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NomiS “The Wretched: A Soundtrack of Justice & Redemption” (album download)

This is one of my Favorite Joints right now. It's a new joint by indie emcee NomiS inspired by by the musical and hit movie Les Miserables.

1. The Wretched
2. Look Down
3. End of the Day
4. Eponine Scream (Plumet Attack)
5. 24601 (Valjean’s Soliloquy)
6. Castle On A Cloud
7. The Blood of Angry Men (Look Down Prt. 2)
8. Barricades Arise
9. Thief’s Theme (Valjean Forgiven)
10. Who Am I
11. I Dreamed a Dream Deferred

 

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628x471.jpgUncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the deficit "even worse" than the unpalatable deals Washington had to stomach during his first term.
Pictured: President Barack Obama gestures while giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Wa
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Here is a full transcript of President Obama's 2013 State of the Union address as delivered.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. Please, everybody, have a seat.
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, fellow Americans, 51 years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this chamber that "the Constitution makes us not rivals for power, but partners for progress."
(APPLAUSE)

"It is my task," he said, "to report the state of the union. To improve it is the task of us all."
Tonight, thanks to the
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Lecrae - Gravity Baptized EP Free Download!

Click Here for Free Download of Lecrae - Gravity Baptized EP!

John the Baptist is at it again! This time releasing a remix project entitled the Gravity Baptized EP! On this project John the Baptist remixes several songs from Lecrae's groundbreaking album 'Gravity.' Enjoy this free download! 

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A Florida pastor has successfully lobbied the SBC publisher to stop stocking a PG-13 movie that carries what he calls an unprecedented parental advisory about graphic language.
LifeWay Christian Stores will no longer sell videos of "The Blind Side" after a Florida pastor proposed a resolution for next week's Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting protesting the sale of a PG-13 movie that contains profanity and a racial slur.
The Florida Baptist Witness reported June 11 that official
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Verses of the Week:

The Gospel Humbles:

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God… (Rom 3:23)

The Gospel Empowers:
…and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. (Rom 3:24)

The Gospel Humbles:
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 Jhn 1:8)

The Gospel Empowers:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 Jhn 1:9)

Quote of the Week:

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Quietness and Trust

By Fergus Davar  

Hi, how are you guys doing? Hope you all are fine. Today I would like to write on a topic that is very challenging at its heart, which is trusting in God in our quietness.

Isaiah 30:15
For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength." But you were unwilling,

Let me first give you a little information on Israel. The Bible says that Israel was the apple of His eye. They were a people chos

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7936045454?profile=originalPRINCIPLES OF KINGDOM LIVING
LESSON 14
THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE CHURCH

BY DR. GEORGE WATKINS


The Kingdom of God and the Church are woven together throughout the Scriptures. The Kingdom of God is God's purpose, while the Church is the instrument to fulfill that purpose and that which is used to extend God's sovereign rule.

(1) WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD?

A. It is synonymous with the Kingdom of Heaven:

1. (Matthew 4:17); (Mark 1:14)
2. (Matthew 5:3); (Luke 6:20)
3. (Matthew 10:7); (Luke 9:2)
4. (Matthew 1

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A new epidemic is permeating the culture today: fatherlessness.

Shocking statistics reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that 41 percent of all U.S. children are born to unmarried mothers.

In the black community, 72.3 percent of all children are born in homes without fathers, compared with 35.7 percent of white children.

The crisis of fatherlessness is sparking much concern among pro-life organizations, which seek to change these overwhelming figures and educate the

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It’s a free two disk joint featuring some of the most anointed and gifted emcees in the game.Black operations or black ops are covert operations that take place in secret and have no records. A key factor in making an operation "black" is that it is carried out with great secrecy.  There’s a war going on that you and I can’t see. Our enemy is not flesh and blood. We mistakenly think people are our enemies; our boss, our husband, our wife, our children, people we work with, whoever. We

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Die-Rek – The Die-Version Project (free download)

Die-Rek – The Die-Version Project (free download)
MC/Producer/Connoisseur are a few names given to this artist. Soon to be a well rehearsed name in this business, Die-Rek is one artist that can manage to keep it dirty and clean at the same time.

Hailing out of Toronto, Canada this young canuck brings that deep rooted native tongue type flavor that many try to swing but come up short or just missing. Die-Rek is a well put together package that music lovers will enjoy and has the ability to touch

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It's been a minute since we've heard anything from the DeepSpace5 emcee Sintax the Terrific and this year we are blessed to get two releases from him. The first one coming out this summer with DJ Kurfu on the beats called "Prince With A Thousand Enemies". Pre-Orders are available at at sphereofhiphop.com http://sphereofhiphop.myshopify.com/products/sintax-the-terrific-and-dj-kurfu-prince-with-a-thousand-enemies The $40 pre-order comes with an actual CD of the album, the instrumentals, a shirt,

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Mary Mary

Gospel duo Mary Mary is pretty much known to be a crossover gospel group. Since their album, Something Big, was released the two have been appearing in several mainstream media outlets.

Most recently, they appeared on Billboard.com singing a rendition of pop artist Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are." While they have reached a peak that not a lot of gospel artists meet, did they go too far or is it just a merely simple song used to reach the masses?

In Billboard.com's Mashup Monday, the sisters

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Cedric the EntertainerAP – FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2010 file photo, Cedric the Entertainer arrives at the 15th Annual Critics Choice …

LOS ANGELES – TV Land is looking at Cedric the Entertainer as a series star.

The channel said Monday it's developing a possible spin-off of its "Hot in Cleveland" sitcom to star the actor-comedian.

Cedric's character, a minister, is to be introduced when "Hot in Cleveland" begins a new season June 15. The sitcom stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White, wh

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 On January 24th, The Genesiz Lounge Radio Show will debut as an affiliate on Holy Culture Radio. The show was initially launched as a podcast in May 2009 and received tremendous response and later that same year, 97.9 Jamz WJWZ-Montgomery, AL asked them to join their programming.

As the host, Brotha’ L. Scott describes The Genesiz Lounge…

“The mission of The Genesiz Lounge Radio Show is to completely fulfill our charge as Christians in the body of Christ in reaching the unsaved. W

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Dating expert, advice columnist and author Deborrah Cooper blasts traditional Black churches and charges that they are the root cause for the high numbers of single Black women in the U.S.

With all the media coverage (CNN, Nightline, NY Times, ABC) of the “plight” of the single black woman, and the blaming of Black women for being single, this author felt it past time to examine other reasons which could be important contributors to this sad statistic:

Black women have an inordinate amount of
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blogtoonphp I. The Essence of God To speak of the essence of God is to speak about who God really is. By essence we mean "being". The word essence is derived from the Latin verb "to be" and is in turn a translation of the Greek word ousia, which also means "being". More than having being or existence, God is being. He makes this clear to all when He proclaims His name Yahweh to Moses and explains its meaning:1 Then God said to Moses, "I shall be who I am. This is what you will tell the sons of Israel: ‘
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This is part of a series about Bible principles for raising children. This article should be studied in context of the whole series of articles. To start at the beginning of the series, please click here: Raising_Godly Children Consistency is defined as "steadfast adherence to the same principles." We have already learned six "key" principles we must follow in order to raise godly children. But it is not enough to just understand and be aware of these principles. We must consistently apply the
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