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		<title>Michael Brown: An Open Letter to My Black Evangelical Friends</title>
		<description>Discuss Michael Brown: An Open Letter to My Black Evangelical Friends</description>
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			<title>Michael Y. says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yes, I'm a african american minister who voted for President Barack H. Obama, because his mission is to give equality to all not just to a certain segment of people. He's just not the president to Christians he's the president to all American's. His efforts in creating the Affordable Healthcare Act, the Lillie Ledbetter Act ( equal pay for women), the Dream Act (for immigrant children), & the reform on Wallstreet is an example of his hard efforts to look out for the downtrodden. Good job President Obama! May God continue to shower his grace and wisdom upon you!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Michael Y.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Michael Y. says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If Jesus was here in the flesh in America he would be very disappointed because Christians now have become like the scribes & pharisees. Christians today is very judgmental, that is why we can't reach the lost for Christ. No where in scripture Jesus ever changed the Roman government, he changed people lives not the government. Everywhere Jesus went he was moved with compassion & helped people, he didn't condemn people.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Michael Y.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Michael Y. says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yes, I did vote for President Obama not because what he can do for me but because he was the most qualified for the job. The most qualified for the job must not be important anymore, because if it was then race & Christiananity wouldn't be the title subject. When I person go in for a job interview the hiring manager for the most part don't ask the potential employee what's your stand on abortion, same-sex marriage, or are you a Christian. President Obama was elected to be president not pastor. We had a several Christian presidents, ie. President Bush, Carter, & others, as we see there was no change. Neither of those Christian presidents stopped abortion. The reason why is because they can't legislate laws only congress can.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Michael Y.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Michael Y. says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[We need 2 do better as Christians especially concerning race. Racism has been around since biblical times and from the way it looks it will be around until Jesus comes back. This election wasn't about a candidate’s position on abortion, same-sex marriage, or whether Mormonism is a cult. This election was about race. Christians need to grow up and not let racism dominate their lives. We need 2 let the fruit of the Spirit display all of its characteristics. The first characteristic of that fruit is love. Everything hinges on love. Without love do you know your faith will not work? Come on now let’s do better.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Michael Y.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Michael Y. says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3370</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We need 2 vote Congress out & put people there who would pass good laws. The President don't legislate laws, Congress does. The main power is with Congress. Once we kick these career politicians out who get big money from lobbyist then we can experience a great life. We change Presidents every 4 or 8 yrs. However, Congress members serve for some 20 to 25 yrs., that’s not right; especially as Christians we’re expecting a change. Yes, I did vote for President Obama not because what he can do for me but because he was the most qualified for the job.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Michael Y.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So obviously you wouldn't have voted for Jesus because he says feed the hungry, take care of the widows and orphans...etc. The intend isn't whether they are takers are not the question is will you follow HIM! Well since romney isn't a Christian than you voted for the anti christ. And since the foundation is not Jesus Christ and Him Crucified then you reside in the devils camp my dear.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[:sad: So obviously you wouldn't have voted for Jesus because he says feed the hungry, take care of the widows and orphans...etc. The intend isn't whether they are takers are not the question is will you follow HIM!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mission says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Great article you wrote, Benjamin. It's only a shame this thread has gone cold by now. Maybe you should post it again elsewhere.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mission</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Benjamin T Moore Jr says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Since you asked, here is my "open response" to your "open Letter." http://www.thewhirlingwind.com/2012/11/15/my-open-response-to-an-open-letter-to-black-evangelicals/]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Benjamin T Moore Jr</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Believer says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I'm tired of article like this which always attempt to paint anyone who isn't a republican can't be Christian. I'm tired of all all the insane borderline racism that occurred in this election by my supposed brothers and sisters in Christ. I've never seen an election where the Right go to such extremes to almost (some did) paint a man as the Antichrist. In doing so twisting biblical verses, using tactics which even the Inquirer would say is too extreme, and ignore our Constitution, just to scare people.. I ask my white christian brothers and sisters are we in harmony as long as all political power rests in the hands of white men? This election showed me the nation is divided by race and worse the Church is still divided by race. Michael Brown you want to understand why some would vote for Obama, why not ask your white brethren why they couldn't vote for a black man]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Believer</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mission says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Blessings to you. I totally agree with you. You are definitely a woman of faith. And I mean that in the best possible way. :-) Obama is ways ahead of Romney in terms of good heartedness, care and neighborly love. I wonder how believers could be so blind to not see that. Anyway, the religious folk in the days of Jesus did not recognize him either and also wanted to lynch him. So it's no surprise really.