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Ray Willis of First Steps Discipleship Ministry coming
to Austin for Pastor Briefings on Aug 10 & 11th
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Central Texas Pastor Conference
Friday, September 11, 2009, 10am - 2 pm
- Worldview Encounter
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 9am - 2 pm
- America Bless God Annual Banquet
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 6 - 9 pm
LISTENER QUESTIONS & SHOW TOPIC RELATED STORIES
- Are you free to share your faith in public, at school or the work place?
- Should public prayer NOT include "In Jesus Name"?
- Are Americans gaining or losing Religious Liberties?
Flushing Long Island Quakers
Source: http://politicalhope.blogspot.com, Brent Bullock, Thu, July 16, 2009
American History never ceases to amaze me. Pastor Bill Hart of Austin recently shared a bit of history behind a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hart.
Where there is a humble church, there are new beginnings
Source: www.christiantoday.com, Friday, July 24, 2009
The President of the Baptist World Alliance the Rev David Coffey shares some of his thoughts on where Baptists are now and challenges to the faith as they celebrate their 400th anniversary. This is an important year for Baptists. What’s been running through your mind as you’ve contemplated the last 400 years?
Re-reading A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity in London in 2005
Source: www.baptisthistory.org.uk, Brian Haymes
400 Years of Baptists – What was the beginning?
Source: www.baptisthistory.org
The story is quite complicated … Our best historical evidence says that Baptists came into existence in England in the early seventeenth century. They apparently emerged out of the Puritan-Separatist movement in the Church of England. Some of these earnest people read the Bible in their own language, believed it, and sought to live by it. They formed separate congregations which accepted only believers into their membership, and they baptized converts upon their profession of faith. Their opponents nicknamed them "Baptists," and the name stuck.
Notes from Religious Liberty Reading – Jason West, Research Czar
Marshall, Jennifer A. Backgrounder, “Religious Liberty in America: An Idea Worth Sharing through Public Diplomacy”. No 2230, January 15, 2009: The Heritage Foundation.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/PublicDiplomacy/bg2230.cfm
Marshall argues that religious liberty should be a part of America’s public diplomacy, but because the idea is not well understood, we are not able to advance the ideal. Marshall says, “Today, a number of the ideas central to the American order are not in prime fighting shape, including ideas about the importance of religious liberty and practice in American society.” She questions how US ideals can be accurately portrayed without a strong grasp on the importance of religious freedom in American society.
New Ariz. law affirms students' religious liberties
Source: www.firstamendmentcenter.org, AP, 07.15.09
PHOENIX — Arizona public school students may have new rights to express religious views under a bill signed by Gov. Jan Brewer last week. The Students’ Religious Liberties Act (H.B. 2357) prohibits schools from discriminating against students or parents on the basis of religious viewpoint or expression. It requires that schools not “penalize or reward” students for including religious content or views in a classroom assignment
Governor signs Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act
Source: www.ReligiousLiberty.TV · July 21, 2009 · Northwest Religious Liberty Association Press Release
The Stage Was Set On a sweltering Friday summer evening, and just two minutes prior to going on stage before approximately 1,500 Seventh-day Adventist Christians at the Gladstone, Oregon Camp meeting, the Honorable Representative Dave Hunt (D), Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Oregon Legislature, informed the president and staff of the Northwest Religious Liberty Association that Governor Ted Kulongoski had quietly signed Senate Bill 786, the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act, the day before, on Thursday, July 16, 2009.
When work and religion collide
Source: www.ReligiousLiberty.tv, Jim Evans, July 21, 2009
This is not your father’s workplace. A snapshot of today’s workforce looks dramatically different than it did a generation ago. Our workplaces are comprised of young people, senior citizens, and every age in between. Women work effectively in jobs that were traditionally held by men.
Justice Department Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Essex County, New Jersey (DOJ Release)
Source: www.ReligiousLiberty.tv, July 19, 2009
The Department filed a lawsuit today against Essex County, N.J., alleging that it discriminated against a Muslim corrections officer on the basis of her religion in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The suit alleges that the county refused to permit Yvette Beshier to wear a religiously mandated headscarf while working as a corrections officer.
