In this episode Scott and Todd talk about bioethics, what it is, and why pastors and the Church should care about it. Oh, also Todd gushes about pens, and Scott gushes about Pope John Paul II.

• Hippocratic Oath
• Dr. Robert W. Weise

TODD

• The Pen Addict
• The Pen Addict Podcast

SCOTT

• Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body, By Pope John Paul II, and translated with an introduction by Michael Waldstein.
• Theology of the Body for Beginners: A Basic Introduction to Pope John Paul II's Sexual Revolution, Revised Edition, by Christopher West.

Todd and Scott co-host THE CRUX OF THE MATTER.

You may find Rev. Todd Peperkorn  @toddpeperkorn on Twitter or facebook.com/toddpeperkorn on Facebook. You may also email him at [email protected]. He also blogs, posts sermons, and random nonsense at Lutheran Logomaniac and Dark My Road. Todd’s parish is Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California. You can find his sermons & bible classes on YouTube HERE.

You may find Rev. Scott Stiegemeyer @scottstieg on Twitter or Facebook.com/scottstiegemeyer on Facebook. You may email him at [email protected]. Scott’s parish is Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, Illinois. 

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