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No Ishmaels Please


I want to say a word about faith.  Recent events in my own life have driven home just how easy it is to loose sight of what we say we believe.  Just like Abraham of old, we often try to bring about results through our own efforts.  For those of you not familiar with narrative found in the book of Genesis, let me summarize.  Abraham had been given the promise by God of having a son in his old age.  God, in fact made a covenant with Abraham, sealing the promise in the blood of sacrificial animals.  Typically this looks forward, for those of us who are New Testament believers, to the blood of Christ through which we are made partakers of God?s eternal covenant.  But, back to Abraham.  Certainly after such a dynamic demonstration (Genesis 15) of God?s covenant promise, we would think that Abraham would have not doubt that God would fulfill his part of the agreement.  But, instead of waiting patiently on God as he should have done, he listened to his wife, Sarah, and tried to help God out, by having a son with his handmaiden (as was the custom of the day), since his Sarah was barren.  He did have a son with his handmaiden, but that was a cause of much sorrow to him, and is the cause of much conflict even today.  For, you see, this son, Ishmael, is the father of Arab nations.  Oh, God was still with Ishmael and provided water to keep him alive after Sarah had thown out the handmaden and her son.  But Ishmael was not God's first choice for Abraham.   Thus, later, God did fulfill his promise and give Abraham a son through his wife, Sarah.  That son, Isaac, is the father of the Jewish people.  We are all aware of the Arab-Israeli conflict which continues till today.  Yet, God was gracious, and Abraham is remembered today as the Father of the faithful, and in the hall of faith, Hebrews 11, his faith is mentioned but not his lack of it in that one moment of weakness. (Thus, I don't feel that I should share the particulars of my recent Ishmael experience with you, as I know God has put it in the sea of forgetfulness.)   Often we may be tempted to do what Abraham did and take matters into our own hands, instead of trusting God explicitly.  But, this can only result in the production of an Ishmael, which, although God may still bless, will mean trouble for us and cause us to deviate for a time from our primary God-given goals and purpose.  However, when that happens, we may be assured of God?s grace in getting us back on track. May God ever keep us from producing Ishmaels.  But if we do, may we run to Him for His mercy and grace and know that He is still in controll and we will not be remembered by him for our Ishmaels, but for our Isaacs--the fruit of our faith.  If you feel you have no faith, perhaps you this will be a first step for you.  If you feel you need more faith or need to use your faith more, perhaps this can also be a starting point for you in that direction.

The Greatest Love and Self-image


The Greek language had three words for ?Love?  First there was ?eros,? from which we get ?erotic..  This was, of course a purely selfish love.  Then there was ?Phileo? (Philadelphia), or ?brotherly love?  This is the love of one family member for another.  But the Bible added a new one--?agape?   ?Agape is a giving love, entirely unselfish.  By way of both illustration and practical application, let me quote the following note from  Mary Ellen Grisham, publisher of "Eternal Link:"After counseling young couples for years, a minister I know suggested that "love is what you do."  Young couples frequently have adjustments to make to the differences in romantic courtship and the realities of day-to-day living with the rigorous requirements of work, children, house and yard keeping, and all the many tasks required to maintain a good home and marriage.

What If? -- Musings on the Tsunami


Thumbing through Isaiah recently I was startled to find this: after a passage (in Isaiah 19) in which the prophet describes horrors that caused the hearts of the Egyptians to "melt within them," he predicts that "the people will turn to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them." The next lines describe how three bitter enemies?Egypt, Assyria, and Israel?will "worship together" and how all three will become "a blessing on the earth. The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, 'Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.'" What a picture!

What about the 4400?


Murders are so frequent in our country that a single homicide seldom grabs national attention unless the perpetrator or the victim is already a celebrity. Even a double murder is not national news. It takes multiple murders to make the headlines, CNN, and the network evening news.

What Jesus Expects of You and Me


Sometimes it is hard to know where to start even if you know what your talents are. Jesus has something to say about what we can do and what he expects us to do. Until you can find the specific purpose God has for you there is still work we can do.