Freedom of religion guarantees trump schoolteacher’s job discrimination claim
Source: www.wisbar.org, Alex De Grand, Wisconsin State Bar Legal Writer, July 21, 2009
State and federal guarantees of free exercise of religion bar a teacher at a Catholic school from alleging job discrimination, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held today in Coulee Catholic Schools v. Labor and Industry Review Comm’n, 2009 WI 88.
Living with the Supreme Court's mess
Source: www.cnn.com, Jay Sekulow, ACLJ, June 22, 2000
The decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Santa Fe, Texas, "football prayer" case is a school administrator's nightmare. The court's opinion tells school districts at length what they cannot do but gives few clues as to how to comply with the Constitution when allowing student speakers at school events.
10,000 may say prayer in Santa Fe
Source: www.cnn.com, KEVIN MORAN, August 30, 2000
SANTA FE, Texas (The Houston Chronicle) -- As many as 10,000 people may surround this small town's public stadium Friday to "spontaneously" recite the Lord's Prayer before Santa Fe High School's first football game of the season, Christian ministers predicted Tuesday.
Dorman students petition against prayer
Graduates want nonsectarian messages at commencement
Source: www.GoUpState.com, Lee G. Healy, Thursday, July 16, 2009
A student-spurred petition requesting that school district officials put a stop to religious messages at graduation ceremonies has garnered about 40 signatures and an online following of more than 100 people.
Schools wrestling with policies under new religious liberties act
Not all districts have set policy on act meant to clarify students' right to expression
Source: www.dallasnews.com, Brandon Formby, Monday, August 27, 2007
The Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act was meant to clarify how Texas schoolchildren can publicly convey their religious stances on campus and at school events.
Marysville schools bar volunteers from advocating religion
Source: www. heraldnet.com, Kaitlin Manry and Krista Kapralos, June 15, 2009
MARYSVILLE -- Pastors and youth group leaders will no longer be able to talk with students at length about religion in Marysville schools. Superintendent Larry Nyland issued new guidelines last week that limit how much volunteers can discuss religion with students.
Elective Bible Class in Public High Schools
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
House Bill 1287 (80(R)) amends the Education Code to authorize a school district to offer elective high school courses on the Bible's Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament.
The New Humanism
Source: www. spectator.org, Roger Scruton, March 2009
The family in which I was raised was, in the matter of religion, typical of postwar England. There was no objection to the children receiving Christian instruction at school, and performing there a daily act of …
THE U.N. SEIZURE OF PARENTAL RIGHTS - PART 1
Source: www.NewsWithViews.com, Berit Kjos, July 25, 2009
From Family Freedom to Global Control “...some opponents of Humanism have accused us of wishing to overthrow the traditional Christian family. They are right. That is exactly what we intend to do.” - The British Humanist Association, 1969
National group still plans prayer before Aug. 5 council meeting
Source: www.LodiNews.com, Maggie Creamer, Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt still plans to be in Lodi on Aug. 5 even though the Lodi City Council has postponed its discussion on an invocation policy that night.
Groups wants Tracy council to stop meeting prayers
Source: www.mercurynews.com, The Associated Press, 07/08/2009
TRACY, Calif.—A group representing atheists and agnostics has asked the Tracy City Council to stop opening its meetings with Christian prayers. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wisc.-based nonprofit, sent a six-page letter to the city last week demanding an end to the practice.
ACLU allegations about council prayers bring sharp responses
Source: www.sanmarcosrecord.com, Anita Miller, 7/12/2009
San Marcos — If Mayor Susan Narvaiz and the San Marcos City Council needed a boost to their self esteem, they got a good dose of it during the public comment period of last week’s meeting. One after another, local pastors and members of their congregations flocked to the microphone to extol the hard work of the council and encourage them to continue the habit of starting each meeting with a prayer.
Pa. House prayer rejected over 'Jesus'
Saying it could offend people of other faiths, state lawmakers tell minister to remove it
Source: www.post-gazette.com, Tom Barnes, Sunday, July 19, 2009
HARRISBURG -- Three weeks ago, a Christian clergyman from Adams County was surprised and upset when state House officials wouldn't let him open a session with a prayer that contained what they termed an "offensive" word -- the name of Jesus.
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