by Jeremy Bell | Oct 15, 2020 | General
Bethany Rivera Molinar, president of the Texas Christian Community Development Network and operations director of Ciudad Nueva in El Paso, challenged No Need Among You online conference participants to consider the lenses through which they interpret Scripture. No...
by Jeremy Bell | Oct 12, 2020 | General
AARON MORRISON, AP NEW YORK (AP) — For Jimmy Gates Sr., the 2008 presidential election year was one to remember — and not just because it yielded a historic result as the nation elected its first Black president. The pastor of Zion Hill Baptist Church in Cleveland...
by Jeremy Bell | Oct 9, 2020 | General
Brian Kaylor Moses told Pharaoh, “Let my people go.” Hey, Moses, stop being political. Samuel rebukes King Saul, “You have done a foolish thing.” Hey, Samuel, stop being political. Nathan confronts King David, saying “You are that man.” Hey, Nathan, stop being...
by Jeremy Bell | Oct 7, 2020 | General
OCTOBER 7, 2020 Eric Black / Editor Among my grandparents’ generation, trust was high. People trusted societal institutions and each other. Since my parents reached adulthood, trust has been trending down in each successive generation to the point where trust no...
by Jeremy Bell | Oct 6, 2020 | General
William J. Barber II speaks at the Red Letter Revival in Lynchburg, Va., in 2018. (RNS photo by Jack Jenkins) Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) — White evangelicals who comprise President Trump’s base have attracted attention for their political...