Religious Liberty & Current Events

Key Passages on Liberty & Conscience

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Government & Its Limits

Paul teaches respect for civil authority as God’s servant for good order — the starting point for asking where government’s rightful authority ends.

Conscience vs. Compelled Worship

Three Hebrews refuse to bow to the king’s image. A classic case of faithful civil disobedience when the state commands worship.

Laws Targeting Faith

A law is crafted to criminalize Daniel’s prayer. He keeps praying openly — and God vindicates him.

Obey God Rather Than Men

The apostles, ordered to stop preaching, answer: “We ought to obey God rather than men.”

Freedom to Speak

Peter and John refuse a gag order on the gospel: “We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”

Caesar and God

Jesus separates what belongs to Caesar from what belongs to God — a foundation for distinguishing civil and religious duty.

Prophecy & Religious Coercion

Prophecy foretells a time when religious observance is enforced by economic and civil pressure.

Sabbath & Workplace Accommodation

The fourth commandment — and the modern question of whether believers may keep the Sabbath without losing their jobs.

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