Jazz, Blues, and Spirituals: The Origins and Spirituality of Black Music in the United States, New Edition Commentary Allen Parr weaves together stories

Allen Parr weaves together stories from his own spiritual journey and the lives of those he's ministered to in order to show the painful consequences of following false teachings and to provide clear explanations of what the Bible really teaches about the gospel

Anxious for Nothing

and often made fun of himself--but behind the banter was a distinguished storyteller who carefully chose what to say and what to withhold

one of the leading New Testament scholars on Jewish

Jazz, Blues, and Spirituals: The Origins and Spirituality of Black Music in the United States, New Edition Commentary Allen Parr weaves together stories"African American Spirituals . . . are the root of almost all American music, being the forebears of both the Bluesmusic that expresses the burden of so called 'freedom' and hardships of everyday life, and Jazz, America's classical music," writes Jazz vocalist and composer Ruth Naomi Floyd. "This work . . . shows the words of a Dutch man, a brilliant scholar, author, and cultural critic, who, as a youth, was drawn to African American music. . . . His