When Shrugging is Not an Option
- May/June 2025
- April 30, 2025
Ellen G. White, one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, believed that young people could change the world. More than a century ago she noted how rapidly the gospel of Jesus could be taken to the world with an “army” of rightly trained youth. 1 Incidentally, Ellen White was only a teenager herself—just
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READ MOREPeople with strong convictions of any kind often function best when believing themselves under siege. So long as it is believed that contemporary trends and prevailing forces are inflicting notable harm on one’s cherished values, justification for one’s persistence in proffering and practicing an alternative is easily found. This is even truer in the religious
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READ MOREIt’s not easy being British these days. Only a few years after narrowly avoiding compulsory ID cards, British citizens had a close call waiting to find out if their religious freedom would fall victim to the Fraud Act 2006. The veracity of seven religious beliefs was called into question by Tom Phillips, a disaffected ex-Mormon,
READ MORETwo weeks on a bus! It could be characterized as a schoolboy’s penance or just too much of a good thing—or as a deeply moving pilgrimage! How so, and enough with the riddles. I’m just back from two weeks on a bus tour in company with two dozen religious liberty leaders. Our “magical mystery tour”
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