Faith & Freedom Center

10/09/2026

Like Thomas, we can examine the evidence God has provided. Like John the Baptist, we can remember the mighty works of Christ. We use the gift of reason rather than fearing it, and we refuse to let a passing mood overthrow what we have good reason to know is true. William Wagner points to the desperate father in the book of Mark who prayed, “I believe. Help my unbelief.” “There’s no shame in that prayer,” Wagner says. In fact, “it may be one of the purest expressions of faith,” because the one praying it has already decided where to take his doubt. He takes it to Jesus.

Where do you take your doubts?

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🔗 https://youtu.be/4A_eBwotB60?si=m3nimfH7C2eaNjlI

09/25/2026

“They’re going to kill me?” Those words should stop us cold.

According to her family, 83-year-old Brigitte Stegemann asked that question after her granddaughter explained what Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program would do. Brigitte suffered from advanced stomach cancer. She was elderly. She was vulnerable. And on July 10, 2026, a medical professional intentionally ended her life by lethal injection.

Her family says Brigitte had earlier rejected physician-assisted killing because of her Christian faith. They say she later became confused and frightened, cried that she had made a mistake, and never gave the final verbal consent they understood would precede her death. Those allegations deserve careful investigation before conclusions are reached about the conduct of any particular individual. But the most important question reaches far beyond whether every procedural box was checked. The deeper question is what kind of society gives government and medical professionals the legal power intentionally to end an innocent human life?

For Christians, the starting point is clear. Human beings are made in the image of God. Our lives therefore possess inherent value—not because we are young, healthy, productive, independent, or free from suffering, but because of who created us.

Life holds value at every stage. READ MORE HERE: https://www.faithandfreedomcenter.org/post/life-holds-value-at-every-stage-a-canadian-horror-story

09/14/2026

Join us for Constitution Day 2026 at Spring Arbor University! 🇺🇸

The Wagner Faith & Freedom Center invites everyone to join us for good food and a conversation on “We Hold These Truths: The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Future of American Liberty.”

Drawing from his experience as a constitutional law professor, former federal judge, and public servant in all three branches of government, Wagner will explore the enduring principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—and their importance for the future of American liberty.

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📅 Thursday, September 17, 2026
🕛 12:00 Noon
📍 Aspen Room • Dining Commons

Join us as we commemorate Constitution Day and reflect on the principles that have shaped the American experiment in liberty and self-government.

09/13/2026

"Let each builder choose with care how to build." – 1 Corinthians 3:10

Welcome to a new year at Spring Arbor University! There is an ancient prayer from the end of Psalm 19 that some of you have heard hundreds of times. Growing up, my pastor recited it each week, just before his sermon: "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer." For thousands of years, those two things have naturally belonged together: the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart...

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🔗 https://www.faithandfreedomcenter.org/post/choose-with-care-how-you-build

09/12/2026

What makes Christian higher education genuinely Christian? At Spring Arbor University, the answer begins with a community of learners committed to pursuing truth under the lordship of Jesus Christ. There is something special about the beginning of a new school year. Here at Spring Arbor University in Michigan, our campus has come alive again. Students walking to class. Professors meeting new students. Athletic teams competing. Friendships beginning. ...

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🔗 https://www.faithandfreedomcenter.org/post/starting-a-new-school-year-at-a-christian-university

09/11/2026

Twenty-five years later, we remember not only what America lost on September 11, 2001, but what ordinary Americans revealed about courage, sacrifice, faith, and freedom. There are moments in life when history suddenly ceases to be something we study and becomes something we experience. September 11, 2001, was such a moment. The first reports were confusing. An airplane had struck the World Trade Center in New York...

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🔗 https://www.faithandfreedomcenter.org/post/september-11-remembering-courage-renewing-faith

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09/07/2026

Work is not a curse, it is a calling. Long before sin entered the world, God placed Adam in the garden to cultivate and keep it, embedding dignity into labor from the very beginning. Scripture calls us to do our work heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. That calling stands in sharp contrast to a culture that measures success by how quickly we can stop working, or a political vision built on taking from one person's labor to hand to another. Careers end and titles fade, but work faithfully offered to God carries an eternal weight that outlasts every job title.

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🔗 https://youtu.be/YEPT-eY0LS4

09/07/2026

https://www.faithandfreedomcenter.org/post/we-were-created-to-work

A Labor Day Reflection on Work, Calling, and the Glory of GodEach year on Labor Day, Americans rightly pause to honor the men and women whose work built our communities, sustained our families, strengthened our economy, and helped make this nation great. But for the Christian, Labor Day invites us t...

08/30/2026

A Nigerian court just told religious police, "this far, and no farther." A 22-year-old woman known as Sarah fled an abusive forced marriage, converted from Islam to Christianity, and was detained and beaten by Kano State's Hisbah for refusing to return. Nigeria's Federal High Court ruled that conduct a flagrant violation of her rights to human dignity and religious freedom, ordering compensation and blocking further pursuit of her arrest. This is a rare and meaningful victory in a nation where persecution has too often gone unanswered, and it proves that Nigeria's own Constitution can protect conscience when courts are willing to enforce it. Faith produced by force is not faith, it is submission to power, and Sarah's case shows what happens when one court finally says so.

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🔗 https://www.faithandfreedomcenter.org/post/a-court-draws-a-line-in-nigeria-and-liberty-gains-ground

08/29/2026

The government has no authority to decide what counts as "religious enough." In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court sided with Catholic Charities Bureau after Wisconsin denied it a religious exemption, arguing its charity work served people of all faiths rather than existing to convert them. Justice Sotomayor held that the First Amendment forbids the state from preferring one religious understanding over another, since drawing that line would force government to answer a theological question it has no competence to ask. Scripture itself rejects the distinction Wisconsin tried to draw: whatever is done for "the least of these" is done unto Christ, and faith without works is dead. This decision protects every ministry, school, and shelter whose service to neighbor is itself an act of worship.

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🔗 https://www.faithandfreedomcenter.org/post/why-government-cannot-define-religious-exercise