Category Archives: Law and policy

The Systemic Realities Created by Legal Abortion

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Thomas Alderman
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And this on “White Fragility”

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Thomas Alderman

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/dehumanizing-condescension-white-fragility/614146/

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What is “Systemic Racism”?

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Thomas Alderman
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Here is the Latest on the Science of Same-Sex Attraction

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Thomas Alderman

Jesus loves LGBT! “. . . [T]here is a great chasm between much of the public discourse and what science has shown.”              – Lawrence S. Mayer, Paul R. McHugh, Special Report: Sexuality and Gender … Continue reading →

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Excellent NY Times essay on the spiritual and social implications of the Incarnation!

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Thomas Alderman

Click here.

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SYMPOSIUM ON AMERICAN SLAVERY

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Thomas Alderman

Introduction It has been fifteen years since Jack Davidson, then pastor at Cascade Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America) in Eugene, Oregon, Robert Iltis, Professor of Communications at Oregon State University, and I presented our Symposium on American Slavery.  The … Continue reading →

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What is Homosexuality? A Survey of the Scholarly Literature

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Thomas Alderman

Neither public policy nor church policy with regard to same-sex attraction (SSA) should be formed in ignorance of the essential nature of homosexuality as reflected in the best scientific evidence available.  The Survey was first posted June 26, 2015, the … Continue reading →

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The Definition of “Religion”

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Thomas Alderman

Defining “Religion” within the Meaning of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. For constitutional purposes–and whenever we speak of religion and the public schools, we cannot avoid speaking in terms of the … Continue reading →

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“What Can I Do?”

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Thomas Alderman

Today I received an e-mail from a reader asking, “What can I do?”  And I responded: Will, I’m not ready to say the battle is lost.  I prefer to emphasize the fact that we have the victory and really cannot … Continue reading →

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Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Freedom

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Thomas Alderman

I. Love is Foremost. The action of the Indiana legislature in adopting a religious freedom restoration bill has provoked a maelstrom of invective against Christians.  If you only read your local newspaper, you may not appreciate the extent of it. … Continue reading →

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