64. Be Confident in What is True with Emilie Kao

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Emilie Kao is one of the founders of the Promise for America's Children, a coalition of non-profit organizations who work for the wellbeing of American families and also enable parents and concerned citizens to protect children. Emilie shares with us how God directed her steps into studying law to defend religious liberty and human rights. Emilie thinks that words have significant meaning both in law and in our lives and encourages us to be confident in sharing the truth.

Emilie Kao Show Notes:

Wilberforce Weekend Online: https://wilberforceweekend.org/

Alliance Defending Freedom: https://www.adflegal.org/

Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/

The Heavenly Man by Brother Yun: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heavenly-man-brother-yun/1100225780?ean=9780825446771

China Aid and Bob Fu: https://www.chinaaid.org/

The Promise to America’s Children: https://promisetoamericaschildren.org/

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gender-trouble-judith-butler/1100515782?ean=9780415389556

Abba’s Child by Brennan Manning: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abbas-child-brennan-manning/1100819046?ean=9781631463952

The Chosen: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen

Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc

Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/

The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/

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0:00.0	Hey guys. August is our one year anniversary for the Strong Women podcast. And one of the ways that we are going to celebrate this time is that during the month of August from August 1st to August 31st, we're offering limited edition strong women t-shirts. And you can find them at strongwomen.coelsencenter.org. So go there to find out how to
0:25.8	order these t-shirts. Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore a deeper
0:35.6	understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women.
0:41.1	I'm your host, Erin Kunkel.
0:42.9	And I'm your co-host, Sarah Stone Street.
0:48.5	At the time that we recorded this episode with Emily Gow, we were all together at Wilberforce
0:53.8	weekend back in May of this year.
0:56.5	And at that time, she was working at the Heritage Foundation, but she has recently switched over to our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom.
1:04.1	So I just wanted to clarify because in our introduction, we actually say she works for the Heritage Foundation.
1:09.5	So there you go. She's actually working for a life spending freedom now.
1:18.7	Today on the Strong Women Podcast, we are honored to have our guest Emily Gow, who actually
1:24.7	we are here live at the Wilberforce Weekend Conference that Colson Center
1:29.0	puts on once a year, and Emily is one of the featured speakers this weekend.
1:33.7	So it is a treat to have her.
1:36.0	So I'll tell you a little bit about her listeners, and then we will jump into her story.
1:40.6	But she is the director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil
1:47.5	Society at the Heritage Foundation. She attended Harvard Law School, has worked at the United Nations,
1:54.7	and has taught international human rights law at George Mason University. She is a member of the Supreme Court Bar and also the
2:03.6	Bar Association of D.C. So, Emily, thank you so much for being here with us. Thank you. I'm
2:09.6	excited to be here. Yeah, thanks, Emily. Okay, I'm curious what your business card looks like,
2:14.0	though, because that was like a five-minute title, title, title, title, title.
2:18.8	You got to have abbreviations or something. Okay, so we like to start with our guest, where you
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