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Around the Web #5: Rights, Liberty and Religious Freedom

God and Politics UK has an excellent post outlining the work of the All-Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom.  So now is a good time to consider what freedom of religion means. While we are fortunate not to face religious persecution in the West, religious groups could face prejudice and  discrimination. 

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Was the Sabbath a Mean Spirited Rule? Seeking Sabbath; Finding Freedom

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The fourth commandment comes to us, not lightly, but as a strict and memorable principle. “Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy,” thundered God from Mount Sinai to the nascent Israelite nation gathered to hear his words. (Exodus 20:8-10).  Strict, because over the centuries the church has resolutely upheld this principle of mandatory rest and memorable because it still conjures, in the minds of many, images of toys not played with, races not run, and televisions blacked out on “The Sabbath Day”.   

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