Participants: Lincoln Steed (Host), Melissa Reid
Series Code: LI
Program Code: LI000126
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00:22 Welcome to the Liberty Insider. This is the
00:25 program that brings you news, views, discussion 00:27 and analysis of Religious Liberty events around 00:31 the world. My name is Lincoln Steed, Editor 00:33 of Liberty Magazine. And the guest on our 00:36 program is Melissa Reid, associate editor 00:39 for Liberty Magazine. Great to be here today! 00:42 Welcome! Thank you. And this program 00:43 is your moment. Oh, it's my favorite time 00:46 to be here. Because as Associate/Marketing 00:48 Director for Liberty Magazine, a particular 00:51 concern of yours is every year preparing some 00:54 materials that we send up mostly the 00:57 Seventh-day Adventist Churches but really 00:58 applicable to anybody that believes in 01:01 Religious Liberty and Liberty Magazine. Right. 01:02 A call for support. Right, right. Much like 01:06 the Three Angles broadcasting network, 01:08 which we were so happy to partner with for 01:11 the show. Liberty Magazine is funded by 01:14 donation by the generous donations of 01:17 our readers and our viewers of the show 01:19 and so we have an annual Religious Liberty 01:22 campaign as you said every year because 01:24 you know our mission is to be able to send 01:26 out these magazines to influential leaders 01:29 and whether it's in a local community or 01:31 on the state level, federal level and so we 01:33 have the opportunity to ask individuals 01:36 to support these magazines. We can only 01:37 send out as many issues as we have funds 01:40 to supports. Absolutely! Yeah, I mean 01:41 we don't see this as begging for support 01:44 because you know we believe in Religious 01:46 Liberty and we know our viewers do too. 01:48 Right! And something that you believe in you 01:51 would welcome someone else 01:53 putting an opportunity before you to make 01:55 this happen for others. Right, right! So this 01:58 is really just facilitating what we all 02:00 want to do and so I think it's a privilege 02:03 not sort of, you know a challenge for us that 02:07 we certainly think about in great details. 02:09 Right! But you have to believe that we're 02:11 giving something that people want and 02:12 need, this for they good and wonderful 02:15 things will follow and do follow from this each 02:17 year. Right, right, now it really it's a pleasure 02:19 to be involved in every year from my perspective. 02:21 We put together this package of campaign 02:24 materials. We have an individual author that 02:28 examinate a specific sermon to go for each 02:32 year at to give to local pastors to preach. 02:34 We give up our shows where people can insert 02:38 money and return to their offering and 02:40 giving. We also put together a campaign 02:43 video, a DVD, a short sort of information. 02:45 Right. I was hoping you get to that. 02:47 Yeah! Because I think before we get to the 02:49 rest of it, let's share with our viewers. 02:52 This video it's not very long only five minutes 02:55 and it gives a case study of somebody who 02:57 has helped in their religious accommodation 03:00 in the work place and then interest thing 03:03 on this video, a relatively new general 03:06 conference president of Seventh-day 03:07 Adventist Church, Ted Wilson, endorsed, 03:10 a young man, a former classmate of mine, yes, 03:14 gives a very good testimony at the end. 03:16 So we'll show that to our viewers now and we'll 03:19 turn around to watch with you. 03:21 I believe completely in my heart that 03:23 everybody is called into Ministry. When 03:26 I first gave my heart to the Lord, I immediately 03:29 wanted to tell everybody about Jesus 03:31 and what He had done for me. 03:43 I had been an atheist in my whole life and then 03:45 had an experience with the Lord. I gave my heart 03:48 to the Lord and then found out about the 03:50 Sabbath became convicted that it was important 03:52 to keep the Sabbath, found out about the 03:54 Seventh-day Adventist church begin studying 03:56 and decided to become a member and become 04:00 baptized into the church. I had been working with 04:02 the human resources manager at that time. 04:06 The pastor actually wrote a letter to go with 04:09 me that I could take to them just to show 04:11 what our believes are and what I am asking 04:13 for and I just requested that I have off 04:15 on Sabbath. Everybody within the company 04:19 was very supportive at first and so they 04:21 did you know an accommodation for us 04:24 that lasted until 2007, September 2007, 04:28 under new management, new human resources 04:31 manager. They told me I was gonna have to 04:33 work on Saturdays and I refused so, 04:36 it's long story short I was terminated because 04:40 they've started pointing me for not coming to 04:43 work on Saturdays so I was terminated 04:46 for attendances what they said. 04:55 There were times where we went for making very 04:57 good money from making no money. They denied 05:00 my employment and so we were just doing 05:02 anything we could do to make money. I think 05:05 a lot of people especially within our 05:06 family that are not Adventists at first just 05:09 didn't get it and a lot of my, specifically my 05:12 brothers and sisters thought I was nuts 05:14 because you know how do you give up a job 05:16 like this, just go to work on Saturday. 