First Links – 08.18.11

God and country music: Despite all the drinking and cheating, genre comfortable with religious themes
Deseret News , Rhett Wilkinson

The Failure of Liberal Bioethics
New York Times , Ross Douthat

Survey: Most Catholics unaware of Mass revisions
OSV Newsweekly , Melissa A. Cidade

Report: Cohabitation a Threat To Child Welfare
Washington Times , Cheryl Wetzstein

A Preacher’s Decalogue
Themelios , Sinclair B. Ferguson

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