Does God care about justice? Absolutely! In fact, God says of Himself in Isaiah 61:8, “For I, the Lord, love justice.”
I don’t love confrontation, so I’m basically a weenie, as I don’t generally engage in arguments or disagreements. But on the heels of a heavy weekend, I feel compelled to come out of my quiet corner and respond.
The recent passing of boxing great Muhammad Ali caused me to pause and reflect on my childhood. Memories of growing up during the champ’s reign and the racially turbulent 1960s and ‘70s came back like a flood. His tremendous skills in the ring and the bravado with which he would predict his foes’ demise was mesmerizing to a young black boy.
Abe (AFA Public Policy Analyst), Ed (AFA Executive VP), and Walker (AFA's Assistant to the President) discuss the role Chick-fil-A played in the aftermath of the Orlando Islamic terror attack at the gay bar.
So don't simply be mesmerized by a rainbow alone. Stop and give praise to the One who gave it to all mankind as a sign.
On the 4h of July, I was invited to speak at a prayer rally. Here is a transcript of my speech:
Have we reached low tide in America? Have the waters of prosperity receded to the point where we can now say American is about to "jump the shark"?
The color of a person’s skin is important; God put a lot of thought into it. But that is something about our makeup that will never change. What can change, though, is what cause we are willing to lay down our lives for.
What is the appeal of a place that seems to be governed by Looney Tunes characters?
Recently, a pastor I hold in high esteem said to me, “I haven’t seen it this bad since the tension of the 1960s … but police officers weren’t being killed then.”
In a small, tight-knit community far, far away lived a little boy.
Apparently the widely misunderstood nature of the movement named "Black Lives Matter" has necessitated a name change.
August 23, Bishop E.W. Jackson visited the Dallas Police Headquarters to deliver Police Prayer Cards for the 3,400 police officers of the Dallas Police Department.
In John 8:7, Jesus confronts those who are prepared to stone a woman to death for committing adultery. Ultimately the attackers are given a choice: Cast their stone or admit their own sins.
What makes the United States of America the great country it is? Our Constitution!
Did you know that if you support the Black Lives Matter movement—as in the official BlackLivesMatter.com website—you are not only standing with black Americans, but also standing with a radical social agenda including queer and transgender activism along with the disrupting of the nuclear family?
Sometimes the mouse gets the cheese. Other times the trap catches the mouse.
For many young black Americans today, particularly millennials, the pursuit of “social justice” has become somewhat of a raison d’être (the sole reason for which a person or organization exists.)
There is no doubt Francis Scott Key is a complicated historical character, much like Thomas Jefferson. But "The Star-Spangled Banner" is not a racist song. It is a song of nationalist pride.
Young multimillionaires in the NFL continue to parrot the San Francisco 49ers' second-string quarterback in sitting out, or “taking a knee,” during the playing of our national anthem -- their misguided attempt to acknowledge America’s racist history and its symbols, our national anthem and flag.
On this, the 202nd Birthday of our National Anthem, lets demand the respect our country deserves.
Public defender Toussaint Romain is putting his faith on the front lines, quite literally, as he stands in the gap between rioters and police in Charlotte.
With the release of one of the videos of the police shooting in Charlotte, protests continue.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s niece shares her insight on "Fox & Friends."
Every sports fan is familiar with this phrase...
For anyone to admit that incidents of police-involved violence is a divisive topic in America today would be an understatement to say the least. Likewise, to deny that this issue is equally divisive, if not more so, among Christians is to be naively oblivious to reality.
Elections matter! If you don’t vote, don’t be dismayed at the death of a nation.
On this Veterans Day, we can breathe a sigh of relief.
Last Thursday, following the election of our nation's 45th president, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi was in New York City to address the DealBook Conference and was asked, "How did you feel on Wednesday morning?"
Call it what you will -- Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Super Duper Fragalistic Sunday, or Cyber Monday -- it all boils down to a broke, black and blue shopper.
We realize a great many American shoppers will begin shopping for Christmas this weekend, especially immediately after Thanksgiving.
Pleasant as they may be, I don’t want to be like the furniture stores of the world.
Apart from love, there is no such thing as grief. We grieve because we love. It is the same way with God when it comes to our sin.
Skin color was not a valid justification for lynching blacks; neither is a justification for kidnapping and torturing whites.
