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The Black Church and the Insignificance of Ethnicity in Light of the Gospel of Christ

In his book, The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, & Public Witness, Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia,[1] reflects on a gathering held many years ago at the Kelly Miller Institute on Black Church Studies[2] of theologians and pastors for the purpose of dialoguing “between pulpit, …

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The Theology of Obamacare

And so, my friends, the Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, has spoken. In a 5-4 decision, the Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as Obamacare, was ruled Constitutional, not under the Commerce Clause, mind you, as was originally argued before the SCOTUS by the Obama administration, but as a tax, a label which, ironically, …

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What Black Democrats Could Learn From a Town Drunk

I recently came across an opinion piece written by CNN Contributor Roland Martin entitled 'Romney smart to speak to NAACP'. In the article, Martin presents his rationale for why such an appearance could be advantageous to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and the Republican party in reaching out to black voters. However, in digesting Martin's hypothesis, I …

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