Why More Priests Need To Train As Fighters (And Why We Dont See Many Boxers In Church)


St Paul was a fighter. I don?t think he ever competed in the ring, but that wasn?t because he lacked the discipline or was afraid of the pain. I always say that to be a fighter you need to have two things going for you. Firstly you need to have a lot of energy inside that needs release. Secondly, you need to be not too concerned about your own health. This fits the profile of most of our young men perfectly - on the edge of the drug culture, full of testosterone, and with no thought for the future. It also fits perfectly the profile of another group - single fathers, struggling to gain access to their children. That was how I got into the fight game. I hadn?t taken it up as a teenager, and I certainly hadn?t been born into it. My dad was a priest for God?s sake, and an academic. Fighting had not been my birthright. I came in through the back door of pain and loneliness and bitter struggle. Separated, and struggling for the right to see my daughter, I had made one half-hearted attempt at suicide already by that stage. And I had met with my bishop the following day and he had told me not to ?trade off? my situation (in other words, not to get too comfortable). I appeared to be losing my family, my vocation, and most of my friends at the same time. Full of emotional energy, obsessed with thoughts of self-destruction, and drinking way too much, I managed to find my way to the Mundine gym. It was my decision not to go under, but to fight back. Mundine?s is situated in the middle of Everleigh Street, Redfern - the roughest street in one of the roughest neighborhoods in our city. Redfern is a largely Aboriginal suburb on the outskirts of central Sydney. In recent years the government has come through and ?cleaned it up? somewhat, which meant pushing a lot of the local residents further out west. Even so, it is still a rough area. I had grown up in the vicinity of Everleigh Street. My dad had been a lecturer at the Anglican seminary located only a few blocks from this dark heart of Aboriginal Sydney. It was always an odd location for the seminary. The ecclesiastical community never had anything to do with the adjoining aboriginal enclave. On the contrary, most persons associated with the religious community dealt with their black neighbours by practising the same sort of avoidance strategy that I?d learnt as a kid ? scurrying quickly past the end of Everleigh Street and its environs whenever circumstances put us unavoidably within its reach. Ironically this strategy had to be invoked every time you got off a train from Redfern station. The platforms seemed to be designed to feed directly into Everleigh Street! Of course I never made the mistake of straying down that way myself, and as a youngster, I had heard many a nasty story about the price paid by some of the less wary. None of this is to suggest that the reputation of Everleigh was based on hearsay. I had seen plenty with my own eyes. Countless times I had seen young toddlers and their slightly older siblings wandering the streets at night while their parents got drunk at the local. One night I watched as a stupid woman stopped her car after these kids had thrown rocks at it. She got out and tried to confront the kids about what they had done. The result of course was that they found some bigger rocks and a couple of bricks. They made quite a mess of that car. My brother told me that he had witnessed a roll take place from the top of the street in broad daylight. Some boys had pulled a knife on a university student who had handed them his wallet. The student had then located a nearby policeman and had pointed out the boys to him, but the copper did nothing about it. He said he didn?t want to start a riot! I had seen the bonfires that would be lit when the new phone books or Yellow Pages directories were delivered. I had seen the shells of burnt out cars in the street. I had seen plenty, and had plenty of good reasons to never deliberately venture down that street, which is why my first walk to the Mundine gym was like wading through water ? every step being a slow and deliberate effort. But I was determined to become a fighter, and I?d just as soon lose my life in Everleigh Street than give up on my dream to have my day in the ring. The exterior of Mundine?s Gym is not designed to draw attention to itself. You?d walk right past it if you didn?t know it was there. It?s missing entirely that glittering windowed street frontage with the sleek bodies of well-groomed athletes on display for passers-by ? the type that we associate with the sorts of gyms where you pay a costly membership fee. Mundine?s has no membership fee. I don?t remember there even being a sign out the front. Mundine?s looks like just another housing-commission block, with its inglorious entrance at the bottom of a stairwell. But you pick up that it?s a gym long before you reach the top of those stairs. The smell of liniment hits you half way up ? that manly smell that mingles so harmoniously with the melodic whir of the skipping rope tap, tap, tapping its way through another round. This is what makes a real gym ? the smell of liniment, the sound of the rope, the less rhythmical thwacking of glove to bag, and of course the fighting. When you step inside Mundine?s, you know you?re in a real gym. No pretty boys. No glamour workouts. No white-collar boxercise sessions for indulgent professionals. Just bodies, sweat, testosterone and blood. They play hard at Mundine?s. That?s governed by the sort of guys that show up there of course, but it?s also embedded in the architecture of the gym to some extent. The ring stands in the centre of the building and it?s a small ring, made for brawlers. There is a small assortment of bags strung around the sides, but no fancy speedballs or floor-to-ceiling bags, such that you could justify turning up just to have a workout on the bags. There are a few pieces of weights equipment too, but again not enough to allow them to become a serious point of focus. No. The whole structure is designed to channel you into the ring. Everything else is just padding. That?s the way it should be in a real gym. I wore my clerical shirt and collar the first time I went there. Even now I don?t think it was an entirely stupid thing to have done. I wanted to