The Institute on Religion & Democracy is a Christian think tank affirming historic church teaching with democracy, human rights & religious freedom for all.
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The PCA report against Christian Nationalism & confessional statism is good but will it make a difference amid increasing indifference to denominations? It could make CN naughtier & more appealing.
The PCA's Report Can Help Us Move On From the Christian Nationalist Moment digitalliturgies.net/p/the-p…
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With Gordon College President Michael Hammond. I’ve really enjoyed my time on this beautiful campus.
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Secularism: Universal to the West, Provincial to Everywhere Else providencemag.com/2026/06/se… via @ProvMagazine @drpaulmarshall
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Lots of American religious history encapsulated in this Massachusetts church
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My weekly @TheIRD email: Christianity & Mormonism, Jesus & Western Christianity, Evangelicals & Israel etc linkedin.com/posts/mark-tool…
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Asbury Chapel, Gainesville, Georgia (Global Methodist Church)
Asbury Chapel in 2024 purchased a former funeral home, added a steeple and renovated the space. The church launched in 2023 and is an active community in Gainesville.
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Surprisingly, those most interested in Pope Leo's new encyclical on artificial intelligence have been secular, rather than other churches. juicyecumenism.com/2026/06/1…
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Christian Nationalists who want Protestant/Calvinist confessional state never explain how to get there. They don’t seem very interested in evangelism.
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Intervjuas här av Mark Tooley, chef vid tankesmedjan @TheIRD om den engelska versionen av min bok Den första rättigheten iirf.global/publications/boo…
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Here’s my chat with @jRudenstrand of the Evangelical Alliance of Sweden on his new book: “The First Right: Freedom to Religion. Freedom from Religion.”
youtu.be/BeUaSmIww30?si=lldf… via @TheIRD
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Most of non Catholic USA Christianity is Protestant & Baptist but doesn’t know it or rejects the labels. christianitytoday.com/2026/0…
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No doubt the Apostle Paul had reflected many times over the years how wrong he had been about the Church before Jesus confronted him on the road to Damascus, Mike Powers writes in @goodnewsmag. goodnewsmag.org/whats-right-…
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Freedom of religion is the first link in the chain that locks in and restricts the state so that citizens can live in freedom, notes Swedish Evangelical @JRudenstrand. For believers and non-believers alike, it lays the foundation for a liberal society. juicyecumenism.com/2026/06/1…
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IHE Senior Fellow @ErikWMatson recently joined @TheIRD to discuss A History of Christian Political Economy, his new book co-authored with Jordan Ballor.
View the entire talk now: juicyecumenism.com/2026/06/0…
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“But it is generally his pleasure to work by his creatures: to help man by man. He honours men to be, in this sense, ‘workers together with him’. By this means the reward is ours, while the glory redounds to him.” -John Wesley juicyecumenism.com/2026/06/1…
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RFI’s Paul Marshall discusses the centrality of religious freedom for human flourishing and reviews a new book on the subject by Allan Hertzke in Providence Magazine.
Read it here: providencemag.com/2026/04/th…
#politics #freedom #RFI #HumanRights
#religion
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Here’s my chat with @jRudenstrand of the Evangelical Alliance of Sweden on his new book: “The First Right: Freedom to Religion. Freedom from Religion.”
youtu.be/BeUaSmIww30?si=lldf… via @TheIRD
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RT @markdtooley: Reconquistadors want conservative Mainliners to stay in old denominations. In 10 years all denominations will be weaker or…
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DC young professionals: Join us June 29 for monthly New Whiggery dinner with @ismurray discussing Anglo-American political tradition & USA independence. Pls RSVP! @TheIRD @new_whigs
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Evangelicals, historically, have largely supported the state of Israel. @rwnicholson_ joins @commentmag podcast to discuss why have evangelicals taken this stance, and what has changed. juicyecumenism.com/2026/06/0…
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