Capitol Conversations

Capitol Conversations

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Capitol Conversations episodes

  • Lori Windham on leaked HHS rule; DOJ needs to act; Intern curriculum

    Matthew Hawkins and Steven Harris welcome Lori Windham, Senior Counsel at Becket to review the leaked draft of a new rule from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Travis Wussow explains how the DOJ could help Southern Baptist plaintiffs in the HHS lawsuits and Jeff Pickering highlights the plans for the ERLC’s summer DC interns. Also, non-hockey fans talk hockey and reveal we don’t know what we’re talking about.

    Leaked HHS rule

    The “HHS mandate” presently requires employer to facilitate all FDA approved contraceptives, abortion-causing drugs, and sterilization procedures as a part of their health insurance. Sufficient exceptions do not yet exist for organizations who object to such products on moral or religious grounds.

    • Becket.org
    • Bio: Lori Windham
    • The “leaked” rule draft (PDF)
    • HHS Info Central via Becket
    • Here we stand: Southern Baptists and the HHS Mandate
    • Past HHS mandate content from ERLC.com
      • Roundtable
      • Internships at ERLC
      • What’s Best Next? How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done – by Matt Perman

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        32 min
      • Lori Windham on leaked HHS rule; DOJ needs to act; Intern curriculum

        Matthew Hawkins and Steven Harris welcome Lori Windham, Senior Counsel at Becket to review the leaked draft of a new rule from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Travis Wussow explains how the DOJ could help Southern Baptist plaintiffs in the HHS lawsuits and Jeff Pickering highlights the plans for the ERLC’s summer DC interns. Also, non-hockey fans talk hockey and reveal we don’t know what we’re talking about.

        Leaked HHS rule

        The “HHS mandate” presently requires employer to facilitate all FDA approved contraceptives, abortion-causing drugs, and sterilization procedures as a part of their health insurance. Sufficient exceptions do not yet exist for organizations who object to such products on moral or religious grounds.

        • Becket.org
        • Bio: Lori Windham
        • The “leaked” rule draft (PDF)
        • HHS Info Central via Becket
        • Here we stand: Southern Baptists and the HHS Mandate
        • Past HHS mandate content from ERLC.com
          • Roundtable
          • Internships at ERLC
          • What’s Best Next? How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done - by Matt Perman
            • 32 min
          • Lunch with David French; Ethiopia adoption crisis

            The ERLC welcomes David French for a conversation over lunch, ranging from terrorism to pronouns to The Rock for President. Policy Associate Jeff Pickering joins to discuss an adoption crisis in Ethiopia.

            Lunch with David French

            • The World Is Too Comfortable with Terror – David French
            • Chelsea Manning and the Problem with Pronouns – David French
            • Why We Love — and Need — The Rock – David French

              • Refugees

              • Content about refugees from ERLC
              • Video: Ministering to refugees and immigrants – Evangelicals for Life

                • ERLC Academy sample videos (via Facebook Live)

                • Framework for Christian Ethics (part 1)
                • Framework for Christian Ethics (part 2)
                • Decision Making

                  • Roundtable

                  • Did the Turkish President’s Security Detail Attack Protesters in Washington? What the Video Shows – NY Times
                  • Study: Smartphones could be changing the way we make moral decisions
                  • Book: 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You – Tony Reinke
                  • Podcast: Russell Moore with Andy Crouch on family and technology – Signposts

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                    57 min
                  • Lunch with David French; Ethiopia adoption crisis

                    The ERLC welcomes David French for a conversation over lunch, ranging from terrorism to pronouns to The Rock for President. Policy Associate Jeff Pickering joins to discuss an adoption crisis in Ethiopia.

                    Lunch with David French

                    • The World Is Too Comfortable with Terror - David French
                    • Chelsea Manning and the Problem with Pronouns - David French
                    • Why We Love — and Need — The Rock - David French

                      • Refugees

                      • Content about refugees from ERLC
                      • Video: Ministering to refugees and immigrants - Evangelicals for Life

                        • ERLC Academy sample videos (via Facebook Live)

                        • Framework for Christian Ethics (part 1)
                        • Framework for Christian Ethics (part 2)
                        • Decision Making

                          • Roundtable

                          • Did the Turkish President’s Security Detail Attack Protesters in Washington? What the Video Shows - NY Times
                          • Study: Smartphones could be changing the way we make moral decisions
                          • Book: 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You - Tony Reinke
                          • Podcast: Russell Moore with Andy Crouch on family and technology - Signposts
                            • 57 min
                          • Interview: Congressman Chris Smith on global human dignity

                            Matthew Hawkins and Travis Wussow interview Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-4) about policies assisting victims of genocide (H.R. 390) and curbing global promotion of abortion (expanding “Mexico City” policy). Steven joins the roundtable as the team analyses the Congressional landscape.

                            Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act

                            • H.R. 390 – Library of Congress
                            • Smith-Eshoo Bill Will Provide Emergency Relief to Christians and Other Religious Minorities Who Survived ISIS Genocide
                            • Rep. Smith address at World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians

                              • Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy

                              • Trump’s Expansion of Mexico City Policy Is a Major Victory in Protecting Life – Chris Smith
                              • ERLC Explainer

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                                49 min
                              • Interview: Congressman Chris Smith on global human dignity

                                Matthew Hawkins and Travis Wussow interview Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-4) about policies assisting victims of genocide (H.R. 390) and curbing global promotion of abortion (expanding “Mexico City” policy). Steven joins the roundtable as the team analyses the Congressional landscape.

