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Free Will and Same-Sex Marriage
Author Michael Eric Dyson thinks the Black church needs to ‘get over’ the gay marriage issue. But is it possible to view homosexuality as a sin, yet support the right of same-sex couples to marry? Read more
Bedroom Hallelujahs
The church has allowed the world to turn sex — what God intended to be beautiful — into ‘the nasty.’ This is part one in an occasional series on bringing God back into your bedroom. Read more
Why Unmarried Christians Are Having Sex
With so many single adults deciding that abstinence is unrealistic, perhaps the church’s message about sexual purity is incomplete. True love doesn’t wait; it develops. Read more
Altered Calls
In her new book, ‘After the Altar Call,’ UrbanFaith contributor Jacqueline J. Holness interviews a variety of women about the highs and lows of following Christ. Read more
Abstinence = Epic Fail
All baptized men and women, single or married, are called to the vocation of chastity, not abstinence. But our urban Christian voices struggle to articulate this doctrine of sexual wholeness. It’s not about saying ‘no’ but saying ‘yes.’ Read more
The Miseducation of Whitney Houston
Bad theology kept her in an unhealthy marriage, but good theology got her out. Read more
Why We Can’t Ignore Racism
As a white man in America, I’ve been guilty of rolling my eyes when someone would raise the subject of racism. “Why can’t everyone just get over it,” I’d think. But ignoring wounds from the past can be as damaging as the initial offense. Read more
’Tis the Season to Be Laid Off
Are you facing the holidays as one of the growing number of people in the unemployment line? Here’s honest advice from a guy who’s been there and lived to work again. Read more
The Intermarriage Solution
A new book argues that interracial marriage may be the best way for black women to find suitable husbands. But, as you might guess, that suggestion comes fraught with controversy. Here’s what one single black woman thinks. Read more
Gay Marriage Paranoia
OPINION: Christians should stop obsessing about same-sex unions and put their focus on the real threat to traditional values — conformity to the world. Read more