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mission</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mission says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[. I voted for God's choice, a family man, a leader and a Predident to lead the country and God will work out the rest. :-) Blessings to you. I totally agree with you. You are definitely a woman of faith. And I mean that in the best possible way. :-) Obama is ways ahead of Romney in terms of good heartedness, care and neighborly love. I wonder how believers could be so blind to not see that. Anyway, the religious folk in the days of Jesus did not recognize him either and also wanted to lynch him. So it's no surprise really.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mission</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Rae White says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3340</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am an African American female and a Christian and I voted for President Barack Obama. I don't need anyone to give me anything. I work for what I have and God open doors for me. I voted for God's choice, a family man, a leader and a Predident to lead the country and God will work out the rest. :-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rae White</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>June P. says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3338</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm a Black female who is part of the 4 percent of Black females voters who did not vote for President Obama because I am a Christiam who believes in obeying rather that in sacrificing. If you vote for someone solely because of his race or because you want entitlements, it is wrong, sinful really. The givers give because it is right and the takers want entitlements and believe that they should take what others have earned. .]]></description>
			<dc:creator>June P.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>21stCenturyAdvocate says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Michael Brown, UNBELIEVABLE.....no wonder the church (body of baptised believers) is so messed up.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>21stCenturyAdvocate</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>RichardR says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3335</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am African American, Christian and a Republican, however thenRepublican party did not garner my vote simply because of its exclusiveness in this race. I also realize I wasn't voting for a pastor or bishop, to solely base my vote on gay marriage which I disagree with and abortion which I disagree would totally exclude a majority of the population that need hope and help. I don't believe Romney could deliver that...besides this is a man who was a bishop in an organization didn't even recognize blacks could be saved, he grew up in it and it created his value system, you want blacks to blindly trust that. Not sure Obama is the answer but I know Romney is not, but I do know that Jesus Christ is the answer and the hope of the world, but he wasn't running in this race. (He still gets the majority of the black vote)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>RichardR</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mission says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3332</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A ball bearing related to a grand piano negotiates a prenuptial agreement with a barely self-loathing parking lot. When a crispy steam engine is shabby, the impromptu photon often gives lectures on morality to the thoroughly wrinkled wheelbarrow.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mission</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>truthman says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3331</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's so devilish racist what Brown said " blacks voted in favor of food stamps ", hey kkk sir blacks work as hard as whites and have served this country disproportionately more than any other group. Just because u find some black person to do your black bashing for u doesn't mean u should repeat every stereotype u hear...Come on ! Blacks voted for Obama because of food stamps ? Then y did blacks vote for Clinton and Gore ? Blacks voted dem because of all the racist type of food stamp remarks that you have perpetuated. I voted for Gary Johnson. And republicans clearly tried to suppress black and Latinos voters which maybe the biggest issue. No conspiracy theory...it's a fact ! The religious right was founded on Bob Jones supported bigotry and then Falwell went over to South Africa and called Desmond Tutu a phoney. I could go on . And what about Ralph Reed and Tom Delay profiting on Jack Abramoffs forced abortion]]></description>
			<dc:creator>truthman</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>dee art says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3329</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, you don't know your bible. 2 John 1:7-11 New International Version (NIV) 7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ(A) as coming in the flesh,(B) have gone out into the world.(C) Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.(D) 8 Watch out that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.(E) 9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ(F) does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.(G) 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.(H) 11 Anyone who welcomes them shares(I) in their wicked work. Mormons do not believe Jesus is the Son of God. President Obama does. This is the problem-all Christians have some wrong action, they are still Christians.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>dee art</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>faith says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3328</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It really amazes me how "evangelical christians" are so concerned with gay marriage and fail to keep their marriages in order. Or how they are so against abortion, epecially since african americans have the highest but talk about how we're on welfare and don't want to help the community. Most blacks are against both but if you read this article, you would think blacks were the only ones who voted the POTUS back in office.. Once evangelical christians start walking the talk, maybe the world would take them seriously.