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The Briefing 10-22-13

1. Constitutional Crisis: judges legalizing same-sex marriage with no provisions for religious organizations  New Jersey court agrees to allow same-sex marriage Monday, Washington Times (Cheryl Wetzstein) 4 same-sex couples file lawsuit in Tenn ...

October 22, 2013

A Clear and Present Danger: Religious Liberty, Marriage, and the Family in the Late Modern Age — An Address at Brigham Young University

An address delivered at Brigham Young University by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on Monday, October 21, 2013. I deeply appreciate your invitation to speak at Brigham Young University and to addr ...

October 21, 2013

The Briefing 10-21-13

1. New Jersey court legalizes same-sex marriage immediately, without a vote  New Jersey same-sex marriages can begin Monday, state Supreme Court rules, The Washington Post (Aaron Blake and Juliet Eilperin) 2. Saudi Arabia gains a seat on the U. ...

October 21, 2013

The Briefing 10-18-13

1) Words matter - Malaysian court restricts word "Allah" to Muslims Only Muslims Can Call God 'Allah', Malaysian Court Says, Time (Charlotte Alter) 2) Calling homosexuality a sin is now a sin Rev. Gary Hall of the National Cathedral: Being ...

October 18, 2013

The Briefing 10-17-13

1) Debt deal another exercise in artificial politics  At 11th Hour, G.O.P. Blinks in Standoff, New York Times (Jonathan Weisman and Jennifer Steinhauer) Senate Leaders Reach Bipartisan Deal, Wall Street Journal (Kristina Peterson and Janet Hook ...

October 17, 2013

The Briefing 10-16-13

1) Why is America a magnet for Nobel Laureates?  Economists Clash on Theory, but Will Still Share the Nobel, New York Times (Binyamin Applebaum) Nobels and National Greatness, Wall Street Journal (Bret Stephens) 2) Among heavy gamblers, lose ...

October 16, 2013

The Briefing 10-15-13

1) Oldest living Nazi war criminal dies, remorseless until the end War criminal Erich Priebke dies at 100; Nazi captain convicted in 1995, Los Angeles Times Erich Priebke, Nazi Who Carried Out Massacre of 335 Italians, Dies at 100, New York Tim ...

October 15, 2013

The Briefing 10-14-13

1) Has the Nobel Peace Prize's prestige been tarnished by politicization?  A Wishful Peace Prize, Wall Street Journal (Editorial) 2) When you read Alice Munro, you don't just read the story of people, but civilization Alice Munro Wins Nobel ...

October 14, 2013

Falling on Deaf Ears?—Why So Many Churches Hear So Little of the Bible

“It is well and good for the preacher to base his sermon on the Bible, but he better get to something relevant pretty quickly, or we start mentally to check out.” That stunningly clear sentence reflects one of the most amazing, tragic, and lamentable ...

October 14, 2013

The Briefing 10-11-13

1) Extend crisis deadline? Politics as theatre is growing tiresome and frustrating. GOP to Propose Temporary Debt-Ceiling Increase, Wall Street Journal (Patrick O'Connor, Siobhan Hughes, and Damian Paletta) 2) Are we witnessing a meltdown of th ...

October 11, 2013

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