(Akiit.com) Prophetic voices point us to the future by causing us to remember and consider the cornerstone truths of our past — lessons learned though struggle and adversity, conquest and success, tragedy and pain, victory and gain — all providing guidance to the Promised Land and the fulfillment of our purpose. The Voice of God often in the scriptures introduced Himself to His spokespersons by saying, “I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob” pointing them back to their origins as a basis from which to move them forward.

To turn a deaf ear to their instruction assures a depleted present and an even more decadent future. Their messages implores us to “redeem the time”, to retrieve what we have lost that we can proceed with the certainty of success into the future. Yet, the extreme folly of failing to hear their messages pales in comparison to the destruction incurred when those prophetic voices choose to be silent.

The African-American Clergy’s much vaunted, and heralded heroic past, is in danger of becoming a mere wisp of a thought or memory, marginalized in the minds of Americans, and the world, due to its lethargic and anemic response to the present moral and political crisis within our country. The enormity of their ‘missing-in-action’ stance is staggering, especially when you consider the evidence of depravity is so blatant within our culture, and even legislated by our present administration. For like God in the Garden of Eden who asked, “What is that that thou hast done?” God is asking the question again – “What have you done? What have you done?” God asked the question in Genesis of Adam in an attempt to force him to reflect on his actions in light of the revealed truths of his past. Sadly, Man failed to do so then, and it grieves me to say, even though we are warned across the ages by Adam’s outcome, we are failing to do so now.

Dr. Martin Luther King in his book, Where Do We Go From Here? said this about the importance of leadership:

“And so we will have to create leaders who embody virtues we can respect, who have moral and ethical principles we can applaud with an enthusiasm that enables us to rally support for them based on confidence and trust. We will have to demand high standards and give consistent loyal support to those who merit it.”

I watched, as well as did most Americans, the wave of African-American Clergy totally abandoning their conscience and calling, for support of a Presidential candidate in whom they had only one thing in common: “the color of his skin.” Barack Obama did not, and does not embody the virtues of our Clergy, nor their congregations. I do not find it moral or ethical the outright advocating and marketing of abortion by this President’s Administration which has proven to be a systemic plan of genocide against African-Americans at home and abroad (MAAFA21 NSSM). Therefore,

I cannot applaud the administration’s determination to undermine and diminish marriage, the essential building block of all society, and then be accused of “bigotry” by President Obama for not desiring to perform homosexual marriages…

I cannot rally to support an administration that willfully abandoned inner-city Black Youths who were succeeding in a School Voucher program in Washington, DC, only to find out one morning it had been de-funded (no stimulus money here) relegating them and other young black children back to an NEA-controlled public school system that has, and continues to, abysmally fail them…
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(Akiit.com) Such was our founder’s belief in the preeminence of God that when the First Continental Congress convened in 1774, Massachusetts delegate Thomas Cushing suggested to the assembly that together they pray for divine guidance and protection.

The historical events that would forever change the world were preparing to unfold: war loomed on the horizon; the Declaration of Independence would be signed, and a nation “conceived in liberty” would be born. In this moment, men of varied religious beliefs — Presbyterians, Episcopalians, some Quakers, others Baptists or Congregationalists – were led in prayer by an Episcopal priest in an appeal to the almighty that was described as “extraordinary…filling the bosom of every man present.”

It would not be the last time the founders appealed to the Almighty God.

James Madison acknowledged God’s favor in our founding in Federalist 37 referring to “a finger of that almighty hand, which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the revolution.” I dare say that men like Madison and Cushing would not recognize the America of today, filled with politicians afraid to confess their faith or educators fearful of offending the sensibilities of their students with any mention of God.

Math teacher Brad Johnson of Westview High School of the Poway School District in San Diego, California, is a case in point.

