A conversation between Dr. David Stevens, Dr. John Patrick and John Robson in the November 2017 Christian Doctor's Digest from the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (www.cmda.org)

An excellent Mercatornet piece by Margaret Harper McCarthy on how religious freedom must mean far more than the right to indulge certain opinions in private, reprinted from Humanum Review.

"Modern conditions are treated as fixed, though the very word 'modern' implies that they are fugitive. Old Ideas are treated as impossible, though their very antiquity often proves their permanence."

G.K. Chesterton, quoted in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 4 No. 2 (Oct.-Nov. 2000)

"the real difference between man and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust, etc. It is the sharing of a common view in these matters that makes a household and a state."

Aristotle, The Politics p. 60

"What’s the point of being a hedonist if you’re not having a good time?"

Lily Tomlin, Search for Signs of Intelligent Life, quoted in The New Republic Oct. 7, 1991

"We should always endeavour to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth."

G.K. Chesterton, The Apostle and the Wild Ducks, quoted in Dale Ahlquist and Peter Floriani Chesterton University Student Handbook.

"to have any meaningful 'self-esteem' one must have a meaningful sense of self. An 'itch and scratch' existence is simply not adequate."

Iain Benson in the Executive Summary to Kathleen M. Gow, "Making a God of Self-esteem: The Tyranny of Misdirected Sentiment," CRPP Discussion Paper 4

"If you are still with me at this point, it can only be because you are a serious drinker of being…"

Robert Capon The Supper of the Lamb