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Martin Surridge

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By Martin Surridge - When I accepted a position as a ninth and tenth-grade English teacher a little ways north of Seattle, the principal of…

Martin SurridgeFebruary 27, 2014

The similarity between the persecutions of Muslims in 2013, alleged Communists in 1950, and those believed to be witches in 1692 is a percei…

Martin SurridgeNovember 5, 2013

The story of Savonarola is not a lesson in the necessity of violence for a successful revolution, but rather a lesson in the dangerous conse…

In opposition to many of his Calvinist colleagues who believed in predestination, Milton argued, through the unrhymed lines of poetry in Par…

Martin Surridge describes the status of religious liberty in Iran. EXCERPT: [dc]F[/dc]or the past few months the eyes of the believers aroun…

Martin SurridgeSeptember 18, 2012

If Mitt Romney were to become the first president of the United States from the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, it would in…

By Martin Surridge Liberty Magazine – July / August 2012 The climax of The Merchant of Venice, one of Shakespeare’s most beloved…

My easily excited cousin, also a pastor's son, would climb on the outdoor wall of the church and sing improvisational reggae in a Jamaican a…

EXCERPT: When Mack Wolford, one of the most famous Pentecostal serpent handlers in Appalachia, is laid to rest Saturday at his West Virginia…

EDITOR’S NOTE: [dc]I[/dc] live in this town of Calhoun, GA. For the two years that I have resided here, I have noticed several curious…