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Sneering at Parents, Hiding Behind “Science” — The Emergency Contraception Controversy

Looking for evidence that our society is losing its mind? Just look at the controversy over so-called “emergency contraceptives” and a federal judge’s effort to make these drugs available, over the counter, to girls of any age.

Last month, Judge Edward Korman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York handed down an order forcing the Food and Drug Administration to make emergency contraceptives, sometimes called the “morning-after pill,” available without a doctor’s prescription or parental permission to girls without any restriction on age.

Judge Korman’s order would open the door for girls as young as 10 or 11 to obtain the morning-after pill without any involvement by either a doctor or a parent. That same girl, of course, could not be given an aspirin in a school clinic without parental permission, much less a simple antibiotic like penicillin. Nevertheless, this federal judge ruled that girls and women of any age must be allowed over-the-counter access to emergency contraceptives. Keep Reading

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)
Reports of sexual abuse, beatings inside the Cleveland house, USA Today (Yamiche Alcindor and Doug Stanglin)</ Keep Reading

The Briefing 05-07-13

1. The new reality of terror: homemade and homegrown Keep Reading

The Briefing 05-06-13

1. Undistilled arrogance and horrible confusion defending unrestricted access to Plan B pill Keep Reading

Genesis 1:27-28

The Briefing 05-03-13

1. More people die from suicide than car accidents Keep Reading

The Briefing 05-02-13

1. In Boston, the gift of friendship turning toxic and dangerous Keep Reading

The Briefing 05-01-13

1. In the War Over Christianity, Orthodoxy Is Winning

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Confessional Integrity and the Stewardship of Words

In the beginning was the Word. Christians rightly cherish the declaration that our Savior, the crucified and resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, is first known as the Word — the one whom the Father has sent to communicate and to accomplish our redemption. We are saved because the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

Believers are then assigned the task of telling others about the salvation that Christ has brought, and this requires the use of words. We tell the story of Jesus by deploying words, and we cannot tell the story without them. Our testimony, our teaching, and our theology all require the use of words. Words are essential to our worship, our preaching, our singing, and our spiritual conversation. In other words, words are essential to the Christian faith and central in the lives of believers.

As Martin Luther rightly observed, the church house is to be a “mouth house” where words, not images or dramatic acts, stand at the center of the church’s attention and concern. We live by words and we die by words. Keep Reading

The Briefing 04-30-13

1. Overwhelming celebration of homosexuality and marginalization of all who disagree

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