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The Church Versus State Debate 0
- September/October 2013
- September 4, 2013
As an outside observer of U.S. and Canadian media I am often bemused at how often some of my Christian friends across “the pond” allow themselves to be diverted into often vacuous debates over what America’s Founders “intended” when they wrote the separation of church and state into the American Constitution. Not that I suggest
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The Mighty Walk2 0
- Uncategorized
- July 22, 2013
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Disaster Relief for Churches?0
- July/August 2013
- July 1, 2013
The American tradition of separation of church and state was established, in part, on a pillar of “no aid” to churches, fueled by Jefferson’s rhetoric in his Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which said: “to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful
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Paying for Acts of God – FEMA Funds for Houses of Worship 0
- July/August 2013
- July 1, 2013
When Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast last October, it did some damage to the Reverend Mark Lukens’ Bethany Congregational Church in East Rockaway, New York. Many property owners in the area need some assistance to rebuild. That doesn’t mean, however, that Lukens is expecting a government handout for his church. “It is bad for
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