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The Ruth Institute Podcast

Dr Jennifer Roback Morsesites.libsyn.com
The Sexual Revolution has been going on for our entire lives and it has left a trail of destruction. There is hardly an institution in our modern society that has been left untouched: education, therapy, medicine, big tech, the pharmaceutical professions and even the church. You might feel hopeless and confused by the contradictory messages and damaging effects. Don't worry. The Ruth Institute provides decades of research and sound thinking to help you navigate our world and help heal your family. Join us as we work to build a civilization of love!
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Episodes

Current Word on the Equality Act...and more

(March 4, 2021) Dr J is once again Kathleen Benfield's guest on The Current Word , a radio project of the American Family Association of New Orleans. They're discussing the Equality Act, transgenderism, propaganda, power, and family.

Mar 05, 202128 min

Was Keeping Society "Out of the Bedroom" A Disastrous Idea?

Dr. Scott Hahn his wife Kimberly have six children (two of which are seminarians) and eighteen grandchildren. An exceptionally popular speaker and teacher, Dr. Hahn has delivered numerous talks nationally and internationally on a wide variety of topics related to Scripture and the Catholic faith. Dr. Hahn has been awarded the Father Michael Scanlan, T.O.R., Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990, and is the f...

Mar 05, 202154 min

The Task at Hand

(March 4, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . What do you do when the task before you seems insurmountable? Do what God has given you to do.

Mar 04, 202115 min

The Grassroots Battle Against the Sexual Revolution

Peter Wolfgang joined the Family Institute of Connecticut as Director of Public Policy in 2004 and became Executive Director in 2007. Peter holds a Juris Doctorate from University of Connecticut School of Law and is a member of the Connecticut Bar. He also has a Bachelors Degree in International Studies from The American University in Washington, D.C. Peter was born and raised in Manchester, CT. He and his wife, Leslie, live in Waterbury with their seven children. This is an audio podcast of The...

Feb 26, 202156 min

Cuomo's Surrogacy Bill in New York

(February 25, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . Today they're discussing Governor Andrew Cuomo's new surrogacy bill in New York. And this coming Tuesday (March 2), tune in to our Facebook page at 7pm Eastern / 6pm Central for our computerside chat on tech censorship. (I know, I know…the irony. Just come.)...

Feb 25, 202117 min

What is it Like to be the Family Member of Someone who Transitions?

Maria Polaris (not her real name) and her husband’s lives were turned upside down when their daughter ran away from home after her first year of college in 2015. Someone they didn’t know picked up their daughter and helped her attempt to change sex. "Since then," Maria says, "our family has had to find ways to cope, because once a child is 18, they can do whatever they want in the U.S. including, full medical transition without psychological assessments. This has led to regret and grave errors i...

Feb 19, 202149 min

Sex v. COVID, Colorado Health Department edition

(February 18, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . Today they're discussing questionable "sex in time of COVID" practices recommended by the Colorado Department of Public Health.

Feb 18, 202118 min

When Did We Start Leaving Reality? The History of the Sexual Revolution

Carl R. Trueman is a Christian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. He was Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, and in 2018 he became a professor at Grove City College in their Department of Biblical and Religious Studies. Among Dr. Trueman's books are John Owen: Reformed Catholic, Renaissance Man , The Creedal Imperative , Fools Rush in Where Monkeys Fear to Tread: Taking Aim at Everyone , and Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conserva...

Feb 12, 202157 min

Planned Parenthood and Transgender Hormones

(February 11, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . Today they're discussing Planned Parenthood's emerging new business model: transgender hormones. The sidewalk counselors are seeing it even as the kids aren't seeing what they're getting themselves into. Planned Parenthood, of course, is seeing repeat customers and dollar signs.

Feb 11, 202119 min

National Marriage Week

(February 5, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . What are you doing to celebrate National Marriage Week? It kicks off February 7-14, and we have lots to share with you... For example, our newest resource center on marriage .

Feb 05, 202118 min

Divorce Does Hurt Kids: The Research Doesn't Begin to Tell the Whole Story

Dr. Daniel Meola is an adult child of divorce who earned his Ph.D. in Theology of Marriage and Family from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. He has been leading retreats and support groups for adult children of divorce or separation since 2015 in the Archdiocese of Washington, and in 2018 he founded Life-Giving Wounds to spread the retreat, support groups, and other ministry to adult children of divorce or separation around the country. ...

Feb 05, 20211 hr

The Recovery of Family Life: Political Scientist Talks About Protecting the Family

Scott Yenor earned his Ph.D. at Loyola University Chicago. He now is a professor of political science at Boise State University and is a Washington Fellow at the Claremont Institute's Center for the American Way of Life. Scott lives near Boise with his wife, Amy. They have five kids, one out of college and married, two in college, one senior in high school, and a sixth grader. Scott is also chairman of the board at a classical Christian school, the Ambrose School, which is in Meridian, Idaho. Th...

Jan 29, 202149 min

What's the Big Deal?

(January 28, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . They're discussing Twitter, PornHub, libertine sexual mores, predation, selective outrage, and more.

Jan 28, 202118 min

Exposing the New Gender Language Lunacy

(January 25, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Molly Smith on Salem Radio's "From the Median." They're discussing the diocese of Lansing's policy on gender identity, which is a counterpoint to the policies recently enacted in other areas, including the public education system in Virginia. They also touch on the importance of calling out good behavior, positive and negative peer pressure, unassailable insurance directives, language control, and female erasure....

