Politics
Could Chet Edwards be Obama’s Running Mate? Edwards speaks on Religious Liberty
Rep. Chet Edwards - "I believe perhaps America's greatest single contribution to the world from our experiment in…
Current Events
Campaigning for Candidates from the Pulpit is a Bad Idea
As it now stands, churches and charities are welcome to speak truth to power on the issues that…
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Article18: Germany — Pope Benedict XVI Addresses Legislators; Chancellor Merkel Calls for Global Religious Tolerance
By Martin Surridge – Like many of the other countries profiled in this blog, Germany has had a…
Current Events
Thailand Calls for Ban on Religious Tattoos for Tourists (CNN)
EXCERPT: Thailand’s Culture Ministry wants to ban tourists from getting religious tattoos after noticing an alarmingly high number of…
Church and State
Op-Ed: What is a Christian Nation?
I think we have to start at the most basic point – what do we mean when we…
Economics
Herbert E. Douglass – Red Alert: Hurtling Into Eternity (Book Excerpt)
In his new book, Red Alert: Hurtling Into Eternity, Dr. Herbert E. Douglass connects Bible prophecy with current…
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…
Employment Law
Israel Looking Into Making Sunday Day of Rest (Bloomberg)
EXCERPT: Israel’s government is examining a proposal to shift the weekend to the western Saturday and Sunday, a…
Civil Rights
Egypt’s Coptic Christians Call for More Religious Freedom (AJE)
EXCERPT: Angry protests by Egypt’s Christian Copts have become a familiar scene. Hundreds clashed with police last November…
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Article18: Kosovo — Muslim Headscarf Ban Upheld for Schools, Christians Required to be Buried in Islamic Graveyards
By Martin Surridge – Only a few years ago, the country of Kosovo, in Southern Europe, didn’t even…