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Gospel Superstar Fred Hammond’s new disc Worship Journal Live was released just in time for the kick off of the 2016 edition of his Festival of Praise Tour.  Worship Journal Live is Hammond’s first live disc recording in 17 years and is the follow up to his 2014 CD I Will Trust. “This album is […]

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Survivors of Hurricane Matthew put on their Sunday finest and picked their way through downed power lines to sing praise and pray in ruined churches, while desperation grew in other parts of devastated Haiti and international rescue efforts began ramping up. Haitian authorities were still unsure of the extent of the disaster, with some communities […]

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In this edition of GRIFF’s Prayer, GRIFF seems to be a little bit fired up about the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. A lot of strange stuff happened on that stage between the two presidential candidates last night, but one thing in particular stood out in GRIFF’s mind. He just could not […]

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5 Things Trump Said In The Wake Of The 2nd Debate: Donald Trump appeared on the campaign trail Monday for the first time after the most tumultuous weekend of his presidential bid — and a particularly nasty debate on Sunday. Trump, however, showed no signs of backing down. Here’s a look at some of his […]

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In this edition of Faith Walking, Erica Campbell explains that she posted something on her Instagram page about saving the goodies for marriage, not for boyfriends and girlfriends. She promptly received a lot of push back for it, from people who believed that today’s times don’t allow for such a thing, insinuating that it’s an […]

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    In the Old Testament, the Spirit of God often came upon people so that they could perform or accomplish specific tasks.  All of these moments were special, but the Spirit almost never remained upon someone indefinitely.  There was one young man named Samson, who was blessed by the Lord as he grew up […]

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Gospel recording artist Ami Rushes is gearing up for her sixth album and she wants to make you part of the process. As Rushes continues to uplift and inspire with her Sunday morning classics, praise and worship anthems and foot-stomping, hand-clapping Gospel Music; she’s seeking songwriters to contribute music for her not-yet-titled 2017 release that […]

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Popular hip-hop artist and Reach Records founder Lecrae sat down with CNN after his passionate plea for social justice at the 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards, to discuss faith and politics in relation to being a successful black man in America. “Christian is a noun; Christian is a person. I function, I live life as a […]

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In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell recalls a time before she was a gospel artist, at 14-years-old, when she realized that she was very blessed. Later on, while she was going to hair school and hustling to be a gospel singer, she didn’t give up because she had gospel music to keep her […]

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Tye Tribbett is on a mission. When his new show “Joyful Noise” premieres on BET Sunday morning, the gospel music artist says he won’t be trying to fill the shoes of the “Bobby Jones Gospel” program that had the time slot for over 30 years. Instead, his focus will be on attracting a new generation. […]