be up-front about who I was and where I was coming from. Even so, I hadn?t really thought through the effect that this was going to have on the other boys at the gym, most of whom were, initially, very reluctant to hit me. They got over it though, particularly after they realised that I had no qualms about hitting them. Within a couple of weeks I was coming home each night bruised and bleeding from head to toe, and I knew I was one of the lads. Is it just me, or does every man need to go through something like this at some time in his life ? to know the joy of falling into your bed aching with the wounds that your sparring partner has inflicted on you that evening, and sleeping soundly in the knowledge that your ring brother is likewise doing his best to sleep off the impression that you made on him? I had many a glorious sparring session during those first weeks and months at Mundine?s. They weren?t pretty to watch I suppose, but they were epic struggles of the human spirit so far as I was concerned. There are few things in life more deeply satisfying than a good fight. A hard night in the ring is an enormous catharsis for a man who is struggling with life, but it?s more than that too. When you step into a ring you?re making a decision to take control of your own destiny. The forces that oppose you are no longer vague powers that threaten to overwhelm you from a distance - the law, the courts, the system. No. Your opposition takes on a clear material form in the shape of the other man advancing on you from the other corner. To get into that ring and to stay in that ring is to make a decision to give it a go ? to put your body on the line and to stand up to the punishment like a man. Fighting is more than a sport. It?s a way of life. It is the defiant decision to confront your pain directly and not to be overcome by it. Mundine?s gym taught me that, or at least it played a significant role. There was another vital lesson I learnt at Mundine?s - perhaps even more important than what I learned about fighting. I learnt to respect the fight community. The fight community is a culture all of its own, and was certainly spawned on an entirely different planet to the church community. I?m sure that some Anglican church-goers must have wondered why there are so many doctors and accountants in their congregations and so few fighters. The truth is that most church people just don?t speak the same language as fighters. The converse is also true. The fight community, as far as I can see, has very little idea of what the church is on about. I don?t mean that fighters aren?t spiritual guys. On the contrary, some of the most godly and inspirational men I have met have been fighters. And yet they have no point of contact with the established church. The two groups just don?t understand each other at all. Never was this made clearer to me than on my fourth visit to Mundine?s gym. I had turned up quietly in my tracksuit and was wandering over to the bench at the side of the ring where we tended to leave our gear while we were training. A group of guys were huddled there talking, and there was nothing particularly private about the volume of their conversation. I think they were discussing relationship problems, though I didn?t overhear everything. What I couldn?t help hearing was one guy say very clearly ?So I grabbed her, and I punched her in the fuckin? head?. He said it loudly and enacted a downwards punching motion as he said it. Then he noticed me standing nearby and suddenly felt very self-conscious. ?Oh, sorry Father? he said. And then he corrected himself. ?I punched her ... (and he said it very slowly and deliberately) ... in the head?. If I?d had my wits about me that night I would have said something clever like ?I don?t think the Lord really gives a fuck about your language brother, but I think He does care about your wife.? As it was, I didn?t say anything. I think I responded with a feeble smile. At the time, I just couldn?t work out how this guy had ever got it into his head that, as a priest, I would be more concerned about the fact that he swore than I would be about the fact that he beat his wife? Nowadays I take that sort of perception for granted. I think it?s the church that has to bear the responsibility for the communication breakdown. So much of the church nowadays reeks of a sort of insipid middle-class moralism that really does care more about smoking and swearing than it does about domestic violence or world hunger. I don?t think the Lord Jesus or St Paul ever intended to spawn any of these Christianized golf clubs that call themselves churches. Personally, I suspect that Jesus and the apostles would feel more at home in the average boxing gym today than they would in the average church. Of course they wouldn?t like the threats and the violence, but they would love the honesty. Fighters are very honest people. One guy, again from the Mundine gym, summed it up for me. ?Around here nobody stabs anybody in the back?, he said to me. Then he pointed to his heart and added emphatically: ?You stab here!? That?s why I have so much respect for the fight culture. I know I can trust fighters. I know they won?t stuff me round ? smiling to my face but stabbing me in the back when I turn around. I wish the same could be said for all church people. St Paul was a fighter. ?I do not fight like a man beating the air? he says. They had the ancient Pankration fighting in his day ? a vicious form of no rules combat that was concluding event in the original Olympics. Those guys certainly didn?t ?beat the air?. When Ulysses came home from the Trojan War, legend has it that his own mother didn?t recognise him. According to my friend and former trainer Kon, legend has it that when the Pankration champion came home from the Olympic Games, his own dog couldn?t recognise him! Those guys knew what real fighting is about. St Paul would have made one tough bugger as a fighter. What I wouldn't give to be able to jump into the old Pankration ring with him to go a couple of rounds! You?d never knock him down though. I suspect most of the apostles would have been like that ? warm big-hearted men, but as hard as nails in the ring. I have a secret hope that when I get to heaven I?ll be able to take on some of those boys and try my luck. I guess it?s not everyone?s idea of heaven, but it is mine.

