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The Bible often gives us the most obvious advice a person can have. If we followed it, we would be in a better world. One of the biggest struggles in the world is finding a true friend. Jesus had a true friend in Lazarus. When he died scripture says Jesus wept. Yet, time and […]
BET’s Entertainment Editor Clay Cane is tackling homophobia in the black church in a new documentary called Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church. The film follows black people who are torn between identifying as LGBT and following their faith, in cultures that are often antagonistic toward people like them. In going […]
LeCrae wants to know what’s going on in the minds of white evangelicals who are obsessing over some lives and not others. The rapper has not been shy about posting his opinions against the Islamic State and abortion. In fact, he’s been lauded by his “white brothers and sisters” for speaking against such evils. But […]
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is donating $4.7 million to eight organizations in New Orleans and two coalitions in Mississippi devoted to uplifting young men and…
The church needs the millennial hunger for authenticity, innovation, and social change. There is an amazing opportunity to learn and grow from the inspiring individuals that are coming into adulthood. (And just take a look at the generation coming up behind them – another compassionate, articulate, energetic group who want to save the world!) Millennials […]
An 8-year-old Baltimore boy who is being dubbed a medical phenomenon is looking forward to finally being able to play with his little sister and, hopefully, the…
Grammy-award winning rapper and outspoken Christian Lecrae said on Thursday that Americans speaking on someone else’s culture without understanding or attempting to learn about their perspective frustrates him. “America is full of different cultures, yet it baffles me when the people with cultural differences, who rarely interact with each other on deep levels, have so […]
The Rev. Chris Hill, senior pastor of The Potter’s House of Denver in Colorado, has shared that members of his congregation who were once critical of the presence of armed guards in the sanctuary now understand the necessity of such security measures in the wake of the Charleston church massacre. The Charleston shooting was certainly […]
Who doesn’t love a feel-good story? We take news seriously here at NewsOne, but when we stumble upon those stories that make us smile ear-to-ear,…
Muslim organizations have banded together to raise $100,000 in an effort to help rebuild Black churches in the South that were torched in recent months,…
Romans 8:37 says that Christians are “more than conquerors” in this world. But do we really know what it means to be more than a conqueror? I know it took many years for me to learn what it means and how to live the victorious life Jesus died to give us as believers. I remember […]
“I’m what happens when Outkast meets the writings of Moses.” This line, penned by Lecrae in his single “Cosign,” reflects the redemptive collision between hip-hop culture and Christianity. From the early days of Kool Herc to the celebrated days of N.W.A and the Wu Tang Clan to more recent stars such as Outkast and Kanye […]