Black Community News News and Commentary for Christians
The number one cause of death among black Americans is abortion. It is an odd and unusual report that religious …
Read More »When The Church Gives Approval of Evil: Abortion
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’ …
Read More »On Black Lives Matter and the Question No One Seems to be Asking (But Should Be)
Many questions have been and continue to be raised about the movement known as Black Lives Matter and its pursuit of …
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