About The Spiritual World of Madonna


Pop singer Madonna came this week to Tel Aviv to take part in a congress of Kabbala studies. According to press releases, she is going to stay in Israel until Sunday night and will have on the last day of her visit, the opportunity to visit the graves of Jewish Tzaddikim (righteous holy people) near Safed, a small town in northern Israel.

Popping the Balloon of Belief


I?m really excited. I just got a bigger soapbox, and I wanted to invite the rest of you to get up here on it with me.

Here?s Help for the ?I Can?t Say ?No? Blues?


I hear it all the time.  Cries from Christian women who want desperately to serve the Lord, but who feel overwhelmed.  ?I almost dread going to PTO meetings or church services anymore because I just know somebody else is going to ask me to help with something,? they say. ?Don?t get me wrong.  I want to help, but there are only so many hours in my day.  I feel like I?m just going to explode if I don?t get some relief.?

Your Mission Field At Work


One point many Christian Working Moms who have been interviewed have made is that they are a shining light in their work place.  Whether or not you can speak openly about your faith at work, your co-workers are watching. Are they seeing Jesus in you? Do they see you handle ethical issues in a different manner than other co-workers? Do they see a peace in you amidst all of the stress of the job? Do they see your priorities are in order? Although, we are to be workers worthy of our hire we are first and foremost followers of Christ. Do your co-workers see you participating in the office gossip or do they see you leaving when those discussions come up? Do your co-workers see you building up or tearing down? Do they see compassion in you that is often woefully missing in this get ahead world we live in?

Meaning and Marketing - The Will


You are now inside one of the top theological schools in the world and you are sitting in Dr. John Hobbs' Class on Theology with first year Freshman students. The seminary is reformed, protestant, Christian and is located in the south of the USA.

Harry Potter To Christians: Its Not Good To Hear Voices


That is the popular and, thank God (if you'll pardon the use of the G name) the politically correct feeling among most Christians today. You will recall that in the second book of the Potter series, The Chamber Of Secrets, Harry Potter alone heard the voice of the basilisk. When he confided in his two friends about it, one told him that even in the wizarding world, hearing voices is not a good thing. Like art imitating reality, can't we say that even in our non-wizarding world, it's not a good thing to be hearing voices. Whether those voices be God's or someone else's voice.

