Deborah Baxtrom

Unlawful Assembly
A Christian family living in the Soviet Union sometime in the mid-twentieth century gathers with a few close friends to take part in an illicit activity—Bible study and prayer. The door bursts open, and the KGB storms in. The frightened group is her
March 01 2003
Render Unto Caesar
Religion squared off with consumerism in Cypress, California, last May when the Cypress City Council voted unanimously to seize, through use of the city's power of eminent domain, 18 acres of land owned by the Cottonwood Christian Center in order to build
January 01 2003
Liberty Versus Terror

Voices cry out from newspaper editorials and TV and radio talk shows daily-demanding what most of us…

March 01 2002
A Job, Faith, and Public Funding

After Keith Brooks lost his job as a systems administrator he was forced to apply for welfare. But Brooks…

July 01 2001
Amish Child-Labor Exemption

Federal labor laws prohibit children under 16 from working in manufacturing, and children under 18 are…

May 01 2001
God of Our Mottoes

Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the famous atheist, tried unsuccessfully before her death to remove "In God We…

November 01 2000
Religious Divide

Evangelist John Wayne "punkin" Brown picked up the three-foot yellow timber rattlesnake while delivering…

May 01 2000
Blood Oath

A few minutes earlier a 32-year-old auto mechanic named Keith Cook left a birthday party "drunk and angry."…

July 01 1999
Rules to Live By

Baseball and advertising are two of America's most popular activities, so when California businessman…

November 01 1998