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It’s always been the case, in self defense for example, that if you have a way to run away, that you are supposed to do that rather than use deadly force – that’s of course in [...]

There’s been no letup in public debate regarding Stand Your Ground Laws since the George Zimmerman verdict in Florida last month. It’s a national topic – and no wonder: 31 states have some [...]

This summer, Congress held three separate committee votes on expanding the military chaplaincy to include Atheist and Humanist chaplains. While it turns out the idea never had a prayer, the [...]

In recent years, no public debate is complete, it seems, until the US Constitution is dragged into it.  Whether it be Obamacare, gun control, NSA spying allegations, or religious liberty, the [...]

This weekend on State of Belief, we hear alarming new data on Americans’ knowledge of the First Amendment. We also take a look at the moral implications of “Stand Your Ground” laws, after [...]

On the next State of Belief Radio – Everybody’s making references to the Constitution, whether the issue is Obamacare, gun control, free speech or religious liberty. But a new survey shows that [...]

Since the George Zimmerman verdict was handed down last month in Florida, there has been a significant number of primarily conservative voices complaining that the anger and outrage expressed by [...]

We found that with each successively younger generation, the appeal of religious conservatism goes down. There’s a straight, linear correlation between age and religious conservatism. [...]

I haven’t seen this level of activity and energy in all my 34 years in ministry in North Carolina. There’s a real energy in North Carolina among people of faith, and a real cohesion [...]

August 5, 2013 marks the first anniversary of the bloody massacre at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. A White supremacist gunman killed six and wounded five priests and worshippers who [...]