In the past week, the age-old debate about the role of Christianity in public life has come alive again. The heavily-reported findings of a survey by the Richard Dawkins Foundation suggest that Christianity is increasingly unimportant to those who self-identify as Christian. Baroness Warsi’s speech to the Vatican bemoaned the social dominance of ‘secular fundamentalism’: [...]
Share Tweet Share Tweet No Christians Allowed? There has been a constant wave of news recently that has led some to opine that America is seeing a “war on religion” – that the current administration and liberal politicians and educators are seeking to limit the influence and power of religion in American culture. More to [...]
Choosing my Faith February 18, 2012 – Posted by tractorgirl Last week I was sitting in church and at the end of the prayer of intercessions I had to say, “Amen, except the bit I can’t say it to”. The bit I had to exempt myself from agreeing to related to praying for our Christian [...]
The school where I am employed, Mount Olive College, is located in the booming metropolis of Mount Olive, North Carolina. If you haven’t eaten many pickles or driven through the backroads of eastern North Carolina, you’ve probably never heard of the town or the college. Therefore, you can imagine my amazement yesterday at finding a [...]
“The body, and it alone, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine. It was created to transfer into the visible reality of the world the mystery hidden since time immemorial in God, and thus be a sign of it.” JPII – Theology of the Body
According to the Guardian, UK Cabinet Minister Baroness Warsi’s speech to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy received a “rapturous reception” from the Holy See’s future diplomatic corp. Warsi – a Muslim - spoke of how her experience was enriched by the presence of Anglican Christianity in the UK’s public square: What truly enabled me to learn about [...]
Why is the political establishment in the United Kingdom backing Christian prayers in council meetings and in Parliament? The answer lies in a real practical distinction between hard and soft political correctness. Hard core PC activists such as the National Secular Society which brought the High Court action against Bideford Town Council to get Christian [...]
*A RECENT ARTICLE OF INTEREST* ‘It’s time for Christians to fight back’. Which National Secular Society initiative feeds the poor or cures the ill, asks Cristina Odone. She makes an interesting point. Not sure about the language she uses, though. For those of you who aren’t British/ haven’t heard, the latest Christian debate to get [...]
*A RECENT ARTICLE OF INTEREST* ‘It’s time for Christians to fight back’. Which National Secular Society initiative feeds the poor or cures the ill, asks Cristina Odone. She makes an interesting point. Not sure about the language she uses, though. For those of you who aren’t British/ haven’t heard, the latest Christian debate to get [...]
I would like to describe a situation that arises frequently that concerns me. The situation I describe below brings out a flaw I see in the way that rank-and-file Christians respond to criticisms of Christianity in the public square. Here is the situation Eve is busy programming away at her desk, rushing to check in [...]
Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami is absolutely spot-on in his commentary on today’s much-ballyhooed ”compromise” on the HHS contraception mandate: “I think [Obama's] punting, just kicking the can down the road. . . . He’s hasn’t really addressed our concerns. I think the only thing to do is . . . to take back the whole [...]
In the midst of the Church of Ireland’s debate on same-sex relationships, one of the most effective criticisms of the conservative evangelical organisation EFIC came from Changing Attitude Ireland: This is only the tip of an iceberg of an unhealthy obsession with the subject of homosexuality from Conservative Evangelical groups in the Church of Ireland. [...]
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The First Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits the establishment of religion; however, the mere mention of God does not rise to this level. The action taken by the RCO suggests that all references to God, regardless of their context, must be removed from the military. As we are confident that your legal advisors would [...]
I read the following in a mailing that I received from the AHS – The National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies. Bishops Demand ”Public Faith” This week, three bishops are leading calls for the Church of England to make a public statement which defends the right of Christians to wear a cross. They have [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://trueblueconservative.com/2012/02/quick-takes-from-christians-involved-in-the-public-square-unbound/ ____________________________________________________ Article source: http://justiceunbound.org/journal/current-issue/quick-takes-from- christians -involved-in-the- public – square /. Online Game For Kids Bible Islands is a safe and protected online virtual world fora kids. It is a series of fun … Tags: blog search, christian news, christian politics, christian public square , conservative news. « 5 Signs [...]