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>faith</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Error in 51 - meant to write "Obviously President Obama isn't."]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[[quote name="Gwendolyn"]I hold integrity as a mans greatest value and romney rather part of a cult or not shows no integrity and think less of the American people more so then the muslim nation as far as I am concerned because he constantly lied to the American people and thought that we would stoop to his level to give him our vote and the American people with integrity said NO! I might add that romney made 75 million dollars along with Bain off of the disposal of aborted fetus. So sir who is the lesser of the two evils obviously President Obama isn't. God's season upon us exposes the heart of the church and after the election the church still is choose to remain in darkness.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am a Christian Black Woman who love what God loves and hate what God hates. There is no one perfect only Jesus is perfect. Voting for the President for me was easy because I looked for the most characteristic of my Lord and President Obama looks more like Jesus to me than romney. I don't vote party I vote Jesus so to insinuate that Blacks are voting for the President because he is black is in error.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3320</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I hold integrity as a mans greatest value and romney rather part of a cult or not shows no integrity and think less of the American people more so then the muslim nation as far as I am concerned because he constantly lied to the American people and thought that we would stoop to his level to give him our vote and the American people with integrity said NO! I might add that romney made 75 million dollars along with Bain off of the disposal of aborted fetus. So sir who is the lesser of the two evils obviously President Obama is. God's season upon us exposes the heart of the church and after the election the church still is choose to remain in darkness.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>regina jackspon says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tom Winfield: Can you answer why Blacks didn't try and put Jessie Jackson or Al Sharpton into the presidency. I pray for people like you daily. When you try and blend the world systems that Satan is the God of and mix it with God's kingdom IT NEVER WILL WORK! How many souls do you think you can bring to Christ with the views you spout? How are you an expert on Blacks behavior; where's your training, valid research expertise. You disgrace Jesus himself with your rhetoric.by using Satan's system as the measurment of His will. His will is love. People like you have created dislike and mockery of Christianity. Learn from this and actually ask yourself the proof for your conclusions.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>regina jackspon</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[God This Prophetic Word is for your Glory! THE CHURCH OF AMERICA In the month of February 2008 I was told by God that Barack Obama would be President of the U.S. during the time of the revealing of these truths God talked through His Word and His Spirit I’d write what I heard Him saying. By ...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[October 2008 I completed the Prophecy of His Word. I shared this document with a few friends and God selected a few church members whom I should share this with. One of my friends shared it with her dentist who wanted a copy to show to his friends, another shared it with her supervisor and she read it aloud at a staff a meeting and I also shared it with an Elder/ Prophet at the church in which I once belonged. Many are not aware but in my forgetfulness I kept leaving the document home from Sunday to Sunday however I didn’t feel too bad about it because on those Sunday’s he (the Elder/ Prophet) didn’t come to church because he had to work. However in the early hours of a Sunday morning God woke me up from my sleep and directed me to place The Word of God directly into my Bible so I would not forget it]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3316</link>
			<description><![CDATA[That morning I took it to church and gave it to the Elder/Prophet’s daughter who was sitting behind me to give to her dad for me. She said to me my Dad’s here I looked towards the direction in which she turned her head and I saw him. However I left it with her to give to him because he was talking with someone. The message that morning was the first of two messages from the pulpit concerning the Presidential election (in all my years there (14 years) I’ve never heard a political message coming from the pulpit) and the basis of this message was not to vote for the candidate President Barack Obama. I shared that portion to show you that I didn’t forget in my own forgetfulness but to show you that God was on time for me to bring it to the Elder/Prophet and for those who remember that Sunday morning knows what proceeded after that.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The following Sunday a second message was preached picking up where the first left off. On that Sunday night I fell asleep while watching MSNBC and The Lord awoke me and said to write a congratulatory letter to the President. I did and mailed it that next morning which was the Monday before Election Day. The next night I was watching MSNBC and around 10 p.m. I said I am going to close my eyes and sleep and wake up when the votes have been counted and the announcement of his Presidency. I didn’t wake up on my own the telephones (cell and house) were ringing and I was informed by the callers that Barack Obama was President.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I didn’t get excited because I along the way thanked God for his choice as President beforehand (before the world was formed He knew him). On my way upstairs to retire for the night The Lord spoke to me again concerning Barack Obama. Earlier this year Father said to me one morning as I was thinking about the hatred that was sweeping across America “I want you to write not to America this time but to the Church of America they are a Force and they have partnered with the world.