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Michael Pfleger Talks about Controversial Remarks he made at Trinity
UCC on 'Good Morning America'
The
Rev. Michael Pfleger, the Chicago priest suspended for two weeks
after a sermon mocking Sen. Hillary Clinton, returned to his pulpit on
Sunday like a fighter ready to take back the title. In an exclusive
interview, Pfleger told "Good Morning America" that he
does not "apologize for being passionate, I don't apologize for being
free." "But I apologize when my passion or my freeness and my
flawedness of
character get in the way of a content which is much more important to
me," he told "GMA's" Robin Roberts.
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Pro-life Victory: "Miraculous work of God" brings Closure of Seven
Abortion Clinics throughout Dallas
In
what pro-life advocates
have described as nothing other than the miraculous work of God, a
series of abortion clinics throughout Dallas have closed down after a
prominent bishop began leading prayers for their closure 18 years ago.
Since Bishop Charles Grahmann of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas first
began leading his monthly prayer vigils outside the doors of abortion
clinics over a decade ago, seven of the 13 abortion clinics in Dallas
have closed, including, most recently, the only late term abortion
clinic that deprived life to babies over 3 months old.
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John McCain Endorses California
Initiative to Protect Marriage
United
States Senator John McCain today announced his support for the
California Protection of Marriage initiative on the states November
ballot, leaders of the ProtectMarriage.com campaign announced. In an
email received by the ProtectMarriage.com campaign, Senator McCain
issued the following statement: I support the efforts of the people of
California to recognize marriage as a unique institution between a man
and a woman, just as we did in my home state of Arizona. I do not
believe judges should be making these decisions.
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"Good
Job, Tavis!" from Tom Joyner; Tavis Smiley's Last Day on the Tom Joyner
Morning Show
Today, Tavis Smiley
will do his last
commentary on the TJMS. I don’t know how he’ll end
his
12-year ride with us, but I have to admit, I’m hoping he will
end
it with an Obama endorsement. But instead of dwelling on what
he
might say, I’d rather use this space to reflect on what Tavis
has
meant to the TJMS and to me personally as a colleague, motivator and
friend. In honor of his flair for sharing information briefly
and
succinctly, I will attempt to sum up the Tavis years with five quick
points.
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Four
Young Girls Minister to their Peers through their Amazon.com Bestselling
Book, The Virtuous Girl
Children
can minister to
and encourage other children their own age oftentimes with better
results than adults can. Thirteen year old, Danita Evangeline Whyte,
along with her sisters, Danae`, Daniqua, and Danyelle took advantage of
this and wrote the The Virtuous
Girl to
encourage young girls, ages 5-12, to build their lives on the solid
foundation of God’s Word and thus live a meaningful and
successful life. Danita shares with her peers in the introduction:
“I was eight years old, going on nine, when I started to
write
this book.
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Lesbian
Couples make up Large Majority of California Homosexual Marriages; Far
more likely to Legalize their Relationship than Homosexual Men
California's "gay marriages" appear to be following trends in other
states, where lesbian couples are far more likely than homosexual men
to legalize their relationships. The Sacramento Bee reported that a
sampling of marriage licenses in Sacramento County showed 60 percent
were obtained by lesbian couples, 40 percent by male couples.
Elsewhere, in Yolo County, lesbian couples made up 65 percent of all
marriage licenses. Because the marriage certificates no longer list the
couple's sex -- instead of "bride" and "groom" the forms say "Party A"
and "Party B" -- the newspaper was forced to go by first names to
determine the makeup of the couple. In about a dozen cases in
Sacramento County (for instance, "Dusty and Robye"), that was
impossible, the newspaper said.
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Reflecting his passion for
spiritual growth, Pastor reads 68 books about Faith in a Year
Mike
Winters challenged himself to
read more books than ever before. Averaging more than a book per week,
the Southern Baptist pastor read 68 books during 2007. Winters, 57,
told Baptist Press he tackled the reading regimen in addition to his
study for sermon preparation. Reading the books "put me in a state of
revival," he said. "Some of the desire I have in ministry right now
came out of those readings. I want to see people saved.