05:18 The job market was terrible. I mean it 05:21 was just nobody was finding jobs, businesses 05:24 were closing down and it was a very hard 05:25 period of time for most of the country; 05:27 friend of mine a church member Mike Harris, 05:31 contacted me and said that I needed to contact 05:33 Religious Liberty and tell them what was going 05:36 on that I needed to you know let them take over 05:39 because we actually had a rent agreement 05:41 between myself and the company about the 05:45 accommodations that I was given. They actually 05:47 followed up with the EEOC and filed a charge 05:49 against this company through 05:51 religious discrimination. 05:59 I believe completely in my heart that 06:01 everybody is called in to Ministry. When I first 06:04 gave my heart to the Lord, I immediately 06:07 wanted to tell everybody about Jesus and 06:09 what He had done for me. And we were looking 06:11 at the possibility of being able to go and 06:14 attend the live program in Florida and get 06:17 involve in Ministry and you know not really 06:20 having any money to be able to do that, 06:21 but feeling convicted that's what the Lord is 06:24 calling us to do. Right then we get a call about 06:28 the settlement offer and it's the amount that we 06:30 need to be able to go and be involved in Ministry. 06:35 If you were involved in a situation and you 06:38 are taking a stand for the Sabbath for you 06:40 believes then don't hesitate to contact 06:44 somebody like Religious Liberty. You know by 06:46 the grace of God and by the tools that we 06:48 have with in Religious Liberty, they 06:51 take care of and they do a beautiful job. 06:57 Next story shows how easily our religious 06:59 convictions can negatively impact even 07:02 our livelihood. You know the day is coming 07:04 when the mark of the beast will determine 07:06 whether or not we can by yourself and 07:08 survive. I'd like you to hear these comments 07:12 from our General Conference President, 07:13 Elder Ted Wilson, on the importance of 07:16 Religious Liberty and what you can do 07:18 to maintain Religious Freedom. 07:23 By looking through the pages of Liberty 07:25 Magazine and if you haven't see it you 07:27 need to. You'll find some of the great 07:31 points that will be made very plain to civic 07:34 leaders, government leaders, to religious 07:37 leaders and to yourselves as to why Religious 07:41 Freedom is so important. God will bless you 07:45 as you bless others through Liberty Magazine. 07:48 Remember Religious Liberty is one 07:50 of the most important areas of our 07:53 understanding of how to relate to people and 07:55 how to relate to God and I urge you, 07:58 each of you to support not only Religious 08:01 Liberty but Liberty Magazine itself. 08:05 God will bless you and the world for that. 08:13 Well Melissa Reid, I am sure our viewers 08:15 enjoy that as much as I did again. Every 08:18 time I see that video, I am impressed on how 08:21 God worked through Mike's life there is 08:23 no question. Oh my goodness. 08:25 Incredible family, I am so glad that things 08:27 have worked out for them. We certainly know 08:28 it's through God's leading and their faith 08:30 in Him that things have worked out the 08:32 way that they have and we certainly pray 08:35 for his, his, his family and his Ministry, yeah, 08:38 as they continue to work together. I did 08:40 have a letter from fellow church member 08:44 who felt vaguely offended by the fact that 08:48 we defend people in the work place and they 08:50 clearly didn't understand that while anyone 08:54 of faith can look to their faith to bond them 08:57 up spiritually through difficult times it's very 09:00 appropriate in a country where the laws 09:03 are supporting you to use these laws to uphold 09:08 your faith position. Right. It's not forcing 09:11 yourself on a country. It's not doing something 09:13 unchristian or irreligious, but it's 09:17 something that not each individual is 09:19 capable of without the resources that we 09:22 can bring to bear because of the money that 09:24 people give to Liberty Magazine. Right. 