We Must Be Ready. But How?


Revelation 19:7 states, ?Let us rejoice and give honor unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.?

The Christmas Victory


As the Chritmas season approaches, I figured it's a good time to submit the following article:

Finding God in the Clouds


It was a cool August night during the Summer before my Junior year in high school. I was just getting off work on what seemed to be the worst day of my life. I was having a mental break-down, nothing was going right, and every negative thing in my life seemed to hit me at once.

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Religious people internalize stereotypes about moral superiority and are more responsive to identity threats  PsyPost

Research indicates there is "extreme moral prejudice" against nonreligious people around the world, which appears to be rooted in intuitions about ...


Amazon mistakenly told some sellers that it's now blocking ads with 'religious content' - CNBC
Amazon mistakenly told some sellers that it's now blocking ads with 'religious content'  CNBC

Amazon employees have been mistakenly taking down ads with religious *content*, causing some small sellers to take a direct hit on their sales. Multiple sellers ...


Here's what Arab youth think about religion, drugs and education - StepFeed
Here's what Arab youth think about religion, drugs and education  StepFeed

An overwhelming majority believe religious institutions are in need of reform, according to Arab Youth Survey 2019.


How ‘Fleabag’ Sold Thousands of Jumpsuits and Made Religion Sexy - The New York Times
How ‘Fleabag’ Sold Thousands of Jumpsuits and Made Religion Sexy  The New York Times

LONDON — In the first episode of season two of “Fleabag,” which debuts on Amazon Prime in the United States on May 17, the heroine, played by Phoebe ...


Religion in Quebec: The tumultuous years - Montreal Gazette
Religion in Quebec: The tumultuous years  Montreal Gazette

Thirteen years later, the "reasonable accommodation" debate about religion's place in Quebec society rages on.


Texas Republicans pass a ‘Chick-fil-A’ bill. LGBT advocates are up in arms. - The Washington Post
Texas Republicans pass a ‘Chick-fil-A’ bill. LGBT advocates are up in arms.  The Washington Post

The so-called “Save Chick-fil-A” bill explicitly forbids the government from taking “any adverse action” against any person or business for affiliation with a ...


Churchgoing American religion is starting to look less exceptional - The Economist
Churchgoing American religion is starting to look less exceptional  The Economist

FOR ANYONE who studies Americans and their beliefs, the most startling phenomenon of recent times has been the rise of the religious “nones”. About a ...


Paducah leaders to hold special meeting regarding religious freedom - WPSD Local 6
Paducah leaders to hold special meeting regarding religious freedom  WPSD Local 6

PADUCAH — The Paducah City Commission will hold a special called meeting Tuesday evening to introduce an amendment to the city's Human Rights ...


The do's and don'ts of religion reporting | The GroundTruth Project - The do's and don'ts of religion reporting - The GroundTruth Project
The do's and don'ts of religion reporting | The GroundTruth Project - The do's and don'ts of religion reporting  The GroundTruth Project

SHARE. May 2, 2019. By Wilson LiÊvano ¡ @wlievano. This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth's newsletter for early-career journalists.


The link between science and religion - Toronto Star
The link between science and religion  Toronto Star

Marcelo Gleiser is in search of the essence of religion that permeates all aspects of human thought and life, just like science.


Entrepreneur markets interfaith meats to combat surge in religious hate crimes - Religion News Service
Entrepreneur markets interfaith meats to combat surge in religious hate crimes  Religion News Service

NEW YORK (RNS) — After the latest wave of attacks at places of worship, from Poway, to Sri Lanka, to New Zealand and Pittsburgh, Mohammad Modarres felt ...


Why You Should Run from Religion that Emphasizes Being Right - Patheos
Why You Should Run from Religion that Emphasizes Being Right  Patheos

There is an ancient Jewish joke that two in a conflict people came to a rabbi to settle their dispute. One person gave his perspective. The rabbi immediately said, ...


