religious liberty Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/religious-liberty/ To prepare people for eternal life. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:49:37 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.stepstolife.org/WordPress21/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Cross-from-STL-Bible-Study-Logo512-32x32.jpg religious liberty Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/religious-liberty/ 32 32 Religious Laws https://www.stepstolife.org/article/religious-laws/ Thu, 29 May 2025 16:49:37 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=30666 Who has the right to make a religious law? Governments in this world are authorized by the God of heaven to make civil laws, laws that relate to the relationships between human beings—the second table of the ten commandments.

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]]> Bible Study Guides – Religious Intolerance https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-religious-intolerance/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 19:42:37 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=7402 October 17, 2010 - October 23, 2010 - With what words did Christ seek to correct the bitter intolerance found even among His beloved disciples? Luke 9:54, 55. What contrast did He present to those who use force? Revelation 3:20; John 6:66–69.

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]]> Religious Liberty and the Church https://www.stepstolife.org/article/religious-liberty-and-the-church/ Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:13:16 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=7329 “Plans are set on foot for restricting the liberty of workers. Through these oppressive plans, men who should stand free in God are trammeled by restrictions from those who are only their fellow-laborers. …

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]]> Bible Study Guides – The Reformation Ends https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-6/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 02:12:31 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=7268 November 28, 2010 - December 4, 2010 - A dark and threatening day had come for the Reformation. Notwithstanding the Edict of Worms, declaring Luther to be an outlaw and forbidding the teaching or belief of his doctrines, religious toleration had thus far prevailed in the empire. God’s providence had held in check the forces that opposed the truth.

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]]> Religious Liberty by Law https://www.stepstolife.org/article/religious-liberty-law/ Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:55:49 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=6570 A question concerning religious liberty is one that pertains to religion; and where should we go for information concerning religion, except to the Bible? There we learn that, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world”

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]]> Current Events – Free Speech in Jeopardy https://www.stepstolife.org/article/current-events-free-speech-jeopardy/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:33:25 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=6007 The pressure continues to change the definition of marriage between a man and a woman to any combination of two or more people of any gender. However, speak out publicly against the proposed change and be prepared for “all hell to break loose.”

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]]> Current Events – Voting https://www.stepstolife.org/article/current-events-voting/ Sun, 07 Jan 2018 23:58:08 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=5918 Every individual exerts an influence in society. In our favored land, every voter has some voice in determining what laws shall control the nation. Should not that influence and that vote be cast on the side of temperance and virtue?

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]]> Current Events – Persecution https://www.stepstolife.org/article/current-events-persecution/ Fri, 05 Jan 2018 22:27:26 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=5888 A massive four-day national prayer event in the desert north of Cairo, is expected to draw 50,000 people from all over Egypt. In the midst of increased persecution, turmoil and uncertainty, Christians are reaching out to others and fervently praying “in such a time as this.”

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]]> Editorial – Essential Training https://www.stepstolife.org/article/editorial-essential-training/ Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:43:16 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=5833 Older people also are to be trained to do a special work when we can no longer work openly in evangelistic lines. What should this training be?

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]]> Current Events – Christian Institutions Stand up for Religious Liberty https://www.stepstolife.org/article/current-events-christian-institutions-stand-religious-liberty/ Thu, 04 Jan 2018 02:24:31 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=5737 New healthcare policy requires institutions to provide coverage for abortion. A flurry of lawsuits (now up to 45) have been filed against the rule in the Affordable Care Act. These lawsuits claim that forcing employers to pay for abortion-causing drugs violates their freedom and practice of religion, a Constitutional right.

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