Against All Disaster
- January/February 2019
- January 1, 2019
Located as we are (somewhere between holograms and shapeshifters) in our march to a brave new world, the term Pilgrim is probably so far beyond archaic as to be hung up in John Wayne Cowboy World. Maybe the term surfaces at Thanksgiving, but I wouldn’t doubt that for some younger types Pilgrim is as likely
READ MOREThe angel sent to guard Eden was armed with a sword (Genesis 3:24). An angel armed with a sword appeared to Balaam (Numbers 22:23), and Jesus as the leader of the heavenly hosts appeared before Joshua armed with a sword (Joshua 5:13). Were these weapons or symbolism? And if symbolism, of what?The Mosaic law enshrined
READ MOREView part 1 here: http://libertymagazine.org/article/the-ultimate-clash-of-loyalties Background: Both secular and religious governments have put millions to death for their most sacred beliefs. In the first century: Jews, Samaritans, and Christians had to endure the ultimate clash of loyalty—“either treason to the Roman state or treason to their God.” Christians for three centuries believed that “religion was a
READ MORE“Nothing approximating this high-level foreign policy gathering on religious freedom has ever happened before,” proclaimed Religious Freedom Institute president Tom Farr, a veteran of global religious liberty issues. Plaudits have continued to roll in for the first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, held July 24-26, 2018, by the Department of State, and held at the
READ MOREIn 1785 Founder James Madison, acutely aware of the dangers inherit in the religious/political alliances of Europe that had sown constant turmoil and persecution for centuries, wrote, “The religion then of every man must be left to . . . conviction and conscience. . . .This right is in its nature an unalienable right.” Every week
READ MOREEvery year the U.S. State Department and the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) publish a report listing countries of concern regarding human rights violations. The Mitchell Firm has contributed to government reform and improving public policy across the globe to alleviate such issues for more than 15 years. In February 2018 Matthew
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