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Author page: Lance Roberts

Jimmy Akin on Legislation & Religion

Taken from Jimmy Akin's A Daily Defense podcast (find it here).  Challenge “People shouldn’t legislate their religious views. We live in a democracy, and not everybody has the same religion.” Defense This challenge is problematic on several grounds. First, it assumes people in a democracy shouldn’t vote according to their beliefs. This is false. Democracies…

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Church Guide for Catholic Political Life

Summary Drawn from Parts of the USCCB's Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (in full @ www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/forming-consciences-for-faithful-citizenship-part-three) Introduction Our redemption has a social dimension because "God, in Christ, redeems not only the individual person, but also.... social relations." To believe that the Holy Spirit is at work in everyone means realizing that He seeks to…

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