Religious Liberties and Political Challenges

Western democracies have long celebrated free speech and free religious expression. Yet history tells a different story. Religious freedom is not the historical norm; for example, our predecessors in the first century church worshiped in a hostile environment. Our heritage as believers predates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other governmental edicts. What does it mean to clearly understand that our hope resides not in pronouncements by governments, but on Him who spoke the world into existence?