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Prior to November’s election, a group of black clergy led by Jackie Rivers of the Seymour Institute for Black Church …
Read More »Black Clergy, Big Government, and Black Responsibility
When The Church Gives Approval of Evil: Abortion
The number one cause of death among black Americans is abortion. It is an odd and unusual report that religious …
Read More »The ‘Hidden’ Theology of ‘Hidden Figures’
The critically-acclaimed 20th Century Fox film Hidden Figures tells the story of the gifted mathematician Katherine Johnson who, along with …
Read More »Liberals Won’t Like What These Black Pastors Said About Sen. Jeff Sessions
Dean Nelson, a passionate pro-lifer (who’s contributed to BCN) and chairman of the Board for the Frederick Douglass Foundation, was …
Read More »Project: Say ‘Merry Christmas!’
(Together Alveda, Dean, Day and I are promoting the letter I’ve written below to Pastors. Join us by sharing the …
Read More »The Danger of Viewing Jesus as a Melanin Messiah
As a child growing up in the “black power” era of the 1970s it was imparted to me, and undoubtedly to other …
Read More »Fidel Castro and the Gospel of Grace
‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that …
Read More »Why a Hillary Clinton Victory Might Have Been Better For The Evangelical Church
I was hoping Hillary Clinton would win. Allow me to explain. From the standpoint of our respective socio-political worldviews, the former Secretary …
Read More »So, You Want ‘Social Justice’? Be Careful What You Ask For
When it comes to the matter of social justice, context is key. I say this because when one examines closely the current …
Read More »A Tale of Two Candidates
As I travel throughout this nation, I hear so many share how concerned they are with the current presidential candidates’ …
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