughness so that there can be real conversations that promote growth rather than shielding themselves from discomfort.

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This week Bishop Turner Ph.D., Elder D, and Deacon Wypij walk through Bishop's message from Sunday. As we enter Black History Month, Bishop emphasizes the need to look deeper into the Bible as nothing is there by accident. The discussion delves into the truth that God is not afraid of my blackness, if the Bible talks about people of color it is significant, and that it is important for us to have relationships that we can have real conversations knowing that we are not trying to kill each other, but rather to grow together.

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Hey Everybody! This was released originally to our Patreon but after much thought we believe that this is truly a conversation that is needed today for everyone to hear and be a part of. Don't worry our Patreon faithful, we have an extra released already to com out over the weekend. And with that, please enjoy our Special Series "Reclaiming Our Blackness" that we will be highlighting this Black History Month.

As we move through the first week of Black History Month Bishop Turner Ph.D. brings us a topical series called "Reclaiming Our Blackness." Over this month we endeavor to share the need for those of Africana dissent to celebrate and own the distinctiveness without divisiveness of how God has made each of us. We pray the conversation is both enlightening and challenging in a way that causes us to all walk in a TRUE spirit of brotherhood in unity.

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In this Episode Bishop Turner Ph.D., Elder D, and Deacon Wypij have a Candid Conversation as we prepare to enter Black History Month. Bishop lays out what the Bible says about the church’s role and responsibility in social justice, not just for biblical times but also for today. They discuss the challenges that Living Word has faced in becoming the multi-racial and poly-cultural church we now are. And the importance of looking back on those that acted in their own generation to set the stage for us to move in ours.

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