Sexual progressives claim to be ushering in a “brave new world” of freedom. But their “new” morality is as old as the hills. (This column originally aired September 8, 2016 and may not be suitable for all audiences. Parental discretion is advised)
In 1993, RFRA or the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was passed by a bi-partisan vote in Congress. Thank you for joining us for the First Liberty Briefing, an exclusive podcast where host Jeremy Dys—also First Liberty Senior Counsel—provides an insider’s look at the stories, cases, people and laws that have made America the world’s leader in protecting religious liberty. In the past couple of years, there’s been a lot of talk about the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or as it... Read more
Kwanzaa is a week-long African-American holiday celebrated from December 26 -January 1, created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga (born Ronald Everett), a professor of African American studies at California State University, Long Beach. His original intention was to provide and alternative to Christmas, and “give blacks an opportunity to celebrate themselves and their history, rather than simply imitate the practice of the dominant society.” Karenga is a secular humanist. The holiday draws from African rituals and black national ideology... Read more
Welcome back to the Ask Pastor John podcast. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas weekend to reflect on the Savior and his birth, and his sacrifice for us. Jesus is beautiful, and we talk about his beauty a lot as a way of fleshing out what it means to have faith and to treasure Christ for all that he is for us. But he is fundamentally beautiful — that’s common language for us. But that language leads to a... Read more
Former NFL players, Steve Largent and Chad Hennings along with two Seattle high school coaches filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of Coach Kennedy’s right to take a knee after games. Thank you for joining us for the First Liberty Briefing, an exclusive podcast where host Jeremy Dys—also First Liberty Senior Counsel—provides an insider’s look at the stories, cases, people and laws that have made America the world’s leader in protecting religious liberty. You may be familiar with coach Joe Kennedy,... Read more
We’ve never been afraid of ruffling feathers on the podcast. And as we move into the epicenter of the Christmas season, that’s good because no APJ question is more common this time of year then questions over what Christian parents should do with Santa Claus. What should we do with old St. Nick? It’s been asked over 70 times in the APJ inbox, and every year the questions come again. Now of course, Pastor John, as you know, there’s a... Read more