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*This is the third of a three part series. Read parts\u00a01<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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God said \u201cNo\u201d to my prayers for CMadison\u2019s healing and I am not happy about it. And silly, simplistic bromides referencing Job 42:10 out of context,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before\u00a0<\/i>aren\u2019t helpful. As anyone who has ever suffered the death of a loved one will tell you, that person cannot be replaced-you can\u2019t even replace a puppy!\u00a0 And the equally ineffective, dare I say insensitive quip, \u201cHe doeth all things well\u201d is also a fail in the consolation category. Even Jesus didn\u2019t say that and His death was essential for the redemption of humanity! But I am shocked and quite frankly thrilled to realize that my faith in God has not wavered, simpleminded, spiritually immature, religious rhetoric notwithstanding. I was stunned when I realized CMadison was dead. But as I continued to massage his body with the lights dimmed and his favorite music playing on his iPad, our regular evening ritual, I was suffused with thanksgiving that he died like a king and his body was literally anointed with oil. My heart broke when Charles, our eldest, took his Dad\u2019s pulse and called 911, it broke again when Damon and his wife Tanika arrived to a room full of emergency personnel, and broke yet again the next day when Evan, his brothers and I gathered together with CMadison one last time as a nuclear family. But as I sat there, I realized CMadison had been an embodiment of 2 Corinthians 3:2, a<\/span>living epistle<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>of love, an energy not destroyed just reconfigured into our sons. That realization strengthened my faith in the face of God\u2019s \u201cNo\u201d as I came to understand that my larger yet unconscious prayer had already been answered. CMadison was a shining exemplar as a person, a man, a friend, a husband and a\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
father. The character of his sons continue as a re-configuration of his energy, a physical manifestation of our (his and my) prayers answered in that Ephesians 3:20 context, namely\u00a0exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Number 2<\/span><\/h3>\n\nAlcorn Hires Prominent Jackson Theologian<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nAlcorn State University has named a Jackson pastor as rector of the Historic Oakland Memorial Chapel and director of Student Religious Life, concluding a two-year search. The Rev. C. Edward Rhodes II, pastor of Mount Helm Baptist Church, begins his tenure at Alcorn on September 15, 2013. On that Sunday, Rector Rhodes will lead\u00a0an interfaith service in the recently renovated campus chapel.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nNumber 3<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n\nThe Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nOn the eve of our government shutdown, I wanted to do some research into the theological roots of Senator Ted Cruz, the standard-bearer of the Tea Party Republicans behind the shutdown. I\u2019m interested in understanding what account of Christianity creates the \u201cno compromise\u201d crusade that the Tea Pa
\nrty has become known for. It turns out that Ted\u2019s father, Rafael Cruz, is a pastor with Texas charismatic ministry\u00a0Purifying Fire International<\/a>\u00a0who has been campaigning against Obamacare the last several months. He has a distinct theological vision for what America is supposed to look like: Christian dominionism.<\/span><\/div>\nNumber 4<\/b><\/span>
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Alcorn Hires Prominent Jackson Theologian<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nAlcorn State University has named a Jackson pastor as rector of the Historic Oakland Memorial Chapel and director of Student Religious Life, concluding a two-year search. The Rev. C. Edward Rhodes II, pastor of Mount Helm Baptist Church, begins his tenure at Alcorn on September 15, 2013. On that Sunday, Rector Rhodes will lead\u00a0an interfaith service in the recently renovated campus chapel.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nNumber 3<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n\nThe Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nOn the eve of our government shutdown, I wanted to do some research into the theological roots of Senator Ted Cruz, the standard-bearer of the Tea Party Republicans behind the shutdown. I\u2019m interested in understanding what account of Christianity creates the \u201cno compromise\u201d crusade that the Tea Pa
\nrty has become known for. It turns out that Ted\u2019s father, Rafael Cruz, is a pastor with Texas charismatic ministry\u00a0Purifying Fire International<\/a>\u00a0who has been campaigning against Obamacare the last several months. He has a distinct theological vision for what America is supposed to look like: Christian dominionism.<\/span><\/div>\nNumber 4<\/b><\/span>
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Alcorn State University has named a Jackson pastor as rector of the Historic Oakland Memorial Chapel and director of Student Religious Life, concluding a two-year search. The Rev. C. Edward Rhodes II, pastor of Mount Helm Baptist Church, begins his tenure at Alcorn on September 15, 2013. On that Sunday, Rector Rhodes will lead\u00a0an interfaith service in the recently renovated campus chapel.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nNumber 3<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n\nThe Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nOn the eve of our government shutdown, I wanted to do some research into the theological roots of Senator Ted Cruz, the standard-bearer of the Tea Party Republicans behind the shutdown. I\u2019m interested in understanding what account of Christianity creates the \u201cno compromise\u201d crusade that the Tea Pa
\nrty has become known for. It turns out that Ted\u2019s father, Rafael Cruz, is a pastor with Texas charismatic ministry\u00a0Purifying Fire International<\/a>\u00a0who has been campaigning against Obamacare the last several months. He has a distinct theological vision for what America is supposed to look like: Christian dominionism.<\/span><\/div>\nNumber 4<\/b><\/span>
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\nThe Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
The Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nOn the eve of our government shutdown, I wanted to do some research into the theological roots of Senator Ted Cruz, the standard-bearer of the Tea Party Republicans behind the shutdown. I\u2019m interested in understanding what account of Christianity creates the \u201cno compromise\u201d crusade that the Tea Pa
\nrty has become known for. It turns out that Ted\u2019s father, Rafael Cruz, is a pastor with Texas charismatic ministry\u00a0Purifying Fire International<\/a>\u00a0who has been campaigning against Obamacare the last several months. He has a distinct theological vision for what America is supposed to look like: Christian dominionism.<\/span><\/div>\nNumber 4<\/b><\/span>
\u201cChrist WALK\u201d by Issa Rae<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On the eve of our government shutdown, I wanted to do some research into the theological roots of Senator Ted Cruz, the standard-bearer of the Tea Party Republicans behind the shutdown. I\u2019m interested in understanding what account of Christianity creates the \u201cno compromise\u201d crusade that the Tea Pa
\nrty has become known for. It turns out that Ted\u2019s father, Rafael Cruz, is a pastor with Texas charismatic ministry\u00a0Purifying Fire International<\/a>\u00a0who has been campaigning against Obamacare the last several months. He has a distinct theological vision for what America is supposed to look like: Christian dominionism.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nrty has become known for. It turns out that Ted\u2019s father, Rafael Cruz, is a pastor with Texas charismatic ministry\u00a0Purifying Fire International<\/a>\u00a0who has been campaigning against Obamacare the last several months. He has a distinct theological vision for what America is supposed to look like: Christian dominionism.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cChrist WALK\u201d by Issa Rae<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n