The release of Pastor Ezra Jin from imprisonment in China is a welcome answer to prayer. After months of detention for faithfully shepherding an independent Christian congregation, he is once again free. We rightly rejoice with his family and with believers around the world who never ceased praying for his release. His story, though, reminds us of a deeper truth. Freedom is precious, but faithfulness is priceless. Throughout history, those who have proclaimed the Gospel of J

In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court again affirmed that government must never wield its power to chill the exercise of fundamental freedoms. In First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, the Court permitted a faith-based ministry to challenge a state subpoena demanding disclosure of its donors, an act that threatened to silence both speech and conscience. This case raises fundamental moral and constitutional questions about the nature of freedom it