Sarah Bessey. Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women. New York: Howard Books, 2013. 256 pp. $14.99. By Courtney Reissig Much has been said about feminism over the years. From non-Christians to Christians, people from varying walks of life claim feminism as their own. Sarah Bessey, however, is making a new...

The Story: “Appeals Court Blocks Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate,” by Andrew Harris and Joel Rosenblatt writing at InsuranceJournal.com. The Lead: The government focuses on the wrong thing – the employee’s use of contraception – and addresses the wrong question – how many steps separate the employer’s act of paying for contraception coverage and an employee’s decision...

By Timothy Kleiser “I am human and I need to be loved. Just like everybody else does.” These lyrics, sung by the inimitable Steven Patrick Morrissey back in 1985, have recently been given an entirely new meaning. Morrissey, the iconic former lead singer of The Smiths, has recently published his memoir, Autobiography, and the book...

By Grant Castleberry David Schrock is the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Seymour, Indiana. He was also recently named the Assistant Editor of the Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (JBMW). As Assistant Editor of the journal, David will serve directly under Dr. Denny Burk, the Editor of JBMW. Dr. Burk had this to say...

  The Story: “The ENDA Agenda,” by Ryan T. Anderson at NationalReview.com. The Lead: Of course, employers should respect the intrinsic dignity of all their employees. But ENDA is bad public policy. Its threats to our freedoms unite civil libertarians concerned about free speech and religious liberty, free marketers concerned about freedom of contract and government...

The Story: “Virginia’s Blood-Spattered Abortion Clinics and Onerous Hallway Myths,” by Mollie Hemingway writing at TheFederalist.com The Lead: What wasn’t mentioned in the cheery report about Falls Church Healthcare Center was what the Virginia Department of Health found when it made a planned and announced inspection of the clinic in August 2012. As reported in a...