Texas Senate passes religious liberty bill that LGBTQ advocates fear licenses discrimination - The Texas Tribune
Texas Senate passes religious liberty bill that LGBTQ advocates fear licenses discrimination  The Texas Tribune

The measure moved quickly through the Senate after the LGBTQ Caucus killed a near-identical proposal on a procedural motion last week in the Texas House.


Religious Freedom Report Details Egregious Violations Of Human Rights - NPR
Religious Freedom Report Details Egregious Violations Of Human Rights  NPR

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has released its annual report in the aftermath of attacks on mosques in New Zealand, churches in Sri ...


Nation in denial on religious revolution - The Australian
Nation in denial on religious revolution  The Australian

The Morrison-Shorten uproar over religion and LGBTI rights should concern all Australians given the parliament was deadlocked late last year with Labor ...


Byrne: Democrats’ infringement on freedom of religion ‘truly radical and deeply troubling’ - Yellowhammer News
Byrne: Democrats’ infringement on freedom of religion ‘truly radical and deeply troubling’  Yellowhammer News

"Unfortunately, the modern Democratic Party has decided that mandating its beliefs on everyone is more important than upholding the rights of people of...


Pete Buttigieg, a gay Christian, is driving the religious right nuts - CNN
Pete Buttigieg, a gay Christian, is driving the religious right nuts  CNN

The only Democrat talking at length about his faith in the 2020 primary also happens to be the only gay candidate in the race. And he's one of the few from a red ...


‘Religious Freedom in Islam’ Review: Politics and Pluralism - The Wall Street Journal
‘Religious Freedom in Islam’ Review: Politics and Pluralism  The Wall Street Journal

After revoking the Edict of Nantes, and with it the civil and religious liberties that the law had afforded Protestants in his realm, Louis XIV boasted that France had ...


The hollowing out of American religion - Religion News Service
The hollowing out of American religion  Religion News Service

(RNS) — The biggest American religion story of the past decade has been the rise of the Nones — those who answer “none” when asked what their religion is.


Supreme Court conservatives are bickering over the death penalty and religion - Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court conservatives are bickering over the death penalty and religion  Los Angeles Times

Conservatives on the Supreme Court are bickering over the timing of death penalty appeals and access to religious advisors. A solution: End the death penalty.


Women say goodbye to sweet home Alabama - Religion News Service
Women say goodbye to sweet home Alabama  Religion News Service

(RNS) — It is 2031. My grandson, Noah, is about to celebrate becoming bar mitzvah. In the middle of the two of us studying his Torah portion together, Noah ...


Donal Lynch: 'How Ireland turned its back on religion, but kept Communion' - Independent.ie
Donal Lynch: 'How Ireland turned its back on religion, but kept Communion'  Independent.ie

Streaks of fake tan on the bouncing castle. A pop-up charity shop overflowing with tulle, lace, chiffon and tiny jackets with rosettes. Princess packages and ...


Pete Buttigieg, please don’t equate religion with morality - The Washington Post
Pete Buttigieg, please don’t equate religion with morality  The Washington Post

People bring their morality to their religious texts; they don't get their morality from them.


Religious Freedom: What’s at Stake If We Lose It - Daily Signal
Religious Freedom: What’s at Stake If We Lose It  Daily Signal

Religious freedom preserves America's diversity, where people of different faiths, worldviews, and beliefs can peacefully coexist without fear of reprisal.


Israel Folau's fight for religious freedom leaves behind ugly mess - The Guardian
Israel Folau's fight for religious freedom leaves behind ugly mess  The Guardian

The sacked Wallaby's test case will prompt a lot of soul-searching about how rugby arrived at this point.


Religion calendar - Newnan Times-Herald
Religion calendar  Newnan Times-Herald

Music/Drama. •Old Paths, historic sanctuary, Macedonia Baptist Church, 1504 Macedonia Road, May 24, 7 p.m. Complimentary dinner, fellowship hall, 6 p.m..


