Church and State
4,000+ faith leaders ask Congress to keep Johnson Amendment
Over 4,000 faith leaders from all 50 states have signed onto a letter asking Congress to keep the Johnson Amendment as part of the tax code…
Civil Rights
Waving a Flag or Waving Hate? 3 Pastors and a Pastor’s Wife Tackle Confederate Symbols
I saw it as soon as we walked out of the store from our back-to-school shopping; a big red pickup with a big Confederate Flag flying from th…
Civil Rights
Charlottesville: Racism in the Mainstream
By Jason Hines, Ph.D., J.D. [dc]I[/dc] am slightly ashamed and embarrassed that it takes incidents like what happened in Charlottesvi…
Church and State
States prohibiting all non-public school funding may escape Trinity Lutheran impact
States that have constitutional provisions that prohibit public aid to all private schools, regardless of whether or not they are religiousl…
Arts and Literature
Guest Article: Lessons from My Childhood
"My Mom loved to read. She probably read one book a week. My Dad used to say that she always had her nose in a book. But her love of reading…
Inspiration
When God is Not on Your Side: Exploring Spiritual Narcissism
So much time, effort money and talent is wasted attacking enemies whom God actually loves and whom He longs to redeem. Jesus died for sinner…
Church and State
Supreme Court asks lower courts to apply Trinity reasoning to school voucher cases
Supreme Court sends voucher cases back to the lower courts "for further consideration in light of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc.,…
Supreme Court
Supreme Court to review right of private parties to deny services to same-sex couples
The Supreme Court will hear a wedding services case involving a bakery owner who refused to provide a cake for a same-sex wedding for religi…
Church and State
Supreme Court: State must include church in public funding scheme
The Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer changes 200 years of Establishment Clause precedent and puts churches at risk…
Legal Issues
Op-Ed: Castile verdict is a nightmare come to life
By Jason Hines – I’m sitting here without a plan. I do not even have a rough outline of where these thoughts will go. If I have a…
