Daily Archives: January 16, 2012

Would MLK Be Disappointed in Today’s America?

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“I have a dream,” declared Martin Luther King, in a speech that has lost none of its power to inspire. And some of that dream has come true. When King spoke in the summer of 1963, America was a nation that denied basic rights to millions of its citizens, simply because their skin was the wrong color. Today racism is no longer embedded in law. And while it has by no means been banished from the hearts of men, its grip is far weaker than once it was.

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Harry R. Jackson Jr. On How America Can Be Turned Around

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The role of the church in the public square has been the subject of many recent debates. Much of the concern about Christians and the evangelical church has centered on how we will use our considerable secular power at the ballot box. While I agree that the church should fully engage in the democratic process, there is much more we can offer the American public.

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Billy Graham and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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As the U.S. prepares to vote for a new president and some ponder whether the nation has achieved his dream of racial equality, we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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On MLK Day, Eric Holder Vows to Enforce Voting Rights Act

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U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday pledged to use the full force of the Justice Department to defend the Voting Rights Act, one of the keystones of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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Richard Land says Evangelicals Choose Santorum Because Social Issues Are Important

hcsp.jpgProminent evangelical Dr. Richard Land appeared on Fox’s “The Willis Report” Monday to discuss the GOP presidential nomination and the recent decision by evangelical leaders to support former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

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WATCH: Joel Osteen says he Sees Mitt Romney “As Being a Believer in Christ Like Me”

hcsp.jpgJoel Osteen, pastor of America’s fastest growing megachurch, has reiterated his opinion that GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is a “believer in Christ like me” and that the former Massachusetts governor’s confession of Jesus as the Son of God is “enough” for him.

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Chuck Smith to Begin Chemotherapy for His Lung Cancer

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He is ‘doing fine’ says his close friend, Pastor Mike MacIntosh

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