Life is changed, not ended | Religion - The Mountaineer
Life is changed, not ended | Religion  The Mountaineer

I never knew Riley Howell, but I suspect I'll always remember where I was when I heard about his untimely death.


India Proposes Controversial Bill Making Religion A Criteria for Refugee Citizenship - NPR
India Proposes Controversial Bill Making Religion A Criteria for Refugee Citizenship  NPR

India wants to grant citizenship to refugees from nearby countries — unless they're Muslim. Critics say making religion a criteria for citizenship violates India's ...


Election campaign goes to hell over religious debate - The Age
Election campaign goes to hell over religious debate  The Age

How can we have a civilised debate about hell, sin and religion?


Editorial: Vaccinations aren’t about religion. They’re about public health. - Hartford Courant
Editorial: Vaccinations aren’t about religion. They’re about public health.  Hartford Courant

Those who are in favor of religious exemptions to vaccines that are otherwise mandatory before children attend school claim that the issue is about religious ...


Folau verdict aside, Labor threatens religious freedom in schools - The Age
Folau verdict aside, Labor threatens religious freedom in schools  The Age

Rugby Australia's verdict on its punishment for Israel Folau, due on Friday, will highlight broader religious freedom implications – and these may have an impact ...


What Mike Pence got wrong at Liberty University - Religion News Service
What Mike Pence got wrong at Liberty University  Religion News Service

(RNS) — This past weekend, Vice President Mike Pence, offering the commencement address at Liberty University, issued a warning to graduates of this ...


The Satanic Temple gets religion - PRI
The Satanic Temple gets religion  PRI

From trolling the religious right to being recognized by the IRS as a real religion, the Satanic Temple is on the rise. And with growth comes a new challenge.


The Satanic Temple is a real religion, says IRS - Religion News Service
The Satanic Temple is a real religion, says IRS  Religion News Service

(RNS) — The Almighty may not think the Satanic Temple is a church. But the taxman has given it the thumbs-up. The Satanic Temple, which is featured in a ...


Embarrassing Gaffes Continue to Show Media’s Ignorance of Religion - Daily Signal
Embarrassing Gaffes Continue to Show Media’s Ignorance of Religion  Daily Signal

It's become increasingly clear that many in our nation's elite media know little to nothing about religion—Christianity in particular. This is a disturbing trend for the ...


Vice President Mike Pence to Liberty University grads: ‘Freedom of religion is under assault’ - WTVR CBS 6 News
Vice President Mike Pence to Liberty University grads: ‘Freedom of religion is under assault’  WTVR CBS 6 News

LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Vice President Mike Pence offered a stern warning for graduates of Liberty University during his commencement address Saturday at the ...


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Challenges Religious Right On Specific Bible Passages - HuffPost
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Challenges Religious Right On Specific Bible Passages  HuffPost

The freshman lawmaker from New York says if they want to follow the Bible, they can start by backing her bill.


Religious Freedom Is America’s Greatest Export—and It’s Under Attack - Newsweek
Religious Freedom Is America’s Greatest Export—and It’s Under Attack  Newsweek

Few things would better safeguard religious freedom than if American evangelicals regained their leadership position on religious freedom.


MoE rejects MBM's proposal for special subject on religion - New Straits Times
MoE rejects MBM's proposal for special subject on religion  New Straits Times

KLUANG: The Education Ministry (MoE) has rejected the Malaysian Youth Council's (MBM) proposal that a special subject about other religions, apart from ...


Bangladesh for all to practise religion without fear: Hasina - bdnews24.com
Bangladesh for all to practise religion without fear: Hasina  bdnews24.com

The prime minister highlighted her government's efforts to enable the people to practise their religion peacefully, freely and with dignity as she met the people ...


A Changing World: Global Views on Diversity, Gender Equality, Family Life and the Importance of Religion - Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project
A Changing World: Global Views on Diversity, Gender Equality, Family Life and the Importance of Religion  Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project

People see diversity and gender equality increasing in their countries but say family ties have weakened. Views on the importance of religion vary widely.


