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＂History whispers to us how and why we got here. And through those who have gone before, we can trace God’s gracious hand at work in and through his people. In a time when the validity of learning black history is being questioned, Grace to Overcome connects 31 people and moments in black history to the overarching narrative of the Bible. In brief devotional reflections, Bryan Loritts explores the embodied experience of black people in light of Scripture, highlighting historical and modern figures like abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Olympic athlete Wilma Rudolph, civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker, and poet Maya Angelou. With inspiring stories from the worlds of science, sports, arts, and public life, Grace to Overcome educates and challenges readers to reflect on their own history and to live out the gospel in hardship and in grace. These devotionals not only grow us in faith, but inspire us to see our unique story as part of God’s bigger work in the world＂--

Bryan C. Loritts (DMin, Liberty University) is teaching pastor of the Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina. He has dedicated his life and ministry to seeing the multiethnic church become the new normal in our society. He is also vice president for regions for the Send Network, the church planting arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, where he is responsible for training church planters in multiethnic church planting. He has been a featured speaker at the Global Leadership Summit and Catalyst. His books include Insider Outsider, The Offensive Church, and Enduring Friendship.