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They’re Not all Israel that are of Israel
Israel: God Prevails Headlines from the Middle East have many people wondering if the nation of Israel fighting Hamas today in the Gaza strip is the same nation of Israel that Moses led out of bondage in Egypt, or that Joshua ultimately led into the Promised Land. Answer is: it depends. The nation now known as…
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Black Alabama Possessing the Land
Pastor Marc A. Tibbs In the Biblical record, the children of Israel crossed the Jordan River to enter the land God promised to their ancestors. But the land of Canaan was already occupied, and even though God had promised it to them, the Israelites still had to fight for it. Thousands of years later in Montgomery,…
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What’s in a Name: Everything
Pastor Marc A. Tibbs Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action in college admissions was unconstitutional, I wrote in this space about Justice Clarence Thomas, who concurred with the 6-3 majority opinion that now makes it more difficult for Blacks and others to break through centuries of white privilege and preference in…