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On "Being Saved" in Black America by Daniel Whyte IIIWhile 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. I was under the impression that anyone who went up and took the chair after the preacher said, "The do-o-o-rs of the church are open," was saved.
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Whether From the Pulpit or In the Hood, Prayer Changes Things In my childhood home, a small plaque hung on the kitchen wall. It said, Prayer Changes Things. This little motto sparked my first theological musings on the nature of prayer ... not too bad when you're only five or six years old. Read More
Christian
How Should Christians Respond to the Homosexual Rights DebateFrom gay rights in the military to ongoing battles over gay marriage, homosexual activism is constantly in the news. Christian views on sexuality are often marginalized by major media outlets, and Christians are often portrayed as bigots because they don't approve of homosexuality. Read More
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Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr. On President Obama, Homosexual Marriage and True Fatherhood I have always appreciated President Obama as a family man. He and first lady Michelle have popularized several healthy family practices. For example, his practice of date night is something that thousands of congregations have taught for several decades. In some ways, he is the nation's father in chief! He has had the opportunity to serve the U.S. as the nation's paternal role model. Read More
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Giving to Religious Organizations Keeps Going Down Late on Tuesday, March 27, halfway around the world, President Obama began one of the most suspenseful waits in recent presidential history.In discouraging news for church leaders, giving to religious organizations is still down. Read More
Christian
LISTEN: Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society Responds to Rev. Otis Moss III, Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ regarding a Letter he Wrote to a Black Pastor About President Obama's Support of Homosexual MarriageBro. Moss: I do not know you and you do not know me. However, I have admired from afar the humility, dignity and class of your father and what he has meant to our community for years. I am happy that God has blessed you with the pedigree that you have.
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Black Washington DC Father, Tony Loring, Overcomes Past Mistakes to Raise 5 Children Tiara's sandals are around somewhere. Her father has sent her upstairs to look while he rummages in the basement. It's kind of messy. There are rumpled bunk beds. Piles of clothes. An ironing board where he has just pressed pants for two of his sons.Read More
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Why Do African American Dads Who Deserve Praise Get Ignored?As a result of the crisis of single mothers in our community many of us spend this time of the year questioning where are all the fathers. Well, whether you call him father, daddy, pops, old man, or just dad, I want to celebrate the men who day in and day out embrace the gift of being a father. Read More
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Fred Luter's Election Is a Huge Step Forward from Racism, But We Still Have a Long Way to Go In the early 1960s, when I was too young to understand the turmoil of the Civil Rights era, some men in our Southern Baptist congregation in Montgomery, Ala., asked my dad to stand outside our church with a baseball bat on a Sunday morning in case blacks showed up to protest. Thankfully, my father refused.
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Thank God for Fathers Who Stay with Their Children by Ruben Rosario>Anthony Ware and his high-school sweetheart parted ways years ago. But the 44-year-old St. Paul man swore he was not going to make the same mistake far too many men make when a kid comes along before the breakup. Read More
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Why Racial Justice is a Gospel Issueby Russell D. Moore As I write this, news reports tell us that we just might see, by the time you read this, the election of the first African-American president of the Southern Baptist Convention. This is significant for all sorts of reasons: one being, of course, that the SBC was founded, partly, to protect the "right" of slaveholders to be missionaries. It's important also because it's a test for whether the SBC will go forward with the gospel and mission we say we believe.Read More
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Marriage Ends a Lot of Problems by LaShawn Barber The findings are well known at this point. Children living with their married, biological parents are at lower risk of such social pathologies as poverty, delinquency, out-of-wedlock pregnancy, drug use, and criminality. These children also perform better in school.
African-American
Is Preaching In America In a Bad State? Is preaching in America in a particularly bad state? Several commentators have recently raised the question, yet it has a long history. "It has become an impertinent Vein among People of all Sorts," wrote Jonathan Swift in the 1720s, "to hunt after what they call a good Sermon, as if it were a Matter of Pastime or Diversion."  |
   
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It's not the style or quality of musical performance that brings multiracial churches together, but a commitment to common participation.
Last year, with the opening of the Washington, D.C. memorial, our country rightfully honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The reverend's powerful voice called for the non-violent protest of the civil rights injustices African-Americans faced on a daily basis. 
On Monday, January 16, 2012, we are celebrating "Martin Luther King Day" here in America and this yearly event has brought memories flooding back for me. 
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once said that 11 a.m. on a Sunday is "the most segregated hour of the week," and even with an African American in the White House, that critique is still a sad reality in many Baptist churches.
Israeli intelligence experts role-played Iran in a simulation exploring the 'day after' scenario if Iran were to launch a nuclear explosive test. The results suggest war would not break out immediately. 
As a senior in high school, I was president of the honor society, but I didn't know what I wanted to "do with my life." I did know I wanted to go to college -- everyone did -- and I figured I could figure it all out when I got to the University of Florida campus. This was in 1980.
U.S. consumer borrowing increased more slowly in April, restrained by a sharp reduction in credit card debt. 
Your mom was right, again. Don't skip breakfast! A new study shows that people who eat breakfast every day are less likely to become obese, develop type 2 diabetes, or gain fat around their tummy. 
Thousands of missiles and rockets are aimed at Israel from almost all sides of the country, which means every Israeli citizen must prepare for life on the frontlines. 
