Essential or not, here we come!

Attorney and Professor Nicholas P Miller discusses whether current restrictions on church reopening are fair or excessive.

It’s Not About Rights!

Our series on the religious freedom issues surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic continue with this discussion of how church and state should work together to reopen safely.

Covid 19 and Religious Freedom

Host Alan Reinach analyzes pandemic restrictions in light of the First Amendment.

Religion and Rule of Law in Myanmar

James Chen, Vice President of Global Operations, Institute of Global Engagement, discusses their work in Myanmar to bring government and faith leaders together for education on how religious freedom and rule of law – i.e., protecting the rights of religious minorities, is good for social cohesion, political stability and economic development.

Hindu Nationalism Threatens Religious Minorities

Ajit Sahi, a journalist based in Washington, D.C. discussing the killing of 16 Muslim protesters objecting to Indian government measures to deprive Muslims of citizenship in India, and the impact of legal developments on all religious minorities, Christians included.

Protecting God’s Creation is Biblical

Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, National Organizer of Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, in an inspiring discussion of biblical wisdom about God’s concern for planet earth, as well as why Christians have bought into an ideology that identifies concern about the environment with the enemies of Christianity.

Covid 19 and Religious Freedom

Richard Foltin, Senior Scholar for Religious Freedom, at the Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum, discusses the impact of restrictions on religious freedom, and the propriety of specific enforcement against religious dissenters.

Travel Restrictions and Overseas Missionaries

Bettina Krause, Director of Government Affairs for the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been working with airlines, the U.S. State Department and others to assist missionaries needing to return home in this new era of travel restrictions. She reports on the unique challenges, and the dedication of State Department officials in helping American citizens abroad.

Public Health vs. the Economy

Professor Nicholas Miller, director of the Andrews University Religious Liberty Institute examines the biblical and prophetic focus on the idolatry of commerce – the worship of material wealth – prioritized over human beings, in the context of the political debate over how far to restrict commercial activity in order to save lives.

Covid 19 and Religious Freedom

Richard Foltin, Senior Scholar for Religious Freedom, at the Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum, discusses the impact of restrictions on religious freedom, and the propriety of specific enforcement against religious dissenters.