I’d rather we not politicize evil. I’d rather see evil as the effect of sin that it truly is.
Every time we say the Pledge of Allegiance, we confess that we are “one nation.” But there is less and less cultural evidence of that.
A recent CNBC.com article contained an embedded tweet from President Donald Trump that caught my attention.
On President’s Day we honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both men led in tumultuous times.
Even if your inclination is to celebrate a victory for homosexuals, you should take off your pointed hat and slow your victory lap to a halt.
This week, Alan Colmes' life was demanded of him. And somewhere in the world, Anne Graham Lotz was able to say, “I’m innocent of the blood of this man.”
When the left starts appealing to Christian compassion, you know they are desperate, and it is worth taking note.
For obvious reasons, black men cannot be called a "type" of black woman.
The Chained to the Rhythm songstress Katy Perry recently accepted the Human Rights Campaign National Equality Award, which celebrated her aggressive strides for members of the homosexual community.
A world-renowned former champion turned sideline philosopher once said, “Everyone has a plan ‘til they get punched in the mouth.”
I have said, "Where peripherals collide, convergence is imminent."
I came from a broken family, spent the first ten years of my life in foster care, and lived in the poorest and roughest area of a working class town in Pennsylvania.
It seems everyone from former president Barack Obama to Pope Francis has become enamored with the prospect of taking pictures of the themselves and posting them on social media to the admiration and idolization of millions.
I distinctly remember celebrating Independence Day as a young boy growing up in the Dixie Hills housing projects on the west side of Atlanta. For black families in the 1970s, especially children, the 4th of July was, in many ways, a lot like Christmas.
So much for girl power.
Join Lonnie Poindexter and other distinguished Lion Chasers at the Dayton Convention Center July 21st for the Protecting Innocence Leadership Forum.
The producers of the HBO series “Game of Thrones” intend to produce a new series once “Thrones” runs its course. It will be entitled “Confederate” and will be based on the premise that the South won rather than lost the Civil War.
Whatever shade His skin, it is not His melanin that made Jesus the Messiah.
Considering the times, I am grateful to be a part of a biological family as well as a spiritual family who embrace these truths.
A prominent Christian ministry is taking the Southern Poverty Law Center to task over its published list of what it considers "hate groups."
If the works of Christ were in and of themselves sufficient to inaugurate the kind of egalitarian social structure so zealously desired by many Christian SJWs, then I ask you, my brother and sister, why was it still necessary for Him to die?
On the 16th anniversary of 9/11, one Christian apologist discusses what the nation has learned -- or failed to learn -- since that awful day.
Don't miss this crucial meeting!
There is great emphasis being placed today by Christian social justice activists on remediating the adverse effects of historical and contemporary injustices, particularly as it relates to its generational impact on people of color in America.
People have joked that the United States of America has no culture of its own.
E.W. Jackson's Facebook Live video on NFL protests goes viral, urges Americans to vote with their eyeballs and their dollars.
Unless our innate sinfulness becomes central to the ongoing conversation on matters of unity and justice, we will find ourselves right back here again, incessantly engaged in circular tit-for-tat arguments which, ultimately, will prove to be of no real temporal or, more importantly, eternal benefit.
\Inquiring minds want to know... or are we just being nosy?
How we defend human dignity, especially those who are in vulnerable situations, shows our true humanity.
In surveying the current socio-cultural landscape in America, it seems increasing numbers of individuals are either identifying as social justice activists or aspire to be one.
Nearly 10 years after the founding of this ministry, Brother Don pinpointed the greatest enemy Christians faced in calling the country back to decency: Christians. As he put it in 1986, "We are our worst enemy."
Urban Family Talk’s Joseph Parker is reaching out to a local Boys and Girls Club chapter as part of an after-school program aimed at giving youngsters the building blocks they need to make wise choices.
We all harbor a sin nature that has been with us since our beginning. And no good comes from feeding that natural tendency. In fact, the Bible tells us the cost of doing so is death.
Over the last several years, as racial tensions have ramped up, I have begun wrestling with the questions raised by events, incidents, protests – you name it – and what these questions mean for the Christian.
Controversies in America abound over race, culture, ethnicity, diversity and pluralism, nations and nationalism – the list is long and getting longer. How do we begin to sort through them as Christians?
Since when has Christianity ever been cool?