Unbound interviewed several Christians involved in the world and its public arena. The following are their responses to three questions: 1. What is the #1 reason for the church to be involved in the world? 2. What is your favorite biblical text that speaks to the church’s public role? Non-biblical text? 3. What is one [...]
On Education: Removing God from Pledge of Allegiance assaults our identity There is no attack on American culture more destructive and more historically dishonest than the relentless effort to drive God out of America’s public square. The 2002 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the phrase “under God” is unconstitutional represents [...]
The University Bookman asked me to review D.G. Hart’s book on how evangelicals have subverted conservative politics. While I appreciate his strength of mind and his craft, I disagree with his thesis that striving for something like a biblical politics is a non-starter. Here’s a clip: As a professor at a Christian college, I must [...]
Gene Lalor | January 29, 2012 Religion and faith are touchy concepts in a nation without a state religion and moreso in a country that has become as secular as ours where any public religious display is met by an uproar from the American Civil Liberties Union which consistently invokes a non-existent constitutional ”separation of church and state” clause. [...]
Gene Lalor | January 29, 2012 Religion and faith are touchy concepts in a nation without a state religion and moreso in a country that has become as secular as ours where any public religious display is met by an uproar from the American Civil Liberties Union which consistently invokes a non-existent constitutional ”separation of church and state” clause. [...]
Religion and faith are touchy concepts in a nation without a state religion and moreso in a country that has become as secular as ours where any public religious display is met by an uproar from the American Civil Liberties Union which consistently invokes a non-existent constitutional ”separation of church and state” clause. The ACLU and other atheists hang [...]
Just recently, Pope Benedict XVI said that, “It is imperative that the entire Catholic community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church’s public moral witness presented by a radical secularism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres.” One of those grave threats is discussed here. Cardinal [...]
The Republican presidential candidates want you to look past the stiff suits and debate rhetoric and see that they’re good guys — husbands, fathers, Christians. That’s why Newt Gingrich points to his religious conversion when asked about cheating on his wife. It’s why Mitt Romney highlights his 43-year marriage, and Rick Santorum is photographed with [...]
Chris Glaser has a ministry of writing and speaking. Since graduation from Yale Divinity School in 1977, Chris has served in a variety of parish, campus, editorial, and interim posts. He has spoken to hundreds of congregations, campuses, and communities throughout the U.S. and Canada, and published a dozen best-selling books on spirituality, sexuality, vocation, [...]
The government appointed Committee of Experts has been announced. After reviewing previous Constitutional Review Commissions the Technical Committee will make recommendations to be included in the new Zambian Constitution. Evangelicals have been effectively side-lined. Without an official representative on the Committee they have no one to lobby to have their voice heard. How can evangelicals [...]
Patrick Buchanan’s newest book, “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” traces the downward spiraling disintegration of America. Where America was born a Western Christian republic writes Buchanan, today’s America has rejected its’ commitment to God and actively pursues the forceful elimniation of orthodox Christian theism from the public square, thereby chopping down [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2012/01/19/more-nasty-christophobia/ ____________________________________________________ Indeed, if all this was not bad enough, they had another ugly piece on the same day and on the same page, this time by a certain Rob Mitchell, attacking Margaret Court for daring to express her Christian faith in public. …. Keep on speaking out in the [...]
Posted by Guest Writer on January 17, 2012 under How | Be the First to Comment By David Theroux [We live in a secularized world of nation states in which traditional religion, especially Christianity, is unwelcome. Rooted in the “Enlightenment,” this view supports a secularized and authoritarian public square enforced by government and that progress [...]
Christianity is about much more than salvation; it speaks to all of life. “Jesus is Lord” was the earliest baptismal confession. Scripture mandates taking dominion and cultivating the soil (Gn 1) and being salt and light (Mt 5:13-16).Abraham Kuyper, former Dutch prime minister and theologian, famously said, “There is not a square inch in the [...]
I can debate, make videos, and write articles all day long. But when police throw me in jail and seize my camera, my hands are tied. That’s where lawyers come in. Whether you know it or not, if you live in the U.S., Robert Muise and David Yerushalmi have been defending your rights for years. [...]
