tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76931653666633097822012-05-29T23:15:42.113-07:00The Old Black Church!<i><p><b> ANN BROCK.</b></p></i>
Blogging today's news stories from the angle of faith.
The Black Church has historically been a source of hope and strength for the African American community.jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-40760475137130237652012-05-29T23:15:00.000-07:002012-05-29T23:15:42.251-07:002012-05-29T23:15:42.251-07:00Kudos To Attorney General Eric Holder For Briefing African American Pastors!!
Kudos to Attorney General Eric Holder,the Congressional Black Caucus and the Conference of National Black Churches for their plan to unite for a faith leaders summit next week detailing strategy on voter registration and voter protection.
A high five to them for thinking it's necessary to brief pastors in the African American community on how not to find themselves and their church in jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-79032911030476524802012-05-28T11:44:00.000-07:002012-05-28T11:44:23.203-07:002012-05-28T11:44:23.203-07:00Minister Louis Farrakhan Responds to Obama’s Support for Gay Marriage!
Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks on President Barack Obama openly endorsing gay marriage at the San Diego Convention Center on May 27, 2012.
jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-18005585818381161962012-05-28T00:00:00.000-07:002012-05-28T00:00:04.051-07:002012-05-28T00:00:04.051-07:00Happy Memorial Day Every One!jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-84879593460012586712012-05-27T19:08:00.000-07:002012-05-27T19:08:36.293-07:002012-05-27T19:08:36.293-07:00Lady GaGa Force To Cancel Sold Out Show!
According to reports Lady Gaga tour of South East Asia is not going well. Muslim hard-liners with threats of violence have forced Lady Gaga to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia. The Islamic Defenders said Lady Gaga’s sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt youth in the world’s most populous Muslim country. The group said supporters had bought tickets to the concert and jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-62875383547647199772012-05-27T10:50:00.001-07:002012-05-27T11:03:38.510-07:002012-05-27T11:03:38.510-07:00Did Snoop Dogg Take A Snipe At Christians?
I don't think Rapper Snoop Dogg is known to be a praying man at all. Any how, Thursday night the rapper,father,husband and little league coach was invited to throw out the first pitch before the Twins-White Sox game in Chicago. Now, instead of doing what others have done before him who was given the honor of tossing out the first pitch. Snoop toss the ball across the plate,then decides jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-59894724585739477972012-05-27T06:00:00.000-07:002012-05-27T06:01:57.639-07:002012-05-27T06:01:57.639-07:00Question of the day: Should Pastors Rebuke Each Other In Public?
The video below is one that has been making the rounds on the net lately,and have sparked quiet a bit of talk among the Christian community. Based solely on the information available, I believe the visiting pastor here was completely in the wrong. Yes, I have read his statement explaining his side of what took place, and still believe he was in error. The approach the visiting pastor took jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-19521690608011494582012-05-27T00:00:00.000-07:002012-05-27T00:00:07.907-07:002012-05-27T00:00:07.907-07:00Today We Commemorate The Original Day Of Pentecost!
Today Sunday, May 27, 2012, is Pentecost Sunday. It will be "acknowledged" by some and “observed” by many other Christian denominations and groups, Pentecostal and non-Pentecostal. Today many churches will commemorate the original Day of Pentecost that occurred fifty days after the resurrection of Christ. When the Holy Spirit was pour out upon a 120 disciples who was (all nations) present jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-37165945009606468502012-05-26T17:55:00.001-07:002012-05-26T17:57:03.181-07:002012-05-26T17:57:03.181-07:00What Do It Mean To Let “bygones be bygones”?
Brian Banks
It's hard to let "bygones be bygones" when you're the one doing the letting. I hate reading stories like this. It's sad to say but this young man was convicted the moment he walked into that court room, if you ask me. After read this story yesterday my heart and mind went through a lot of emotions. My motherly thoughts automatic fell on my own son who's behind prison walls. jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-43197376696589204982012-05-26T10:33:00.001-07:002012-05-26T10:33:15.936-07:002012-05-26T10:33:15.936-07:00Question of the Day: Will The Gospel Music Industry One Day Accept Artist Who Are Openly Gay?
