Adventists: Florida Amendment 8 Harmful Not Helpful to Religious Freedom
Dear Friend of Religious Liberty: Over the last 12 years, we have been watching the Florida state lawmakers’ attempts to fund private and religious…
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Florida Amendment 8: A Trojan Horse That Could Regulate Churches’ Free Speech
Florida's Amendment 8 is being promoted under a guise of “religious freedom,” but accepting state funds will subject religious institutions to increased regulation that would…
Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Selected to Serve as Idaho State Senate Chaplain
BOISE, IDAHO – Seventh-day Adventist pastor Jim Wibberding has been selected to serve as Idaho state senate chaplain for the 2013 Legislative Session. Wibberding,…
Loving Our Neighbors at the Ballot Box (Adventist Review)
Pastor Ryan Bell explores issues that American Christians should be aware of as they enter the ballot box in a couple of weeks. Excerpt:…
Oxford University Introduces Journal of Law and Religion
The Oxford Journal of Law and Religion will have a range of articles drawn from various sectors of the law and religion field, including: social, legal…
Pew Forum Reports “Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion”
The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life has on September 20, 2012 released the third in a series of reports analyzing the extent to which…
God is Not a Torturer: Debunking the Doctrine of Eternal Torment
From the perspective of Edwards and Spurgeon, the depths of hell are inversely proportionate to the heights of Heaven, as an all-powerful God gives eternal…
Inspiration: If Aristotle Was Right, What Can Make Us Happy?
Sometime in the 4th Century BC, Aristotle wrote Nicomachean Ethics. The broad question of the book is how to achieve happiness.
Adventist Pastor in Togo Imprisoned on Dubious Charges (ANN)
Antonio dos Anjos Monteiro is currently in a Togo prison on what Adventist legal and human rights experts say are unsupported charges. Sep.…
Selfish Freedom: The Overreach of the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act
By Jason Hines – [dc]A[/dc]n Illinois appellate court rendered an interesting decision last week.[1] The court upheld a lower court ruling that Illinois pharmacists…