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The Gospel & Sex Slavery
In this powerful episode of the Faith & Freedom Podcast, Hon. William Wagner (ret.) hosts an honest and deeply biblical conversation on one of the greatest injustices of our time: sex slavery. He is joined by Faith & Freedom Fellows Murphy McCool and Roman Kortman, as well as the WFFC Chief Operating Officer Salvatore Biondo. Drawing from David Platt’s Counter Culture, the team explores what sex trafficking really is, why it persists, how Scripture speaks to this crisis, and
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Peace in Nigeria: Moving from Fragility to Stability - An Analysis Supporting the Statement by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria
By the Hon. William Wagner (Ret.) Executive summary Nigeria stands at a crossroads between social collapse and constitutional renewal. The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), in its statement “Peace in Nigeria: Moving from Fragility to Stability,” offers an urgent, morally lucid, and legally grounded diagnosis of Nigeria’s spiraling insecurity and repression. The instant Issue Brief amplifies this warning and calls the international community to attend to it. This
Nov 26
A Thanksgiving Meditation on American Constitutional Law, Liberty, and Gratitude
By Hon. William Wagner (Ret.) “I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.” Psalm 9:1 Each Thanksgiving, we American citizens do something quietly radical: we pause a nation that never stops moving, and we give thanks—publicly, communally, and often in language that acknowledges God. That custom is older than stuffed turkey and older than the football. It is woven into the culture and the deeply rooted cultural history and
Nov 25
Violent Attacks Against Christians in Europe: A Rising Threat to Human Dignity, Religious Freedom, and Democratic Order
By Hon. William Wagner (Ret) WFFC Distinguished Chair for Faith & Freedom, Spring Arbor University Executive Summary Violent attacks and hate crimes against Christians in Europe rose sharply in 2024, according to the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe (OIDAC) —data first brought to international attention through reporting by The Christian Post. While the total number of incidents decreased slightly from the previous year, the severity
Nov 21
The Constitutional Limits of Federal Authority in Education: Federalism, Faith, Ordered Liberty, and the Preservation of Local Self-Government
By the Hon. William Wagner (Ret.) WFFC Distinguished Chair for Faith & Freedom, Spring Arbor University Abstract This Issue Brief contends that Federal involvement in education rests on unstable constitutional ground and that renewed efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (ED) highlight, rather than resolve, deep structural questions about federalism, ordered liberty, and religious freedom. Drawing on constitutional text, original meaning, historical practice,
Nov 20
A Jurisprudential and Policy Analysis of the Michigan State Board of Education’s New Health Education Standards
The Michigan Department of Education’s most recent revision of the Health Education Standards represents not merely administrative fine-tuning, but a wholesale ideological shift in the purpose and scope of health instruction in Michigan schools. The Board voted to approve the updated health-education/sex-education standards on Thursday, November 13, 2025. The magnitude and nature of these changes raise profound constitutional concerns—particularly regarding parental rights, l
Nov 19
Christian International Professors Forum presents a Lecture: InterFaith Engagements - A Catalyst for Democracy, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development in Pakistan?
Dr. Rubina Feroze Bhatti, a renowned Pakistani human-rights and peace activist, is this month’s featured speaker at the Christian International Professors Forum, hosted jointly by the Instituto dos Juristas Cristãos do Brasil and the Wagner Faith & Freedom Center at Spring Arbor University. Known for her decades of work advancing communal harmony, gender equality, and the rights of religious minorities in Pakistan, Dr. Bhatti brings a deeply practical and hard-won perspective
Nov 18
U.S. Designates Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” Over Religious-Freedom Violations
November 1, 2025 Washington, D.C. / Abuja The United States Department of State announced that Nigeria has been designated a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, citing what it called “systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom.” President Donald Trump, in a social-media post on October 31, asserted that “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being kil
Nov 5
Wagner Calls on U.S. State Department to Designate Nigeria a ‘Country of Particular Concern’
October 31, 2025 In this compelling episode, Hon. William Wagner (Ret) exposes the ongoing humanitarian and religious freedom crisis facing Christians in Nigeria. Over the past six years, more than a million Christian families have been displaced and an estimated 29,000 believers have been killed amid violent attacks amidst government inaction. Wagner examines why the U.S. State Department’s “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) designation matters—and how reapplying it to
Oct 30
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