Another worship music debate
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Please Omit Music (or Else) Most of the early Protestant reformers, including John Calvin and Martin Luther, opposed the use of musical instruments in worship, and Puritans have always set strict limits on what kinds of music were permissible.
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Ruh-LOO-pa's high bar for any government action that would impose zoning or other restrictions on a religious institution
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Zoning Law Aside, Mosque Projects Face Battles The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, whose initials are commonly pronounced Ruh-LOO-pa, was approved unanimously by Congress in 2000
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Dale Goetz: "Our love for freedom is worth dying for and many have gone before us to preserve this freedom"
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Time: Army Chaplain Dale Goetz, RIP Captain Dale Goetz became the first Army chaplain to die in combat since Vietnam when a roadside bomb killed him and four fellow soldiers in Afghanistan on Monday. His is a passing worth pondering.
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Dr. Carl Moeller: "Rhetoric being used by opponents of the proposed mosque near ground zero can result in violence against Christians living in Muslim-dominated countries"
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NYC Mosque Rhetoric May Harm Persecuted Christians “We talk often about our rights as Americans to protest. It is true,” Moeller said. “But we also have responsibilities, not only to our societies but to those vulnerable communities that are at risk because of our actions.”
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