Lawyers Join Forces to Create Formidable Organization Having collaborated for over four years on many high-profile cases, attorneys David Yerushalmi and Robert J. Muise have decided to formalize their working relationship by together launching the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC). Yerushalmi, an orthodox Jew, and Muise, an orthodox Catholic, describe AFLC as the Nation’s first [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/12/zakaria-the-real-threat-in-the-middle-east/ ____________________________________________________ During the uprising in Egypt, he wanted the U.S. to stubbornly cling to Hosni Mubarak–who had cooperated with Israel on mutual security issues–as millions of Egyptians gathered in public squares across the country to demand … ask us to change our way of life for them. they start [...]
The Blaikie Report: An Insider’s Look at Faith and Politics by Bill Blaikie. United Church Publishing House, 2011. 243pp. Pulpit and Politics: Competing Religious Ideologies in Canadian Public Life by Dennis Gruending. Kingsley Publishing, 2011. 256pp. Bill Blaikie and Dennis Gruending provide significant new additions to the tiny Canadian library on the faith-political interface. Both [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://evangelismexplosion.org/the-lie-factory/ ____________________________________________________ Persecution begins with disinformation and that is followed by discrimination. The followers of Jesus Christ cannot be silent in the face of lies. They must reclaim the public square . When the public starts believing in the lies … ____________________________________________________Read Full Article- Click HereChristian Persecution News Excerpts from [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/2012/01/8-reasons-why-i-am-politically.html ____________________________________________________ Whether it’s the ATF persecuting gun owner, the EPA persecuting land owners, or the FTC telling a business not to use “instant cash” in their advertising, big government doesn’t make things better, it makes things worse. Outside of … Both religion and secularism can coexist in the public [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://christinalangella.com/2012/01/08/please-pray-for-nyc-churches/ ____________________________________________________ People of faith, particularly Christians , are quickly and illegally being blotted out of the public square . What is the logic behind this … exercise thereof…” That’s it! Please pray that : (1) this is overturned (2) that God use this time of trial and persecution to [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://garthright.blogspot.com/2012/01/rick-santorum-flavor-of-week.html ____________________________________________________ Santorum knows that, so he’s taking the fallback position of Christian fundamentalists, that public schools should teach the “holes” in the theory of evolution, the evidence that supports evolution and the evidence against it. … All I’m saying is that people of faith when they speak in the [...]
‘Religion in the public square: a personal paper submitted to the Church Action on Labour and Life (CALL) network of the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches’ By Dr Kenneth Milne, Honorary Secretary of the Church of Ireland Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue I am well aware that what follows [...]
CHP Communiqué – Vol 19, No 01, Jan. 3, 2012 A Christian Heritage Party! Are You Serious? By Jim Hnatiuk, Leader of the Christian Heritage Party First of all, don’t let the name Christian Heritage Party suggest to you that this political party is about giving preferential treatment to Christians; nothing could be farther from [...]
Andy Naselli recently posted a review of John Frame’s The Doctrine of the Christian Life by Douglas Moo. If Moo or Frame write a book, I tend to purchase it and attempt to read it. I found it interesting, therefore to read a review by the one of a book by the other. I also [...]
Andy Naselli recently posted a review of John Frame’s The Doctrine of the Christian Life by Douglas Moo. If Moo or Frame write a book, I tend to purchase it and attempt to read it. I found it interesting, therefore to read a review by the one of a book by the other. I also [...]
Below are our most-read posts of 2011. Thank you all for your readership and support over the past year. I am truly blessed to have such a dedicated and engaging audience. Happy New Year! 10. Tougher Questions for Dogmatic Secularists Alas, I doubt we will ever hear such questions, because it is the Christian beliefs [...]
In this post, I want to discuss a research paper by evangelical Christian philosopher Michael J. Murray. The title of the paper is “Who’s Afraid of Religion?” Murray begins with a distinction, as philosophers love to do: …we would be perfectly happy to have a discussion of claims like…”Mahayana Buddhism emerged in the first century [...]