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First Links — 08.04.11

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Money Cometh to Me Now! The New York Times Magazine , Michael Brendan Dougherty Politicians Open Front on Abortion in Bay Area The New York Times , Jesse McKinley Tribe’s New Law Recognizes Gay Marriage The Washington Times , Manuel Valdez New Orleans Reveals Fresh Model For Housing The Poor . . . . Continue Reading »

Whom Would Jesus Indebt?

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Putting ourselves an our children further in debt, notes Timothy Dalrymple, is not the way to help the poor : One of the great difficulties of this issue, for Christians, is that the morality of spending and debt has been so thoroughly demagogued that it’s impossible to advocate cuts in . . . . Continue Reading »

Making Catholic Sex Sexy

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Ashley E. McGuire, editor-in-chief of Altcatholicah, on promoting natural family planning in a culture of contraception : This week is natural family planning awareness week. And during this NFP awareness week, I am acutely aware that 98 percent of Catholic women use contraception of some form. We . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links - 07.27.11

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The Norway Massacre: Born of Ideology or Belief? , The Media Project (Arne H. Fjeldstad) One Man, One Woman, and the Common Good: Marriage’s Public Purpose , Public Discourse (Austin R. Nimocks) The universe’s largest reservoir of water found in ultra-distant quasar , Wired (Mark Brown) . . . . Continue Reading »

The Moderate Pro-Choicer’s Trade-off

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Recognizing that the abortion-on-demand position is becoming politically unpopular, many abortion-rights moderates are becoming increasingly more vocal about finding a middle path”at least rhetorically. The shift has been occurring for more than a decade, but it became more noticeable after the 2004 presidential campaign. By 2008 the solidly pro-abortion candidate Hillary Clinton felt comfortable arguing … Continue Reading »

Scholars Aren’t Quartermasters

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D. A. Carson on the pastor as scholar and the scholar as pastor : Now, any army needs quartermasters. They are the ones who provide the supplies to the frontlines. By all means, give appropriate honor to those who devote themselves to equipping and supplying—with books, training, courses, . . . . Continue Reading »

Visualizing the Word

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When he realized that he lacked the the self-discipline for daily Scripture reading, graphic designer Jim LePage decided to try something different: create original designs for each book of the Bible. The result is his sometimes edgy, always awesome series Word . Here are a few examples of . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links - 07.26.11

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Philosophy, Marriage, and Moral Grandstanding , Public Discourse (Sherif Girgis) Sexual Anxiety, Personality Predictors of Infidelity, Study Says , ScienceDaily Title IX on the mat: Pro-girl sports law could hurt guys , WORLD (Tiffany Owens) Who owns America? Hint: It’s not China , CNN (Tom . . . . Continue Reading »