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3313</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is what I hear The Spirit of God saying…those who have ears let them hear with their heart and not with their flesh. “I AM THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY” you are offering vain and perilous resistance against Me? How long CHURCH will you stand in judgment against Me? Yes I have said of Me. Have I not said through my servant Timothy, that giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God your Savior;]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3312</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You embrace lies and abhor truth. You chase after lies as one who lust after a harlot and you have set yourself up to become partakers of the liars reward. Shall I relent when my anger is kindled but a little against you? You say you stand by my word, you know not my word. You stand up for the unborn soul in the womb but yet you agree with capital murder, you say “this is the law of the land”, I say my MERCY supersedes the way of every men written law, EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS TO ME.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3311</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You embrace laws that are corrupt. There are laws in your land that set boundaries and have respecter of person and you close your heart to corruption, greed and injustice. When I say the answer is nigh unto you even in your mouth and you don’t pray to Me an Almighty God who hates injustice. You uphold your declaration of independence doctrine I say “MY WORD IS TRIUMPHED” over this biased and inconsistent document. You have forsaken love and embraced hate who have you allowed to bewitch you with twisted tongues to walk in contrariness to MY LOVE? You abhor what I have commanded and continue in the cycle of hate. Have I not called you out from the world have I not called you “Body of Christ?”]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You, Pastor, Leaders, and Sons and Daughters of The Most High God you know who you are, you have lowered My Son Jesus’ characteristic to a common man. You are a mirror to the world and the world looks at you and don’t see Jesus they only see you and you have bewitched them and they conform to your likeness rather than My Son. So what you present is what they perceive as godliness and what they think is, they are on course with Me and they are not.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3309</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have placed you above the world and you involve yourselves in worldly matters speaking perverted messages thinking that you are doing “The LORD’S Will” and you are in error. I call you to prayer and you don’t even know how to pray in your most Holy Faith you pray your will be done, I have already established My Kingdom and you in your arrogance and stupefied manly wisdom you dare to come against My Will. For the eyes of The Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of The Lord is against them that do evil 1 Peter 3:12]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3308</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You sit in your seats in My Sanctuary and you sing songs of Praise to Me with your tongue and then you spread and plant words of hate with that same member adding more contention to an already volatile epidemic in America. You do not understand My Word when I say, Whatsoever a man sows so shall he reap? “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversations. Because it is written, Be ye holy: for I am holy. 1 Peter 1:15 - 16 You have a saying, “Get out of the box” I say to you, “Get out of the thimble” you’re stuck in the bottom of this small object that represents the mindset of your thinking you precariously go round and round this circle a never changing direction, refusing to look up, never crying out, looking up or reaching up, where you will find ME and I will show you how to LOVE.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3307</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What I have predestined isn’t contrary to My Word it is My Word, My way of doing things to show you what is in your heart. It’s not about Barack Obama who you say is the enemy, it is about you recognizing, you are your enemy. The state of America is not this residing President’s fault He lives in Faith the substance of things Hoped for the evidence of things not seen. Is America where it was before this President took office is America however slowly abounding?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3306</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Have you asked yourselves why do you tasks him to accomplish in four years to fix Americas problem when it was eight years in the making? You say you trust Me The Almighty God I say you live in fear and you are reaping the fruits of fear you have sown them. Repent now! Hear Me for the time will soon be when you will receive your fruits from the seeds you have sown, make sure that the seeds that you are sowing from this day forth are righteous seeds so that you will find yourself boldly coming into My sight because you have kept My Truths.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3305</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The commencements of the New Life began when you received Jesus as Lord why are you still in an adulterous affair with your flesh. You have obtained a new nature Grace; the residue of your old man should have no dominion over the new you. You have a new nature exalt HIM! Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:12-13 Have I not commanded my people to feed the poor, clothe the naked, take care of the orphans and widow…, My servant whom I have chosen represents My saying? And that is why I call him Two Term President Barack Obama.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3304</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Repent, turn and live while the time is at hand. I have impelled the writers of The Holy Bible to write these things to show you what is pleasing to me. I say to you, walk in The Fear of The Lord for the time is drawing nigh and when I return will I find you serving this worlds powers and principalities, are will I find you serving ME! Thus Saith The Lord. The end of The Lord Saying and to HIM BE THE GLORY! AMEN!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gwendolyn says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3303</link>
