The social network that you can wear
- LIFESTYLE
- February 6, 2015
Encounters like this reflect the long, honorable tradition of churches helping the downtrodden through both physical and psychological crises. From the perspective of most churches, the provision of financial and spiritual sustenance is essential to accomplishing their religious missions, and they back up this judgment with hard work, sincere commitment, and a great deal of
READ MOREDuring his visit to America in April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI esteemed the model of American church-state relations as a potential schema to follow in Europe.1 He noted that by disallowing state control over religion, religious groups have greater liberty to achieve their spiritual missions. Interestingly, the same train of thought regarding an American model
READ MOREChange: how's that for a politically charged title? In your eye, lawyers who might say that Liberty can't speak to political issues! Especially now—either just before or just after a U.S. Presidential election! Well, let's roll, as they say, and speak directly to the times and the issues. First a backup, to keep my job
READ MOREThe Christian Right is not a monolithic movement but one with diverse expressions and voices with no one single representation. Some years ago Paul Weyrich, one of the chief architects of the Christian Right, voiced his assessment of the “culture wars.” He feared that the war was lost and that Christians should establish their own
READ MOREA few weeks ago a fellow religious liberty activist and I exchanged words on the topic of California’s Proposition 8, and how Bible-believing Christians should react to negative social change. He was troubled at my efforts to distinguish between the obligations of the faith community and the freedom of a secular community to choose a
READ MOREMichael Chandler has been trying to figure out why he's different. A product of northeast Alabama, Chandler has lived in De Kalb County all his life. As he walks along his deck, pointing out the boundaries of his 30-acre property, Chandler tells his junior high son not to stay out too long on the four-wheeler-it's
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