He’s been topping Christian news headlines—a lot. Two-time Grammy award winner. Four-time Dove Award winner. Tonight Show performer. Good Morning America guest. Disney film star… Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae has been making waves in the entertainment industry—in a God-honoring, unashamed kind of way. And he’s not about to stop. Last ...
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Food & Entertainment: Best Friends Forever
Food is always at the center of festivities and celebrations. In fact, try and imagine attending a wedding or even a business conference where they serve no food. Boring, right? Where there is no food, focus, fun, and fellowship is fleeting. This is why food and entertainment have been best ...
Read More »I Had A “Baditude”–Do You Have One?
I had a baditude. And it was an extremely nasty one. But I found the remedy, and I took the medicine that cured it. I share this story with you because I have to ask, do you have one too? A baditude is pretty much what you may think it is ...
Read More »Peer Pressure: Conforming to The Pattern of This World
If you were to describe the atmosphere of your school or workplace, what words come to mind? Now, how many of these attributes are characteristics of the Kingdom of Heaven? This tension between our beliefs and the culture in which we live constitutes peer pressure. We know there is a way ...
Read More »Matthew Henry: Faith and Hope In Suffering
Some readers may have heard of Rev. Matthew Henry, and in fact some may have used and read some of Mr. Henry’s biblical commentaries. Matthew Henry (d. 1714) is one of the most respected biblical scholars of the past three hundred years; his work is exhaustive–yet inspired and relevant. But ...
Read More »Driven By Emotions: Changed by The Divine
From the instant the alarm clock screams, “It’s time to get up!” our days are driven by emotions all the way from jubilation to sorrow. Arising out of the daily grind are intuitive premonitions, establishing the pacing, our attitudes, and at times our irrational or illogical decisions revolving around momentary ...
Read More »Some Good Ol’ Heartwarming Humor
Laughter and humor are in our world for a reason. What are some benefits of laughter? Proverbs 15:13 says, “A joyful heart makes a cheerful face. But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.” A similar verse, Proverbs 17:22, gives another reason. It calls laughter “good medicine.” According to Ecclesiastes ...
Read More »Barack Obama’s Visit to Jamaica
“Greetings Massive … Waa gwaan Jamaica?” (Greetings everyone, what’s going on?) These were the Jamaican words of greeting spoken by Barack Obama as he presented at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) US Summit yesterday in Jamaica. He was there regarding issues surrounding the CARICOM and USA agenda, including issues of security, ...
Read More »Feeling Cursed?
The online Oxford Dictionaries define curse as “a cause of harm or misery” and to “be afflicted with.” In my last article , I wrote about the curse against the earth and the inhabitants of the earth because of sin. We inherit sin from our natural parents. The curse (harm ...
Read More »Could Maine Have the Answer to Welfare Reform?
Earlier this week the US Herald reported that there has been a significant drop in food-stamp enrollments since Maine began requiring welfare recipients to complete work, volunteer, or job-training hours before being eligible for assistance. The article reported that at the end of 2014 there were 12,500 adults enrolled in ...
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