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We had attorney Jonathan Zirkle from Liberty and Health Alliance come and go over religious liberty issues with some pretty amazing sermons as we see in these videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_gse6sYXE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er_3Amcy3lI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8C1Po9LM4 Then I checked with my wife and coincidentally we are going on a mission trip sponsored by Liberty and Health Alliance to Vieques, Puerto Rico so looked more closely at who they are. They state they are a 'ministry founded by Seventh-day Adventist Christians, we believe in the gift of life and whole-person health bestowed by God, medical freedom, and liberty of conscience. Our commitment is reflected in the many thousands of lives touched by our clinics offering medical, dental, eye care, and other essential services 100% free of charge to the public.' Pretty neat, we are getting on zoom to go over all our tasks and its intense what we will have to do, so we pray the Lord gives us strength and keeps His hand of protection over us as well as all those going, as we both have health issues to say the least. We go by faith and depend on the Lord when we come across roadblocks as I can say this organization does. We have been with them before on mission trips so are familiar with how they go about it, with Adventist colleges and students assisting. Well, on the zoom meeting they told us of what I can truly say shows how the devil works to undermine Gods work. The tickets for the plane flight for the students from the west coast was all set, when the flight was suddenly cancelled. As the hotels, bus rides, events are all set, they tried everything they could to find another as closely comparable as they could. But, the only flight on a close timeline was routed through New York, and added a additional port fee tax for every student, and they cannot take that off and no way to adjust. Now the students are not rich as some of you may remember from your college days. So we prayed on it, and put it in the Lords hands, but the amounts are bit much for some of them, and other substantial charges have come up so more prayers are being said. We are relying on God to see a way forward for the group, as my wife and I are former Pathfinder leaders, and used to 'roughing it' as they say. So if you keep us in your prayers, and as the Lord moves you, this is a chance to help out this group which has done much and looks to go forward for the Lord and His work. Here is their site... https://libertyandhealth.org/

The foundation for this discussion arises from some differences in understanding the nature of Christ: * Was Christ fully God and fully human? If so, what does that mean? NOTE: I say that Christ was fully God and fully human. I seek to understand that this means. * I agree that God cannot sin. * I agree that humanity sins. * I agree that Christ while both fully human and fully God, did not sin. * "I agree that Christ was the only one living on Earth why never sinned. * Over the 80+ years of my life, my understanding of this has changed, more than once. At this point in time, I can only say that I still do not fully understand the nature of the one who was Christ. NOTE: Gustave, I welcome your full response to my post.

For forty years, the silver bug has been the whipping boy of the financial world—the lunatic in the corner shouting about the end of days while the rest of the party got rich on tech stocks and imaginary internet coins. […] The post The Great Silver Breakout: Panic in the Paper Casino appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Appeals court rules that prayer break denials, without discipline or job impact, don’t meet Title VII harm standard The Eleventh Circuit upheld a summary judgment for Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. in a case brought by Mouatasem Zienni, a Muslim worker […] The post Fear Isn’t Enough: Muslim Worker’s Prayer Break Lawsuit Dismissed Over ‘Speculative Harm’ appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

TL:DR – Jolene Van Alstine, a Canadian woman with a painful but treatable condition, was approved for assisted death after being unable to access surgery through her provincial health system. Canada’s MAiD law allows nonterminal patients to qualify based on […] The post When Canada's Health System Says “No”, Its Assisted Suicide System Says “Yes”: The Van Alstine Case appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Appeals court rules that prayer break denials, without discipline or job impact, don’t meet Title VII harm standard The Eleventh Circuit upheld a summary judgment for Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. in a case brought by Mouatasem Zienni, a Muslim worker […] The post Fear Isn’t Enough: Muslim Worker’s Prayer Break Lawsuit Dismissed Over ‘Speculative Harm’ appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

For forty years, the silver bug has been the whipping boy of the financial world—the lunatic in the corner shouting about the end of days while the rest of the party got rich on tech stocks and imaginary internet coins. […] The post The Great Silver Breakout: Panic in the Paper Casino appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Hobie: Gustave has sent me a private e-mail, telling me that he understands you and is O.K. with your comments. In short, Gustave is showing more grace than you. I do not intend, at this time, to revoke your ability to post. in CA. You may want to reconsider how you come across when you claim that you better know what Catholics teach than they understand.

