Today on "Kresta in the Afternoon" - October 12, 2012

Talking about the "things that matter most" on October 12

4:00 – Kresta Comments – VP Debate Analysis

4:20 – Adam and Eve After the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
Secular and religious thinkers agree: the sexual revolution is one of the most important milestones in human history. Perhaps nothing has changed life for so many, so fast, as the severing of sex and procreation. But what has been the result? In a ground-breaking book by noted essayist and author Mary Eberstadt she contends that sexual freedom has paradoxically produced widespread discontent. Adam and Eve after the Pill examines as no book has before the seismic social changes caused by the sexual revolution. In examining human behavior in the post-liberation world, Eberstadt provocatively asks: Is food the new sex? Is pornography the new tobacco? She joins us

5:00 – Kresta Comments – VP Debate Analysis

5:20 - Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before It's Too Late
Many books have been written on conservative politics. Many more have been written calling Christians to holiness and spiritual revival. Few, however, have managed to combine a clear explanation of the conservative political perspective with its corresponding personal and spiritual virtue. Jay Richards tackles tough, controversial political issues facing conservative Christians today, including abortion, stem cell research, education, economics, health care, the environment, judicial activism, marriage, and others. Written to appeal to a broad spectrum of believers, he not only argues political questions from a Scriptural standpoint, it also provides simple arguments that Christians can use to support their beliefs in public settings.