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When the Church Hurts: A Survival Guide for Those Called to Serve
What every church worker needs to hear, but few people are willing to say.
The Currency of Conviction: Why Bold Faith Statements Are Christian Higher Ed’s Strongest Survival Strategy
The institutions positioned to survive are rediscovering theological and operational boldness—treating their public statements as their primary competitive and legal advantage.
Constitutional Posture & Central Question
The institutions positioned to survive are rediscovering theological and operational boldness—treating their public statements as their primary competitive and legal advantage.
The Wire
LATEST DISPATCHES
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Current Events
The Dispatch from Capitol Hill: How Dr. Gary Ross Taught a Generation to Think About Freedom
Remembering Dr. Gary Meredith Ross, Longtime Adventist Religious Liberty Advocate and Historian, Remembered for Principled Defense of Conscience.
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Standing Firm: How Pepperdine’s Statement of Faith Bucks the Secular Trend
Southern California Christian university is welcoming the world while guarding the mission.
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When “Free” Exercise Costs the State: Supreme Court Grapples With Expanding Free Exercise Clause Jurisprudence
The concept of free exercise increasingly imposes a tangible price on the state, transforming from a shield for individual belief and practice into a mandate for government subsidy…
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Ali G and the Moral Autopsy of How Quickly Ordinary Citizens Capitulate to Evil
The most offensive characters on screen are not the actors wearing absurd costumes.
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Futurism: AI Developer Warns of Automated "Dark Factories" and Details Ways to Prepare for a Post-Labor Economy
Artificial intelligence developer Emad Mostaque anticipates that advanced AI and humanoid robots will permanently displace both cognitive and physical labor in the near future. In a recent interview,…
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Appellate & Circuit Wire
Does the First Amendment's Church Autonomy Doctrine Immunize Religious Employers from Title VII Liability When Terminating a Lay Employee for Conduct Contrary to Faith?
The Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in John Doe v. Catholic Relief Services, No. 25-1569 (4th Cir. Oct. 16, 2026), squarely confronts the tectonic friction between the remedial breadth…
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Ali G and the Moral Autopsy of How Quickly Ordinary Citizens Capitulate to Evil
Let me state clearly and for the record that I do not endorse Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film, Ali G: Who Iz I? I absolutely do not recommend…
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Church Autonomy & Ministerial Exception
The Masterson Case and the Limits of Ecclesiastical Immunity
Masterson had essentially proposed that the First Amendment grants a religious organization the right to manage the fallout of felony crimes internally. The court disagreed.
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Book Review: The Free Exercise Clause and the Rights of Conscience by Donald Drakeman
Why the argument confining the free exercise clause to worship and submitting other liberty of conscience rights to the legislative process falls into a dangerous majoritarian trap.
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Appellate & Circuit Wire
Does the First Amendment’s Church Autonomy Doctrine Immunize Religious Employers from Title VII Liability When Terminating a Lay Employee for Conduct Contrary to Faith?
The Fourth Circuit's recent decision in John Doe v.
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Futurism: AI Developer Warns of Automated “Dark Factories” and Details Ways to Prepare for a Post-Labor Economy
Emad Mostaque projects that humanoid robots and sovereign AI will fundamentally alter society within two years, making artificial intelligence bans a strategic geopolitical error.
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New Federal Law Gives Clergy a Temporary Window to Opt Back Into Social Security and Medicare
This act establishes a two-year window for members of the clergy who have opted out of Social Security and Medicare taxes (and are thus ineligible for benefits under…
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The Math Finally Broke: How "Free" Systems Bankrupted Europe's Youth
The European model relies entirely on a delicate balance. It requires a highly productive, high-tax-paying population continuously funding the system to support those who are drawing from it.…
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America Has Plenty of Religious Freedom Laws. Why Aren't They Enough?
iStockPhoto America does not suffer from a shortage of laws protecting religious freedom. It suffers from a shortage of accountability when those protections are violated. The First Amendment…
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Fidel Castro's Revolution Had Little Room for Religious Freedom
“Within the revolution, everything; outside of it, nothing.” Fidel Castro – Words to the Intellectuals speech delivered on June 30, 1961. This speech is worth reading in its…
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Fidel Castro’s Revolution Had Little Room for Religious Freedom
Castro remains an icon to parts of the political left. His own speeches reveal how the Cuban government justified punishing religious dissent.
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America Has Plenty of Religious Freedom Laws. Why Aren’t They Enough?
America already has laws protecting religious liberty. The greater challenge is enforcing them, and a single court victory can accomplish what years of legislation cannot.
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In a Constitutional Republic, the Majority Doesn’t Get to Take Your Rights
The Constitution protects Americans from tyranny., including tyranny at the ballot box
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The Math Finally Broke: How “Free” Systems Bankrupted Europe’s Youth
A continent-wide look at why heavily taxed citizens are taking to the streets as the socialist model runs out of other people’s money.
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The Facade of the Classroom: Why France’s Unrest Exposes a Dangerous Red-Green Alliance And Why America Should Be Paying Attention
Look at the footage coming out of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille right now, and you will see a country at war with itself.