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The Significance of Reformation Day for the United States

by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 31, 2012 | Dramatizing History, Luke Historians, Politics, World Views

October 31, 1517 was a forerunner to America’s Independence Day. The following scholarly excerpts can be found in Amos and Gardiner’s Never Before in History: America’s Inspired Birth, which enthralled me at the age of 14. “The American...

Coons vs. O’Donnell: Does questioning evolution violate U.S. Constitution?

by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 24, 2010 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

The First Amendment commotion that appeared during the Widener Law School debate between Coons and O’Donnell was initiated by a bogus premise. Once again, the question of evolution was brought up in the race between the Senate candidates of Delaware, Chris Coons...

Jesus Christ, The Narrow-Minded Bigot?

by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 10, 2010 | Politics, World Views

It’s a commonplace scenario that was repeated recently: Christian invites unbeliever to salvation.  Unbelieving onlookers wag their heads and proceed to enact the contemporary equivalent of stoning or the lion’s den, whichever stamps the notion out...

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