Is the unspoken "don't ask don't tell" custom that some say operates in most black churches operating in today's gospel music industry? If so, why? Why are some in the black church comfortable and okay with their talented musicians and artists being closet homosexuals? Why are gay gospel music artists force to remain in the closet?(there are some) Why can't a openly gay person be embraced jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-37151163845609649782012-05-25T11:59:00.001-07:002012-05-25T11:59:23.066-07:002012-05-25T11:59:23.066-07:00Question of the day:Can God Get The Glory When It Comes To Christian Women And Cosmetic Surgery?
Before weight loss Dr.Taketa Williams
After weight loss Dr. Taketa Williams
I believe all beauty rather external or internal originates in God and is important to God and that evidenced is reflected in creation it self. Image is king and appearance is everything in today’s world. I have never had cosmetic surgery and have no plans to do so( can't afford it), but I would never pass jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-4781861797016031172012-05-23T12:02:00.000-07:002012-05-23T12:02:10.712-07:002012-05-23T12:02:10.712-07:00"I Don’t Think Children Should Be Looking Up To Reality TV Stars As Role Models."
Things are not looking good for our young women of today. Especially if we are to believe Vibe magazine cover for June (Meet Your New Role Models). This is sad on so many levels, it tell me that today's pop culture is continuing to drive and guide our youth in the direction of self destruction. A true role models are those who possess the qualities that we would like to have and those whojjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-85140497653435008312012-05-22T11:00:00.000-07:002012-05-22T11:00:41.303-07:002012-05-22T11:00:41.303-07:00NAACP President Speaks Out On Equality For Homosexuals!
Kudos to Benjamin Jealous president of the NAACP for showing support for all Americans. The president of the NAACP explains why he felt it was important to show support for the equal treatment of gay American. The NAACP passed a resolution this weekend endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts to “codify discrimination or hatred into the law.”
There's also a jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-15692842483618471382012-05-22T07:34:00.002-07:002012-05-22T07:34:51.322-07:002012-05-22T07:34:51.322-07:00Put Gays And Lesbians In Electrified Pen To Kill Them Off!
A clip of Charles L. Worley pastor of Providence Road Baptist Church in North Carolina, cause quit a buzz on the net yesterday. In the clip I have posted below the pastor hint at how he would rid the country of the gay community.....they should be placed inside of an electrified pen until they die off.
“Build a great, big, large fence — 150 or 100 mile long — put all the lesbians in jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-6030080082098906792012-05-20T21:20:00.000-07:002012-05-21T05:21:40.825-07:002012-05-21T05:21:40.825-07:00The Man With 30 Kids Must Reap What He Has Sown!
The story of Desmond Hatchett the 33-year old Tennessee man who have managed to father 30 children ranging in age from toddler to 14 with 11 different women is shocking to say the least. Mr. Hatchett behavior and action have cause quite a stir among the internet community. In a video clip, Mr. Hatchett mention having fathered 4 kids in a year, twice and is now complaining that his minimum jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-32213078914188908452012-05-20T16:13:00.000-07:002012-05-20T16:13:12.952-07:002012-05-20T16:13:12.952-07:00Newark Funeral Director Carolyn Whigham Says Her Work Is More Of A Ministry Than A Job!
Remember the Whitney Houston funeral and the little lady who led the funeral? If so, here's a wonderful article explaining how well Carolyn Whigham arranges and conducts a funeral. In the article Ms. Whigham says she takes her work seriously, because the funeral business to her is a ministry, not just a job. This is a great read!jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-88696696025613657012012-05-20T14:47:00.001-07:002012-05-20T14:51:04.217-07:002012-05-20T14:51:04.217-07:00Question Of The Day:Which Is Greater In God’s Eyes, The Institution of Marriage or The Souls That Make Up The Institution of Marriage?
The Black Church realities and priorities concerning marriage "in my opinion" have been highly misplaced. The black church of today is facing one of the hardest decision it ever had to make since it came into existence. The decision and question at hand for the church is, is saving the idea of the institution of marriage more important than the souls that make up the institution of marriagejjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-41698868036926991652012-05-18T09:29:00.002-07:002012-05-18T09:29:39.932-07:002012-05-18T09:29:39.932-07:00COGIC Issue Statement Regarding Same Sex Marriages and Civil Unions!
