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  • A Peaceful Garden0

    As the Islamic State (ISIS) wages genocide against Yezidis, Christians, and others in Iraq, a group of Iraqis are planting the seeds that will bring freedom and hope to these broken communities.  By March 2016 both the United States and European Parliament had declared the situation in Iraq genocide, but these designations brought little action;

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  • No King But Jesus0

    What a difference a decade and a half and a war on terror have wrought! Was it really only in 1999 that the man who was soon to become U.S. attorney general stood before a conservative Christian college audience and proclaimed that America was founded on the belief that “we have no king but Jesus”?

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  • How Tolerant Is Islam?0

    Islam, like Christianity and Judaism, is not of one mind about religious liberty and the rights of minorities. The history of European Christianity is replete with ghastly tales of horror, with Christians persecuting Christians and Christians persecuting Jews. While Jews have been more on the receiving end, they also have shown their intolerance, both within

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  • Liberty and Justice for All0

    It’s been said that “the Constitution amounts to a prescription for political struggle and an invitation for an ongoing debate about enduring constitutional principles.”1 Never has this been truer than in the intense debate over same-sex marriage. The first round was noneventful, but lately the topic has exploded with activity: ROUND ONE (1776-1992): First same-sex

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  • The Orlando Massacre0

    The mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on the morning of June 12, 2016—the largest such massacre in U.S. history and the worst terror attack on U.S. soil since September 11—has unleashed a host of controversies relative to terrorism, immigration, hatred (whether taught or spoken)—and, by implication, religious liberty. What follows will

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  • A True Believer0

    Jews, often in response to those who want to “convert” them to another religion, have a common retort: “I was born a Jew, and I will die a Jew.” Fair enough, if one could actually be born a Jew (the long debate of what is a Jew will not be entertained here) any more than

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