			<description><![CDATA[CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. It is time church to allow the Power of God’s Love to be seen in our lives and stop looking like mortal men. Stop stifling the Good that is in us let the communication of our faith become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus so that the world will see the Barn Fire on The COLOSSAL MOUNTAIN as we Draw ALL MEN UNTO OUR LIVING SAVIOR JESUS.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gwendolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>TCS says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So sad, I can't believe you have any black friends by reading this article. You prove that most white evangelicals are more racist than the racists that don't know Christ in the pardon of their sins. Did you not vote for Obama because he is black. Not accusing just asking. Give me a break.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>TCS</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Penny says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It amazes me how we are so eager to voice our concern with ethical decisions when it comes to meet our own agenda. To be raised in America with lack of diversity and cultural growth is sad. Let’s consider that the church is still segregated with Black and White people worshiping in different houses. If we do worship together the head leadership in the church is usually not a mixture of culture of races, it has one race dominating another. So honestly how you can present the question without understanding the culture in which you question. In order for you to understand you have to know were the “lie” of abortion came from. Abortion in American was birthed by Margaret Sanger against the black race. I question how you can quote stats without going into the root of how abortion was birthed by white ignorant groups, who preyed on the ignorance of black groups. We as Christians are responsible to raise the next Politicians (generation).]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Penny</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Tom Winfield says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I sure do wish you hadn't slammed Mitt Romney before the election. Where was your wisdom? Why couldn't you have waited until after Nov. 6? Hey, do you really think Moral Conservatives really looked to Romney as a savior? Your spiritual elitist position is kind of sickening. And now that the election is over, why do you scour the Blacks? You only point out what we all know, that they vote for the color of skin; that their first allegiance is to skin, not to Jesus. Why didn't you write this before the election? So they could digest it and do what is right according to the Bible? But now? They will only see this as you throwing bricks at them... Poor choice, sir.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Tom Winfield</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mission says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mr Brown's stunning disquisition on the relationship between the project of commodified objects and the politics of autonomous selfhood ultimately does nothing to shift the boundaries of a field that has been theoretically moribund for fifteen years.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mission</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mission says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sir, you sure want to make me speak French again.. Your ever so politically correct and condescending phrased questions to your Black Evangelical Friends means in essence: Why did you dummies vote for Obama? Didn't we tell you what the Bible says about these two cardinal sins that God will punish this nation for and especially you, if you vote for Obama? You pretend that all this was only about, were the gay and abortion questions, whereas the republican campaign shouldered by the majority of white evangelical middle class christians was riddled with blunt, offensive lies, fear mongering, even hatred and open disrespect and racism. All the fruit of the spirit. Not the Spirit with a capital 'S' though. If you were not also one of them, you should ask your white evangelical friends, what possessed them to cast away love, compassion, care, even fairness. I would have voted for Obama only just because of the dirty campaign of Romney and his supporters.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mission</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Vernon says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sir you are a racist. I am a South African , i have lived in apartheid all my life and i have seen the church in my own country promote racism. You have valid points, but the moment you decided to just talk to your black friends , u began your prejudiced blacks. All race groups voted for Obama, lots of white people as well. Actually more white people voted for Obama than black folks. I have seen more racism in america than my own country over the last few months Obama is not messing your country , its christian racists who don't know how to love . I suppose god does not put people in power in America ......]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Vernon</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Je says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I truly understand & have the same questions]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Je</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Elizabeth H says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Susan G - Do you really know Christ Jesus and do you have His heart or are you steeped in man's tradition and doctrine which has become your culture? Would Jesus have publicly supported Romney and his anti-Christ Mormonism and anti-poor policies let alone vote for him or would he have embraced a man with a heart for poor and needy people but who 'gave to Caesar what is Caesar's' - I.e. the policies of his party but nevertheless continue to champion the cause of the widow, orphan and strangers? Don't confuse the journey with the destination, Susan G! Repent of your inexplicable hatred for those who are not like you. Ask God by His spirit to help you to suspend the indoctrination of the tradition you have been part of and to renew your mind in Christ Jesus. May God help you in Jesus name.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth H</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Julie M. says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wow, viewing the comments on your article should let you know that the 93% are no longer part of the family. The church is no longer following the Bible which means it is no longer "the church".]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Julie M.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>SUSAN G. says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3289</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I haven't read one Christ-like comment here...it is a matter of the heart... All I have read is hatred, and racist accusations...wow, I don't think any of you have read the bible...you only think you know what it says...so sad...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>SUSAN G.