Faithful Disobedience
Lorie Smith of 303 Creative has been in litigation for six years. Now, the Supreme Court is hearing her case. We expect certain jobs to bring on their share of confrontations, danger, or emotional toll. But artists? No one—least of all artists themselves—sees that profession as a lightning rod for threats and intimidation. It’s become…
Read MoreHillFaith is blessed with legions of readers who work on Capitol Hill for individual senators and representatives, as well as for congressional committees and agencies. There are also readers who don’t work on the Hill, but who care a great deal about what happens there. In other words, HillFaith’s readership is nationwide, and even international.…
Read MoreHis name is Doug Wilson and he is the author of the “Blog and Mablog” web site that is occasionally controversial, always insightful, sometimes outrageous, other times wry, and in this particular case, highly relevant. A philosopher of a reformed/evangelical bent who worked with atheist Christopher Hitchens in a televised series of debates on the…
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When U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito spoke to the National Lawyers Convention of the Federalist Society in early November, no one would have predicted that his address would be a Christmas gift to America. Alito’s basic message was a warning that the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty — our “First Freedom” —is…
Read MorePastor Rob McCoy, who describes himself as a “pro-life Democrat,” recently converted his church, Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Thousand Oaks, California, into a strip club. Yes, you read that correctly, a strip club. McCoy acted in response to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decree that church congregations cannot assemble to worship God but strip clubs and…
Read MoreCapitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) is being unreasonably burdened by District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. government with its anti-Covid regulations that effectively bar members of the congregation from exercising their First Amendment right to religious freedom, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). “Here, Defendants (collectively, the Honorable Muriel Bowser…
Read MoreCalifornia authorities are clearly determined to make an example of Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church (GCC) in Los Angeles County in retaliation for defying the state’s ban on indoor worship meetings. The ban has been challenged by other California congregations, but MacArthur is an internationally known evangelical pastor, book author and opinion molder.…
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Grace Community Church in Los Angeles County is the latest Christian congregation to challenge California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on religious gatherings in 30 Golden State jurisdictions. Grace is led by Pastor John MacArthur, one of the nation’s most influential evangelical Christian pastors and authors. His ministries encompass books, translations of the Bible, radio and…
Read MoreHong Kong’s population includes an estimated 7.5 million people, approximately two million of whom participated at the height of the protests that have grabbed world-wide attention. At one point earlier this week, something quite amazing happened: The sea of protesters parted to allow an ambulance to get to somebody in distress. As the ambulance passed…
Read MorePastor Wang Yi of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, is in jail, accused by the Communist government in Beijing of “inciting subversion of state power.” The pastor absolutely denies the charges, which are based on the fact he preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, including His claim to be “the King of Kings”…
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