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5FEBRUARY 2016BODY OF CHRIST NEWS MAN OR GODSome trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. Psalm 207 Has there ever been a more turbu- lent era in American history The two politi- cal parties seem hope- lessly divided our role in the flammable Middle East seems indefinable the value of the unborn and marriage drift fur- ther from Gods ideal and our fiscal indebt- edness grows by the hour. Yet God remains UNINVITED into our situation. A nation that proclaims In God We Trust seems to put trust in everything but Him. The Old Testament prophets warned about trusting in man and mans methods instead of in God. When Israel was tempted to appeal to Egypt for help against her enemies the prophet Isaiah warned the leaders Now the Egyptians are MEN and Not GOD and their horses are FLESH and not SPIRIT Isaiah 313. Could there be any plainer distinction When man finds himself in desperate situ- ations why would he call on others who are no greater than himself Should we not call on the One who is God rather than relying on the abilities of man But is the same not true of individuals When you find yourself in a quandary dont rely on your own devices. Remember the name of the Lord our God and TRUST in Him Christs Church EXISTS to SERVE OFFERING A BETTER LIFE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY www.christchurchapostolic.com Al R. Combs By Pastor Al R. Combs The Effects of Police Misconduct After the Michael Brown incident in Ferguson Mo. followed by other actions that end up leading to the death of a black person by police more awareness and conversations are tak- ing place around the country. In particular one conversation that will take place is Does Police Misconduct Matter to the Black Church according to the Rev. Dr. Timothy Tyler pas- tor of Shorter African Methodist Episcopal Church in Denver. Rev. Tyler will lead a panel discussion at the Los Angeles Regional Center in Los Angeles Calif. In February. He is also a candidate for bishop with the nation- al AME Church. The makeup of the leadership of Black Lives Matter was started by females with LGBT Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender commu- nity and Black Millennials a cul- tural empowerment movement involv- ing young Blacks under age 35 who have dedicated their efforts in making the world understand that black lives matter and black bodies should be respected said Rev. Tyler. People speak about black on black crime but any community where you have a majority of the same race of people then the crimes will be perpetrated by those people. There is Black crime in the Black communities just as there is Hispanic crime in the Hispanic communities. Historically after Blacks left Africa through the Middle Passage into slav- ery and up through the Civil Rights movement we have been taught by society to hate ourselves. Slaves were intoxicated by the master who would watch them fight each other. That is why Rev. Tyler added with so many reported cases of blacks dying at the hands of law enforcement within the last two years churches need to get involved. The issues is just as important in Denver as it is around the country. Statistics from U.S Police Shootings Database and KilledbyPolice.net show where 102 unarmed Black people were killed by police in 2015. Only 9 of the 102 cases resulted in officers being charged with the deaths of those Black men and women. This includes Michael Lee Marshall of Denver who was killed last November. This campaign Does Police Misconduct matter to the Black Church will help find out what the church can do to become a more intri- cate part of helping eradicate police misconduct Rev Tyler said about the big Los Angeles event. It will be live streamed on the Internet starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 6. The web address is httpwww.short- ername.orgpctyler-bishop.html. The church and community has a lot of work to do. We need those revolu- tionaries and freedom fighters to pull together so these tragedies wont con- tinue happening over and over again expressed Rev. Tyler. COMMUNITY Timothy Tyler Rev. Tyler is pastor of Shorter AME Church 3100 Richard Allen Court in Denver. Worship services are Sundays at 1000 a.m.