Your understanding of venerate is correct. It is far different from worship. We SDAs often venerate Ellen White. You tell us that individual belief must come from someone teaching that person. You are simply wrong. People often come to a religious belief from their own individual study, and not from someone teaching them. In addition, individual church members may come to a belief from someone who is not a part of their church. I have sat in a a Sabbath School class that has long-time Adventists, newly baptized Adventists and people who are not members of any denomination. Each person has a set of beliefs. One member is a newly baptized SDA. She is teaching others where she lives things that she thinks the Bible teaches that came from her personal study and are not part of SDA belief. In addition, she is teaching things that she got off of the Internet and are not part of SDA belief. If you want to know what Catholics teach, go to an official source, and do not look to a member. It is unethical for you to do otherwise and continue to claim what they deny. Individual Adventists may believe that each person has an individual soul that lives on after death. Yesterday, i read an article that suggested that perhaps 20% of SDA members believe such. But it would be dishonest for you to state that such is an SDA teaching. Church members are growing in faith, understanding and life. All denominations, including SDA, have members who do not fully represent denominational beliefs. It is clear that you do not understand Catholic beliefs. That is OK. You do not have to understand such in order to be saved. Wht you need to do is to be more accurate when you decide to state what Catholics believe.

European officials quietly warn of dumping Treasuries if U.S. peace deal undercuts Ukraine, while Tulsi Gabbard, at a TPUSA event, claims entrenched forces resist peace European officials are privately discussing a dramatic financial countermeasure against the United States if Washington […] The post Europe Floats Selling U.S. Debt as U.S. Peace Deal Talks Continue; Gabbard Says ‘Deep State’ Blocking Peace appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

But they have crowns. That leads me to believe they are overcomers. It seems to me God would want overcomers in a leadership role in heaven. In the end, it does not really matter. What ever God's plan is, it is perfect.

A federal court in New Orleans has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Catholic priest Kesiena Dennis Obienu, who alleged employment discrimination, retaliation, and unequal treatment by the Archdiocese of New Orleans and senior clergy. The court ruled that the […] The post Federal Judge Dismisses Former Priest’s Discrimination Lawsuit Against Archdiocese of New Orleans appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

The Old Tale That Still Haunts People There is a story passed down in many churches, the kind where you sit stiff in a wooden pew while the preacher shouts about fire and smoke and souls that scream forever. It […] The post Rethinking Hell: Justice, Mercy, and the Return to Eden appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Seems to me from reading this, that he's one of the few that's actually reading and studying his Bible to get to that conclusion!! And yes definitely needs our prays as so many others do!!!

A federal court in New Orleans has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Catholic priest Kesiena Dennis Obienu, who alleged employment discrimination, retaliation, and unequal treatment by the Archdiocese of New Orleans and senior clergy. The court ruled that the […] The post Federal Judge Dismisses Former Priest’s Discrimination Lawsuit Against Archdiocese of New Orleans appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Illinois court tosses religious discrimination claim where faith met wastewater management On December 4, 2025, the Illinois Appellate Court ended a three-year legal effort by John Schoff and Jane Stoller-Schoff to frame a zoning dispute as a matter of religious […] The post Village Enforcement of Septic Code Was Lawful, Not Discriminatory, Court Says appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Court finds plaintiffs failed to show how vaccine mandate burdened religious beliefs under Free Exercise Clause or Illinois RFRA Scott Troogstad and over 130 other employees of the City of Chicago lost their appeal this week in the United States […] The post Seventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Religious and Constitutional Challenges to Chicago’s COVID-19 Vaccine Policy appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Silver is ripping through the financial jungle, and the herd is spooked. This isn’t just a bull run. It’s a stampede in a minefield. Chart from JM Bullion 12/11/2025 There’s blood in the ticker tape and fire in the eyes […] The post The Silver Madness of 2025: Markets Gone Feral and the Shiny Metal at the Heart of It appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Federal lawsuit challenges overnight school trip rooming rules based on gender identity, raising questions beyond religion Four families are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to reverse a federal judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit against Jefferson […] The post Parents Appeal Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Transgender Rooming Policy in Colorado Schools appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Court finds plaintiffs failed to show how vaccine mandate burdened religious beliefs under Free Exercise Clause or Illinois RFRA Scott Troogstad and over 130 other employees of the City of Chicago lost their appeal this week in the United States […] The post Seventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Religious and Constitutional Challenges to Chicago’s COVID-19 Vaccine Policy appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

