Norway’s Parental Rights Down the Rabbit Hole, America Next?
03.11.16
Readers then and now continue to be mystified by a narrative of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which can only be described as illogical and wholly irrational. Lately, another story has been unfolding rivaling this book, but this is no fantasy.
Alabama Supreme Court DID Reject U.S. Supreme Court Marriage Opinion
03.07.16
Last Friday the Alabama Supreme Court rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 marriage opinion, but some media erroneously reported the exact opposite. Below we demonstrate the fact that the Judgment issued last Friday rejected the U.S. Supreme Court marriage opinion....
Another Bakery Faces Attack as Sweet Cakes Story Gains National Attention
03.04.16
Just as First Liberty Institute announces representation of Aaron and Melissa Klein, a family-owned bakery in Texas faces similar hostility for their faith...
Dr. Wayne Grudem on the U.S. Supreme Court and the 2016 Election
By Monte Larrick   |   03.03.16
Dr. Wayne Grudem says “moral character” still matters as the nation chooses a new President. During an Illinois Family Institute sponsored meeting with faith leaders the renowned theologian and author challenged pastors to let their congregation know that the future...
Emails Show Feds Specifically Targeted Faith Groups Under Obamacare Mandate
02.27.16
Lawyers filing an amicus brief on behalf of Little Sisters of the Poor before the U.S. Supreme Court claim federal health officials were working behind the scenes years ago to make as many religious organizations as possible subject to Obamacare’s contraception coverage mandate.
Is Obama’s Stance on Religious Liberty Credible?
02.10.16
I have tried to make sense of Mr. Obama's latest utterance about religious freedom. I am having a difficult celebrating his rhetoric. Somehow the President's recent words to the Islamic community in Baltimore about his regard for the religious freedoms of Americans fail to persuade and fall heavily upon the ear with a resounding lack of authenticity. His words of praise for religious freedom are again weighed down with multiple contradictions...
Washington Floral Artist’s Freedom Firmly Rooted in Federal, State Constitutional Law
02.08.16
Barronelle Stutzman, the sole owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Wash., has for her entire career served and employed people who identify as homosexual. Despite this, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Washington attorney general allege that she is guilty of unlawful discrimination because she acted consistent with her faith and declined to use her creative skills to beautify the same-sex ceremony of a long-time customer, Robert Ingersoll, and another man, Curt Freed.
Myth Busted: ‘Separation of Church and State’
By   |   02.01.16
The American church has a problem. It’s one part fear, one part confusion and one part apathy. Pastors, priests and rabbis have long swallowed the false notion that all things religious and all things political are somehow mutually exclusive –...
The Gift of Religious Freedom
By   |   12.28.15
While the legal case will continue to work its way through the courts, the bottom line is this: Kim Davis has won. The homofascists have lost. Last Tuesday, Kentucky’s new governor, Matt Bevin, issued an executive order that eliminates the...
It’s a Wonderful Life and the Value of a Church
12.16.15
What if we were to rephrase George Bailey's question and ask: What would be lost if a church didn't exist?
No Room in the Inn, But How About a Capitol? Nativity Scene in Springfield
By Monte Larrick   |   12.08.15
There is room for the baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph at the center of Illinois government. Thanks to a group of private citizens who believe in the true meaning of the season, a Nativity scene is on display in the...
What Pastors Can Do to Protect Their Congregations in the Wake of Same-Sex Marriage
12.02.15
The church today faces attacks from many directions. On the front of religious liberty, past behavior and expressed objectives indicate the LGBT movement will not be satisfied with the recent Supreme Court’s ruling...
The Fall of Western Snivelization
By   |   11.20.15
It is as though someone dropped our culture, what remains of it, into a fifty gallon drum of solvent, and then complained loudly when the whole thing wound up as a solution. That’s not the kind of solution I meant, complained the president.
Six Church Types That Try to Avoid Culture Wars
11.19.15
"If I could choose one more course for ministry training and preparation, it would be 'Courageous Leadership','' says Thom Rainer in a recent Christian Post article. Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, says that many challenges pastors and churches face now "can only be understood in the context of spiritual warfare" for which many church leaders are "ill-prepared."
High Court Revisits Abortion Rx Mandate
By David E. Smith   |   11.17.15
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will revisit the legality of the Obama Administration’s contraceptive and abortion drug mandate in a crucial case this coming term. SCOTUS announced last Friday that it will hear another challenge to the...
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