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The Briefing 05-29-13

1) Celebrating the child rescued in China, but what of the child whose cries are never heard? China's Baby 59 left in sewage pipe evokes...

  • Abortion
  • Audio
  • Baby 59
  • Bullitt County
  • China
  • Church of England
  • Cloning
  • female bishops
  • Grading Scale
  • Infanticide
  • Marriage
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The Briefing 05-02-13

1. In Boston, the gift of friendship turning toxic and dangerous U.S. Detains 3 in Connection with Boston Bombings, New York Times (Katharine Q. Seelye,...

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  • Bangladesh
  • Boston Bombing
  • Civil Unions
  • Colorado
  • Economics
  • Free Market
  • Friendship
  • Homosexual Marriage
  • Morning After Pill
  • Organ Trafficking
  • Plan B
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Same-Sex Marriage as a Civil Right — Are Wrongs Rights?

We should have seen it coming. Back in 1989 two young activists pushing for the normalization of homosexuality coauthored a book intended to serve as...Read this essay →
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The Briefing 04-02-13

Story 1 - The Marginalization of Moral Argument in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate How Gay Marriage Won, Time (David von Drehle) Bracketing Morality — The...

  • Audio
  • ethics
  • GOP
  • Homosexuality
  • Morality
  • Republicans
  • Same-Sex Marriage
  • Supreme Court
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The Briefing: From Young, Restless, and Jewish, to Peter Singer and the Pope

The news rushes at us fast and furiously, as do so many worthy articles, books, and essays that call out for attention. Some of these...Read this essay →
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Has Man Created Life?

Humanity had better think hard about whether this is a journey we are ready to entrust to scientists alone. The most urgent question raised by…Read this essay →
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Should We Clone Humans? Beyond the “Yuck Factor”

The development of a human embryo from a cloned cell—as claimed by a group of South Korean scientists—has pushed the clock of genetic engineering toward...Read this essay →
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The Revenge of the ‘Prom Moms’: Our Children Have Been Listening

Sparing themselves a murder trial, Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of their newborn son. The plea agreement came...Read this essay →
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Keeping The Faith In a Faithless Age: The Church As The Moral Minority

"The greatest question of our time," offered historian Will Durant, "is not communism versus individualism, not Europe versus America, not even East versus the West;...Read this essay →
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Moral Mandates for Modern Christians

The moral crisis of modern society is a serious problem that needs the attention and concern of every Christian. How should the Church engage with...Read this essay →
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A Wicked Deed in Wichita — A Test for the Pro-Life Movement

The cold-blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller on Sunday morning presents the pro-life movement in America with a crucial moral test -- will we condemn...Read this essay →
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When Medicine and Faith Collide — What About the Child?

Recent cases involving parents who claim a religious reason to refuse medical treatment for children have cast this issue back into the Public Square --...Read this essay →
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The Significance of Shame

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The Latest in the Brave New World of Bioethics

It seems like the typical week now brings an unprecedented surge of troubling new developments in the world of bioethics. From movements to dismantle human...Read this essay →
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The Latest in the Brave New World of Bioethics

It seems like the typical week now brings an unprecedented surge of troubling new developments in the world of bioethics. From movements to dismantle human...Read this essay →
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“Licensing People to Put Others Down” — The End of Human Dignity

Baroness Mary Warnock is one of the most influential figures in British life today, and one of the most influential specialists in medical ethics on...Read this essay →
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What Does It Mean to Be a Peacemaker?

What does it mean to be a peacemaker? Do we know how to do this in our homes, churches, and workplaces? On today's program, Dr....Read this essay →
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The Delusion of Determinism

The subversion of moral responsibility is one of the most significant developments of recent decades. Though this subversion was originally philosophical, more recent efforts have...Read this essay →
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The Strange Persistence of Moral Sanity

The fall of yet another politician in a sex scandal has added a note of Schadenfreude to the political season. Coming so quickly after the...Read this essay →
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Evangelicals, Sexual Ethics, and American Culture

In her recent book, Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics, historian Dagmar Herzog suggests that evangelical Christians have...Read this essay →
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Listening to the Culture at the Cineplex

Do the movies we watch tell us anything about our cultural values and worldview? On today's program, guest host Russell Moore not only reveals his...Read this essay →
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Do Apes Have Rights?

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A Crisis of Christian Ethics

The Society of Christian Ethics has proposed new Standards of Professional Conduct that significantly call into question the group's commitment to anything resembling traditional Christian...Read this essay →
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Plant Rights, Screaming Vegetation, and a “Biocentric” Worldview

In a recent article in The Weekly Standard, Wesley Smith notes the growing call in Europe for "plant rights" amid a culture that increasingly resists...Read this essay →
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Moral Hypocrisy, Cultural Norms, and Unchanging Truth

The struggle to define "normal" is often one plagued with confusion and moral hypocrisy. When individuals and institutions abandon any commitment to an objective and...Read this essay →
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The Moral Quagmire of Grand Theft Auto

Today's release of Grand Theft Auto IV is expected to be one of the largest in video game history. Drawn in by groundbreaking graphics and...Read this essay →
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Under Attack in California: The Right to Discipline

California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber is once again making headlines for her efforts to outlaw corporal punishment. On today's program, Dr. Mohler examines her bill, explains...Read this essay →
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Values and Moral Truth are Not the Same

No discussion of our national ills is complete without some mention of slippery "values" in the public square. Indeed, though talk of moral absolutes is...Read this essay →
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