By Michael Peabody – It is a rare and courageous thing to see a man who is comfortable in the orthodoxy of his peers suddenly stop, look at the text in his hand, and say that it does not mean […] The post United in the Gospel, Divided on Hell: The Cameron-Comfort Schism appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Illinois court tosses religious discrimination claim where faith met wastewater management On December 4, 2025, the Illinois Appellate Court ended a three-year legal effort by John Schoff and Jane Stoller-Schoff to frame a zoning dispute as a matter of religious […] The post Village Enforcement of Septic Code Was Lawful, Not Discriminatory, Court Says appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

A Florida federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a self-represented plaintiff who challenged the presence of “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency, arguing it violated his religious beliefs and excluded him from full civic participation. David Morris […] The post Federal court rules “In God We Trust” does not violate religious rights under RFRA or the Constitution appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Preston Damsky v. Chris Summerlin, in his official capacity as Dean of Students, University of Florida, No. 1:25-cv-275-AW-MAF (N.D. Fla. Nov. 24, 2025) Decision link: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26314056/954597806-damsky-order.pdf THE DAMSKY DECISION: WHY ANYONE WITH A PULSE SHOULD CARE (And why writing this […] The post The Damsky Order: A Campus Meltdown Collides With First Amendment Absolutism appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

If you’re wondering why traditionally apolitical religious groups are suddenly voting like they’ve got a Sean Hannity subscription, Ryan Burge’s chart based on data from the Cooperative Election Study (Harvard) might offer a clue. Burge, a political scientist who tracks […] The post Are Religious Voters Becoming Republicans? The Real Story Behind the Numbers appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Gabriel Olivier says Brandon, Mississippi, law unfairly targets his religious speech but insists he is not trying to erase his criminal record Gabriel Olivier, a Christian street preacher, was arrested and convicted for preaching in a public park in Brandon, […] The post Supreme Court Hears Case of Preacher Challenging City Law Without Overturning Conviction appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Case tests scope of federal court access in disputes over compelled disclosure of nonprofit donor identities The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on December 2, 2025, in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Matthew J. Platkin, a case […] The post Supreme Court Weighs Whether New Jersey Subpoena of Pro-Life Group’s Donor List Violates First Amendment appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Preston Damsky v. Chris Summerlin, in his official capacity as Dean of Students, University of Florida, No. 1:25-cv-275-AW-MAF (N.D. Fla. Nov. 24, 2025) Decision link: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26314056/954597806-damsky-order.pdf THE DAMSKY DECISION: WHY ANYONE WITH A PULSE SHOULD CARE (And why writing this […] The post The Damsky Order: A Campus Meltdown Collides With First Amendment Absolutism appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

A Florida federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a self-represented plaintiff who challenged the presence of “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency, arguing it violated his religious beliefs and excluded him from full civic participation. David Morris […] The post Federal court rules “In God We Trust” does not violate religious rights under RFRA or the Constitution appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Letter calling for withdrawal from UN consultative status raises important questions but needs fuller understanding of what that status actually involves On November 19, 2025, a group of Seventh-day Adventist members submitted a letter to leaders of the General Conference […] The post Church at the Crossroads: Why Adventist Engagement with the United Nations Deserves Careful Study, Not Sudden Exit appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Churches seeking exceptions should tread carefully. When everything becomes a right, the system stops working. There’s a quiet strategy playing out in the case of Dad’s Place in Bryan, Ohio — and in courtrooms across the country. When regulatory pressure […] The post Shortcuts and Shields: Why Legal Workarounds Threaten the Longevity of Religious Freedom appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

By Michael Peabody Scandal Before It BeganShe was young. A girl, really. Barely old enough to carry a child, let alone carry the weight of scandal. Mary knew what had happened. She knew the angel’s words, the promise from heaven, […] The post Born Under Judgment: The Scandalous Birth and Triumph of Mercy appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Churches seeking exceptions should tread carefully. When everything becomes a right, the system stops working. There’s a quiet strategy playing out in the case of Dad’s Place in Bryan, Ohio — and in courtrooms across the country. When regulatory pressure […] The post Shortcuts and Shields: Why Legal Workarounds Threaten the Longevity of Religious Freedom appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Letter calling for withdrawal from UN consultative status raises important questions but needs fuller understanding of what that status actually involves On November 19, 2025, a group of Seventh-day Adventist members submitted a letter to leaders of the General Conference […] The post Church at the Crossroads: Why Adventist Engagement with the United Nations Deserves Careful Study, Not Sudden Exit appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Today we’re stepping aside to highlight a post from another blog that’s digging into a key issue: the widening political gap between clergy and the people they serve. In this must-read piece, political scientist Ryan Burge lays out new data […] The post Today’s spotlight: The growing divide between mainline pastors and their pews appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

