I was very young when I first heard of Nelson Mandela, and my first impression was not good. The early events with Mr. Mandela occurred while my parents struggled to keep Songa Hospital in Zaire open, which is how I found myself in South Africa. For safety’s sake, I had been sent as a boarding
READ MOREThe Seventh-day Adventist Church has been a forceful advocate of religious liberty in the United States since its inception nearly 150 years ago. In step with celebrating this commitment, the Church’s Central California Conference Department of Education hosted a tribute concert for World War II veterans to honor the sacrifice they made to protect liberty
READ MOREThe world held its breath that day in 1990. What would Nelson Mandela say? What could he say after 27 years of imprisonment by a repressive regime? One word of rancor or bitterness and his country of South Africa would become engulfed by an inferno of revenge and retaliation. Amazingly his speech was filled with
READ MOREBased on what I know of our present circumstances, coupled with what I have studied about past regimes, the outlook does not look good. Already Christians and other religious individuals are finding themselves jailed and fined for holding Bible studies and church meetings in their homes and backyards. Others are being prosecuted for daring to
READ MORESometimes I see things on TV that I would rather forget. Some of those shocking things are real events made surreal by the flickering pixels that leave shadows on your memory. One event I cannot quite erase was a discussion some years ago between two religious figures on a talk show. The Reverend Jerry Falwell
READ MOREOne of the greatest legislative achievements of the twentieth century was the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the bill was enacted in an attempt to eradicate discrimination in the workplace. The main focus of the bill was racial discrimination, but protections were included for color, sex, and national origin. Subsequent to the
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