In 2007, Westview Principal Dawn Kastner ordered Johnson to remove banners hanging in his classroom because they contained the words “God” and “Creator.” According to media reports the banners, which had hung in his classroom for 25 years, measured approximately 7 feet long by 2 feet wide and carried the phrases: “In God We Trust,” “One Nation Under God,” “God Bless America,” “God Shed His Grace on Thee” and “All Men Are Created Equal, They are Endowed by Their Creator.”

Kastner objected to the banners, claiming that they promoted a Judeo-Christian viewpoint and might make some students feel uncomfortable. The school district agreed. Oddly enough neither Kastner nor school district officials were concerned with posters hanging in other classrooms containing Buddhist, Islamic, and Tibetan prayers or those containing anti-religious messages that might make Christians uncomfortable. What remains unclear is why those that preach diversity and tolerance seem incapable of practicing those same virtues when it comes to Christians and the role of Christian faith in our American history.

Kastner and Poway district officials might argue that they are simply enforcing the Constitution’s wall of separation between church and state. The U.S. Constitution, of course, recognizes no such wall. There are roughly 4,500 words in the original unamended document and not one of them was written to imply that God – specifically the God of Abraham – should be hidden from school children.
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(Akiit.com) I am among those who tremble when I hear people refer to “The Black Church.” Christians believe that there is only one church and the only proper description of the church is the Christian Church. However, ever since the beginning of the Christian movement, ethnic and doctrinal distinctions were made among the followers of Jesus. Many of the books in the New Testament are identified by the geographical location of the intended recipients. We therefore often refer to the Galatian Church or Thessalonian Church. In that sense this “black church” recognition of a significant number of Christians whose common identity is the African American experience is as valid within the Christian tradition as scholarly and historical references the “Roman Church” or the “Ethiopian Coptic Church.”

So my negative feelings about the term “the black church” is not in response to the word “black.” Rather it is in response to the word “the.” Whenever someone waxes eloquent about “the” black church I want to ask them which black church they mean. Historically, black churches have a common heritage being the only major branch of Christianity that emerged from a dispute related to justice and not doctrine.

The major schisms in Christian history in the 4th, 10th and 16th centuries were all related to differences in Christian doctrine. The 18th century movement of black Christians in North America, however, resulted from black worshippers refusing to be treated as less than human by their white Christian counterparts. This protest against Christian injustice by black Christians gave birth to what we now call “the black church” and every African American congregation has its roots in this legacy. The term “black church” summarizes the institutional response of black Christians in North America to the individual and institutional racism practiced by white Christians.
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(Akiit.com) As I write this, Obama has just signed an Executive Order lifting restrictions on Embryonic Stem Cell research, a move he said, rejects the “false choice” between science and morality. As well, it has been just 49 days since the inaguration and already there are grumblings among the voters who supported the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama. The ones which amaze me are the cathartic voices of the people of faith who are claiming betrayal, but even more, are the ones that are of the Ecclesiastical Order of the Church in America — Our beloved Clergy! One might ask, ‘why am I astonished at these disillusioned disciples of change?’ My bewilderment is due to what was obvious from the beginning: Barack Obama was never on your side! Never.

What does betrayal mean? Betrayal, is a form of deception or dismissal of prior presumptions; it is the breaking or violation of a presumptive social contract — trust and/or confidence — producing moral and psychological conflict within a relationship, amongst individuals, between organizations, or between individuals and organizations. Often betrayal is the act of supporting a rival group; or it can be a complete break from previously decided upon or presumed norms by one party from the other. Does that sound like what’s going on? Barack Obama has not betrayed his social contract with his followers, for if you think so, just ask, “Joe the Plumber” who would clearly beg to differ with you!

Obama let all of us know before November 4th, 2008 that socialism was going to be the first order of the day. The stimulus bill should not have surprised you at all. Government getting bigger and bigger is only Obama fulfilling his promise to his constituency for “Change.” A stimulus bill that specifically discriminates against schools by withholding funds, if they provide worship and religious space to groups on their campus, is reflective of a socialist agenda, for remember, it was Karl Marx, father of Maxist Socialism who penned, “Religion is the opium of the masses…” Betrayed?
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