"Thanksgiving is a day that we should all look up to God and thank Him not just for the plentiful bounty on our tables, but for the existence and the preservation of our nation."
Nothing in the Bible indicates that it is wrong to be a part of a different ethnos per se. After all, it was God who separated the human race into distinct ethnic groups.
The coming of Jesus Christ into the world did not change the arrangement of mankind into distinct ethnos groups. That remains in place and will be present even at the end of the age.
Many evangelicals have a truncated view of the work of Jesus Christ. They see redemption as being, if not solely, then primarily, about individual salvation.
The host of Urban Family Talk’s “Stacy on the Right” program recently became the target of a leftist attack when she caught wind of a leftist Facebook page and encouraged her fans to report the event.
The surprising TRUTH about MLK!!! What he says may surprise you!
Rather than looking for signs of divine intervention in Sunday's big game, what if we simply look for the practical fruit of strong faith – and the positive effect that strong Christian commitment had on the Eagles?
Starting with a new presidential appointment, Black History Month is full of surprises this year.
In a shocking policy announcement, Walgreens has now directed its stores to allow men full and unrestricted access to women's restrooms in all of its 8,100 stores.
"Do I look black to you?"
Find out what he means.
My focus here is not on guns or gun control, nor is my focus on theological questions about divine activity and human free will. My focus is only on the facts before us: School violence is increasing at epidemic proportions.
The unusual portrait of Obama isn't the main controversy – it's Wiley's habit of painting black women holding the severed heads of white women.
I’m sitting at a table inside my local Barnes & Noble, and I’m gearing up to work when I overhear a conversation between two men.
This is my story.
50 years ago, my Uncle ML left this world after being gunned down in a grim assassination. Yet his legacy lives on.
The matters of social justice and racial reconciliation continue to be topics of discussion among evangelical Christians regardless of ethnicity.
Enmity.
It is a word that has all but disappeared from our contemporary vernacular.
We have to get back to a position of strength in the black community. Weakness has never traditionally been our portion.
It was more than half a century ago, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stated the following: “We must face the fact that in America, the church is still the most segregated major institution in America."
A network of conservative black leaders is continuing to unveil its "blueprint" to improve the lives of black Americans.
America is in serious spiritual trouble, and Christians no longer have the luxury of staying out of the fray when it comes to public policy and moral issues.
There is a need for the pro-life voice in the nation's schools, especially directed toward African-Americans.
When we survey the landscape of a society deteriorating around us, an oft-asked question is should we engage the culture? To answer that question, we must turn to God’s Word, our metric for evaluating everything.
A conservative radio commentator is arguing that the mainstream media has a vested interest in presenting an image of black males that is factually inaccurate.
As I compose this commentary, there remain segments within the American evangelical church that continue to advance and propagate the principles and tenets of the “gospel” of social justice.
At first glance, the exhortation by the Oregon-based corporate behemoth seems rather harmless and innocuous.
It is a reality that is difficult to miss.
There is a high price to pay for breaking with liberal groupthink.
The former fire chief of Atlanta who has argued over the last few years that he was fired for his Christian faith and beliefs got some good news yesterday.
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” Indeed it is. And black people should be – and are – free to express their individual political philosophy in whatever way that seems best to them, without fear of being disparaged, denigrated, or ostracized by other blacks simply for having done so.
A conservative black activist agrees with the results of a study that finds white liberals are more likely to "patronize" minorities than conservatives.
The gospel offends. The gospel is as offensive today as it was when Paul passionately defended it before the Galatians.
As I write this, a line from the Prince song “1999” echoes in the recesses of my mind: “I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if I go astray.” And though I’m not actually dreaming as I write this, I was awakened from my sleep with a sense of urgency to broach a subject that is of great concern to me personally.
An organization in Mississippi is pushing for parents to have vaccine rights for their children – above and beyond the government.
Smollett and the leftist media have a broader focus for their hatred than this president. They hate America.
I'm convinced that all agendas in America ride on the back of the black struggle for civil rights.
The results of a recent survey on race shouldn't be surprising, says a black conservative, considering the “media onslaught” claiming white oppression.
There is a new breed of theologians that is taking the evangelical church by storm.
Nothing makes me more proud and grateful to be an American than the many veterans who have sacrificed all in the cause of liberty.
