Melinda Gates and the Family Planning Summit will waste 4.6 billion dollars on contraception for women in third world countries instead of addressing the educational and healthcare-related challenges pregnant mothers face. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2012/07/5955?utm_source=RTA+Pfundstein+Grizzle&utm_campaign=winstorg&utm_medium=email Read more

Theology on Tap 419 Restaurant-Bar 8 PM Thursday July 18 We meet under the awning outside, with beer and Coke Read more

In ‘godless’ eastern Germany, Iranian refugees surprise pastors with their interest in Christianity. Matthias Pankau and Uwe Siemon-Netto http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/july-august/the-other-iranian-revolution.html Read more

That’s our topic for the next Theology on Tap. Last night we had a lively discussion about Scientology, after I first laid out its history and basic beliefs. Our group expanded by about 100%. Next Thursday we will discuss the Bible–if and how we can trust it. My colleague Aaron Sherwood (PhD Durham) will make a presentation and then open for discussion. Come join the fun over beer at: 419 Bar and Restaurant Roanoke 8 PM Thursday July 12 Read more

Since there is so much hullabaloo about Katie Holmes divorcing Tom Cruise to protect their daughter from Scientology, I will lay out their history and teaching at Theology on Tap. Thursday night, 8 PM 419 restaurant and bar, Roanoke (I will return to the question of Jesus as the only way to God at another Theology on Tap.) Read more

Dov Fischer Chief Justice John Roberts has handed a remarkable victory to American conservatives by threading the judicial needle with perfect precision. The initial disappointment collectively felt by Americans who had hoped for a Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Obamacare soon will be replaced, upon further reflection, by the excitement that will come with a fuller appreciation of what the Chief Justice has wrought. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/06/the_chief_justice_done_good.html#ixzz1zZTrxB2z   Read more

Vigilance on behalf of religious liberty is a just response to what is highest and noblest in human experience—mankind’s relation to something higher and nobler than itself. Adapted from a monograph by the Witherspoon Institute’s Task Force on International Religious Freedom. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2012/07/5802?utm_source=RTA+Shah+Franck+Farr&utm_campaign=winstorg&utm_medium=email Read more

I met Gilad Shalit briefly at a reception Tuesday. It was very clear that he was the beloved brother and son for Jews everywhere who celebrated the trade of more than 1,000 prisoners for this one young man who had been in the wrong place at the wrong time, and took some shrapnel in the arm in the process. Shalit, 25, is now taking up his strange new calling as fledgling sportswriter for an Israeli paper. Having covered the N.B.A.... Read more

A hidden revolution is going on now inside our community and the issues are no longer just the occupation and Israel. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=275493 Read more

This Thursday, July 5, at 8 PM, at Theology on Tap, at the 419 bar-restaurant, Roanoke. Gerry Read more