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>JD Edw says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3288</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Homosexuals are not hurting our marriages, but heterosexuals, who cheat on their wives, and preachers who get women and girls pregnant in their congregations that are not their wives, and hterosexual men and women who are Christians who divorce at a rate higher than secualr people. We have lost our moral voice to influence society and you want to blame President Obama. If our moral voice had been strong and pure enough, we would have influenced the moral climate of our country, not the president. Come on White Evangelicals, stop with the racism.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>JD Edw</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>JD Edw says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3287</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mr. Brown, you are accusing. President Obama is not a preacher. He does not come under the qualifications of 1 Timothy 3. Let me ask, is the reason that you did not vote for him, is because he's black? President Obama said that he believes marriage is between a man and a woman, and he doesn't like abortion, however, he cannot inflict his beliefs on others, he has to rule by consensus or majority, and the majority of the country accepts these two dilemnas. This is a country of many beliefs, and not just Christians. Come on White Evangelicals, stop with the racism.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>JD Edw</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Sharon M says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/component/content/article/279-columns/19649-michael-brown#comment-3286</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow inquiring minds want to know. I too want to know why is it that it is presumed that because 93% of the 13% of blacks voted, voted for President Obama because of skin color. Many of the 93% that voted for President Obama at one time may have voted for President Clinton, President Carter, President Kennedy, etc.....did we abandon God's word when casting those votes for them?. Did Latinos (71%) abandon God? Did Asians (73%) May I inquire were those white evangelical Christians that voted for Romney abandoning the word of God and Godly principles when they casted their votes for a man's whose faith was listed up unto one month prior to election date as an occult by the Southern Baptist Association? To answer your question Romney voted himself out when he proclaimed out of his own mouth that 47% of the 314,762,784 people of the US was of no concern to him. May I inquire that maybe just maybe those 147,938,508 of us said the devil is a liar....WE Matter! Inquiring minds what to know]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sharon M</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Elizabeth H says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[God uses the foolish things of this world (a Black US President - the son of an African) to confound those who think they are wise (Pharisees of the 'White' Evangelical movement). You will remain confounded for very long as God is dealing with racism now. The election /re-election by a sound majority of President Obama is just one of the many ways God is doing this. Stand still and watch the work of God. In the normal scheme of things - with the SuperPAC money and a country with a White majority, Romney should have won but God has never been the God of Goliath but the God of David and Israel. With McCain in 2008 and all your pronouncements that President Obama was the Anti-Christ, even though he only stood for the same policies as President Clinton, your hatred of the black race was suspected but now that you went to the lengths of supporting Romney and his Mormonism, that hatred is now confirmed. You really are nothing like Christ Jesus.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth H</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Elizabeth H says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you had any true understanding of the effect of racism, you will not be writing your deluded article. People who voted for the Democrats voted for the lesser of two evils knowing that no political party is blameless. In the days of Christ, you and your ilk, the so called White Evangelicals would have been derided by Christ Jesus as Pharisees - i.e. Hypocrites who are nothing like Christ Jesus but displaying an outward appearance of holiness. You simply lack compassion to understand the plight of the widow, orphan and strangers who Christ was passionate about. You care more for your belief in the supremacy of your race and the continued oppression of others and to maintain this, you were willing to endorse an Anti-Christ Religion. Being gay and having abortions are not necessarily the cardinal sins and loving people who choose that path may convince them that the opposite path - that of biblical principles is better. Black Christians did not endorse gays as you did Mormonism.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth H</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>regina jackspon says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[:eek: I think this question should have been put to the NUNS on the bus. They were not black so capable of making a voting decision devoid of race? All the past black votes for others based on race? This is the first black president? The question itself is indicative of the positions the white church has taken over the last 150 years. Aside from that it is God that puts high and takes low for his purpose. How can you still question others that he uses? I have had to endure the insulting lies about the president and I know the underlying belief is distrust of black people period. Just try and do some multi-congregational event open your eyes. See who the white members assume would be better leaders. See w ho's opinions are valued without any attempt to consider the person of color's opinion. We endure this in the spirit of not splitting the body over non essential things. We people of color pursue teaching God's salvation instead of using politics for it.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>regina jackspon</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Susan Davis says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I voted for a president not for a person of any particular race. I believe Barack Obama really cares for the poor, the sick, the widow, the orphan and wants to help them just as the Bible says to do. The Republicans only care for the rich and that was given away when Mitt Romney gave that supposedly private speech about the 47%. You know what the Bible says about the rich! Well, I could go on and on but suffice to say I voted for President Obama. I'm a Christian white person, by the way and not on any social program. I don't mind paying my fair share of taxes to help everyone in our country have a decent life.