Are We There Yet?:  A Dream for Biblical Justice

Are We There Yet?: A Dream for Biblical Justice

Talk without tested evidence is cheap, for often such rhetoric is deceptive for the most vulnerable who crave justice and truth (Psalms 15)! When I think of true biblical justice, Luke 4: 18-19 anchors my thoughts and actions, as a...

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Acknowledging the Great Contributions of Slaves to Building the United States

Acknowledging the Great Contributions of Slaves to Building the United States

Politicians and uninformed leaders are fond of saying that immigrants built this country, as a tenet of civil religion and political rhetoric.  Such hyperbole is very misleading and is an affront to the accurate truth.  This narrative, favorable to...

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Responding to an Era of Confusion

Responding to an Era of Confusion

Biblical justice has definite consequences for church and society, even more so for those in government roles today. The New Testament Book of James (Yaacov) 3: 13-18 reveals the godly character that is the foundation of authentic, biblical leadership...

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Insights from Proverbs on Leadership

Insights from Proverbs on Leadership

An average president is a suboptimal leader who restricts the best future possibilities.  He or she reflects the best of the worst, but he or she reflects and suppresses the worst of the best in demeanor and decisions.  Like...

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On the gospel of lies, misinformation, disinformation and deception

On the gospel of lies, misinformation, disinformation and deception

Ours is an age of lies and deception whereby truth has decayed or been circumvented by misinformation and disinformation. These distortions of truth have escalated, being magnified by the echo chambers of social as well as mass media platforms....

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Walking in Old Town Alexandria

Walking in Old Town Alexandria

Reflections from a recent walking tour of sites of white privilege and black resistance along the path to racial justice. I welcomed the first crisp, cool Saturday morning with a walk around Old Town Alexandria. I wasn't alone, invited to join a...

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Justice Formation Fellowship – For Such a Time as This

Justice Formation Fellowship – For Such a Time as This

By Dr. Drew Hill, Senior Pastor, Memorial Baptist Church, Arlington, Virginia Last summer during my sabbatical I made an unforgettable journey, a civil rights pilgrimage across our country. Beginning here in D.C. at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History, I traveled...

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Life with Black people… by Gareth Murray Jr.

Life with Black people… by Gareth Murray Jr.

Life with Black people is about to get harder. When it became more commonplace for married women to work outside the home, a lot of men resented this shift in culture because it made life harder for them. They longed...

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Jesus Actions vs. Jesus Slogans

Jesus Actions vs. Jesus Slogans

A panel of experts at the Virginia University of Lynchburg's Leonard N. Smith School of Religion discusses the reality that to be a person of faith in America today it is to recognize that America desires Jesus slogans over...

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Broken Trusts Online Discussion

Broken Trusts Online Discussion

Reverend Britni Johnson presents: We covered a lot in a short amount of time. Fortunately, the session was recorded so if you need a refresher, please watch the posted session on my Youtube channel. You can access the Broken Trust...

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