Stephen V. Monsma and Stanley W. Carlson-Thies, Free to Serve: Protection the Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Organizations (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2015). Paperback | Kindle [Author’s Note: This review originally appeared at InfluenceMagazine.com.] James 1:27 offers this memorable definition: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” For James, then, religion consists of a humanitarian and an integrity mandate. “Do good,” we might say, “ and be good!” For Christians across the ages, the humanitarian mandate … Continue reading Review of ‘Free to Serve’ by Stephen V. Monsma and Stanley W. Carlson-Thies