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  • The Christian Persecutory Impulse0

    There are many different forms of relgious intolernace, and, over the centuries, many faiths have persecuted. In the Western context, however, it is the persecution of Christians, by Christians, especially in the two centuries after the Reformation, that is most important, because it still shapes relationships between peoples of different faiths and confessions today. Yet

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  • The Christian Amendment0

    Run up the flag and tune up the band! The problems of our nation are about to be solved. Three Congressmen have intro_duced a bill into the ninetieth Congress that will, if adopted, commit this nation to "de_voutly" recognize "the au_thority and the law of Jesus Christ, Savior and Ruler of nations, through whom are

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  • The Ceremony of Innocence0

    The title is a line from a 1920 poem by W. B. Yeats. I’ve often quoted it before and applied its post WW1 angst to our day. But this phrase jumped out at me as I was listening to the news. The line, in full, goes like this: “And everywhere the ceremony of innocence is

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  • The Case of the Conscientious Policeman0

    Chris Carter was a state policeman-a very good one. He has a sheaf of commendations, awards, and positive media coverage an inch thick. Obviously, he was the kind of officer any law-enforcement agency would want to employ: honest and conscientious. Too honest and conscientious not to obey his deeply held belief that God requires him

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  • The Case of the Banned Church0

    It has been said, cynically enough, that the twentieth century didn’t begin on January 1, 1900, but on July 28, 1914. That was when World War I officially started, the worst bloodbath in history up to that point, only to be exceeded a few decades later by World War II. But 1914 wasn’t merely the

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  • The Case Against Religion0

    The lead sentence of a recent news release from America’s foremost atheist organization neatly sums up the feelings of many Americans today. “The Freedom From Religion Foundation celebrates a new Gallup poll showing that the percentage of Americans identifying as ‘nonreligious’ now exceeds those identifying as ‘religious.’” For a growing number of people, not just

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