Religious Freedom Day

This Sunday is Religious Freedom Day, by order of the President.

Consider that freedom of religion is mentioned before freedom of speech in the 1st Amendment:

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

I believe we need to work for religious freedom through our means as citizens of this country. Prison Fellowship recommends we work to re-establish religious freedom in our prisons. It's encouraging to see that Mr. Nedow's effort to block prayer at the President's inaguration failed. Looking abroad we should also be encouraged by the news from the Sudan.

Let us pray for God's kingdom, built upon Christ Jesus, to advance irrespective of civic freedom of religion. "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." (2 Cor 3:17)