09:27 It's a small portion of that, that adds up 09:29 to a significant amount goes towards litigation 09:31 fund and we want those who are paying for 09:34 Liberty Magazine to know yes we will help 09:37 people that have work place in particular 09:39 accommodation problems. Right! I think absolutely 09:43 if you listen to Mike's story and others that 09:45 we've profiled over the years, these are 09:47 certainly not situations where an individual 09:50 is wanting to get rich off of you know. Boy, 09:52 I never did, you know. Exactly! That's the 09:54 situation and you know it's' a situations 09:57 where someone has lost their job you know they 10:00 lose their benefits, you know there out of work 10:03 and justly because of there you know conscious 10:05 objections to working on a Sabbath day and it 10:08 takes a huge toll on their family and we are 10:11 just looking for justice on that particular 10:15 situation. It requires incredible faith and 10:19 incredible courage to be able to step to put 10:23 your faith in front of providing for your family 10:28 especially you know if, yeah, and so you know 10:31 I feel honored to be a part of the system that 10:34 you know is trying to work for justice and 10:37 rights in that situation. If anybody that reads 10:39 Liberty Magazine knows that we deal with 10:41 legislative issues. Laws that are legal 10:45 challenges that might illustrate the shift away 10:47 from accommodation or positive things like for 10:52 years we have reporting on moves that haven't 10:54 yet grown for a wish into bring the work place 10:57 Religious Freedom act which would strengthen 11:00 the case of people like Mike. But you know the 11:05 normal challenges that, that's what we doing 11:06 in Liberty Magazine. So here is a case study 11:09 of real world situation that bears out what 11:13 these laws are about. Right! You know those 11:15 are enough for the law book, they are for real 11:17 world situations. Absolutely! 11:18 And people need to know that people are helped 11:20 and in this case I think it was a wonderful 11:23 part of the story that it was providence not 11:25 legality that led him into Ministry. Right! And 11:30 you know the Bible says that all things worked 11:31 together for good to those that love God. 11:33 Absolutely! And even this difficult situation and 11:36 where they were some success in legal 11:39 representation forum, but it was a spiritual 11:41 advantage in his life. Right, right. I am not 11:43 sure if we made a clear for our viewers or not 11:46 early as far as the funds that are raised in our 11:48 Religious Liberty campaign, they go to 11:49 sponsored subscriptions, they go to those law 11:51 makers because again you know we want to 11:54 take those situations and try to alleviate 11:58 things, cut them off before they even 11:59 happen. We don't obviously look for 12:01 legislation or legal action. Well we are 12:03 sending it to legislators. This is 12:05 off the description but we call them Thought 12:07 Leaders. Correct! Whether they are 12:08 legislator or a judge or a local mayor or a 12:14 lawyer in the community, where we want to contact 12:17 these people who really directly involve or 12:20 influence public opinion, public governance 12:23 and if they are educated about the principle 12:26 we can't force a way with them. Right! But 12:28 we can affect their mindset on what true 12:30 Religious Liberty is and we believe that at some 12:32 point and already we know this it will 12:35 percolate through and have the laws formulated 12:37 in the United States and indeed in any country. 12:40 We'll back after the break to continue our 12:43 discussion of how you can support what 12:45 we are doing for Religious Liberty. 12:56 One-hundred years! A long time to do anything 13:00 much less publish a magazine, but this year 13:03 Liberty, the Seventh - Day Adventist voice of 13:06 Religious Freedom, celebrates one hundred 13:09 years of doing what it does best- collecting, 13:11 analyzing, and reporting the ebb and flow of 13:15 religious expression around the world. 13:16 Issue after issue, Liberty has taken on the tough 13:20 assignments, tracking down threats to 13:23 Religious Freedom and exposing the work of 13:24 the devil in every corner of the globe. 13:27 Governmental interference, personal 13:29 attacks, corporate assaults, even Religious 13:32 Freedom issues sequestered within the 13:33 church community itself have been clearly and 13:36 honestly exposed. Liberty exists for one purpose 13:40 to help God's people maintain that all 13:43 important separation of Church and State, 13:45 while recognizing the dangers inherent in such 13:48 a struggle. During the past century, 13:50 Liberty has experienced challenges of its own, 13:53 but it remains on the job. Thanks to the 13:56 inspired leadership of a long line of dedicated 13:59 Adventist Editors, three of whom represent 14:01 almost half of the publications existence 14:03 and the foresight of a little woman from New 14:05 England. One hundred years of struggle, one 14:09 hundred years of victories, Religious 14:11 Freedom isn't just about political machines 14:14 and cultural prejudices. It's about people 14:17 fighting for the right to serve the God they 14:20 love as their hearts and the Holy Spirit dictate. 