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Susan Davis</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Sam Maurice says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Racism is alive and well in the charismatic section of the Body of Christ..that group has taken over from the Southern Baptists who carried the torch for so long. Mormonism is the most white supremacist movement in any cult in history..It t is also the most Satanic Cult ever..because of its unmitigated blasphemy against God. Many of our black brothers and sisters got it right..your comments are as offensive as the 47% that Romney rejected..You have learned nothing from history and so you repeat marginalizing racism in the name of God again. God will psank you for this]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sam Maurice</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>DJ Parsons says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[:zzz You, the moral compass? I doubt it. You must not be a historian, as leaders in the Church never get it right. (Galileo, Inquisition, Germany). You surely know what Jesus said about money. Surprised about the election? You may be one of the ones who hear the Lord say… “I never knew you.” If you want a good Christian dialogue I suggest you contact Frank Schaffer. Christians on both sides of the aisle can identify a pharisee. Jesus said to give up your money, guys. Give it up. Taxes and all. God’s watching to see if you help the poor and our Country. It doesn’t have anything to do with Capitalism or Socialism. It is a directive from Him. Who am I to admonish you? Queen Esther, the Widow with her mite, and the woman at the well. God likes to use the small to defeat the big, doesn’t He. You shouldn’t have treated the women that way. I’d look out for more hurricanes if I were you. Yes, the answer is with repentance, yours. Denise Parsons]]></description>
			<dc:creator>DJ Parsons</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Sam Maurice says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You have no interest in advancing understanding..you repeat the white mans elitist ideas..you are deluded with man made moralism. God appointed Obama for another term because Romney blasphemes his nature and character every week in his Satanic Cult. Romney teaches that God was once a man and that he progressed to Godhead (the same as Joseph Smith) Romney partakes in occultic practices(proxy baptisms for the dead) and vodooism (holy spirit reveals himself to him through wearing magical mormon underwear) Those that denied God this past election will receive a divine spanking..get ready Mr Brown]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sam Maurice</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>carolyn says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mr Brown is missing some things. Blacks were not the only groups who voted for the present administration. Asian americans, a group who are more likely to vote republican, went 73% for the president. Latinos, a great number who are catholic, went for the president. Not to mention women and the youth vote. Many of these people are christian people. Open your eyes. I think you are missing some very important reasons the president was reelected.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>carolyn</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mission says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You can say what you want, President Obama is at least trying to do something for the poor folk and not just blacks. He has a heart for people's needs. I admire him for this courage to cut against the grain of white American and right wing nationalist christians and non- christians, who can't bear the thought that someone who is poor would get some of his tax money. That is why whites vote for Republicans and blacks, latinos and poor whites voted for Obama. That's the bottom line. I wish all you white Reverends and all you chestnut Pastors (brown outside and withe inside) would stop putting a guilt trip on those who voted for a compassionate President for a change. Mr. Bush for example, didn't give a (French word) for the country, left alone the poor. He only pushed his and Dick's Halliburton agenda and let the country go down. Now all are blaming Obama. All he did took over a nearly bancrupt economy.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mission</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Vivian Fisher says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My open letter to WHITE "EVANGELICALS" or so-called Christians. How many of them support Romney on the sole purpose that he is white? The man is a Mormon, a sect who denies the deity of Christ; preaches that man is GOD and GOD is man and who OPENLY said that he did not care about what happens to the poorer segments of the entire population. Many sold out their Christianity KNOWING full well that Romney, because he is white was supported by RACIST, HATE-MONGERING portions of the voting population and those who don't vote. Where is Michael Brown's letter to them? Where have you, Michael Brown chosen to scold them? Big Business and the GOP PURPOSELY BLOCKED many of the President's plan solely on the basis of his race? Where have you scolded Donald Trump for his BLATANT RACISM? Personally, as a minister and saved Chrisitain, I am HIGHLY OFFENDED. After the atrocities suffered by Black folk at the hands of Christian whites for years, where've you called that on the carpet?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Vivian Fisher</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ebony Mom says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Very interesting perspective. On Nov. 6th we voted for President not Pastor. It is interesting that you attempt to chastise us for not supporting the alternative. Mormonism is not Christianity so if religion was the litmus test that would have eliminated the GOP candidate. We could not support the candidate that wrote off 47 percent of the country as victims. I do not agree with everything the president supports but the GOP dismissive attitude gave me no alternative.