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  • Freedom of Assembly0

    On May 1, 2020, my wife and I flew to Sacramento, California, to pray for our state and to demonstrate our right to peaceably assemble and stand up for what we knew was an abomination to God. Nearly 2,000 others joined us in a peaceful patriotic assembly on the steps and the lawn of our

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  • Faith in a Time of Faithlessness0

    Though not exactly known for this theological acumen, British Marxist Terry Eagleton did hit on something with this prescient quote: “There is a document that records God’s endless, dispiriting struggle with organized religion, known as the Bible.” Eagleton does have a point regarding what has been deemed, usually despairingly, “organized religion” (though what do you

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  • Crossing the Rubicon0

    A Book Review . . .Reaganland:  America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980.  Rick Perlstein. Alarmed at what they saw as the decay of morality in the nation, religious fundamentalists John Conlon and Bill Bright in 1976 organized a group of activist protestants entitled the Christian Freedom Foundation. Previously the Southern Baptist Association sought to keep religion out

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  • To Church or Not to Church0

    Given the severe anticipated health risks of COVID-19, it should not have been a surprise when state and local governments began to impose significant restrictions. Millions of Americans were placed under orders to stay at home and avoid “nonessential” work and activities. The economy reacted immediately, with unemployment rates equaling or exceeding those occurring during

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  • Theoretical Freedoms0

    It is becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile this year of COVID-19 with anything but a bad dream. As the contagion moved from Wuhan, China, to parts Occidental, the lights began to go out. Even before the body count was beyond annual influenza proportions the unwinding of civilization had begun. Now U.S. deaths alone are well

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  • The Preacher Who Wanted to Be President0

    In every election from 1952 to 1968, though few Americans know it, a Pentecostal preacher ran for president of the United States. This clergyman, as Theocratic Party candidate for the nation’s highest office, promised to unite church and state, base the nation’s laws on the King James Bible, appoint leading churchmen to all Cabinet offices,

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