14:23 Thanks to the prayers and generous support 14:26 of Seventh-day Adventists everywhere, 14:28 Liberty will continue to accomplish its work 14:31 of providing timely information, spirit 14:33 filled inspiration, and heaven sent 14:35 encouragement to all who long to live and work 14:38 in a world bound together by the God 14:41 ordained bonds of Religious Freedom. 14:55 Welcome back to our Liberty Insider. Before 14:57 the break I was discussing with Melissa 15:00 Reid, Associate Editor but also Marketing 15:03 Directing for Liberty Magazine. What we're 15:06 doing this year to place the liberty concerned 15:09 which is of course for us the magazine but 15:11 really in reality much beyond that, right, 15:13 in front of those that have consistently 15:16 supported what we are doing and as I 15:18 have said that before the break and I'll repeat 15:21 it, it occurs to me it's dangerously like that 15:25 public radio appeals for money give, give, give. 15:28 We don't really like that but we can't do it 15:31 without our fellow laborers in this great 15:34 cause, right, to keep sending us the money and 15:37 they have done it well. We are not struggling 15:40 to survive. I will admit that last year Haiti 15:44 was such a sudden emergency that 15:46 happened right about this time and some that 15:49 would have normally given to escape to Haiti 15:51 and we were down little, but our support is 15:53 consistent but we wanted to increase, don't we. 15:56 Absolutely! We would. How many are we sending 15:58 out now on the Liberty Magazine? We 16:00 are currently sending about hundred and 16:01 eighty thousands subscriptions out just 16:03 in a two hundred thousand, the majority 16:06 of the subscriptions you know were published 16:07 by the Seventh-day Adventist Churches, 16:09 the majority of our subscriptions are 16:10 going to Non Seventh-day Adventists and I think 16:13 viewers and readers, people that read Liberty 16:16 Magazine can tell you certainly are cognizant 16:19 of that in your editorials in the style 16:22 of the magazine, but I wanna say I completely 16:26 agree with you and echo your sentiments 16:28 as far as we don't wanna seem you know that 16:30 we are hand in hard as far as you know 16:33 begging for funds or whatever but 16:35 first of all we are so thankful because 16:38 the magazine and we've talked about this 16:40 before, it's been around since 1906 and 16:43 it's been published continuously for over 16:45 one hundred years and that is hundred 16:47 percent because of the great of the giving 16:50 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 16:52 members and those outside of the church 16:54 who felt compelled to support the Ministry 16:57 as well so we are very, very grateful that we 16:59 have legacy that we are doing, unlike you 17:01 said we do want to continue, we wanna 17:03 you know move into this new mediums. We've 17:05 had this show. How long is the Liberty 17:06 Insider been going on now? 17:08 That's the question I had the answer to, yeah, 17:10 maybe our supporters, many years now, 17:12 keep on this program but now. Yeah. I think it's 17:15 been about seven years if I had to guess, yeah, 17:18 and I hope it's many, many more years as time 17:21 goes on, but we don't know how much time 17:23 is ahead of this, you know, prophetically. 17:27 Seventh-day Adventist Christians are not so 17:28 different from any other Bible reading Christians. 17:32 We see that we are in arguably in end time, 17:35 so we don't know, none of us know how long 17:38 the world will last but we really don't know 17:40 how long Religious Liberty will be 17:42 facilitated. And that's part of the, we're not 17:44 fatalist. We want to continue. There's nothing 17:47 in God's word that says well because one day 17:50 you know the world will collapse and cross will 17:53 come and for the end world of this that 17:55 you know throw up your hands and say don't 17:57 worry. No we had to defend truth and goodness 18:00 and freedom for Religious Liberty for all people, 18:02 both to facilitate those who are worshiping and 18:06 to create an environment for those who 18:07 might come to understanding of faith. 