[fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”true” verb=”like” font=”arial”] 01-19-2013 Burt Beach: Religious LIberty: Windows of Vulnerability? from Spencerville Adventist on Vimeo. Bert Beach presented this sermon at the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church on January 19, 2013.
Religious Liberty: Windows of Vulnerability?—Bert Beach Read More »
Dwayne Leslie, Legislative Affairs Director for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists shares his perspective on the current U.S. Congress. EXCERPT: “The more voices, the more diverse points of view heard from, the better the chances we can collectively continue
113th Congress Most Religiously Diverse Ever — and Why It Matters (Huffington Post) Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled two days of oral arguments on two separate but related cases beginning on March 26, 2013. The Court will be hearing arguments on California’s Proposition 8 which amended the state constitution to disallow same-sex marriage is constitutional and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
US Supreme Court to hear Arguments on DOMA and Prop 8 on March 26 Read More »
The Act, written by Thomas Jefferson, allowed Virginia to become the first state to separate church and state and remains part of Virginia’s constitution. It was later used as a model for other state constitutions as well as the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom Established Separation of Church and State Read More »
Here are some of the top religious liberty stories of 2012, in no particular order.
Top Religious Liberty Stories of 2012 Read More »
The Employment Division v. Smith case from 1990 was a landmark Supreme Court decision that has been widely criticized. This case involved two Native American men, Alfred Smith and Galen Black, who were fired from their jobs after testing positive
A Critique of Employment Division v. Smith (1990) Read More »
FIRST FREEDOM: The Fight for Religious Liberty is the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they radically broke with the Western tradition of religion-by-law to create a nation in which belief in God is a
December 18, 2012 – PBS to Premiere First Freedom: The Right for Religious Liberty Read More »
A Dwight Nelson Sermon on Politics: American Confusion from
A Dwight Nelson Sermon on Politics: American Confusion Read More »
The Jackson Sun has interviewed Walter “Chick” McGill and Lucan Chartier about their trademark dispute with the Seventh-day Adventist Church (their church is named “Creation 7th Day Adventist”) that has landed both of them in jail for contempt of court. Although later released, McGill and Chartier maintain that they could be incarcerated again if they refuse to change the name of their church, which they believe was given to them by God.
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Pastor David Asscherick’s opening session at the October 20, 2012, “The Coming Storm” religious liberty congress in Atlanta, Georgia, evaluates the awakening call to people of prophecy through ancient events. Part One ambitiously covers the time span from the founding
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