Religion

The Declaration of Independence Founded a Theistic Republic 1
- Politics, Religion
- November 14, 2023
Mike Johnson opened his tenure as Speaker of the House with a speech citing the creator God mentioned in the Declaration of Independence. The speech drew criticism from columnists in the Washington Post, Time, PBS, and the New York Times, among others. Much of it shifted between Johnson’s support of Trump, his church affiliations, and
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Bigotry at Work: Christians, Persecution, and the ‘Good News’3
- Religion, Featured, International
- November 13, 2023
In her January 2023 article “The Ten Worst Countries to Live in as a Christian,” Kelly Valencia directs readers’ attention to a dismal list from Open Doors, a global organization dedicated to providing support for persecuted Christians. North Korea, where apprehended Christians are either executed or imprisoned for life, heads up this list of death
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Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?4
- Religion, Culture
- October 30, 2023
Conventional wisdom holds that Halloween is essentially a secular and pagan holiday, the result of the Christian Church appropriating an ancient Celtic harvest festival. But one strain of critical opinion tends to the view that the holiday was thoroughly Christian from the start. In the church calendar, Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) is the beginning of
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Charges Dropped Against Two Canadian Pastors, Jailed for Holding Church During COVID 0
- Politics, International, Religion
- September 19, 2023
Two pastors from Alberta, Canada, who held church services in defiance of provincial public health orders, have had their names cleared after all charges against them were dropped last month. James Coates of GraceLife Church in Edmonton and Timothy Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary spent a combined 53 days in jail in early
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Massachusetts’ Religious Bigotry Leaves Foster Kids Without Homes 1
- Politics, Religion
- September 8, 2023
Religious freedom, Congress said unanimously in 1998, “undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States.” Today, however, an obsession with gender ideology is driving governments to ignore the First Amendment, defy clear Supreme Court precedent, and even violate their own laws and regulations to root out those with the “wrong” religious views about
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A Crisis of Parenting Is the Root Cause of America’s Rapid Secularization 0
- Family, Culture, Religion
- September 6, 2023
Not long ago, I asked a young tradesman to quote on a job. We’ll call him Bruno. We began talking and I mentioned that I was a Catholic. “Religion,” he said, “that’s a good thing.” I asked what his was and he told me that he was a Muslim. “But,” Bruno added. “I wasn’t always
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