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Lemuel V. Sapian releases new book on America’s religious freedom divide

December 3, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Very few things can be as divisive as religion. In free America, we are guaranteed freedom of religion. This has kept the United States a mighty nation, with its strength being derived from unity in diversity. However, many Christians believe America is a Christian Nation and should be upheld as such by civil laws. The public divide over this political issue is seen in the separation of people into diverse groups,

Filed Under: Free Exercise, Peacemaking, Politics, Religion

Misunderstood Authority: Why Christians should reject govt’s use of Romans 13

June 28, 2018 by Sonja DeWitt

By Sonja DeWitt, Esq. – Christians should categorically reject such specious use of this passage–this usage is wholly inconsistent with the message of the Bible and the principles of Christianity.

Filed Under: Peacemaking, Religion

Lautenberg Act, Created to Give Religious Immigrants a Fast Pass, in Jeopardy

March 19, 2018 by Alicia J. Adams

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In recent weeks, approximately 100 Iranian Christian asylum-seekers have been denied entry to the U.S. Religious and human rights leaders and politicians from both sides of the aisle have condemned the denials, which put the asylum-seekers’ lives in danger

Filed Under: Immigration, Peacemaking Tagged With: Lautenberg Act, Lautenberg Amendment, persecution, religious asylum seekers

Should the church take sides in military conflict?

March 18, 2018 by Ray McAllister

By Ray McAllister, PhD – Your church group has been asked to have a special prayer for a member who will be going away to serve in the military overseas.  How should your church respond to this request? 

Filed Under: Military, Peacemaking

Blessed are the Peacemakers: Why Adventist Clergy Stay Away from Partisan Politics

June 15, 2017 by Michael Peabody

  By Michael D. Peabody, Esq.   n a study released June 11, 2017, researchers from Yale and Harvard concluded that Seventh-day Adventist clergy in the United States are the most evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to politics. The study also found that nearly half were not registered to either party. […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Peacemaking

Of Faith and Focus: The battle that matters most is in the heart, not in politics

February 4, 2016 by Rich DuBose

By Rich DuBose – When we rally to fight evil, however we may define it we are confronting symptomatic issues as opposed to the underlying core affliction that plagues humanity. Our problem is not our symptoms. It is that we are disconnected from the Source of wisdom and life.

Filed Under: Inspiration, Peacemaking Tagged With: 2016 election, Christianity, Politics, religious freedom, Secularism

Pope Francis Calls for Common Good in Speech to Congress – Full Text

September 24, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

“In this land, the various religious denominations have greatly contributed to building and strengthening society. It is important that today, as in the past, the voice of faith continue to be heard, for it is a voice of fraternity and love, which tries to bring out the best in each person and in each society. Such cooperation is a powerful resource in the battle to eliminate new global forms of slavery, born of grave injustices which can be overcome only through new policies and new forms of social consensus.”

Filed Under: Peacemaking, Religion Tagged With: common good, full speech, full text, Pope Francis, religious freedom, religious liberty, transcript, U.S. Congress

Rabbi Saperstein Sworn in as Ambassador for Religious Freedom

March 12, 2015 by Michael Peabody

Newly sworn in Ambassador-at-Large David Saperstein delivers remarks during a ceremony in his honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

On February 20, 2015, Rabbi David Saperstein was sworn in as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom. Saperstein is the fourth person to hold the post since it was created as part of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.

Filed Under: Peacemaking, Politics, Religion Tagged With: Ambassador for Religious Freedom, Ambassador-at-Large, Barack Obama, David Saperstein, John Kerry

Opinion: Don’t Use Religious Liberty to Discriminate

April 3, 2014 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

By James Coffin – In the United States, individuals and groups have a long history of discrimination against fellow humans.

But over many decades, legislators and judges have curtailed our freedom to negatively impact others’ lives based on our own prejudices. Such government actions have been a great blessing to the targets of discrimination.

Although anti-discrimination laws limit our freedom to say by our actions that we view certain categories of our fellow humans as inferior, unworthy or evil, they also help ensure justice for all.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Discrimination, Free Speech, Peacemaking Tagged With: Arizona, Janet Brewer, religious freedom, religious liberty

The Christian’s Involvement in Human Governments and the Politics of War

September 13, 2013 by Kevin Straub

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By Kevin Straub – Christianity, if it looks to Christ as its norm, will have nothing to do with the affairs of national/international politics and the wielding of the sword. It will not be involved in any of the processes involved in the adjustments of the balances of earthly powers. This is not our work. However, it has come to be standard thinking in Christianity that it is a part of our work. The discussions of whether to enter into a war or to stay out of that war is not merely academic in today’s Christianity; it is deemed the Christian’s duty to engage in a politicized Christianity. Today’s Christianity, since the time of Constantine, is not concerned solely with the gospel work, remaining an outside observer of the machinations of worldly powers, but as subscribers to the notion of “the just war,” is necessarily fundamentally involved in the geopolitical movements and the questions of taking nation(s) into war or not.

Filed Under: Current Events, Military, Peacemaking, Politics, Religion Tagged With: Christianity, government, peacemaking, Politics, War

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Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

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Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

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Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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Since the days of Thomas Jefferson, religious freedom has been at the absolute center of American values and an essential component of our foreign policy, and it is especially relevant right now for all of the obvious and tragic reasons.

— John Kerry

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