Jan 25, 202127 min

A Christian Approach to Psychotherapy

Dr Suzanne Baars is a licensed professional counselor and marriage and family therapist in Irving, Texas, where she operates her private practice, In His Image Christian Counseling . Sue has worked extensively in the field of counseling since 1986 in both hospital and outpatient settings, and focuses her work on the integration of the Christian anthropology of St. Thomas Aquinas with the treatment of a variety of emotional & spiritual problems, among them Emotional Deprivation Disorder, obse...

Jan 22, 20211 hr 3 min

Diocese of Lansing: Proactive Compassion

​(January 21, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . They're discussing the diocese of Lansing's policy on gender identity, which is a counterpoint to the policies recently enacted in other areas, including the public education system in Virginia.

Jan 21, 202118 min

Red Mass on the Sexual Revolution

(January 19, 2021) Dr J was invited to speak at the annual "Red Mass" held for the Catholic Lawyers' Guild of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. Her topic is the sexual revolution, its impacts on individuals and the culture, and the way forward. Listen Dr J also composed a resource list to go with the talk, available here ....

Jan 19, 202134 min

Forced Abortions Really Happen. Why Do We Never Hear About Them?

Attorney Catherine Glenn Foster serves as President and CEO of Americans United for Life. AUL’s legal strategists have been involved in every pro-life case before the U.S. Supreme Court since Roe v. Wade. Under Foster’s leadership, AUL pursues and refines a mother-child strategy that looks at the interests and vulnerabilities of both, protecting them from abortion industry abuses. Foster has litigated precedent-setting constitutional questions, abortion and maternal health, health and safety reg...

Jan 15, 202157 min

Transgenderism & Children

​(January 14, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . They're discussing the rights of children, transgenderism, and how to provide the healthy response to toxic ideologies regarding sex, gender, and family.

Jan 14, 202116 min

What Happens When We Start Disrespecting Family?

Louisiana priest Father Shenan J. Boquet travels around the world spreading the Gospel of Life as president of Human Life International. Having journeyed over a million miles to more than 87 countries, Father Boquet has given numerous talks at conferences and symposia in the United States and around the world on issues ranging from the dignity of the human person and the nature of marriage to social justice and moral theology. Father Boquet has appeared on EWTN television and radio shows, Cathol...

Jan 08, 202154 min

2021: the Year of TRuth

(January 7, 2021) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . They're discussing the nature of truth, how humans gravitate toward double standards, the darkness of totalitarianism, and the reality of oligarchy.

Jan 07, 202120 min

Make 2021 the Year of T-RUTH!

In this special New Year's edition of the Dr J Show , we talk with our president, Dr Jennifer Roback Morse, and give you an invitation to make 2021 the year of T-Ruth. Dr. Morse is the founder of The Ruth Institute, an interfaith international coalition to defend the family and build a Civilization of love. Dr. Morse was a campaign spokeswoman for California’s winning Proposition 8 campaign, defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. She has authored or co-authored six books and spoken...

Jan 01, 202157 min

Who is the Real Saint Nick? 2020 edition

In this special edition of The Dr J Show , we delve into who is the "Fatman" in the red suit behind the fake beard. Saint Nicholas of Myra in Lycia, who lived about seven hundred years ago, was a Christian bishop and a man of God who fasted and sacrificed his life for his flock. He was not fat, and was a fierce defender of Christianity. He even slapped a man in public! He willingly went to a dungeon prison for faith in Jesus Christ. He also saved women from sexual slavery and men from execution....

Dec 25, 202020 min

The UN is Forcing Abortion on Africa, but They Don't Want It

Dr Wahome Ngare is a member of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, which blew the whistle in 2014 on a World Health Organization vaccine which was secretly laced with abortifacient and sterilization drugs. Their medical investigation shows that W.H.O. researchers conjugated tetanus toxoid with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) producing a “birth-control” vaccine. W.H.O. publications show a long-range purpose to reduce population growth in unstable “less developed countries.” Conjugating TT ...

Dec 18, 202055 min

NBC's Smear Campaign (and our petition drive!)

(December 17, 2020) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . They're talking about the NBC hit piece on several pro-family groups over paycheck protection loans. To sign our petition, click here .

Dec 17, 202018 min

Landmark Legal Decision! Therapists Can Help Same-Sex Attracted Youth!

Is it legal to restrict licensed individuals from pursuing their client's therapy goals? Mat Staver is Founder of Liberty Counsel, which defends religious freedom in cases across the nation. He is also Chairman of the National Pro-life Center, Freedom Federation, Salt & Light Council, and the National House of Hope. He serves as Vice President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, and was Vice President of Liberty University, as well as a former Dean and law professor. Th...

Dec 11, 202040 min

Pornhub and Child Sexual Exploitation

(December 10, 2020) Dr J is once again a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio's Driving Home the Faith . They're talking about the hubbub around PornHub--they're in hot water over child exploitation.

Dec 10, 202019 min

Your Spouse Leaves You and The State Takes Possession of Your Kids. What Next?

Since 2004, Bai Macfarlane has been upholding the dignity of marriage in light of no-fault divorce. Under no-fault divorce, the party that still loves his or her spouse and wants to keep the family together is virtually defenseless. Mary’s Advocates is a voice for faithful spouses, and provides resources to equip those in positions of authority and influence to encourage reconciliation and denounce marital abandonment and unjust separations. This is an audio podcast of The Dr J Show . Full video...

Dec 04, 202051 min

How Unbiased are Facebook "Fact-Checkers?"

James D. Agresti is the president of Just Facts , a think tank dedicated to publishing rigorously documented facts about public policy issues. His research on wide-ranging topics—including abortion, healthcare, sex trafficking, taxes, gun control, pollution, energy, global warming, and the national debt—has been cited by universities, think tanks, major media outlets, and government entities at local, state and national levels. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brown...

Nov 27, 20201 hr
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