Category Archives: Separation of Church and State

Four reactions to culture

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Wisdom calls us to engage in truth-based dialogue and persuasion in settings like family, work, community and government… Continue reading →

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Supreme court case

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

Imagine that Obamacare mandated provision of health insurance for the abortion procedure itself. Would you feel that companies like Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties had a right to refuse to support it? Sound like a stretch? Continue reading →

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Separation of Church and State

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

There was never a thought, nor should we entertain the idea, that there is a separation of religion from public life or religion from politics. Continue reading →

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Should we avoid political engagement?

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

Given the growing polarization and divisive tone of politics, I understand why Christians might want to distance themselves from the whole project. It seems that no matter how graciously we engage, we risk being misunderstood as taking sides with a “Radical Right” or a “Radical Left.” Continue reading →

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We serve no sovereign here

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

We now live in bondage under the final authority of the individual will, whose impulses and decisions are their own moral index. Even our religion betrays our inviolable spirit of autonomy. Continue reading →

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Politics, Pastors, Dads

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

We live in difficult times when men and women of strength, character and leadership are badly needed. Continue reading →

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Myth about the First Amendment

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Wisdomforlife

Our Sunday News recently asked me to be a voice to balance the weekly columns of the assistant editor. He generates the most reader response for the paper but writes from more of a left-side, liberal perspective (labels I am a … Continue reading →

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Why is there so little tolerance?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Wisdomforlife

The current political atmosphere in the USA is an embarrassing example of the failure to promote the virtue of tolerance. For at least the last two decades, public education and mainstream media have emphasized and promoted a value identified as tolerance. … Continue reading →

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A Time to Give Thanks and Pray

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Wisdomforlife

  Setting aside the partisanship that has polarized the political scene, let us pause as one Nation under God to remember with gratitude and honor those who served their Country!   We express our deepest gratitude to families who lost loved … Continue reading →

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Rejecting a shelter mentality

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Wisdomforlife

When God’s people were exiled in Babylon, God continued to speak to them. He instructed his servant Jeremiah to write a letter to His exiled people. One word he wrote to them offered hope and assurance for their future: “This … Continue reading →

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