The Briefing 08-12-13 12 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm

Postal Service soliciting Congress to allow alcohol delivery to homes; State preying on its own people through the lottery by $69 billion in 2012; FBI permits 5,600 crimes...to catch criminals; I'm a ...

The Wrath of God Was Satisfied: Substitutionary Atonement and the Conservative Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention 12 Aug 2013 | 12:31 pm

Current controversy over the nature of Christ’s atonement for sin points to a truth many younger evangelicals may not know, i.e., the substitutionary nature of Christ’s death on the cross was a major ...

Genesis 2:20-25 11 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm

The Briefing 08-09-13 9 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm

No permanent friends, no permanent enemies: Obama cancels summit with Putin; Should military chaplains have to believe in God?; Bishop argues it is a sin to say homosexuality is sinful; Is pot the new...

The Briefing 08-08-2013 8 Aug 2013 | 04:54 pm

Responding to Time cover story: Can we have it all without having children?; Digital Revolution: Avg adult spends 5 hrs online and 4.5 hrs watching TV

The Briefing 08-07-13 7 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm

Washington DC legalizes gender change on birth certificate without surgery; Print media in US in trouble as several major publications sold; "Civil Religion" sociologist Robert Bellah passes away at a...

The Briefing 08-06-13 6 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm

The "other shoe" is dropping: Same-sex marriage decisions quickly extending to state courts; Government matchmakers: South Korea arranges government dating parties; The rise of "Mooching Millenials"; ...

Genesis 2:4-25 5 Aug 2013 | 05:54 pm

The Briefing 08-05-13 5 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm

Embassies shut down in response to al Qaeda threats; Secular world baffled by In-N-Out, Hobby Lobby, and other "Christian" companies; Pentagon decides explicit magazines no longer explicit; Breastfeed...

What’s Missing from this Picture?—Fertility on the Rise, Worldview on Display 5 Aug 2013 | 02:43 pm

USA Today reported last week that the United States “is taking baby steps forward” in terms of the fertility rate. According to the forecasting group Demographic Intelligence, the USA’s total fertilit...