Archive for the ‘Persecution’
May 19, 2008
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
Category: Life, God, Ministry, Faith, Health, Forgiveness, Religion, Persecution, Christianity, Failure, Church
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It is totally possible to be raised within a grace-based system, and yet develop a performance-based sense of religion. Note that I don’t say “sense of faith,” because by definition performance is not faith. Faith is trust. And level of trust is not a measure of our performance, but of our relationship. God knows our difficulty with trusting, when so much in life is broken. He’s both capable and willing to earn our trust, much as we don’t deserve that grace. But that’s the point of grace. (more…)
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May 12, 2008
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
Category: God, Values, Ministry, Faith, Life, Health, Religion, Persecution, Christianity, Failure, Church
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I left my small-town home because I was sick of the stupid social rules that develop in a compressed community environment. Oh, la, and then I became a Christian. My first church did not like me. I said exactly what I thought, and if something didn’t line up with the Bible, I wanted to know why they’d do that, when they’re supposed to be Christians and know this stuff. (more…)
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April 28, 2008
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
Category: Religious Freedom, Muslim, Islam, Human Rights, Broadcasting, Persecution, Christianity, Church
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Well, we’re halfway there already, what with political correctness. But here in Canada, we have something called “Human Rights Commissions.” These are the equivalent of Child and Family Services for grownups. If you tick off someone else, they can complain their human rights were violated and drag you before a tribunal which may financially or otherwise penalize you. Certainly, you’ll find there’s a social penalty to face, just for becoming a defendant.
A few years ago, a rash of gay-versus-Christian cases went through the HRCs. (more…)
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November 03, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
Category: Human Rights, Article, Religious Freedom, Hinduism, Islam, Muslim, Politics, Missions, War, Christianity, Peace, Values, Creation, Crime, Persecution
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Dana Hanley is author of the popular family issues blog, Principled Discovery. We’d like to thank her for contributing to the content of Humble O.
On June 6, 2007, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief held a meeting of religious leaders at the House of Lords in the UK. The purpose was to look at the challenges presented to various faiths in the implementation of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states,
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
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September 19, 2007
By: Marty
Category: Freedom of Speech, Government, Crime, First Ammendment, War, Persecution
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Ok, this is nuts. I know it has been all over the news but I am really surprised that there isn’t more of a public outcry over this sort of nonsense.
Clearly this is a police agency in the United States squelching somebody and their opinion. Is this freedom of speech?
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