Church and State
Supreme Court Plans to Make National Decision on Same-Sex Marriage – What it Means
By Jason Hines, PhD - The Court will answer two questions. First, ?does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage betwe…
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Abortion / Contraception
Opinion on the Hobby Lobby Decision: More Equal Than Others
By Jason Hines - Today the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that Hobby Lobby and other closely held corporations can refuse to cover ce…
Inspiration
Liberty Twice Removed
First Nebuchadnezzar forced the people to worship himself under threat of death. Then he forced the people to worship God under threat of de…
Current Events
OPINION – Mandate Debate: Why I Cannot Support Hobby Lobby’s “Religious Freedom” Claim
By Jason Hines - Hobby Lobby is attempting to argue that they will deduct the cost of birth control from their employees' salary so that emp…
Inspiration
In the Middle: God Is Still Writing Our Stories
By Jason Hines - You will at some point experience doubt, fear, sadness, disappointment – these things come. They are the cost of doing busi…
Church and State
What Changed? Will the Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Cases Affect You?
Neither Hollingsworth nor Windsor demand that any church, even in states that allow gay marriage, be forced to conduct gay weddings. Moreove…
Inspiration
Grow Together: Lessons from the Wheat and Tares
By Jason Hines - The parable of the wheat and tares teaches Christians a simple lesson: That we should not be eager to rip up the “tares” an…
Church and State
Prayers, Parks, and Monuments: Litigation Over Religious Symbols in America
By Jason Hines - Now the clock is ticking for the group because there are KY tourism tax incentives for the project that are set to expire i…
Inspiration
God Has Enough Grace for Everybody
By Jason Hines - I wonder sometimes what this world would be like if we responded with the love and grace of God instead of with the seeming…
History
God’s Love Remains Despite Tragedy Fatigue
These types of incidents used to be few and far between for us in the United States. (I fully realize that these types of events are a way o…