In the Roman Empire, unwanted newborns were regularly exposed to die. Left near trash heaps or at the edge of cities, these infants, especially girls or those born with deformities, were not hidden but openly discarded. Exposure was not a […] The post They Picked Up the Children Rome Left to Die appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Critics say mayor-elect’s framing echoes campus targeting of Jews and misapplies legal standards During a protest outside Park East Synagogue in Manhattan on November 19, 2025, demonstrators shouted anti-Israel slogans alongside antisemitic slurs. The synagogue was hosting a public event […] The post Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s 'Misuse of Sacred Space' Claim Raises Alarm in Jewish Community appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Justices leave intact $100,000 jury award against former Kentucky clerk who refused same-sex marriage licenses The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Kim Davis, the former Rowan County clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses […] The post Supreme Court declines Kim Davis appeal that sought to overturn Obergefell appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Again, you are posting general links without specific links. Track down the link to each presentation and post it. Otherwise, no one will watch it.

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — A federal judge has denied a request from a longtime public school teacher who sought to display a crucifix on her classroom wall, ruling that her religious expression—though deeply personal—was made in her capacity as a […] The post Religious Symbols in Public Schools: When Personal Faith Meets Government Walls appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

In 1959, Fidel Castro entered Havana to cheers, promising freedom, land reform, and justice. Within a year, he had seized private property, shut down the free press, and jailed political opponents. Churches were closed or tightly controlled. By 1965, Cuba […] The post Cuba’s Turn: From 1940s Prosperity to Communist Control appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Lawsuit claims coordinated protests aimed at churches and synagogues over support for Israel violated federal protections for religious worship Worship services at The Mission Church in Carlsbad and events hosted by the Christian and Jewish Alliance were repeatedly disrupted by […] The post Church, Interfaith Alliance Sue Protesters Under Federal “FACE” Act After Worship Disruptions appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Some countries drift through history. Germany tore through it like a wrecking ball. In the span of seventy years, it went from monarchy to fragile democracy, to fascism, to Soviet-style socialism, to Western capitalism. No society survives that kind of ideological whiplash without scars. East Germany, in particular, became a case study in what happens... The post From Dictatorship to Dictatorship: The False Security of Nazism and Socialism in East Germany appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Before they were apostles, they were political opposites. That didn’t stop them from walking the same road. Matthew worked for the empire. Simon wanted to burn it down. One collected taxes from his neighbors for Caesar. The other likely saw Rome as the enemy of God and freedom. You couldn’t find two people farther apart.... The post Matthew and Simon Voted Differently — But They Followed the Same Jesus appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

The Supreme Court on November 6, 2025, granted a stay allowing the Biden administration’s successor to enforce a revised State Department policy requiring all newly issued U.S. passports to display a person’s sex assigned at birth, not their self-identified gender. This decision reverses a lower court’s injunction that had blocked the rule’s implementation nationwide. The... The post SCOTUS Allows Enforcement of Birth-Sex Passport Policy While Case Continues appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Court says judicial review of church governance violates First Amendment protections A Texas appeals court has ruled that the United Methodist Rio Texas Conference cannot sue dozens of churches that disaffiliated from the denomination without completing formal procedures, saying the case raises questions of church governance that secular courts have no authority to decide. The... The post Texas Appeals Court Blocks Methodist Conference’s Lawsuit Over Disaffiliating Churches appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Many readers have written to ask why we do not report more on persecution and suffering overseas. You see reports, photos, and messages online. You send them to us asking, “Why aren’t you covering this?” We understand that question. We feel the same burden. There are people right now enduring violence, hunger, and imprisonment because... The post Why We Sometimes Cannot Report Certain International Stories appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Most religious liberty fights in court today aren’t just about belief. They’re about expression. Whether it’s a prayer on the 50-yard line, a wedding website, or a bakery counter, the real question is: Can the government make you say something you don’t believe? In my talk this weekend for the Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar, I... The post Why Today’s Religious Liberty Battles Are Really About Free Speech appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Watch what you say about Charlie Kirk. Critiques of his methods being incompatible with the gospel will get you cancelled.

I am going to chime in on this thread with a comment as to why I do not report some issues here in Club Adventist. All humans are imperfect. That includes Adventist members and leaders. The secular media at large often reports on instances of misconduct by Adventist leaders. I report some here in CA here because I believe that it is important enough that our membership should be informed. I do not want that to be the focus of Club Adventist. I leave that focus to other Internet forums. Therefore, I limit my reporting of such.