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What are some steps students can take as they prepare for seminary?

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The Briefing 06-30-17

Harry Potter at 20: What will be the legacy of J.K. Rowling's fantasy series 'Harry Potter'?Times Educational Supplement (Kate Parker) — Is Harry Potter the boy who saved reading?

The iPhone turns 10: Who owns whom? Do we own the iPhone, or does the iPhone own us?Wall Street Journal (Christopher Mims) — In 10 Years, Your iPhone Won’t Be a Phone AnymoreCrossway (Tony Reinke) — 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

Religious liberty vs. sexual liberty: How "dignitary harm" could completely reshape the conversationThe Gospel Coalition (Albert Mohler) — Religious Freedom and Discrimination: Why the Debate Continues

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The Briefing 06-29-17

The politics of abortion: 25 years ago today, SCOTUS handed down the infamous Casey decision

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has played an outsize role in America's culture warsWall Street Journal (William McGurn) — Anthony Kennedy, Culture Warrior

Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards thinks she can change America's conscience on abortion. Will she?The Atlantic (Emma Green) — Planned Parenthood Still Believes It Can Win the Culture Wars

Church of CrossFit? Why gyms and other secular communities are replacing church for many today The Atlantic (Julie Beck) — The Church of CrossFitNew York Times (Mark Oppenheimer) — When Some Turn to Church, Others Go to CrossFit

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The Briefing 06-28-17

Geographic virtue signaling: Four more 'discriminatory' states added to California's state travel banWashington Post (Peter Holley) — n California just added four more ‘discriminatory’ states to its travel banLouisville Courier-Journal (Thomas Novelly) — Mayor Fischer, Lexington mayor asks California AG to exclude their cities from Kentucky travel ban

'No religion' now Australia's number one religion? No, but new census data reveals secularizing trendBuzzfeed (Gina Rushton) — "No Religion" Is Now Australia's Number One ReligionAustralian Bureau of Statistics — 2016 Census data reveals “no religion” is rising fastSydney Morning Herald (Tosca Lloyd) — The message in the Census: End Australia's Christian bias

NPR highlights importance of fathers for children's well-being—are they listening to their own report?NPR (Claudio Sanchez) — Poverty, Dropouts, Pregnancy, Suicide: What The Numbers Say About Fatherless Kids

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The Briefing 06-27-17

SCOTUS story #1: Big win for religious liberty as Supreme Court rules 7-2 in favor of Trinity LutheranNew York Times (Adam Liptak) — States Must Aid Some Church Programs, Justices RuleNBC News (Pete Williams) — Supreme Court Rules States Cannot Refuse All Financial Aid to ChurchesSupreme Court of the United States — Trinity Lutheran v. Missouri

SCOTUS story #2: Unanimous Supreme Court decision upholds most of President Trump's travel banSupreme Court of the United States — Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project v. Hawaii

SCOTUS story #3: SCOTUS reverses AR Supreme Court, disestablishing biology-based birth registrationNew York Times (Adam Liptak) — Gay Couples Entitled to Equal Treatment on Birth Certificates, Justices RuleSupreme Court of the United States — Pavan v. Smith

SCOTUS story #4: Supreme Court to hear momentous gay wedding cake case on religious liberty next termUSA Today (Richard Wolf) — Supreme Court will hear religious liberty challenge to gay weddings

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The Briefing 06-26-17

A reversal of medical logic: Families are now suing doctors for saving the lives of their loved onesNew York Times (Paula Span) — The Patients Were Saved. That’s Why the Families Are Suing.

What our relationship with animals reveals to us about ourselves and the glory of GodDaily Pakistan Global (Dawood Rehman) — Taiwan becomes first Asian country to ban eating dogs and catsUSA Today (Erin Kelly) — Congress finds bipartisanship on animal protection issuesNew York Times (Alex Beam) — What Kind of Pet Should Donald Trump Get?

The surprising reason why the New York Times discontinued their "engagements" section in 1994New York Times (Alessandra Stanley) — The End of the Engagement Announcements

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The Briefing 06-23-17

The history of "Born this way" and why the LGBT movement is phasing it out as a sloganUSA Today (Alia E. Dastagir) — 'Born this way'? It's way more complicated than that

What does it say about the LGBT revolution that "Pride" events are now more corporate & less radical?New York Times (Krista Burton) — Is Pride Still for Queer People Like Me?

Childhood redefined: Antidepressants for 6-year-olds, Botox for 8-year-olds, & no playing in the sand?Times of London (Kat Lay) — Doctors give antidepressants to children younger than sixThe Telegraph (Laura Donnelly) — Girls as young as eight being groomed by cosmetic surgery gamesWall Street Journal (Lenore Skenazy) — If You’re a Kid, the Experts Want You to Have a Fun-Free Summer

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The Briefing 06-22-17

5th straight special election victory for GOP in Georgia raises questions of Democratic Party identityWall Street Journal (Janet Hook, Cameron McWhirter and Reid J. Epstein) — GOP’s Karen Handel Beats Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia

What is the Queen's Speech? Important differences between the British and American forms of governmentNew York Times (Stephen Castle) — Queen’s Speech to U.K. Parliament Outlines Theresa May’s Scaled-Down Agenda

A modern monarchy in historical context: Why Saudi Arabia rewrote its hereditary monarchy's successionNew York Times (Ben Hubbard) — Saudi King Rewrites Succession, Replacing Heir With Son, 31

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The Briefing 06-21-17

London terror attack targeting Muslim community center exposes challenges Islam faces in the WestTimes of London (Fiona Hamilton, David Brown, Fariha Karim, Simon de Bruxelles, and Georgie Keate) — Jobless ‘lone wolf’ Darren Osborne held over attack on Finsbury Park mosqueThe Guardian (Harriet Sherwood and Ben Upton) — Muslim Welfare House is 'much more' than a mosqueTimes of London (Kaya Burgess) — Finsbury Park Muslims worked hard to escape shadow of Abu HamzaThe Telegraph (Qari Asim) — Britain is not Islamophobic. This is one of the best countries in the world to be a Muslim

What is the role of government? The aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed 79The Guardian (Polly Toynbee) — Theresa May was too scared to meet the Grenfell survivors. She’s finishedTimes of London (Melanie Phillips) — Class warriors are cynically fanning the flames

The question of legacy after Bill Cosby's sexual assault accusations and mistrialNew York Times (Graham Bowley, Richard Perez-Pena, and Jon Hurdle) — Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Case Ends in a MistrialNew York Times (Wesley Morris) — How to Think About Bill Cosby and ‘The Cosby Show’

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The Briefing 06-20-17

Did Christians start the wedding wars? It isn't Christianity whose definition of marriage changed.Reason Magazine (Stephanie Slade) — Christians Started the Wedding Wars

Digital age parenting: Do we really have to be told Amazon's 'Alexa' doesn't make a good parent?USA Today (Josh Hafner) — 'Alexa, are you turning my kid into a jerk?'

The New Yorker discovers St. Augustine: Sex and the priority of theology in Augustine's thought New Yorker (Stephen Greenblatt) — How St. Augustine Invented Sex

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