New law requires professors in Washington to accommodate religious holidays - Religion News Service
New law requires professors in Washington to accommodate religious holidays  Religion News Service

SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — A new state law makes it easier for college students to take time off for religious holidays. Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5166 ...


It's unfair to say Christians' pro-life stance ends at birth - Religion News Service
It's unfair to say Christians' pro-life stance ends at birth  Religion News Service

(RNS) — Over the past few weeks, three states — Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee — passed laws restricting or banning abortions. But it was the ban signed ...


Marianne Williamson's metaphysical campaign for president - Religion News Service
Marianne Williamson's metaphysical campaign for president  Religion News Service

(RNS) — Unless the Democratic National Committee moves the goalposts, New Age author and activist Marianne Williamson will be on stage for the party's first ...


Religion News Service, AP and The Conversation launch global religion journalism initiative - Religion News Service
Religion News Service, AP and The Conversation launch global religion journalism initiative  Religion News Service

NEW YORK — Religion News Foundation (RNF), Religion News *Service* (RNS), The Associated Press (AP) and The Conversation announced today the ...


Amazon re-training employees after mistakenly blocking religious ads - Fox News
Amazon re-training employees after mistakenly blocking religious ads  Fox News

Amazon is retraining its staff after incorrectly blocking several Christian sellers from advertising online for crosses, Bibles, and religious symbols and statements.


Deadly attacks in Sri Lanka tap into global anxiety about Christian-Muslim violence - Washington Post
Deadly attacks in Sri Lanka tap into global anxiety about Christian-Muslim violence  Washington Post

The Easter attacks in Sri Lanka, a Buddhist-majority country not known for religious violence or intolerance, are tapping into global worries about safety.


Do religious couples have happier marriages? Multi-nation reports finds it's complicated - The Christian Post
Do religious couples have happier marriages? Multi-nation reports finds it's complicated  The Christian Post

Certain secular progressive couples and religious conservative couples are the most satisfied with their relationships, according to a new report. The Institute for ...


US ambassador to visit Tibet ‘to raise concerns about religion and culture’ - South China Morning Post
US ambassador to visit Tibet ‘to raise concerns about religion and culture’  South China Morning Post

Trip is chance to talk to local leaders to raise long-standing concerns, embassy says.


Q&A: Why Latter-day Saints loom large in the history of religious freedom law - Deseret News
Q&A: Why Latter-day Saints loom large in the history of religious freedom law  Deseret News

A new book examines what it took to truly protect religious freedom in the United States.


No one should be afraid to talk about religion - Sify News
No one should be afraid to talk about religion  Sify News

The global constant with all religion is this: one can be punished for voicing one's thoughts on religion, because an opinion is believed to “hurt the religious ...


Religious Men Can Be Devoted Dads, Too - The New York Times
Religious Men Can Be Devoted Dads, Too  The New York Times

“Blue” marriages are better — or at least that is the conventional wisdom. Couples who live according to egalitarian values, sharing domestic responsibilities like ...


Muslim members of Congress host Ramadan feast at the Capitol - Washington Post
Muslim members of Congress host Ramadan feast at the Capitol  Washington Post

The three Muslim members of Congress invited fellow representatives to dine with them as they broke their fast.


'I support the law of the country': Debate over sexuality and religion creeps into election campaign - Sydney Morning Herald
'I support the law of the country': Debate over sexuality and religion creeps into election campaign  Sydney Morning Herald

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his “faith is not about politics” as debate over freedom of religious expression and the targeting of gay Australians creeps into ...


Is Juche the state religion of North Korea? - Big Think
Is Juche the state religion of North Korea?  Big Think

Why on Earth would North Koreans worship the Kim family? If some observers are correct, its because the state religion tells them too. Juche is a political ...


We can protect LGBTQ people and religious freedom. Pete Buttigieg and Utah show the way. - USA TODAY
We can protect LGBTQ people and religious freedom. Pete Buttigieg and Utah show the way.  USA TODAY

Advancing civil rights has always required a broad consensus, and that's no different for LGBTQ people. We need church leaders to be part of our fight.





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