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Ailing Heart Kills Dixie
Hummingbirds Leader, Ira Tucker Sr.
Ira Tucker
Sr., longtime lead singer
of the gospel group the Dixie Hummingbirds, which influenced many other
performers and backed up Paul Simon on "Loves Me Like a Rock," has
died. He was 83. Tucker had severe heart problems and died Tuesday in
Philadelphia, where the group was based for many years, according to
his son, Ira Tucker Jr. Among those influenced by the band were the
Temptations, James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Al Green, according the
National Endowment for the Arts, which honored the Hummingbirds in 2000.
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One of the
First Tuskegee Airmen dies at 87
Lt.
Col. Charles "Chuck"
Dryden, one of the first of the pioneering black World War II pilots
known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 87. Dryden died Tuesday
in Atlanta of natural causes, said Roger Neal, a spokesman for the
National Museum of Patriotism in Atlanta. Dryden was on the museum's
board of directors. "He was not just a part of American history; he
helped to make it," museum founder Nick Snider said Thursday.
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The New
Children’s Book by Super Bowl Winning Coach, Tony Dungy,
titled, You Can Do It! Teaches
Children that They Can Accomplish Anything They Set Their Minds To (In
Stores Nationwide, July 8, 2008)
It
can be frustrating when it seems everyone is doing their
life’s calling
and is happy doing it, but you are still searching to fulfill and
pursue your life’s passion. Such was the case with third
grader,
Linden, little brother to Tony Dungy, and the youngest in the family.
It seemed everyone in the family had found their special talent all
except Linden. Because of this, he lacked that self-motivation to do
anything. But, with encouragement from his parents, a special push from
big brother, Tony, and inspiration from God, Linden begins to soar as
he learns that if he dreams big and has faith in God and in himself, he
can accomplish anything he sets his mind to.
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World---Second Coming
Watch: Iran: Israel is
no match for the Islamic republic's capabilities
Israel is no match for Iran and cannot stop its nuclear program, the
chief of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Mohammad Ali Jafari said in
an interview to Iranian daily Jam-e Jam Saturday. "This country
(Israel) is completely within the range of the Islamic republic's
missiles. Our missile power and capability are such that the Zionist
regime -- despite all its abilities -- cannot confront it," Jafari said.
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The
Black Christian Conference/Convention Season Has Begun! Runs
from June 1st through November. All major conventions
and
conferences are
listed here at BCNN1.com
Hampton Ministers’ Conference; 9th Annual First Lady
Conference;
all 4 National Baptist Conventions; AME Convention; COGIC Convention;
Independent Baptist Conference; COEBA Conference; Full Gospel Baptist
Church Conference; Reaching Creatures Conference; E.K. Bailey
Expository Preaching Conference; FBFA Conference; Tony Evans'
Conference; T.D. Jakes' Conference, and more.
ENTIRE VIDEO--NEW! Sermon of
the Week
There's A
Call On Your Life,
from Bishop Kenneth C. Ulmer. Click
for Video of Sermon.
On "Being Saved"
in Black America
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.
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What to Do After
you Enter Through the Door
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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 tapes, or music from
their
website or some other outlet today.
Christian
Author of the
Week: Dr. Gail Hayes
Dr. Gail Hayes
is a member of
the University of North Carolina’s Public Education
Television
(UNC-TV) Literacy Advisory Board, the Advanced Writers and Speakers
Network (AWSA), an advisory board member of Right to the Heart
Ministries, the Christian Authors Network (CAN), the Society of
Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), the
International Speakers Network (ISN). She holds a BS in Criminal
Justice, MA in Public Relations, and Ph.D. in Counseling. She is also
the author of Daughters of the King.
She and her family live in Durham, NC. E-mail
address: info@daughtersoftheking.org.
Visit her online at: www.daughtersoftheking.org.
Pastor
of the Week: Dr. Tony Smart, Pastor of Victory Baptist Church of Tampa
in Tampa, FL
G.
Antonio Smart was born on June 11, 1957 in Ancon, Panama. Both of his
parents were employed by the US government in the Panama Canal Zone.
