Time for Witness
- July/August 2021
- July 1, 2021
On February 6, 2021, nearly a year into the COVID-19 shutdowns, the Supreme Court issued an injunction blocking the state of California’s ban on indoor church services. The Court did indicate that current restrictions on singing and percentage occupancy can remain in place. Two large California churches, South Bay United Pentecostal Church near San Diego
READ MOREA student accused of “disorderly conduct” for sharing faith on campus can sue college police, rules 8-1 Supreme Court. In a victory for the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that a college student cited by campus police for “disorderly conduct” for speaking about his Christian faith and distributing religious literature on campus
READ MOREIllustration by Jon Krause It was not too long ago that Americans were wholeheartedly defined by a dedication to concepts of freedom of speech and the equal availability of knowledge—and many still recoil at the idea that somebody else should tell them what to think and might control what they can say to each other.
READ MOREA little more than 22 years ago I sat down in a new office, at a new desk, and pondered what to do next. On the desktop were just a few items that tied me to this new reality. There was a cake-top decoration in the style of the Statue of Liberty, left over from
READ MOREThis article is the latest in a series addressing changes in church and state relations in America. Because of the great influence of Christianity in America since the Colonial Era and onward, this article distinguishes between Christianity that adheres more closely to its biblical roots and that in unfortunate times in the history of Western
READ MOREIllustration by Scott Bakal If God is male, then the male is God,” a feminist theologian once remarked. Quite an overreaction: but maybe an insight into an all too human dilemma, often projected onto the world of faith. Throughout history—history being a reliable laboratory of the human condition—the male of our species, empowered by culture,
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