18:09 Absolutely and that's why we, as you know we 18:12 have a theme ever year for our Religious 18:14 Liberty campaign. Yeah, what's the theme 18:15 this year? So the theme for 2011 is Christ 18:18 centered liberty because you know I think 18:20 we said many times before on the show but 18:22 it bears repeating that we as Americans are very 18:25 thankful for the Religious Freedom that we 18:26 guaranteed as far as citizen of this country 18:31 that said Religious Freedom is ultimately a 18:34 gift from God and you know it's His, 18:36 it's His example and His mercy that allows us 18:41 to be able to tune. Absolutely! Well 18:44 Religious Freedom en route is freedom from 18:46 anything that inhabits us and sin is what 18:49 inhabits the human potential picked up. 18:51 So yeah Christ-centered Liberty is our 18:54 theme for this year and I think that was 18:56 perfectly exhibited in the story of Mike Mudd 18:59 and just you know all he wanted to do, 19:01 you heard his testimony, he just wanted the 19:03 freedom to be able to share Jesus and that's 19:07 really why we do this while we continue to put 19:11 up the magazine and television show and 19:14 you know if you, I would encourage you, and 19:16 radio we have radio. And on our radio show, 19:17 I would encourage you to visit our website 19:19 which is www.libertymagazine.org. 19:23 We have great new things on there. We have 19:25 the editors block and we also have just started 19:27 a, because the editor blogging. Yes, 19:29 yes. He will blogging in. Yes we encourage 19:31 him to do so. And we are also starting the 19:33 Liberty round table which is gonna be much 19:35 like many of the individuals that you see 19:38 here with Lincoln on the television show are 19:40 going to be responding to various religious 19:43 liberty issues on the website. So I do 19:45 certainly encourage you and you know like 19:47 Lincoln said before we want to just, 19:51 we just wanna our Ministry and our 19:52 exposure, the exposure of this particular topic 19:55 to grow and grow and so that's why we look 19:57 into so many additional mediums of communication 20:01 that's why we have such, we are so thrilled 20:03 to be able to be, have the show here 20:05 on 3ABN. Good! I should point out to those 20:09 watching these programs they just saw our 20:12 promo video and at the end of that was a very 20:15 nice testimonial from Elder Ted Wilson then 20:19 just recently elected president of the 20:22 Seventh-day Adventist Church, in our campaign 20:25 materials that we sent out which were really 20:27 just spin-off on the regular issue same 20:31 cover, but some different materials inside. 20:34 But in both the regular and that campaign 20:36 edition we had fairly long interview that 20:39 I conducted with Elder Wilson and I think 20:44 he understood, understands Religious 20:46 Liberty quite well, and he integrated that 20:49 then and has since said much more on his call 20:54 for revival. Yes! And now this is within the 20:57 Seventh-day Adventist Church as the Church 20:59 that he presides over, but really all people 21:02 not just Christians of any faith. That's a good 21:06 call to become more serious about your 21:08 faith, to be reinvigorated with 21:10 the faith imperative. Absolutely! And that's 21:14 the call, and we are linking that with 21:16 Religious Liberty. Right! So within those that 21:19 are watching the Seventh-day Adventist 21:20 know very much that there is much talk of 21:22 revival. I think something's stirring 21:24 within the Adventist church is going to be 21:25 well already is there a refreshing and 21:28 vigorating and revival these in our words, 21:32 although it's probably biblically-oriented and 21:36 I want Liberty Magazine to be seen as it 21:39 should be, front and centre of this. 21:41 Yes! Well, you know I agree with you and 21:44 I have been so appreciative of 21:46 Elder Wilson and the support that he has given 21:48 to this particular Ministry of the 21:50 Seventh-day Adventist Church and another 21:52 thing I wanted to point out is the sermon as 21:55 I mentioned earlier in the first half of the 21:57 show we have a sermon composed each year 22:00 for the Religious Liberty campaign and then 22:02 this year one of our, now this is available 22:04 on our website too. Right! All of the 22:06 campaign materials including the video 22:08 that you just saw and audio version of this 22:11 sermon which is written by Elder CD Brooks, 22:15 fantastic Evangelist as you all know, 22:18 I am sure, all of it is available on our 22:21 website, again which is www.libertymagazine.org 22:25 That's also a place where you can subscribe 22:27 to the magazine. It's also a place where you can 22:29 contribute to the Religious Liberty 22:30 campaign and help us to continue this message 22:35 of Religious Freedom. Now the other night I 22:38 was at the first freedom program that we spoke 22:42 about an accident on the program. I was talking 22:46 to someone that produces a Religious Liberty 22:50 Magazine for their church, I won't say who 22:52 it was, no point in saying it. And I 22:57 appreciate what they're doing and there's just 22:58 been around not as long as Liberty but some 23:00 decades and I asked them how many did you print? 