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1. How Martin Luther King Jr. Still Speaks to Us Today

We are to love well. Jesus said love would be the mark of His followers—love for each other and even love for their enemies. But we have not loved well. For 2,000 years, believers have bickered and fought ...

Created on 20 January 2019

2. Racism Over the Past 50 Years—Has Anything Changed? ...

My family moved to the segregated South from the Midwest in 1962. As a child, I was shocked by the racism I saw. My pediatrician had separate waiting rooms for blacks and whites. Gas stations had bathrooms ...

Created on 14 January 2019

3. Racism Is Racism—Black or White ...

Author's Note: I originally wrote this editorial on racism for my high school newspaper during my senior year on Feb. 13, 1969—five years after the Civil Rights bill. My Lakeland, Florida, high school wa ...

Created on 21 December 2018

4. Steven Furtick: Prejudice Is Not Just a Race or Class Issue—It's a Sin Issue

Steven Furtick says you cannot prejudge who or how God can bless people. He says that's the sin of prejudice, and prejudice isn't limited to racial or socioeconomic divides. It comes anytime you sit in ...

Created on 03 December 2018

5. Harry Jackson: This Prophetic Perspective Will Release God's Healing, Blessings on America

Recently, my good friend Harry R. Jackson Jr. interviewed me on his show, Rise Up America, where we spoke about the importance of having a prophetic perspective of our nation. Jackson pastors Hope Christian ...

Created on 25 October 2018

6. Pastor Issues Urgent Call to Action: Church, We Must Atone for This Generational Sin

Pastor Duke Kwon believes the church has a responsibility to atone for the sins of our fathers and repent of racism committed in the name of God. Even if we ourselves did not commit racist sins, Kwon ...

Created on 27 September 2018

7. Nearly 2,000 Christian Leaders Gather to Battle Sexual Abuse, Pornography, Racism ...

The American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) will host its 2018 Mega National Christian Counseling Conference in Dallas Sept. 27–29. Incorporating the theme "Speak Life," the three-day event ...

Created on 26 September 2018

8. The Martin Luther King Jr. Way to Keep Bible-Believing Christians From Becoming the Oppressed Minority

... on. Within a few years, the Civil Rights laws passed ending legal segregation. More importantly, people began to see the ugliness of racism and the atmosphere of the country began to change. For most Americ ...

Created on 27 August 2018

9. More Than 200 Pastors Gather Today to Repent of This Historic Sin

...  address the issues of historic racism and dead religion. Over 200 pastors from the Metro Atlanta area are have signed up to gather together along with their congregations to repent over historic issue ...

Created on 10 August 2018

10. 'The Most Exciting Experience God Has Ordained for Georgia'

Tens of thousands are expected to gather at of Stone Mountain in Atlanta, Georgia, this weekend to publicly intercede to unite the church's deep divisions and repent for the historic sin of racism. OneRace ...

Created on 24 August 2018

11. This Is Not Satire. An Open Pedophile Is Running for Congress

This article is not a spoof, and I'm not making up these headlines or quotes. Every word you're about to read is true. The story is now more than two months old, but it just caught my eye this week, and ...

Created on 15 August 2018

12. Come Sunday, the Church Should Recommit to Confronting This Nasty Sin

One year ago, our city witnessed the raw evil of racism and white supremacy at the violent Unite the Right rally. Since then, our nation has grappled with the reality that racism is still very alive in ...

Created on 09 August 2018

13. Christian Comedian Calls Out Odd Habit That White People Do Around Black People

...  else to do. But he points out the difference without angry rhetoric or accusations of racism—instead, he says, he wants people to be "released" from feeling this awkward way. What habit is he referri ...

Created on 07 August 2018

14. The Church, Like Starbucks, Needs More Racial Sensitivity

... h makes $14 billion a year in profit—from a customer backlash. I'll admit I don't have high hopes that a four-hour seminar will end racism in America. Yet when I learned about Starbucks' plan, my first tho ...

Created on 29 May 2018

15. Charismatic Pastor: Yes, Religious Privilege and White Privilege Are Real

Jon Tyson, pastor of the Church of the City New York, addressed the controversial subject of privilege in a sermon last week. For those unfamiliar with or even skeptical of this oft-invoked term, Tyson ...

Created on 23 May 2018

16. The Spiritual Warfare Behind Racial Tension in the Church

The 21st-century church is enjoying an emergence of multicultural fellowships and congregations. However, there are those who suggest that even in the midst of this surge of diverse brotherhood and sisterhood, ...

Created on 21 May 2018

17. Christian Speaker Issues Urgent Matthew 25 Challenge for Today's Church

Jason Petty, also known as hip-hop artist and speaker Propaganda, wants to re-challenge Christians to love one another and be the hands and feet of Christ. In this video from I Am Second, Propaganda says, ...

Created on 04 May 2018

18. Does Every Church Really Need to Be Diverse?

Diversity is culturally popular right now—especially in the church. But is it necessary for a church to be diverse and ethnically inclusive in order for it to be an effective carrier of the gospel? Trip ...

Created on 16 April 2018

19. Beth Moore: Why I Started Tweeting About Racial Justice

Beth Moore has attracted attention the last 18 months for her increased willingness to speak out against racial inequality and sexual assault. Though some have called her brave, she said she's uncomfortable ...

Created on 10 April 2018

20. Bethel's Special Black History Month Presentation Honors God's 'Beautiful Black Bride'

Bethel Church took time to honor Black History Month with a special spoken-word presentation. The show-stopping performance both honored historic black expressions of Christianity and acknowledged racial ...

Created on 13 March 2018