(ThyBlackMan.com) As a pastor, I get asked, quite often actually, why God created a devil if He knew all the evil Satan would do. A corresponding question is why did God create the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? After all, if God hadn’t created the tree, then ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Much of the time one parent does not realize what they are doing. The effect on the kids is unnoticed. It is usually experienced by the child as stress, tension, anxiety, guilt and depression. Kids may act out or hide it. Parents usually justify it. What is “it?” On ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Donald Trump began to make public overtures about his possible interest in running for president of the U.S., I thought he could be a substantive wild card in the race. I thought Trump could be a viable candidate because he does have a successful track record as a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If there were ever a human being who best embodied the words “What would Jesus do?” it would be Father Michael Pfleger out of Chicago. Father Pfleger has put it on the line for 30 years as the head of the St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church in the south ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We know, we know, you don’t like to floss. But here’s a little secret: it’s not that high up on anybody else’s list of favorite things to do either. But, every six months, your dentist probably lectures about the importance of flossing. And you probably just ignore him or her. “There ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you a victim of an unfair debt collection practice? Have you been harassed or threatened by a debt collector? Know your rights as a consumer and if you know that it has been violated, then do something about it. Report it immediately to Attorney General’s Office in your ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama put it best when he said that it never fails when gas prices surge that politicians run to the cameras and pontificate about doing whatever it takes to get the prices back down. Obama didn’t add that the politicians did it again with the latest gas price ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tanya McDowell, the mother in Connecticut who was charged with larceny for allegedly stealing an education for her son, has pleaded not guilty today in court. McDowell faces up to 20 years in prison and a $15,000 fine for sending her child to a school outside his district. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America has spending diarrhea and its leaders appear unwilling to address the nation’s festering fiscal woes with long-term cures. A liberal minded friend emailed me a thought provoking article on the country’s diseased state, written by former Reagan Office of Management and Budget Director David Stockman. He thought it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s a pearl of wisdom that’s been passed down in African-American households over the years. As to attribution, not quite sure. After a quick internet search, the inimitable Dr. Maya Angelou seems most often credited. “When someone shows you who they are…believe them.” The Grand Old Party, the supposed ...