23:03 And then that was very small like ten thousand 23:05 or something. And it was another reminder to me 23:08 that while there's hardly any competition to, 23:12 I wish there were more, but hardly any 23:13 competition or comparable publications like 23:16 Liberty Magazine. Even those that exist are very 23:19 small distribution. Right! And nearly two hundred 23:23 thousand is phenomenal. Like within our 23:25 Seventh-Day Adventist Church this is the only 23:27 official or church produced Religious 23:32 Liberty Journal, but there are the 23:34 publications that go out from the church to 23:37 the general public and two of them that I can 23:40 think of is "Signs of the Times", which is 23:42 devotional-oriented material, and 23:45 "Message Magazine" which is similar type of 23:48 material, but targeted more to black Americans 23:52 or minorities. But the present circulation 23:56 of both these magazines combined 23:57 is slightly less than Liberty Magazine. 23:59 Now we are certainly blessed as with 24:02 the support that we have for this particular 24:04 Ministry to be able to reach so many 24:07 individuals and you know with working 24:10 in the editorial offices like we both do, 24:12 we know that this magazine is being read. 24:14 You know people support these, they 24:19 support the Ministry and we certainly ask 24:20 that we solicit their prayers to go with the 24:23 magazine as long, you know as well as there 24:25 are funds but we get those you might, 24:27 you even mentioned. Well I categorically tell 24:30 testimonies I don't collect them but when 24:32 they come in they are very gratified. 24:33 Yeah! But one thing I need to say and again 24:35 our website the Magazine, but it's been 24:38 amazing to me that a man that you know he 24:41 came into my office, his job was promoting 24:43 another magazine. And yet as he reached 24:46 Liberty Magazine, he is convicted enough. 24:48 He is making a regular monthly contribution, 24:50 right, to what we're doing. Right! And then 24:53 just a day I left to come film this program, 24:55 got an email from a professional, who 25:00 supported us in the past. But he says this is 25:03 important that he wants to be part of this. 25:05 He gonna send 1000 dollars a month. 25:06 Oh praise the Lord! And there are people that 25:08 have enough money not just to buy 25:10 subscription for themselves as they 25:12 should or to give someone else as they do. 25:15 But they are people that can really throw some 25:17 means against this to make a difference. 25:19 Right! And if you are, I know you out there and 25:23 I would encourage such people to think about 25:26 setting aside regular and significant amounts 25:29 regularly, or if they want to really leave a 25:34 legacy they could leave a trust or something, 25:37 the money would come after their death 25:40 or interest from a large sum could be 25:43 put toward what we are doing. We need 25:44 resources that would really change the world 25:48 in a much more affective way then already. 25:50 Right! Already we contact these government 25:52 leaders. Already we know that even some presidents 25:55 that we've had feedback that they read Liberty 25:57 and certainly goes to the president, president 25:59 of the United State and through the IRLA 26:02 to some other countries that you know money, 26:05 it is so affluent to it but money is the 26:07 grease that will just send it out, big time. 26:11 Right, right! You know absolutely, we 26:13 are so appreciative of the support of the 26:16 Ministry. It really does go beyond the 26:19 magazine now and we are proud to be able 26:21 to reach you all in the manner through 3ABN 26:24 this way, but certainly there is always more 26:27 than we can do and so if you would like to 26:30 support that continue Religious Liberty 26:33 Ministry, www.libertymagazine.org 26:36 is our website, I would encourage you to visit 26:39 there and to perfectly consider donation. 26:44 A few days ago I was reading a article in a 26:46 National Magazine that asked the perennial 26:49 question; are the rich different from us? 26:52 And interestingly enough they observed yes 26:55 they are. They lack empathy. And as part 26:59 of that they said they are not so altruistic. 27:03 All of us suffer from an inhibition in that area 27:06 but what we need to do is recognize that while 27:09 you and I may have apparent Religious 27:13 Freedom, there are many who do not and we 27:16 need to better they lacked. We need to 27:19 work for the betterment of church state 27:21 relations, the betterment of church state 27:24 separation, the betterment of laws that 27:26 protect the practice of religion so that these 27:29 people who do not have those Religious Liberty 27:32 advantages now can gain them and of course 27:35 ultimately will be protecting our own 27:38 security by upholding the continuations 27:41 of such laws. Surely we are not all rich, 27:46 although some of us are and can give 27:47 greatly of our means. But all of us can be 27:50 empathetic. All of us can have a God given 27:55 sense of Altruism because there is a great 27:58 work to be done, a great need. 28:02 For Liberty Insider this is Lincoln Steed. |
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