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ebony Mom</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Rae White says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[what gives you the right to think that the way African American Vote owe you an explanation. Did you think we would vote for a Mormon? Not! We voted for the President that best serves this nation that has a great relationship with Israel. Stop buying into the false reports. I work everyday in higher education, do not receive any kind of government assistance. Truth be told, check the stats..you have the wrong on African Americans. I am offended by you saying we voting for someone because they believe in abortion. Roe vs Wade was legal way before President Obama came into office. God himself give each individual a choice and if we make the wrong choice there are consequences and forgiveness. Not for you to decided. Where is your faith? It does not matter who is President of US - God himself is still in control. Now do your job and work on the moral issues of this nations, and pray for the President as you were commission to do by God himself. God is greater.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rae White</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>ginab says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[thank you so much for being absolutely honest in your letter. The enemy has been quite successful in gaining momentum and sifting the saints. It is one thing to believe what you believe privately in the laws of the land, however, for the professed believer we concern ourselves not with the things of this world that are sinful. are there truly born again believers, or folks afraid of going to hell. yes, hell really does exist and the decisions that are made are far beyond any amount of judgment, however are we not to pull one anothers coat tails if we are wrong? there is no amount of "reasoning" within ourselves that will ever, ever constitute obeying a man and disobeying God. the scriptures are the true guide for the believer, those who dont believe in the Word of God who is instruction coming from? is it not a discerning people left on this planet or have folks fallen asleep? ask yourself, its your soul and you only have one.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>ginab</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Michael Stevens says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is actually a very good and integrity-filled submission... Dr. Brown basically voices the very concerns and dilemmas of other conservative African-American Christian leaders... As an African-American pastor and community leader, I have no problems with what Dr. Brown has shared! BTW... I voted for neither Obama nor, Romney!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Michael Stevens</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Rue Mack says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I can appreciate what you have written but you seem to be speaking in judgement. Is God not still in controll? During the past four years this man has been disrespected on a level of treason. I believe that the truth about this whole situation will come out and we as a nation will be found wanting.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rue Mack</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>mrbailey says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am not an American. Visited a couple times and my sister lives there. So here's my 2 cents. Perhaps the answer to Mr Browns question has more to do with the history of racism against black people in the US that anything theological. Therefore in our gut (yes i am black) we want to vote for Obama precisely because he is black whether we agree with his policies or not.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>mrbailey</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>faith says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The problem with this letter is that we are supposed to be all kingdom people, not black and white evangelicals. There are several issues going on in the black community, including black men incarceration and the absentee father, violence, murders, unemployment, etc. Gay unions and abortions have been around before Obama. My problem is that there's a deeper issue in the body of Christ than who we voted for in this election. How many "white evangelicals" talk about the lynchings, slavery, jim crow, etc? But they can talk about why did we vote for Obama? The question is not who we elected, but how many white evangelicals really care about what's going on in our community? Where's the outrage when over 400 people have been murdered? where is the outrage for the lack of fathers and no place for our young people to go? When you look at the republican convention, it didn't look like blacks, Asian, or Latinos were represented. I can go on and on but we are to be Kingdom, not color.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>faith</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mission says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well, what are the alternatives? Have more poor babies of poor mothers and families? I think it is a challenge to the church to do something about it rather than whining about the President and somewhat shifting the responsibility to him. I like what chaos 1937 said, that he voted not for a pastor put a commander in chief. Pastoral care is a domain of the church. If the church in a city would get together and start a program for the poor, educating and helping them to help themselves, feeding, shelter, counselling and comforting those that are destitute, without expecting them to join their church, more mothers might decide to keep their babies because they see that somebody cares. It is never easy for a mother to make such a decision, but many do so because they are pushed to the wall and have lost all hope. Let's show compassion for the sake of the love of our compassionate Lord. The monies spent on anti-Obama rallies and films could have saved a few babies.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mission</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>trustinGOD says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I agree with #1 in terms of not supporting the president's idea and not voting for a pastor in chief. Additionally, GOD gives us all free choice, so who are we to play the role of GOD?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>trustinGOD</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>chaos1937 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I think for most Christians a vote for Romney would have been a vote that added legitimacy to the Morman faith. As a Christian I do not support the president's ideas concerning same sex marriage but i didn't cast a vote for a pastor in chief but a commander in chief. I think there is a clear distinction between spiritual leadership and political leadership.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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