There are very few “causes” that move me to action, but today, on January 18th, I felt impressed to make UNashamed black in support of the Stop American Censorship compaign against SOPA and PIPA. You may be wondering why these two bills, known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and Protect Intellectual Proper Act (PIPA) in the Senate, matter to me, to many of the largest and most popular websites (Google, Wikipedia, and thousands of others), and should matter to you. After all, the bills are intended to stop illegal pirating of copyrighted …
The Forbidden Book: The History of the English Bible
On June - 28 - 2011
Description:Hosted by Dr. Craig Lampe, this one-hour documentary takes you on a fascinating journey through time. Discover how the Bible was preserved through the 1,000 year period of the Dark and Middle Ages, when possession of scripture in any language other than Latin meant certain death at the hands of the organized church. Learn more about John Wycliff, the Oxford professor who translated the New Testament into English; Erasmus, the scholar that published a Greek-Latin Parallel New Testament more true to the original languages than the Latin Vulgate; William Tyndale, who risked everything to translate and publish the Bible in …
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Doing What is Right Today
On January - 12 - 2009
I could not believe that there are people claiming to be Christians, who would turn a blind eye to the sexual and physical abuse of children on the vague possibility that, sometime in the future, their own religious freedoms might be infringed upon. Is it possible that religious freedoms, even here in the United States, could eventually be limited or evoked? Yes, it is. However, we should not let a fear of tomorrow keep us from doing what is morally right today.
Fearing Persecution
On December - 8 - 2006
The Bible speaks of many different types of persecution, but just the thought of persecution can cause some people to fear. A teen once said that she wondered what the point of persecution was (if there was a point) and why we will be persecuted. You may have had similar thoughts, so here is what the Bible says on this topic.