After graduating from High School and attending the University of
Panama Pharmacy school for two years he moved to the US intending to
major in a Medical Science area of study. In 1979, at the age
of
twenty-one he trusted Jesus Christ as his Savior and was re-born into
the family of God. As a new Christian he found that his ambitions
changed. He served in the US Air Force from 1979 until 1988. While on
active duty in the military he received the call to preach the Gospel.
He has earned a BA degree in Human Resources Administration from Saint
Leo University, a Master of Ministry from the Covington Theological
Seminary of Rossville, Georgia and a Doctor of Ministries in Theology
from Landmark Baptist College in Haines City, FL. He has
lived in
Tampa since 1985.G. Antonio (Tony) Smart is the founding pastor of
Victory Baptist Church of Tampa; he also heads the Christian Academy
there and is the Director of the Bible Institute. He has authored two
books: Confronting
Cultures with Scriptures and The Family
Sermon. He
also currently serves as the Moderator of the Independent Baptist
Fellowship; a group of pastors dedicated to the faithful exposition of
Scripture and the fundamental tenets of the Christian faith. He
strongly supports the traditional family, religious liberty and school
choice. Pastor Smart has been married to his wife Maritza for over 25
years and they have raised two daughters. E-mail
address: vministries@earthlink.net.
Website: www.vbctampa.org.
(If
you want to submit information about your pastor to be reviewed for
possible inclusion in this section, please send that information
to bcnn1@blackchristiannews.com.)
Music
Minister of the
Week: Babbie Mason
Contemporary
gospel singer Babbie Mason was born and raised in Jackson, MI; the
daughter of a pastor, she tenured for two decades as a church pianist
and choir director, also working as a public school teacher before
founding her own ministry in 1984. A year later, Mason took top honors
in the vocal and songwriting categories at the annual Christian
Artists' Music Seminar; six years later, she rose to fame with the Dove
Award-nominated With All My Heart, topping the CHR charts with the
single "Each One Reach One." Like its predecessor, 1992's A World of
Difference scored a Dove nomination for Inspirational Album of the
Year, topping the charts with the title track; Mason also hit number
one with the singles "God Has Another Plan," "The Only Hope," "For the
Cause of Christ," "This Heart of Mine" and "Love Is the More Excellent
Way." In 1996, she signed to Sony to release Heritage of Faith,
followed a year later by Praise Celebration; No Better Place, Mason's
debut for new label Spring Hill, appeared in 1999. E-mail
address: info@babbie.com.
Website: www.babbie.com.
Christian
Bookstore of the
Week: In Touch Bookstore, Atlanta, GA
P.O. Box 7900; Atlanta, GA 30357; Phone: (800) 789-1473.
E-mail: info@intouch.org.
Website: www.intouchbookstore.org.
Black Bookstore
of the
Week: Precious Memories Bookstore, Richmond, VA
3229 Idlewood Ave, Richmond, VA 23221; Ph: (804) 726-8501;
Fax : (866) 908-8852. E-mail: info@preciousmemoriesreading.com.
Website: www.preciousmemoriesreading.com.
Inspirations
The
Word of God
for this Week
"Even
as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the
profit of many, that they may be saved." -- 1 Corinthians 10:33
The
Encouraging Word for this Week
"If
you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the
way you think about it." --Mary Engelbreit
The
Prayer Motivator for this Week
MOTIVATING
VERSE: "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud:
and he shall hear my voice." --Psalm 55:17
PRAYER QUOTE: "There is a mighty lot of difference between saying
prayers and praying." --John G. Lake
The
Soul-Winning Motivator for this Week
"The
fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is
wise." --Proverbs 11:30
SOUL-WINNING
QUOTE: “Our one aim is to win souls; and this we are not to
talk about, but to do in the power of God!” --Unknown
Black
Christian History
Louise "Lulu" Cecilia Fleming:
On January 10, 1886, Fleming became the first Black woman to be
appointed and commissioned for missionary service by the Women's
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of the West. She attended Shaw
University in Raleigh, North Carolina, graduating in May, 1885. She
left for Africa on March 17, 1887. During a furlough she studied
medicine
and served in areas of the Congo (now Zaire) as a medical
missionary.
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