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Coming off the success of his hit film “Jumping the Broom,” Bishop T. D. Jakes appears on TV One’s “Washington Week with Roland Martin” Sunday at 11am Eastern.

On the show, taped on Friday, host Roland Martin asked Bishop Jakes to respond to comments made by conservative preacher Franklin Graham:

Roland Martin: Rev. Franklin Graham has made some comments on several occasions as recently as three weeks ago really questioning, if you will, the faith of the President. He said the President has tol

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If you’ve seen “Jumping the Broom,” you know it has some great music in it. Well, gospel and movie fans will soon be able to purchase the collection.

The songs will also be accompanied by other hit inspirational music.

Sacred Love Songs 2” will include songs from T.D. Jakes, JoeKaren Clark Sheard and Kirk Whalum; El DeBarge, Bishop Paul MortonFred HammondLedisiMicah StampleyCrystal AikinTerry Thomas, andAnaysha Figueroa.

“’Sacred Love Songs 2’ with music inspired by the film, Jumpi

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DeVon Franklin's father, like his father before him, was an alcoholic. His drinking cost him his job as a manager at UPS, the family's home, car and a tidy "All-American" lifestyle in the suburbs of San Francisco. He would go on benders, leaving Franklin's mother, him and his two brothers for long spells at a time, forcing them to fend for themselves.
Donald Franklin, his father, died of a heart attack at the age of 36. Franklin, then 9, was a socially awkward, "bigheaded" boy of good spirit, b
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