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The Briefing 05-08-13

1. Relief in Cleveland reminder of global sex slavery problem Three Women Reunited with Families After Years of Captivity CNN (Michael Pearson and Martin Savidge)...

  • Abandon
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  • China
  • Cleveland
  • Dogs
  • earthquakes
  • Immigration
  • Kidnapping
  • Methodist Church
  • Mothers
  • Ogletree
  • Same-Sex Marriage
  • Sex Slavery
  • Walk-away Moms
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The Briefing 05-03-13

1. More people die from suicide than car accidents Suicide Rate Rise Sharply in US, New York Times (Tara Parker-Pope) 2. Sharp rise in single...

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  • Duke University
  • Gun Control
  • Sex Changes
  • Single Mothers
  • Suicide
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America’s Coming Demographic Disaster — A Conversation with Jonathan V. Last – Transcript

Jonathan V. Last, Author, What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster Thinking in Public March 14, 2013 Mohler:            This is Thinking...Read this essay →
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The Family Torn Apart — Richard Wolff on Economics and Family Life

Though this may surprise some readers, liberal and conservative economists often agree on the nature of the problems posed by various economic practices, even as...
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The Misplaced Aims of the Tiger Mother

We can learn a great deal by reading Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, but we cannot read the book without being both impressed and…Read this essay →
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Where Did I Come From? – It’s No Longer a Simple Question

It is as if we are now living on a new planet — one in which all the natural boundaries of sex and reproduction have…Read this essay →
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So, Why Is Incest Wrong?

There are certain questions now pressed upon us that previous generations would never believe could be asked. One of these is thrust upon us by...
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Who Needs Marriage? TIME Asked the Question — Do You Have an Answer?

Who needs marriage? I do. You do. We all do — and for reasons far more fundamental than can be explained “in purely practical terms.”Read this essay →
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Divorce — The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience

Evangelical Christians are gravely concerned about the family, and this is good and necessary. But our credibility on the issue of marriage is significantly discounted…Read this essay →
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Why Are Parents So Unhappy? And Who Would Settle for Happiness, Anyway?

Christians must see children as gifts from God, not as projects, understanding family life as a crucible for holiness, not an experiment in happiness.Read this essay →
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Pornography — The Difference Being a Parent Makes

Steve Jobs is a businessman of unquestioned ability, a technological wizard, and one of the greatest orchestrators of “cool” in world history. Nevertheless, he has…Read this essay →
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When Adoption Fails, the Gospel is Denied
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An Interview with Bob Lepine

In an age of moral confusion about the family, ministries specifically targeting the family are especially needed.  Thankfully, this is the specific work of the...Read this essay →
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Having the Talk: Educating Your Children About Sex

Parents are finding that their children know a startling amount of information about sex from a very young age.  A recent study published by Pediatrics...Read this essay →
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“They Did Not Honor Him as God, or Give Thanks”

Thanksgiving is a deeply theological act, rightly understood. As a matter of fact, thankfulness is a theology in microcosm -- a key to understanding what...Read this essay →
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How to Think about Reproductive Services as a Christian

The joy of having children is something sought after by all kinds of people, specifically for Christians who understand the gift children are from the...Read this essay →
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The Shock of Too Much Nurturing

Good parenting involves genuinely loving your child.  But what happens when loving a little one turns into an obsession, putting the child first in every...Read this essay →
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A Christian Vision of Marriage and Family

"For the first time in its history, Western civilization is confronted with the need to define the meaning of the terms 'marriage' and 'family.'" So...Read this essay →
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Special “Focus on the Family” Broadcast

The announcement that Dr. James C. Dobson has stepped down from his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Focus on the Family...Read this essay →
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Encouraging the Blessing of Children

Do Christians view children and families as a blessing from the Lord? Or have we, like the culture around us, bought into the idea that...Read this essay →
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Faith Equals Fertility?

A growing number of researchers and observers are beginning to take note of a huge demographic reality -- those who take belief in God most...Read this essay →
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Connecting Faith and Fertility

Why would it be that conservative believers tend to have more children? Does faith correlate with fertility? As Anthony Gottlieb notes in the most recent...Read this essay →
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Transracial Adoption and the Gospel of Jesus Christ

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Christian Families, Television, and Sex

A new study by the RAND Corporation draws a scientific link between sexual content on television and teenage sexual behavior. On today's program, Dr. Mohler...Read this essay →
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What Should Christian Families Do With Halloween?

To what extent should Christian families participate in Halloween? What about churches? On today's program, Dr. Mohler asks listeners to share their own families' convictions...Read this essay →
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Put a Stop to Large Families?

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Put a Stop to Large Families?

These days, the issue of family size can be controversial -- just ask any couple with several children.  Large families are often seen as oddities...Read this essay →
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Raising Children in an Affluent Society

Americans have never lived in a period of greater and more widespread affluence. But how does this unprecedented level of affluence impact the Christian family?...Read this essay →
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The Christian Family and Teenage Pregnancy

The recent news that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's seventeen year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant sparked a firestorm of conversation in the political world. But the...Read this essay →
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