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Mostly Muslim Turkey, which is seeking to join the European Union, has small Christian and Jewish communities. The EU has made improved rights for the religious groups a condition for membership. Turkey’s existing constitution guarantees religious freedom, but when it comes to minority religions the country has long been criticized for restricting the training of [...]
Praying Talk about it ST. PAUL — A controversial program using Christian teachings to try to turn around the lives of hundreds of Minnesota prison inmates is working, according to a new report from the Department of Corrections. Participants in the InnerChange Freedom Initiative, which operates at the Minnesota women’s prison in Shakopee and at [...]
Egyptian Christians Kidnapped, Attacked; Panic, Fear Abounds By CFI Field Staff on February 17, 2012 Fear is spreading throughout many regions in Egypt as Christians become the recent victims of numerous kidnappings and attacks by fundamental Muslims. CFI’s co-worker in the region recently reported that three Christian doctors have been kidnapped in El Minya, and [...]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A controversial program using Christian teachings to try to turn around the lives of hundreds of Minnesota prison inmates is working, according to a new report from the Department of Corrections. Participants in the InnerChange Freedom Initiative, which operates at the Minnesota women’s prison in Shakopee and at a men’s [...]
Late yesterday, our latest Reader’s Edition book arrived, Christian Freedom: Faith Working through Love. The book presents Luther’s most famous treatise, all the context one needs for understanding it properly, and a selection from Melanchthon, too. Luther’s teaching about freedom is one of the most important doctrinal points for the Christian faith and one of [...]
A mandatory Quebec school program focusing on the historical significance of various religions and creeds does not harm the religious freedoms of parents and their children, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday. Resolving an important test of Charter of Rights values, the Court firmly sided with the province and a school board whose [...]
Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. We just received the first print run of a new translation of Martin Luther’s classic work explaining what freedom in Christ is all about. And, it’s a fantastic little book. Beautifully printed and illustrated, [...]
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Canadian natives Joe and Marnie Scott had their work cut out for them. As CFI volunteers, their first assignment was to teach more than 75 children at the Freedom House in Thailand. “We didn’t speak the language and had to use an interpreter,” said Joe. “It was a lot of children and a huge barrier, [...]
To the disappointment of many on this blog Newsweek has finally broken the unwritten rule of silence against printing Islamic terrorist stories by the mainstream press and told the truth about the terror and murder being practiced worldwide against Christians. Some on this blog continually defend such atrocities by comparing these heinous acts to similar [...]
by Rupa Shenoy, Minnesota Public Radio LISTEN Copy and paste the HTML below to embed this audio onto your web page. Audio player code:iframe title=”minnesota_general_features_2012_02_13_prisonministry_20120213_64s_player” type=”text/html” width=”319″ height=”83″ src=”http://minnesota.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/syndicate.php?name=minnesota/general/features/2012/02/13/prisonministry_20120213_64″ marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ frameborder=”0″ allowFullScreen/iframe St. Paul, Minn. — A controversial program using Christian teachings to try turn around the lives of hundreds of Minnesota prison inmates [...]
Some Christians get excited when they discover that I’m half Indian or that I studied Islam in college. They’ll sometimes ask me to talk about how Christianity compares to other faiths. But I’ve learned that what they mean to say is: “Great, you’ve read books I’d never own so you can tell us how awful [...]
Some Christians get excited when they discover that I’m half Indian or that I studied Islam in college. They’ll sometimes ask me to talk about how Christianity compares to other faiths. But I’ve learned that what they mean to say is: “Great, you’ve read books I’d never own so you can tell us how awful [...]
I have had two people, for whom I have very high regard, independently send me the link to this meditation, Christian Freedom of Conscience: Obama versus the Catholic Church, by Dr. Curtis Crenshaw. This certainly adds to my considering it to be a timely and important piece, and I cannot help but hear a note reminiscent [...]
By Rev. Chris Arch and Rev. Michael Phillips —- Did you hear the one about the Catholic priest and evangelical pastor who decided to write an article together? The question almost sounds like the start of another corny faith-based joke. Far from being funny, this statement describes our desire to write an article showing [...]
THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPASSION IN EXERCISING OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM SCRIPTURE READINGS: Lev 13:1-2.44-46; 1 Cor 10:31 – 11:1; Mk 1:40-45 The theme of today’s liturgy is on the question of how we should exercise our Christian freedom. If we were to appreciate the message of the second reading of St Paul’s letter to the [...]
Washington, DC — “We don’t need you, so shut up!” That’s the message the Obama administration has sent loud and clear to America’s Roman Catholics. And it’s a message now being sent to U.S. military chaplains to the detriment of our Armed Forces. During World War II, the War Department and the Department of the [...]
“For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews” (1 Cor. 9:20). The apostle gives us a glimpse into the radical nature of Christian freedom. In Christ, he is [...]
Like many of you, I’ve been following the fall-out over the Obama Administration’s decision not to exempt large Catholic employers (hospitals, colleges, social service agencies) from provisions in the new health care laws requiring that enterprises of their scale provide insurance that covers contraceptives. You don’t have to agree with Humanae Vitae to understand why [...]
Do You Flaunt Your Freedom? Having lived in the Bible belt my entire life, I’ve run across my fair share of legalists. A legalist is a person who measures his spirituality and that of others based upon a list of permissible or forbidden activities. To a legalist, your salvation is suspect if you drink the [...]
This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, and the Harvard University Institute of Politics marked the occasion last week with the event “Egypt: From Tahrir Square to Today.” The panel, which included Harvard Kennedy School Professor Tarek Masoud and journalist Mona Eltahawy, praised the new self-determination of the Egyptian people and expressed [...]
THE REWARDING THING ABOUT CHRISTIAN FREEDOM I. Paul’s Christian Freedom and Ours lI. Freedom to Spread the Wealth III. A Rewarding Life Is Ours as Well based on 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 The Fifth Sunday After Epiphany Share on Facebook The Rewarding Thing About Christian Freedom [ 20:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | [...]
Contact: Emily Fuentes, Open Doors USA, 949-413-6721, EmilyF@odusa.org SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 8, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Sen. Rick Santorum issued a press release on Friday, February 3, noting he was the first and only candidate to sign the Presidential Pledge for Religious Freedom. The Presidential Pledge for Religious Freedom was drafted by Open Doors USA and [...]
Three bishops are calling for the Church of England to defend the freedom of Christians to wear a cross in public, and to resist the growing restrictions on religious liberty in the UK. The bishops are backing a motion at the General Synod criticising the ‘silencing’ of symbols and other visual displays of Christianity in [...]
Healing hands: should religious groups be allowed to claim miracle cures? Imagine living in a country governed by such authoritarian literalists that it was forbidden to say “God heals”, on the basis that, technically speaking, it isn’t true. Well, you don’t have to imagine. If you are reading this blog from within Britain, then you [...]
Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Christianity — more than a list of rules. You’d think that would be obvious, but it is amazing how many Christians actually enjoy rules, regulations, laws. As much as they complain about feel “tied [...]
Posted: February 5Updated: Today at 10:07 PM Prayer Caucus attacks others’ religious freedom The Maine Prayer Caucus, affiliated with Pray USA, misrepresents its goals in the article “LePage, top Republicans form Prayer Caucus,” (Jan. 18). The caucus says its goal is simply to “preserve the Judeo-Christian heritage of our nation and protect American religious liberty.” [...]
Home Jehovah’s Witnesses Friends Atheiests….Did you enjoy the book In Search of Christian Freedom? Viewed 267 times Diest Atheiests….Did you enjoy the book In Search of Christian Freedom? posted Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:42:00 GMT (2/3/2012) Post 504 of 510 Since 6/8/2011 I was not in the mood to be a christian, even before reading [...]
The Associated Press Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 | 3:33 a.m. Far-right Austrian politicians were widely criticized Monday for comparing protests against a fancy ball that attracts extremists to the Nazis’ persecution of Jews. Vienna’s Jewish community demanded an investigation into the remarks but the Freedom Pary insisted no harm was meant. The comments by Freedom [...]
What is the place of religious assemblies in public schools during the school day? The question is at the heart of a freedom-of-religion complaint against Jackson County Schools. (The Huntsville Times/Kay Campbell) SCOTTSBORO, Alabama –A parent’s complaint about religious assemblies during the school day brought more than 100 people supporting the assemblies to a called [...]
