Dr. Jim Garrow
I can certainly relate to what is being said here. Am I willing? Yes, "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." - Dr. Jim Garrow -
Wolf hopes that in the face of these religious freedom infringements, Christians will not “retreat form the public square” but “boldly stay, regardless of the cost.” He then recalled the “rich Christian tradition of civil disobedience in the face of unjust laws” exemplified by Dr. Martin Luther King.
After recalling the many bi...blical figures who were jailed for remaining faithful to God, and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was imprisoned and put to death for opposing Hitler, Wolf asked, “Is prison the fate of people today who dare to stand up for what their conscience, informed by their faith, dictates?”
Wolf ended by QUOTING the Manhattan Declaration’s implied promise of civil disobedience in the face of religious conscience violations: “I will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar’s. But under no circumstances will I render to Caesar what is God’s.”
Wolf is currently Distinguished Senior Fellow at the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, a religious freedom advocacy organization he joined after RETIRING from Congress.
While in Congress, Wolf was one of the most outspoken defenders of global religious freedom. He authored the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, which created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and the post of Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom within the State Department. The act also allowed for sanctions to be placed on nations that infringe upon its citizens’ religious freedom.
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I can certainly relate to what is being said here. Am I willing? Yes, "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." - Dr. Jim Garrow -
Wolf hopes that in the face of these religious freedom infringements, Christians will not “retreat form the public square” but “boldly stay, regardless of the cost.” He then recalled the “rich Christian tradition of civil disobedience in the face of unjust laws” exemplified by Dr. Martin Luther King.
After recalling the many bi...blical figures who were jailed for remaining faithful to God, and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was imprisoned and put to death for opposing Hitler, Wolf asked, “Is prison the fate of people today who dare to stand up for what their conscience, informed by their faith, dictates?”
Wolf ended by QUOTING the Manhattan Declaration’s implied promise of civil disobedience in the face of religious conscience violations: “I will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar’s. But under no circumstances will I render to Caesar what is God’s.”
Wolf is currently Distinguished Senior Fellow at the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, a religious freedom advocacy organization he joined after RETIRING from Congress.
While in Congress, Wolf was one of the most outspoken defenders of global religious freedom. He authored the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, which created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and the post of Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom within the State Department. The act also allowed for sanctions to be placed on nations that infringe upon its citizens’ religious freedom.
- See more at: http://www.teaparty.org/prison-next-step-american-christi…/
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