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The Ambassador talks of new album, marriage Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:31 PM PDT Christian rapper The Ambassador has launched a new album, “Stop The Funeral,” after a long hiatus from ministry amid news of an inappropriate relationship in 2009. Recently,  William “The Ambassador” Branch said on the 700 Club that the relationship that almost ended his marriage was “non-sexual but very inappropriate.” That year The Ambassador, who founded The Cross Movement, was dropped by Cross Movement Records. Now his newest album “Stop The Funeral” was produced with a new label, Xist Movement, and his marriage is intact. The Ambassador told HipHopDX that his new album is different from the rest, because “It’s the first time where I purposely spent a little more time talking about me and less time scolding the culture, less time scolding the surroundings and do more scolding of myself and exhorting from a non-authoritarian standpoint.” One song, Thug Joint describes his journey after the scandal broke. Part of the lyrics say: “As truth crashed through my heart ached like a bad tooth This hard rock got softer than brown spots on bad fruit I came with a heart stone like a statue then the rap group got under my skin like a tattoo They rapped about a man diein’ and I was cryin’ They said He died so I could be saved like Private Ryan We all could see zoomorphically He’s a lion Coming to rule from Zion with a scepter of iron” Of the relationship that sent everything crashing down, The Ambassador, who appeared on 700 Club with his wife Michelle, said the woman was a member of the church. At the time he was not communicating well with his wife, while this woman was easier to talk to. The Ambassador said, “The lack of communication made me just try to communicate with somebody that it wasn’t as much work as it would have been to communicate with my wife,” BREATHEcast reported. Michelle, who became suspicious, learned of the relationship when she confronted the other woman. Initially she thought of bailing, but told 700 Club, “Someone said to me, ‘Michelle if you leave, people will support you and you know people will understand, but I want you to know that the devil would’ve won’ and that struck me.” The couple agreed that pastoral counseling helped a lot in restoring their marriage, and in enabling Michelle to forgive her husband. She told 700 Club, “When you get hurt there’s always scars but you know the Savior has forgiven us and he has not done more to me than I’ve done to the Savior.”

Church leaders react to Oslo bomb blast, mass shooting Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:30 PM PDT Christian church leaders condemned recently the twin violent attacks in Norway, including a bomb blast in Oslo targeting a government building and leaving seven dead; and a massacre on an island youth camp leaving 84 dead. The bomb blast in Oslo hit a government building and wounded up to 10 people. The attack at a youth camp in Utoeya island killed 84, mostly teens, at the hands of a gunman dressed as a policeman, who shot at youth delegates using high powered firearms. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, said he was shocked and saddened by the two attacks and asked churches worldwide to pray for the victims. “Attacking the core institutions of a democratic society and innocent youth gathered for a workshop to discuss political issues, leaves me shocked. Being close to these events, I am deeply saddened,” Christian Today reported. Tveit added, “In times like this the Norwegian people and government need the solidarity of the international society and the prayers of the worldwide church,” according to Christian Today. Rev. Dr. Arne Fjeldstad, a Lutheran minister and CEO of The Media Project, which is an organization for Christian journalists, told The Christian Post that the attack in the youth camp is “simply unbelievable and horrifying.” Fjeldstad told The Christian Post that many Christians are planning to go to church over the weekend to pray for the victims and to light candles for them during service. Archbishop Paul Tscherrig, the envoy to Norway of Pope Benedict XVI said the attacks were “madness” and said on Vatican Radio, “All these actions are irrational and difficult to comprehend, whether they had personal or political reasons,” the AP reported. Christian fundamentalist The suspect in both attacks, Anders Behring Breivik, 32, described himself on his Facebook page as a Christian fundamentalist and conservative. He was formerly a member of the right winged FRP, or Progress political party, the second largest political party in Norway. He is said to have right-wing extremist links. In the Oslo bombing last Friday, government offices were hit by the huge blast, killing at least seven people and wounding 10 others. In the attack on the youth camp at Utoya, the suspect dressed up as a policeman and told the youth to gather on the shore before he opened fire on them using high powered firearms. Many ran to the waters to swim away to safety.

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