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Let The Trumpets Sound – The Murder of George Floyd
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Let The Trumpets Sound – The Murder of George Floyd

Rev. Dr. Kelvin T. Calloway, Sr., Contributing WriterJune 3, 2020

Scripture: Revelations 8:1-13 Stephen B. Oates is a former professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and an award-winning author. He wrote several biographies of Americans profoundly affected by the moral paradox of slavery and racial oppression in a land based on the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. He is the author of “With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln,” “To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown,” and “The Fire of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion.” His fourth biography is entitled, “Let The Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther

Op-Ed: We Have a Right to be Angry!
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Op-Ed: We Have a Right to be Angry!

Dr. Rev. Ralph E. Williamson, Contributing Writer May 29, 2020

This morning, we are awakened with heavy hearts burdened with a heavy load of worry, care, anger, and frustration. In the last several months, we have witnessed the outcry of God’s people in so many ways—people wailing and moaning with tears of disbelief, death, and sickness. Fear has plagued the world. The shattered dreams of individuals, families, businesses, communities, religious institutions and churches are real. We are all suffering and struggling individually and collectively with pain and grief. In the midst of over 100,000 deaths and millions of people being infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), people in our cities all

The Power of Silence
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The Power of Silence

Dr. Bill Releford, Contributing WriterMay 13, 2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic is inarguably the most defining event in our lifetime, with far-reaching effects on every aspect of how we work, live, love and worship. Terms like “social distancing” and “isolation” seem to emerge from every angle, forcing us to re-evaluate our priorities and become acquainted with the meaning and value of solitude. I would myself admit that there are a few people I wouldn’t mind exercising “social distancing protocols” from, you know, to just take a moment and reassess everything. One fact I’ve realized is that strangely, our lives have been hijacked by the “noises” of our

Free-willed Viruses – From order to disorder
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Free-willed Viruses – From order to disorder

Larry Buford, Contributing WriterMay 6, 2020

  Did God create viruses? Of course He did! Genesis 1 says that all things were created by Him. Man (the discoverer) has created nothing that God had not already seeded and planted, such as the vast amounts of diamonds in Africa. Scientists and doctors alike have discovered and will tell you that even viruses are useful to our bodies to keep bacteria in check; which is also useful to us. It’s called good virus, and good bacteria. However, when a virus mutates and becomes something outside of God’s purposes, it then becomes a problem – remember the movie, “The

Words of the Week – Go Home
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Words of the Week – Go Home

Rev. Dr. Mary S. Minor, Contributing WriterMarch 25, 2020

Scripture: Isaiah 26:20-21 I know many of you are asking, “Why has God allowed the coronavirus to ravish the world?” You are wondering, “Why am I confined in my house?” “Why does God allow houses of worship to be impacted?” If you’re not asking these questions, I am asking them for you. I don’t claim to know the answers to these questions. In my search for answers to these questions, I did find it on television. The CNN pundits didn’t know the answers. I didn’t hear it on the radio. The answers were not found in astrology. In my opinion,

Words of the Week – Use This Time to Seek Him
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Words of the Week – Use This Time to Seek Him

Brian W. Carter, Contributing WriterMarch 18, 2020

 There are times when we’re allowed to go through great trials and tribulations — not to bring harm or kill us, but to edify.  The coronavirus has thrown the world into a tense ball of fear and if you are listening to or watching popular media, it isn’t ending any time soon. This has put us all in an uncomfortable place of being confined at home. Our lives have been disrupted in a huge way like never before — no work, no play, no socializing. We live in a culture that thrives on the very things we can’t do right