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1. WATCH: A Victory for Religious Freedom

After a tumultuous legal battle, the house of God and the body of Christ in California can return to some semblance of normal meeting. The Supreme Court struck down California's coronavirus public health ...

Created on 14 April 2021

2. The Bad News in the Supreme Court's Ruling on In-Home Bible Studie

It was good to see the Supreme Court rule yet again in favor of religious liberty in the California case to allow in-home bible studies and worship sessions for the first time since the pandemic. Yet the ...

Created on 13 April 2021

3. CN Morning Rundown: Will the Days of the Holocaust Be Repeated?

Here's a quick summary of the top stories on charismanews.com: Your Papers Please—Will the Days of the Holocaust Be Repeated? "Your papers please." If the current administration has their way, this ...

Created on 08 April 2021

4. 'You Cannot Stop the Gospel': Fences, Tarp Erected Around Canadian Church to Force Physical Closur

After spending over a month imprisoned for holding "illegal" church services, James Coates, pastor of GraceLife Church in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, has more hurdles to jump—this time in the form of literal ...

Created on 07 April 2021

5. You're Not Going to Believe What Is Still Illegal a Full Year After COVID Shutdown

... is not for religious training or worship. Pastor Ken Graves, as well as the staff, churchgoers and discipleship ministry participants face criminal charges, fines and even potential imprisonment for ...

Created on 07 April 2021

6. New Study Shows Religious Freedom Gaining Traction in Supreme Court

It can feel like religious freedom is on the ropes with the attempted government bans on church services over COVID concerns and an aggressive homosexual agenda in the courts. But a new study shows that ...

Created on 07 April 2021

7. Video of Canadian Pastor Standing Up to Police, Health Officers Goes Viral

"Please get out. Get out of this property. Immediately get out." Pastor Artur Pawlowski, pastor of Calgary's Street Church in Alberta, Canada, gave this emphatic response to police, city and health ...

Created on 05 April 2021

8. Why the Passive Church Must Be Awakened to Enact Governmental Change

... peace in the Middle East and North Korea, and in particular, his important work on promoting religious freedom, not only worldwide, but also here at home," Ruddy said. Ruddy, who has a long history in ...

Created on 31 March 2021

9. Liberty Counsel Continues to Fight for First Amendment Rights One Year Later

... County issued a "Safer-at-Home" administrative order that contains 42 paragraphs of exceptions, including "religious personnel." Following this long list of exceptions, the same order adds another huge exception: ...

Created on 31 March 2021

10. Larry Tomczak's Week in Review: Common Sense or Corruption—Which Will America Choose

Thomas Paine launched the American Revolution in 1776 with his widely circulated pamphlet "Common Sense." He persuaded the masses to action by presenting issues from a biblical worldview. Radical extremists ...

Created on 12 March 2021

11. Why This Pastor Disagrees With John MacArthur About Fighting for Religious Freedom

Note: Pastor MacArthur has been an exceptional example of standing for religious liberty. I truly value his ministry. This article is not meant to take anything away from that but to clarify the importance ...

Created on 05 March 2021

12. If Religious Freedom Is Erased, Then What?

Senate Democrats have a trick up their sleeve to ram the so-called Equality Act down the throats of every American, removing religious freedom from every aspect of our lives. But we have a plan to stop ...

Created on 03 March 2021

13. ACLJ Files Brief Urging Supreme Court to Protect Against 'Cancel Culture

Hardly a day goes by that there isn't another news story about someone suffering harassment or retaliation for their political views. Whether it's a school firing a teacher for posting social media memes ...

Created on 03 March 2021

14. 'Autocratic Tyrants' Place America's Freedoms in Jeopar

...  concept of the ongoingness of law, of its organic growth over generations and centuries, is itself a religious concept rooted in Judaism and Christianity. Moreover, in Western history since the 11th centur ...

Created on 01 March 2021

15. 4 Essential Things for Christians to Know About the Equality Act

... an anti-religious freedom law. In essence the act is seeking to make "gender identity" a covered category under the Civil Rights Act, thereby overriding the protections based on biological sex. The act ...

Created on 28 February 2021

16. 'We've Got to Sound the Alarm': 'Flashpoint' Shares Shocking News About Attack on Religious Free

... cites Sarah Kramer of the Alliance Defending Freedom, who says the act encourages the suppression of religious freedom: "Essentially, the Equality Act gives people of faith an ultimatum: Change your faith-based ...

Created on 27 February 2021

17. California Demands Donor Information From Nonprofits; Liberty, Confidentiality at Stake

When you donate to a nonprofit organization that aligns with your convictions, you trust that your information won't be leaked to the public. You also trust that the organization you've given to won't ...

Created on 23 February 2021

18. In Today's Progressive Culture, Are You a Thermometer or a Thermostat

I read these words from a parishioner. The following kind of thing is happening in "conservative" churches across the country: The pastor would not answer my question when I asked him privately how ...

Created on 23 February 2021

19. Unlikely Allies Oppose Biden's Equality Act Attacking Religious Freedo

... their conscience as it refers to hiring and even paying for abortions. But the prayer-based organization is far from alone in its concerns. The Alliance Defending Freedom, dedicated to protecting religious ...

Created on 23 February 2021

20. How Our Constitutionally Guaranteed Freedoms Are Slowly Eroding

When I was growing up, I always looked forward to February. I knew that we would have two days off from school to celebrate the birthdays of two of our more famous presidents, Abraham Lincoln on the 12th ...

Created on 17 February 2021