The President’s position regarding “same-sex marriage” has set off a “firestorm,” unlike any other debate in our civil society, perhaps, since the civil rights unrest of the mid-20th century. The advocacy for same-sex marriage, while in conflict with our nation’s long-standing moral posture, has indeed, created opportunity for the Church to communicate our unequivocal position about God’s jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-76213644790671837332012-05-18T08:17:00.001-07:002012-05-18T08:17:38.235-07:002012-05-18T08:17:38.235-07:00Dr. Ben Carson Beliefs In Evolution Stirs Controversy?
Dr. Ben Carson is a man of Godly integrity with outstanding breakthroughs and accomplishments in neurosurgery. Dr. Ben Carson came under fire for his position on evolution,from some professors at Emory University, where he gave the commencement address this month.
A number of professors at Emory University wrote a letter to the school newspaper after learning Carson does not believe in jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-37029556687072538692012-05-17T11:31:00.000-07:002012-05-17T11:31:17.691-07:002012-05-17T11:31:17.691-07:00Florida Children Beg For Help!!
On yesterday the authorities in Florida released a 911 audio call that was placed during an alleged murder-suicide by a mother shooting her four children. This audio is painful to listen to especially after we know how this event ends.
Now, I really don't understand why the neighbors did not allow the children into their home. That I don't get! What else, I'm having a hard time understandingjjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-9536870649322421682012-05-17T08:19:00.000-07:002012-05-17T08:19:29.883-07:002012-05-17T08:19:29.883-07:00Vote Jesus For President??
ST PETERSBURG, Fla., May 14, 2012 /Christian News wire/ -- Bill Keller, the world's leading Internet Evangelist and the founder of Live Prayer.com, with over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide. Is encouraging his followers this November to not vote for President Obama or Mitt Romney, but write in the name of Jesus for President!
This is a crazy idea on so many levels. So, if enough votersjjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-84281614602460750732012-05-15T09:16:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:16:37.893-07:002012-05-15T09:16:37.893-07:00Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III Speaks Out About Marriage Equality
In the video clip below, Rev. Otis Moss III respond to a brother of the cloth rhetoric concerning President Obama’s support of Marriage Equity. I'm beginning to see a lot of negative rhetoric coming from Black Pastors around the country, because are the president support of marriage equity. There's quiet a few black pastors who have chosen and or willing to show support for all our jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-80608562069509143312012-05-14T11:08:00.000-07:002012-05-14T11:08:01.356-07:002012-05-14T11:08:01.356-07:00The Marching 100 Is Off The Field Until 2013 and National Band Fraternity Closes It chapter !
Florida A& M University’s Marching 100 band has been suspended until 2013. And the Florida A& M chapter of the national Kappa Kappa Psi band fraternity will be closed for at least five years.
FAMU President James Ammons told the school's board of trustees on Monday that he will keep The Marching 100 off the field for the upcoming school year.
Eleven FAMU band members face felony hazing jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-91923720449660319762012-05-14T09:46:00.000-07:002012-05-14T09:50:40.881-07:002012-05-14T09:50:40.881-07:00Will Christian Porn Be The Next Hot Item Sold At The Local Christian Book Store?
There's been no shortage of Christian books on the topic of sex in recent months, and Christians across the United States are buying them up in order to spice up their marriages.
DeeperCalling Media (DCM), an online Christian bookstore supplier and Christian product retailer, reports "sizzling sex book sales" among Christian bookstores, indicating that Christians are not as "prude" as theyjjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-74780367791694472912012-05-14T08:13:00.001-07:002012-05-14T08:13:38.475-07:002012-05-14T08:13:38.475-07:00When Cleaver Church Marketing Fail!
Did Apostle Paul or any of the 12 disciples ever talk clever marketing with billboards and signs to get people to come to Christ? If so, I sure must have missed that in scripture. He did, however, talk about living a Christian life and one that, in itself, attracts people to Christ. Think about this, if churches this big need marketing to bring people in, then something's wrong. Whatever jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693165366663309782.post-43808824249501232302012-05-13T04:12:00.000-07:002012-05-13T04:12:09.078-07:002012-05-13T04:12:09.078-07:00Happy Mother's Day From The Old Black Church!
Father God, bless every "Mom" in the world on this her special day. I'm asking you Father God for a special blessing on today for our beautiful Black Grandmothers, Mothers, Aunts, Sisters, Nieces and Girlfriends. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY FROM THE OLD BLACK CHURCH!jjbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.com