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The Briefing 01-21-14

1) Our eyes refuse to lie - The ultrasound carries a message Judge strikes down North Carolina ultrasound abortion law, CNN (Lateef Mungin and Joe Sutton) Proposed Abortion Restrictions in Spain Face Backlash, New York Times (Raphael Minder) ...

January 21, 2014

A respectful conversation on the most controversial issues of our day is a rare gift. And I am looking forward to just that kind of opportunity when I will join Dennis Prager and Ross Douthat for such a conversation. It will take place next Tuesday i ...

January 20, 2014

The Briefing 01-20-14

1) Virginia on the front lines of same-sex marriage debate Va. Quickly Emerging as Key in Gay Marriage Fight, Associated Press (Steve Szkotak) 2) Arguments over same-sex marriage reveal a difference of authority Gay marriage ban: The case fo ...

January 20, 2014

The Briefing 01-17-14

1) Bothered by sex outside of heterosexual marriage? Cultural elites say you just need to "deal with it" Sex Is Not Our Problem, New York Times (Charles M. Blow) 2) Next frontier in fertility treatment? Transgender men. The Next Frontier in ...

January 17, 2014

Welcome to Seminary—Now What? How to Be Faithful as a Seminary Student

My great privilege every semester is to welcome an incoming class of seminarians to the stewardship of theological education. This is not a privilege I take lightly. I remember what it was like to sit in the same room well over thirty years ago, bein ...

January 17, 2014

The Briefing 01-16-14

1. Considering recent controversies, is "brain death" truly death? Oakland girl's brain death divides pro-life camp, World Magazine (Daniel James Devine) Suing to End Life Support for Woman and Fetus, New York Times (Manny Fernandez) 2. Cont ...

January 16, 2014

The Briefing 01-15-14

1. Federal judge in Oklahoma lifts ban on same-sex marriage but puts a hold on own decision Federal judge rules Oklahoma's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, Washington Post (Juliet Eilperin) 2. President of Nigeria bans same-sex marriage ...

January 15, 2014

Evolution Is Most Certainly a Matter of Belief—and so Is Christianity

One of the most misleading headlines imaginable recently appeared over an opinion column published in USA Today. Tom Krattenmaker, a member of the paper's Board of Contributors, set out to argue that there is no essential conflict between evolution a ...

January 15, 2014

The Briefing 01-14-14

1. President Hollande of France caught in infidelity as France is in deep moral confusion Hollande's Companion is Hospitalized, New York Times (Alissa J. Rubin and Maia de la Baume) 2. USA Today columnist claims evolution is a matter of fact, n ...

January 14, 2014

Commonplaces: Teenagers, Reading, and Language

In times past, readers kept books in which they recorded favorite items from their reading. These "commonplace books" were sometimes later collected, offering a view into the mind and habits of the reader even as the thoughts of the original writers ...

January 14, 2014

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