Valerie Johnson on September 7th, 2009

Unfortunately, too many people do! I grew up in a very strict, traditional Pentecostal church.  Women’s dresses had to be a certain length.  Most of the women wore hats or a lace kerchief on their heads.  Our arms were covered and most of the time, we wore white cotton gloves to church.  Red dresses were [...]

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Valerie Johnson on July 28th, 2009

My daughter forwarded this video of Bishop Lester Love of Greater Antioch FGBC  putting a spiritual twist on popular old school love songs.  The occasion was the 16th Pastoral Anniversary of Bishop Joseph Walker of Mount Zion Church in Nashville. I just couldn’t resist posting it. Ministry doesn’t have to be so serious especially if [...]

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Valerie Johnson on May 7th, 2009

In 1994 I was in my last semester at Philadelphia Biblical University in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.  During finals, my Hamartiology (the doctrine of sin) professor  threw us a curve ball.  We had to choose two of three situations and write an essay on each of them for our final exam.  Of course, we had to defend [...]

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