“Freedom” Group Seeks Ban on Religious Exercise in the US Military
Despite running a self-founded “religious freedom” organization, Michael Weinstein is apparently calling for the US military to restrict religious free exercise within its ranks. His reason? The...
View ArticleMarine Officer Defends Beach Baptism of Marines
The LA Times blog on the beach baptism of US Marines at Camp Pendleton generated an unusually high amount of vitriol toward religious exercise in the military. There were also accusations of command...
View ArticleUS Soldier Finds God in Afghanistan
US Army Spc. Guenter Nyanankpe was baptized at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan last month. “Baptism symbolizes the death and resurrection of Christ,” said US Army Chaplain (Capt.)...
View ArticleCamp Pendleton Cross Defended, Torpy Ignores Second Cross
A follow-up article to last week’s conflagration over the memorial cross raised by Marines on Camp Pendleton indicates the Marine base had no idea the ruckus that was about to ensue. Which, of course,...
View ArticleMilitary Atheist Calls for Removal of Arlington Cross
After being repeatedly called out for decrying one cross and not others, atheist and former Army Captain Jason Torpy, of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, finally addressed the...
View ArticleCamp Marmal Marines Baptized in Afghanistan
Just one day after their cross was pulled down from their chapel, five US Marines were baptized in Camp Marmal in a public affirmation of their faith: [A] congregation of worshipers…witnessed the five...
View ArticleChaplains, Soldiers, Politicians Gather for Sabbath Retreat
The Aleph Institute sponsored its 5th Annual Military Sabbath Retreat and Training Course in Miami, Florida in February. Billed as an opportunity “to decompress and be strengthened,” in the words of...
View ArticleWorld War II Vet Recalls Preaching to Japanese
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, repeated in the Stars and Stripes, documents a recent local Honor Flight that had just returned from helping World War II vets see the World War II memorial in...
View ArticleKhalid Sheikh Mohammed Attacks Atheism, Immorality, not Christianity
Michael “Mikey” Weinstein has frequently claimed that the public acknowledgement of Christians in the US military — as when a group of US Marines was baptized on a California beach — has provided...
View ArticleMikey Weinstein Reveals Anti-Christian Bias in Patrick Henry Interview (Video)
Michael “Mikey” Weinstein was recently invited to Patrick Henry College to be interviewed as part of its “Newsmaker” series. The interviewer was Marvin Olasky, editor in chief of World News Group,...
View ArticleUS Marines, Sailors Baptized in Red Sea aboard USS Makin Island
Chaplain (Cmdr) Timothy Moore and Chief Aviation Ordnanceman James A. Henry baptize one of 27 Sailors and Marines, Nov. 21, in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in...
View ArticleChaplain on Service in War
“It was 2003 and we were in the middle of a war…I could see the stress, pain and hopelessness weigh on the people around me. Of course, I felt I had to try and do something. “So during my first worship...
View ArticleSailors Answer Call to Service, Call of God
An official Navy story from Recruit Training Command goes into great detail about the baptism of some Seaman Recruits during Navy boot camp: When Seaman Recruit (SR) Antonio Brown, SR Christina Ferrer...
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