Betram L. Melbourne

Bertram L. Melbourne, PhD, is a professor of biblical language and literature at the Howard University School of Divinity, Washington, DC, United States.

Articles by Betram L. Melbourne

What I have learned from Jesus about preaching

April 2022

People call Jesus the Master Communicator. He taught crowds exceeding 10,0001 in the open air without any means of amplifying His voice. People flocked to Him to hear His memorable discourses that have endured and transformed the…

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Don't be afraid to cry

July 2021

I could not have imagined that I would have seen one virus shut down the globe, from remote villages to gigantic cities, from country to country, and from continent to continent. Nor could I have envisaged one small bug halting commerce;…

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"But what I have I give you"

December 2009

I once took a group of campers to the beach, and we saw a coconut floating in the water. We retrieved and opened it—only to discover that it was just husk, without a shell or fruit inside. How disappointed we were; it promised much, but delivered…

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