Millions of Christians around the world are enduring what has been dubbed a “Christian Winter” in the midst of the “Arab Spring,” a movement of political unrest that has given way to Muslim domination — and rising hostility against Christians — in numerous Middle Eastern and African nations. Secular regimes that once ruled many of [...]
Austrian President Heinz Fischer is dropping plans to grant a prestigious award to far-right Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache, in the wake of Strache’s anti-Semitic remarks uttered at a gala ball in Vienna last week. “We are the new Jews,” Strache was overheard saying in response to protesters who heckled guests arriving at the event [...]
Posted January 31st, 2012 by Evan Hurst I will not make the obvious joke, because it is too obvious: Here is the very long press release from Pastor Steven Andrew’s organization: Christians Boycott Starbucks — Because Romans 1 Explains Starbucks Hates God Contact: Pastor Steven Andrew, USA Christian Ministries, 877-537-8734 SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 31, [...]
Tweet Text smaller Text bigger Egyptian artists ignited the Cairo uprising last year, and they’ve kept the coals turned up under the current military regime. Far from drifting into the shadows and returning to their former occupations as graphic artists or portrait painters, many are feeling the burden and responsibility to follow through to the [...]
Jan 30, 2012 by Jeremy Craft Nowadays, it seems as if Christians are free to do as they please. One need only read the Barna Group’s various studies to understand that many professing Christians are living contrary to what their faith protests. Secular media has also taken notice of these trends. Recently, CNN made note [...]
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) leader Heinz-Christian Strache (R) gives a thumbs-up as he celebrates with supporters after provincial elections in Vienna, October 10, 2010.
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Jon Rzepecki | The Grand Rapids Press, January 27, 2012 7:54 p.m. Sarah Grochowalski scored a buzzer-beating layup to lead Hudsonville Homeschool in a 34-32 victory over Hudsonville Freedom Christian in girls basketball action Friday in Hudsonville. Grochowalski finished with 10 points. Freedom Christian led 29-22 at the end of the third quarter, but failed [...]
The Trinity Prep boys basketball team took the lead for good in the second quarter as it defeated host Freedom Christian-Fair Oaks, 49-42, in Northern Pacific Athletic Conference action Friday night at Lord’s Gym in Roseville. Jordan Franklin had 33 points, with 5 for 6 free-throw shooting and four steals, and Michael Rowles turned in [...]
Like dozens of nations around the world, Turkey’s population of minority Christians suffers from injustice and persecution. And as in many countries that have been affected by the recent Arab Spring, Turkey’s trend of persecution is a result of the growing Muslim influence in its society. Turkish Christians — especially converted Muslims — are [...]
Jon Rzepecki | The Grand Rapids Press, January 27, 2012 7:54 p.m. Sarah Grochowalski scored a buzzer-beating layup to lead Hudsonville Homeschool in a 34-32 victory over Hudsonville Freedom Christian in girls basketball action Friday in Hudsonville. Grochowalski finished with 10 points. Freedom Christian led 29-22 at the end of the third quarter, but failed [...]
As Islamic blasphemy cases pile up in Egypt’s court system, frustrated Coptic Christians are accusing authorities of not applying fair standards in the interpretation of the country’s contempt of religion law. Christian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, an influential businessman and founder of the Free Egyptians Party, tops the growing list of perpetrators who have been charged [...]
Centuries later, those people cannot pray in the name of Jesus, but Muslims can bow by the thousands in our capital and pray to their god. Well-meaning people have created a society where anything goes unless it is Christian or based upon biblical values. We don’t want to offend anyone, so it has become unconstitutional [...]
26 January 2012 Last updated at 04:52 ET The former cinema in Bath Street was built 60 years ago but since closing had fallen into disrepair A Christian group in Jersey is set to buy a former cinema to turn it into a community centre. The former Odeon cinema, on the corner of Bath Street, [...]
Love Is My Commandment January 25, 2012 at 7:57 am (Book excerpts) From Lion and Lamb: The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus by Brennan Manning: The disciple of Crist may know the Ten Commandments, the six traditional precepts of the church, the whole network of rules and regulations governing moral behavior, in the way that a good [...]
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you. Jeremiah 1:5 OUR KISS OF DEATH! Obama and his henchman have declared WAR on the Catholic Church, and in so, attacking Christians throughout our nation. Our Judeo-Christian freedom of religion [...]