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The Briefing 08-08-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Genocide and persecution in Iraq rightly causes Pres. Obama to authorize air strikes Obama Authorizes Iraq Air Strikes Amid Genocide Threat, Bloomberg Businessweek (Margaret Talev, Terry Atlas, and Toy Capaccio) Christi ...

August 8, 2014

Are Christian Missionaries Narcissistic Idiots? — A Response to Ann Coulter

In an ominous development Wednesday night, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its highest level alert for a response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, even as reports came in indicating that the crisis may now not be limited to W ...

August 7, 2014

The Briefing 08-07-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Treatment of Ebola brings a morality of personal autonomy into conflict with a plague CDC issues highest-level alert for Ebola, USA Today (Doug Stanglin) Ebola, research ethics, and the ZMapp serum, Washington Post (Lau ...

August 7, 2014

The Briefing 08-06-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Federal circuit courts begin considering state same sex marriage bans Gay Marriage Arguments Are Flooding Federal Courts, Huffington Post (Amanda Lee Myers) 2) Vast shifts in social values a massive missiological challe ...

August 6, 2014

The Briefing 08-05-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Cohabitation has become replacement for marriage in a massive moral shift Moving In and Moving On, Family Studies (Scott Stanley) Trends in Cohabitation Outcomes: Compositional Changes and Engagement Among Never-Married ...

August 5, 2014

The Briefing 08-04-14

Podcast Transcript 1) West African Ebola outbreak reminder that man has not conquered pestilence CDC Director Says U.S. ‘Surging’ Efforts to Stop Ebola Outbreak, ABC News (Kari Rea) Ebola outbreak: We’re heading towards a catastrophe, warns ...

August 4, 2014

‘Get with the Program’ — The Church of England Votes to Ordain Women Bishops

Writing about the age of John Milton, the British author A. N. Wilson once tried to explain to modern secular readers that there had once been a time when bishops of the Church of England were titanic figures of conviction who were ready to stand aga ...

July 15, 2014

The Briefing Special Edition: Supreme Court Ruling on Hobby Lobby Case

Podcast Transcript This special edition of The Briefing is released in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case. Today’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case represents a huge win for religious liberty in America, and the 5- ...

June 30, 2014

The Hobby Lobby Decision: A Big Win for Religious Liberty — and a Very Revealing Divide on the Court

Today's decision in the Hobby Lobby case represents a huge win for religious liberty in America, and the 5-4 decision will now stand as a landmark case that will reshape the religious liberty debate for generations to come. At the same time, the deep ...

June 30, 2014

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