T.D. Jakes

Joel Osteen and His Wife Will "Double Team" Dallas as Part of T.D. Jakes' MegaFest

MegaFest, Bishop T.D. Jakes' massive annual gathering of evangelical Christians, is a pretty big deal, a $10 million production that draws 100,000 incredibly well-behaved visitors. The Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau was so stoked when Jakes decided to move the festival to Dallas, it chipped in ... More >>

Mayor Mike Rawlings Wants 10,000 Men to Rally Against Domestic Abuse, Isn't Entirely Sure What Will Happen After That

This morning at the Dallas Museum of Art, Mayor Mike Rawlings, along with about 1,000 other men in suits sharing the stage, announced a new campaign dubbed "Men Against Abuse." The next stop on this tour of well-meaning gestures will be a celebrity-packed rally on March 23, which the mayor wants 10, ... More >>

One ... Two ... Three ... Four! Let Kids Cheer for God Some More!

Education historian Jonathan Zimmerman has a provocative piece on the op-ed page of The Dallas Morning News today proposing that people in general and liberals in particular should support the right of cheerleaders in Kountze, Texas, to display religious banners at public school football games. Zi ... More >>

Michael Irvin Runs His Out Route

​Drew Pearson just must be doing something newsy today, right? The other receivers to wear No. 88 for the Cowboys are certainly holding up their end of the bizarre bargain. Dez Bryant stiffs a memorabilia show in Jersey and now Michael Irvin appears on the cover of Out magazine defending ... More >>

Fab 50: Half A Hundred Power Brokers Who Shape Our Local Sports Scene.

How George W. Bush and His Pals Kept the Freedom Institute Free from SMU's Prying

Courtesy Southern Methodist UniversityGeorge W. Bush, visiting a SMU government class in FebruarySeveral Friends of Unfair Park have gotten the jump on their Sunday New York Times and found within two stories with local ties. Chief among them: the magazine story about George W. Bush's Freedom Instit ... More >>

As Ever, the Pride of Dallas. Now, on HBO.

Charley PrideMentioned a couple of months back that Elvis Mitchell was in town interviewing T.D. Jakes for his talkumentary The Black List: Volume Two, a sequel to last year's star-studded Volume One that aired on HBO following its Sundance bow. Volume Two debuts on February 26 -- and it'll actually ... More >>

Well, At Least We Know Where Kwame Kilpatrick Won't Be Working in Dallas

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now a Dallas resident?As Jim noted last week, disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of the joint and heading to Texas -- where, no kiddin', he has a job interview tomorrow. So reports The Detroit News today, which eliminates one potential emplo ... More >>

First George W. Bush, Now Kwame Kilpatrick. Dallas, How Lucky Can One City Get?

The Friends of Unfair Park know what's happening. Just this morning, one of them hopped on a four-month old item about Detroit's disgraced ex-mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, to warn Dallas about his impending arrival -- just as soon as he gets out of the joint. Unfair Park had reported last September that ... More >>

T.D. Jakes, Barack Obama's Obi-Wan

As mentioned last week, Dallas's T.D. Jakes did indeed deliver the pre-inaugural sermon from the St. John's Episcopal Church pulpit. The pool report contains the entirety of his sermon, delivered in front of 200 invited guests. Jakes, captured here by Patrick Michels at the Dallas premiere of Se ... More >>

T.D. Jakes Will Speak in D.C. on Inauguration Day, As It Turns Out, Says the AP

Two days before Christmas, while addressing the controversy surrounding President-elect Barack Obama's decision to have Rick Warren deliver the inaugural invocation, John McWhorter wrote in The New Republic, "Suppose Obama had invited black megastar preacher T.D. Jakes instead." Turns out, Obama has ... More >>

Adding T.D. Jakes and Race to the Debate Over Sexuality and Religion

Bishop T.D. Jakes My old friend Elvis Mitchell was in town on Friday, conducting an interview for a sequel to his 2008 star-studded documentary The Black List: Volume One, bought by HBO shortly before making its Sundance Film Festival in January. There will be two locals in the follow-up, which d ... More >>

T.V. Time, or: Why T.D. Jakes Couldn't Pray With Barack Obama Tuesday

T.D. Jakes Bumped off MSNBC for Big Blue News: Ohio for Obama

Is there Natural Gas Beneath Dallas County?

Drillers—and cities—are betting Barnett Shale riches are headed Dallas' way.

Detroit's Kwame Kilpatrick Is Killing Time in Dallas Before Heading Off to Jail

You Have Not Yet Had Your Dr. Phil of Bishop T.D. Jakes, But You Will

CNN Dismisses Bishop T.D. Jakes As a “Prosperity Pastor”

Embattled Detroit Mayor Came to Dallas for Some Spiritual "Enriching"

Wright On, Bishop Jakes

Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spanky

The Fort Worth preacher is accused of beating, threatening and assaulting women for more than 20 years

Till Death Do Us ... Oh, Whatever

Snakes and Jakes

Ka-boom

T.D. Jakes Wants Don Imus Fired. He Also Has a New CD He'd Like You to Buy.

What Would Jesus Watch Tonight?

God's Favorites

Life as a Holy Roller

Michael Irvin Goes on Jimmy Kimmel and Doesn't Mention Tony Romo's Ancestry At All

Lisa Bevere Fights Like a Girl

The Fighting Bishop

Man to Man

Bishop, Thou Art Hungry

The Thorn in Their Side

A Holy Mess

The Plane Truth

Dallas is "Young, Black, Hip and Fabulous."

Of Holy Spirits and Charismatic Christians

Jesus Doesn't Need to Save with Cash Flow Like This

Bishop T.D. Jakes, Revolutionary

Waiting to Exhale

Serita Jakes wants men to let it all out

Hip-hop's Public Enemy

Minister G. Craige Lewis has one goal: Get hip-hop out of the church. Forever.

Rock Bands Only

Deep Relief succeeded in raising money, but it also raised questions

Odds & Ends

Grammy noms, Denton cares and Deedle's last dance

Good God

A bishop's book becomes a powerful movie about hypocrisy and salvation

Back in Bounds

Michael Irvin, once the Cowboys' playmaker, has quit playing around and has turned himself over to his maker

Events for the week

Observer honors

Zimmerman wins writing award, Henry cited by black journalists' organization

Letters

Bishop Jakes is ready. Are you?

The nation's hottest preacher brings his message to Dallas