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The Echoes of the Prophets
Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker welcome John Shorey as he shares the echoes of the prophets on Day 4 of The Jim Bakker Show. Continue reading
The Echoes of the Prophets
Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker welcome John Shorey as he shares the echoes of the prophets for Day 2 on The Jim Bakker Show. Continue reading
The Echoes of the Prophets
Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker welcome John Shorey as he shares the echoes of the prophets for Day 1 on The Jim Bakker Show. Continue reading
Faith and Prophecy
Pastor Jim & Ricky Bakker welcome Glenda Jackson as they discuss faith and prophecy on The Jim Bakker Show. Continue reading
Marine Officer Court Martialed For Refusing To Remove Bible Verse
A U.S. Marine has been found guilty of disobeying a “lawful order” of a superior officer because she would not remove a Bible verse that she had taped onto her computer and desk.
Former Marine Lance Corporal Monifa Sterling has posted Isaiah 54:17, “no weapon formed against me shall prosper,” on her computer along with other Bible verses that she used for inspiration.
Her staff sergeant ordered her to remove the verses but Sterling refused, saying she had the First Amendment right to have those verses at her workstation. The next day, they had been removed by someone else.
She defended herself at trial and was found guilty of showing disrespect toward a superior commissioned officer, four instances of disobeying a lawful order of a noncommissioned officer, and failing to go to her appointed place of duty.
An appellate court said because she shared the desk with another Marine, she cannot claim the order violated her religious freedom.
“The military judge found that the signs verbiage was biblical in nature, that the desk was shared with another Marine, and the signs were visible to other Marines who came to the appellant’s desk for assistance,” the court ruling states. “The implication is clear — the junior Marine sharing the desk and the other Marines coming to the desk for assistance would be exposed to biblical quotations in the military workplace.”
“It is not hard to imagine the divisive impact to good order and discipline that may result when a service member is compelled to work at a government desk festooned with religious quotations, especially if that service member does not share that religion,” the court ruling continued.
The Liberty Institute has now stepped in and is defending the rights of Sterling.
“If a service member has a right to display a secular poster, put an atheist bumper sticker on their car, or get a Star of David tattoo, then Lance Corporal Sterling has the right to display a small Bible verse on her computer monitor,” Mike Berry of the Liberty Institute said to the Christian Post. “If the government can order a Marine not to display a Bible verse, they could try and order her not to get a religious tattoo, or go to church on Sunday.”
“Restricting a Marine’s free exercise of religion is blatantly unconstitutional.”
The Liberty Institute noted that no one else was using Sterling’s desk when the incident took place, meaning the appellate court ruled with a false basis. They also say that Sterling’s rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The Red Light is Flashing
Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker welcome the founder of TruNews.com, Rick Wiles, as he shares why our time of preparing is getting shorter for Day 2 on The Jim Bakker Show. Continue reading
The Red Light is Flashing
Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker welcome the founder of TruNews.com, Rick Wiles, as he shares why our time of preparing is getting shorter for Day 1 on The Jim Bakker Show. Continue reading
Medical Preparedness with Dr. Cesar
Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker welcome Dr. James & Tracie Cesar, as they talk about medical preparedness, on The Jim Bakker Show.
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Your Alkaline Body
Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker welcome Dr. Don & Mary Colbert as they talk about your alkaline body and Mary’s new book, 13 Women You Should Never Marry, on Day 2 of The Jim Bakker Show. Continue reading