BLACK CHRISTIAN NEWS DAILYLINE
For Praying, Thinking and Doing Christians
Reaching Over 30,000 seven days a week.
Friday, May 9, 2008 Visit BlackChristianNews.com | Christian | African-American | National | World 
Read More: conservatives, philadelphia, police beating, tia mccollors, tye tribbett, stand out, itunes, Lily L. Ratliff, Jamaica, Jerry Curry, Daniel Whyte III, graduation, Letters to Young Black Men, Letters to Young Black Women, CeCe Winans, William Walker, Hiram Revels

TOP STORIES

Conservative, non-Charismatic Christian Leaders, such as Moral Majority co-founder Paul Weyrich and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, Question Probe of 'Prosperity' Preachers and Ministries, such as Creflo Dollar
Nearly two-dozen conservative Christian leaders have signed a letter to the Senate Finance Committee questioning an investigation into six large ministries that preach a gospel of prosperity.
Read More

VIDEO: Philadelphia Mayor Says Race Not a Factor in Taped Police Beating
The violent arrest of Philadelphia Police officers caught on tape is being aired across the country.  Now there are questions about how the investigation is being handled and how the beatings will affect the relationship between police and the community.
Read More

The Truth About Love, by Tia McCollors
Four women…Four Lives…One God. The story of the women from Zora’s Cry continues in this page-turning sequel.
Read More

Tye Tribbett's New Album, "Stand Out", Hits Number One on iTunes
Gospel performer Tye Tribbett's latest CD, "Stand Out," is the number one Gospel album on iTunes this week. The Columbia Records release, now in stores, also features vocals from Kim Burrell.
Read More

The Life of a Lily, by Lily L. Ratliff
In her autobiography, The Life of a Lily, author Lily L. Ratliff shows you that through all of your mess, God can bring you to a point of acceptance of what life has given you, with the vigor to carry on.
Read More

Jamaica: Church leaders push lawmakers to reject casino gambling plan
Church leaders on Monday urged Jamaican legislators to reject a plan by Prime Minister Bruce Golding to boost tax revenue by licensing the poor Caribbean island's first casinos.
Read More

From Private to General, by Jerry Curry
This is the inspiring true-life story of Jerry Curry, a steel mill worker from the small town of Liberty, Pennsylvania who enlisted in the Army as a young private and rose to the rank of major general, a feat almost unheard of.
Read More

On "Being Saved" in Black America, by Daniel Whyte III
While growing up in a very religious and church-going family, I often heard the phrase "Being Saved." Now to me and my peers, "Being Saved" was a rather spooky and mystical thing, and only the real holy folk could be such — whatever it was.
Read More



Be Encouraged and Be an Encouragement

Be an encouragement by sending a "holla" to the following people! Also be an encouragement by buying their books, sermon, or music from their website or some other outlet today.

Writing Minister of the Week: Kevin Wayne Johnson
With the fundamental belief that God uses "ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things", Kevin Wayne Johnson lives to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Using literary talents and teaching God's Word, Johnson strives to enlarge Christ's body of believers. E-mail address: kevin@writingforthelord.com.

Preaching Minister of the Week: Pastor William H. Walker, Pastor of New Bethlehem Baptist Church, Bessemer Alabama
Pastor Walker has received numerous awards, some of which include: Pastor of the Year-1979 from the American Legion 344; Pastor of the Year-1987 from the Lambda Zeta Zeta Chapter; and Community Service Award-1989 from Muscoda Improvements Association. His passion is simply "Telling the World about Jesus!" E-mail address: swalker@goodnewsofjesus.org.

Music Minister of the Week: CeCe Winans
CeCe Winans is putting the finishing touches on her upcoming new release, "Thy Kingdom Come." The first single, "Waging War," could very well become the next song we hear being sung in churches throughout the country. E-mail address: sjones@purespringsgospel.com. [Listen to the new single on BlackChristianNews.com]


Black/Christian Bookstore of the Week: CushCity.com
www.CushCity.com. E-mail address: cushorders@cushcity.com.

Inspirations

The Word of God for this Week
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." --James 5:16

The Encouraging Word
"The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right." --Author Unknown

The Prayer Motivator
MOTIVATING VERSE: "Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts." --Zechariah 4:6

QUOTE: "Prayer is not merely an occasional impulse to which we respond when we are in trouble: prayer is a life attitude." --Walter A. Mueller

The Soul-Winning Motivator
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." --I John 5:13
Read More

Black Christian History
Hiram Revels: Revels was born as a free black in North Carolina in 1822 but went to school in the Midwest. After becoming a minister in the AME Church, Revels went to Mississippi in 1864 to work among the newly freed blacks. There he became involved in politics and was elected by the Mississippi legislature to fill out an unexpired Senate term. (It is sometimes mistakenly claimed that Revels took the seat formerly held by Jefferson Davis before the Civil War, but he actually completed the term of the other Senator.) The second black senator was also from Mississippi, Blanche K. Bruce, who served from 1875 to 1881. Bruce was the last African American to serve in the Senate until the election of Republican Edward Brooke of Massachusetts in 1996.


You may advertise your Christian book, conference, or product in the Black Christian News DailyLine for only $49.00. Click here. The Black Christian News DailyLine goes out to over 30,000 seven days a week. We do not receive payments for advertisement on Sunday. All payments for advertisements on Sunday must be paid by Saturday noon.

For the latest news visit Black Christian News online at www.BlackChristianNews.com. Be sure to forward this e-mail to someone else, and tell a friend about BlackChristianNews.com (www.BCNN1.com). E-mail us at bcnn1@blackchristiannews.com.


"P R A Y!  T H I N K!  DO!"
                                      --Daniel Whyte III