Arts
‘Hacksaw Ridge’ calls Adventists to revisit commitment to non-violence
Gibson's portrayal of Doss calls this generation of Seventh-day Adventists to rediscover and embrace the church's heritage of non-violence.
Discrimination
Iowa church drops transgender restroom lawsuit
[dc]L[/dc]ast week the Fort Des Moines Church of Christ voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit against the state and the city of Des Moines over l…
Religious Institutions
Defense budget bill would roll back Obama’s 2014 anti-discrimination order
President Obama threatens to veto defense budget bill if language permitting discrimination on basis of religion or sexual orientation remai…
Politics
Evangelicals’ witness suffers due to political maneuvering
For almost 40 years Evangelical Christians, under the guise of the Religious Right, courted political power specifically through the Republi…
Inspiration
Christians called to higher standard of truthfulness
By Stephen Allred, Esq. - We’ll do whatever it takes to help our candidate win, whatever the cost, even if it means sacrificing the truth. I…
Current Events
California Governor Brown signs SB1146 into law
Last Friday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1146(SB 1146) into place which requires private religious universities that…
Religious Accommodation
Airline made reasonable decision when accommodating monks
On September 19, Mary Campos, a Southern California woman, was asked to switch her pre-booked ticketed seat when what she has described as t…
Inspiration
Preventing (and Solving) the Polarization Problem
By Brent Buttler - I hate to say it, but sometimes the church can have striking similarities with the current U.S. Congress. Thankfully, the…
Free Speech
Why the United States should not give up control of the Internet naming system
Congress has two more days to act to save free speech, but in a year when the Internet has been the biggest thorn in the side of both partie…
Constitution
U.S. Civil Rights Commission report gives free exercise of religion second-tier status
In a stunning report, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Chairman Martin Castro attacked the Religious Freedom Restoration Act at both the stat…