Dr Paul Allen

English: Hobby Lobby store in Stow, Ohio (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Wheaton Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Tyndale House Publishers won a temporary injunction against the Affordable Care Act 's (ACA) contraceptive mandate Friday, convincing the D.C. Federal District Court that the requirement violated its religious freedom. The injunction , which Judge Reggie Walton said he granted because the Bible and Christian book publisher self-funds its insurance , is temporary . However, it raises hope of legal victory for more than 110 hospitals, schools, and corporations that have filed lawsuits against the federal government over the healthcare law . (Catholic organizations have protested the law's requirement that insurance cover contraceptives; evangelical plaintiffs have more narrowly objected to the list of contraceptives that must be covered, including "emergency contraceptives" that may inhibit uterine implantation.) Early lawsuits against the healthcar

Image via Wikipedia "The practice of proselytizing in public is as old as the New Testament . Jesus preached at public gatherings during feast times, and Paul preached openly in the marketplaces. So there seems to be a very old precedent for this kind of activity.  Furthermore, Paul recognized that some preached Christ with good motives and some with bad; nevertheless, he was pleased Christ was preached at all. Perhaps here the question becomes more complex and must be considered along two different lines at least.  The fact that people can preach Christ in an unsavory way would require that those participating in marketplace evangelism monitor themselves to prevent abuses.  Plato noted in  The Laws  that 'an abuse does not nullify a proper use.' If we judged any segment of society by its worst examples, who could stand? Nevertheless, to legislate against the bad uses in a way that prevents valid uses is itself an abuse." Jerry Root, professor, Wheaton College &quo

Image via Wikipedia Though atheists may argue that the existence of a supreme being is impossible, their arguments often reveal a belief that God just doesn't behave as they think he should. In a debate, Christopher Hitchens complained about war and killing in the Old Testament . He said he wrote his book God Is Not Great in response to the murders in Muslim countries that followed the publishing of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad . None of these are arguments against God's existence, but rather arguments against how God and especially his followers act. Timothy Larsen, professor of history at Wheaton College and author of  Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England , says he has come to see doubt as a way in which we take our faith seriously: "If you haven't doubted, you haven't re-owned your faith." Many Victorian atheists, Larsen discovered, converted back to Christianity . "Some actually are really trying to answer questions. Th

Image via Wikipedia Though atheists may argue that the existence of a supreme being is impossible, their arguments often reveal a belief that God just doesn't behave as they think he should. In a debate, Christopher Hitchens complained about war and killing in the Old Testament . He said he wrote his book God Is Not Great in response to the murders in Muslim countries that followed the publishing of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad . None of these are arguments against God's existence, but rather arguments against how God and especially his followers act. Timothy Larsen, professor of history at Wheaton College and author of  Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England , says he has come to see doubt as a way in which we take our faith seriously: "If you haven't doubted, you haven't re-owned your faith." Many Victorian atheists, Larsen discovered, converted back to Christianity . "Some actually are really trying to answer questions. Th