                                Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act

                                • H.R. 390 - Library of Congress
                                • Smith-Eshoo Bill Will Provide Emergency Relief to Christians and Other Religious Minorities Who Survived ISIS Genocide
                                • Rep. Smith address at World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians

                                  • Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy

                                  • Trump’s Expansion of Mexico City Policy Is a Major Victory in Protecting Life - Chris Smith
                                  • ERLC Explainer

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                                    49 min
                                  • International religious freedom; and Kent Hill of Religious Freedom Institute

                                    Matthew Hawkins and Travis Wussow venture outside the office to downtown Washington, D.C., to talk about the international landscape of religious persecution, including an interview with our friend Kent Hill of the Religious Freedom Institute.

                                    World Summit in Defense of Christians

                                    • Christian persecution focus of global summit – BP News
                                    • PHOTOS: World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians
                                    • Remarks by Vice President Pence at the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians

                                      • Religious Freedom Institute

                                      • Special guest Kent Hill, Executive Director
                                        • Kent Hill joined the RFI after six years as Senior Vice President at World Vision, one of the largest faith-based relief and development organizations in the world. He also served for eight years as Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), responsible for U.S. foreign assistance to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and, subsequently, all USAID health programs worldwide. Earlier in his career, Dr. Hill was President of Eastern Nazarene College, and President of D.C.'s Institute on Religion and Democracy.

                                          • Will religious minorities find true support among Muslim leaders? – ERLC.com

                                          31 min
                                        • International religious freedom; and Kent Hill of Religious Freedom Institute

                                          Matthew Hawkins and Travis Wussow venture outside the office to downtown Washington, D.C., to talk about the international landscape of religious persecution, including an interview with our friend Kent Hill of the Religious Freedom Institute.

                                          World Summit in Defense of Christians

                                          • Christian persecution focus of global summit - BP News
                                          • PHOTOS: World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians
                                          • Remarks by Vice President Pence at the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians

                                            • Religious Freedom Institute

                                            • Special guest Kent Hill, Executive Director
                                              • Kent Hill joined the RFI after six years as Senior Vice President at World Vision, one of the largest faith-based relief and development organizations in the world. He also served for eight years as Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), responsible for U.S. foreign assistance to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and, subsequently, all USAID health programs worldwide. Earlier in his career, Dr. Hill was President of Eastern Nazarene College, and President of D.C.'s Institute on Religion and Democracy.

                                                • Will religious minorities find true support among Muslim leaders? - ERLC.com

                                                31 min
                                              • Religious freedom executive order

                                                Matthew Hawkins and Travis Wussow welcome Andrew Walker to analyze the religious liberty executive order and pro-life items in the House-passed health care reform bill and the FY17 federal budget.

                                                Religious Liberty Executive Order

                                                • 5 Facts About President Trump’s Executive Order on Religious Liberty – ERLC
                                                • ADF Press Release
                                                • Executive Order on Religious Freedom Is a Beginning, Not an End – ADF
                                                • Religious Liberty Reincarnation – WSJ
                                                • Trump’s Executive Order on Religious Liberty Is Worse Than Useless – David French
                                                • Trump’s Johnson Amendment Executive Order Does Not Say What He Said it Said – The Surly Subgroup
                                                • Ryan Anderson’s take
                                                  • On signed EO
                                                  • On February leaked (unsigned) EO
                                                  • Congress must act to strengthen Trump's order on religious liberty – The Hill

                                                    • Johnson Amendment

                                                    • History of the Johnson Amendment – ADF
                                                    • The FAQs: The Johnson Amendment and Political Speech in Churches – Joe Carter

                                                      • Andrew Walker publications

                                                      • God and the Transgender Debate
                                                      • Gospel for Life Series
                                                      • AndrewTWalker.com

                                                        • Bonus: Mental Model: Hanlon’s Razor – Farnam Street

                                                        36 min
                                                      • Religious freedom executive order
                                                        Matthew Hawkins and Travis Wussow welcome Andrew Walker to analyze the religious liberty executive order and pro-life items in the House-passed health care reform bill and the FY17 federal budget.
                                                        Religious Liberty Executive Order
                                                        5 Facts About President Trump’s Executive Order on Religious Liberty - ERLC
                                                        ADF Press Release
                                                        Executive Order on Religious Freedom Is a Beginning, Not an End - ADF
                                                        Religious Liberty Reincarnation - WSJ
                                                        Trump’s Executive Order on Religious Liberty Is Worse Than Useless - David French
                                                        Trump’s Johnson Amendment Executive Order Does Not Say What He Said it Said - The Surly Subgroup
                                                        Ryan Anderson’s take
                                                        On signed EO
                                                        On February leaked (unsigned) EO
                                                        Congress must act to strengthen Trump's order on religious liberty - The Hill
                                                        Johnson Amendment
                                                        History of the Johnson Amendment - ADF
                                                        The FAQs: The Johnson Amendment and Political Speech in Churches - Joe Carter
                                                        Andrew Walker publications
                                                        God and the Transgender Debate
                                                        Gospel for Life Series
                                                        AndrewTWalker.com
                                                        Bonus: Mental Model: Hanlon’s Razor - Farnam Street
                                                        36 min

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                                                      This ERLC podcast from Washington, DC is hosted by Chelsea Patterson Sobolik, the Director of Public Policy at the ERLC. Join Chelsea and her guests as they help Christians imagine a new way to engage…