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Principles and Policies Podcast for 10/18/2014- Worldviews And Their Consequences

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday October 18, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss a number of topics related to worldviews and their effect on the culture. We touch on Mike Huckabee, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court and the John Freshwater case, Puritan Post-millenialism, Dr. Greg Bahnsen and “neutrality” in the public square, Ross Perot (remember him?), journalistic “neutrality,” the first amendment, homosexual “marriage,” the declaration that article IV of the Constitution is unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court, what the 9th and 10th amendments really mean, post-modernism and federal courts, the Great Commission, The composition of Christ’s kingdom, the Supreme Court and oligarchy, the meaning of “soviet,” the doctrine of “judicial review,” bad arguments from state attorney generals defending homosexual “marriage” bans, Alfred the Great and English Common Law, and marriage rates in the wake of redefining marriage.

A cornucopia of topics the really do have something to do with one another.

Critical Thinking, Marriage and Family, Judicial Activism, Public Policy Radar, Commentary, Public Policy Principles News, Life Issues, The Vote, Biblical Worldview, Podcast, Ohio Legislation, Federal Legislation

Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/19/2014- How Issues Like Homosexual Marriage And The “Common Core” Expose Phony Conservatives

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday July 19, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis expose Politicians in several governor’s offices (including our own- John Kasich) and State Attorney Generals (including our own- Mike DeWine) by looking at how they are handling hot potato issues like Common Core and homosexual “marriage.” To call these vote mongers “conservative” is to demonstrate that there is no meaning left in that word.

Article links- Republican governors discuss how to handle the “Common Core” revolt 

Republicans “soften” stance on homosexual “marriage”

Ohio AG Mike DeWine’s dog and pony show in “defending” the Ohio Marriage Amendment in federal court

Education, Family, Executive Usurpation, Public Policy Radar, Commentary, Public Policy Principles News, The Church, The Vote, Biblical Worldview, Podcast, Federal Legislation, Marriage and Family, Critical Thinking

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/8/2014- Is Homeschooling In Danger From The Feds?

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 8, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk with Mark Stevenson of Ohioans For Educational Freedom about the case of the Romeike family. The Romeike’s are a German family who fled their native country because of persecution of those who want the liberty to home educate their children.

We discuss the dangerous tack taken by the US Justice Department, Immigration and Homeland Security in arguing that there is no fundamental right to home educate their children and that this fact made the Romeike family dangerous.

Article links- Romeike case denied by Supreme Court

Romeike’s can stay in the US

Romeike’s wont be deported

Why did the Obama Administration back away from the Romeike case?

The Church, The Vote, Economics, Biblical Worldview, Podcast, Ohio Legislation, Marriage and Family, Federal Legislation, Executive Usurpation, Critical Thinking, Public Policy Radar, Apologetics, Commentary, Public Policy Principles News

Principles and Policies Podcast for 2/1/2014- The REAL State Of The Union

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday February 1, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the State of the Union and what the President should have said. We also go into some detail about what the President did not say.

Article links- Al Gore, “global warming,” and “fertility management”

Same-sex marriage push in Ohio

The “sexual revolution” and throw-away families

GOP set to fold on “debt limit”

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/11/2014- Things To Come

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday January 11, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about what we might expect over the next year. Our lack of short-term optimism is only tempered by our long-term optimism for the future.

The Church, Biblical Worldview, Podcast, Ohio Legislation, Critical Thinking, Family, Marriage and Family, Public Policy Radar, Commentary, Public Policy Principles News

Principles and Policies Podcast for 10/12/2013- What To Do About Educational Freedom And The Common Core

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday October 12, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis interview Mark Stevenson of Ohioans For Educational Freedom about various issues affecting the educational freedom and choices of Christian private and home schoolers, not to mention those who  choose to use the public school system. This is an updated rerun of a program run late in the summer.

The bill that is mentioned, HB 237, is the repeal of the Common Core bill, chief sponsor Rep. Andy Thompson. It is being stonewalled by the Education Committee chairman Gerald Stebbleton. The phone numbers listed below need to hear from you regarding their support of Common Core-

Chairman Stebbleton- 614-466-8100

Vice-chair Andrew Brenner- 614-644-6711

Speaker of the House Batchelder- 614-455-8140

Governor Kasich- 614-466-3555

Life Issues, The Church, The Vote, Biblical Worldview, Podcast, Critical Thinking, Family, Marriage and Family, Commentary

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/10/2013- What’s Wrong With National Right To Life?

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday August 10, 2013. Chuck Michaelis and Barry Sheets interview Molly Smith of Cleveland Right To Life about the recent “disaffiliation” of Cleveland Right To Life by National Right To Life. Molly answers the question- “how can you disaffiliate an organization that is not affiliated with you in the first place?” Molly also talks about what happens when you’re an effective advocate for pro-life action in a pro-death culture.

Education, Commentary, The Church, The Vote, Biblical Worldview, Podcast, Ohio Legislation, Critical Thinking, Family, Marriage and Family

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/3/2013- Ohioans For Educational Freedom And COMMON Core

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday August 3, 2013. Chuck Michaelis and Barry Sheets interview Mark Stevenson of Ohioans For Educational Freedom about several VERY important topics that touch on topics like COMMON Core, the Ohio State School Board, Home Schooling, Public Schooling, and pending legislation that impacts everyone connected with education in Ohio (and that’s about everybody).

Marriage and Family, Public Policy Radar, Commentary, Public Policy Principles News, Biblical Worldview, Podcast, Critical Thinking, Family, Science

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/7/2013- Same-Sex Attraction And Genetics

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday June 7, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze an article which itself does an analysis on several identical twin studies regarding human sexuality, specifically a “same-sex preference.” The study concludes that genetics is “at best, a minor factor.” In other words, homosexuals are made not born.

Article link- http://www.hollanddavis.com/?p=3647

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 4/12/2013- How Wheelbarrows Full Of Money Overcome “Principled” Positions On Social Policy

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday April 12, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk analyze recent policy flip-flops by politicians like Paul Ryan and Rob Portman in light of evidence that HUGE sums of money changed hands during recent (and in anticipation of upcoming) national campaigns for Senate and especially for president. Bottom line? Follow the money!

Article links- http://www.lifesitenews.com/blog/did-rob-portman-flip-flop-on-gay-marriage-for-campaign-cash

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=FA05276B-D459-41E9-BD57-6AFAF41FFA57