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Pursuing Wisdom Amidst the Counterfeits
Growing in biblical wisdom is a lifetime project.
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Is the LGBT Fad Fading?
Biological reality has always been on the side of truth.
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Remembering the Horror of the October 7th Attacks, Religious Liberty on Trial and the Parents Role in Education
Wednesday was the third anniversary of the Hamas attack in Gaza. Religious liberty continues to fight for its life in courts across America. And should Christians send their children to public schools?
Segment 1 – October 7 Anniversary
Remembering Oct 7
Breakpoint article on Islam
Segment 2 – Religious Liberty On Trial
University Heights Ohio case
A Hill to Die On
The underlying principle beneath so many of today's moral issues is the assumption that our dignity lies in our autonomy.
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Why Married Women Are the Happiest Women
Married, religious, church-going women are repeatedly the happiest cohort among those studied.
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Trotting the Toddler onto a Slippery Slope in a Culture of Death
Arguments long used to explain the choice for an abortion have now been used to explain the horrible choice to kill a child outside of the womb.
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Forced Child Marriage and the Problem of Islam
Downplaying religious zealously is not only to misunderstand what motivates Islamic terror, it has led us to foolish responses.
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Misleading Claims About Abortion Laws
How can post-Dobbs laws be blamed for what happened before Dobbs was decided?
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Attempted Hijacking; Nationwide School Choice and What's Driving Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths?
A planned hijacking is thwarted over the skies of Saudi Arabia; President Trump floats a plan for a national school choice program. And the mainstream media misses the real reason behind the growing ectopic pregnancy deaths.
Segment 1 – Attempted Hijacking; School Choice Program
Fox News article on attempted highjacking
US Treasury press release on school choice plan
Article on scholarship plan
How Christians Christianized the Idea of Worldview
Christian worldview formation is not limited to correcting ideas.
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Why Christians Should Not Buy into AI Catastrophism
God has revealed to us the end of the story. And it is very good, because He is.
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Thinking Like Jesus in a Consumer Culture
Love God with all your mind like Jesus did.
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There Is No Christian Case for Polyamory
Marriage as God intended has always been one of the best gifts we can give to the wider world.
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What Are They Teaching Teachers These Days?
When teachers understand their role within the biblical framework of redemption, the potential is amazing.
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A Declaration for a New Women's Movement; More Abortion Pill Dangers; a Public-School Firestorm and Prenuptial Agreements
A new women's conference seeks to start a new feminist movement. A shocking case out of Ohio reveals more dangers that come with the abortion pill. Even advocates of public schools are having second thoughts. And are prenuptial agreements a good idea?
Segment 1 – Women's Declaration; Abortion Pill Dangers
Article on women's declaration
Declaration
Ohio surgeon article
Segment 2 – Public School Firestorm
The Perils of Prosperity
A generation that doesn't know that socialism has failed everywhere it has been tried will be easily deceived.
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Embryos Aren't Property
IVF, as it is commonly practiced, dehumanizes more embryos than are born.
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More Practical Magic: the Return of Witchcraft in Popular Culture
The gospel's offer of forgiveness for us and its call for us to forgive others gives hope for something beyond grievance and petty revenge.
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The Church as Hope for Humanity
The health and future of the Church is tied to the well-being of humanity.
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The IVF Pipeline and a Better Way
Restorative reproductive medicine is offering a way forward for men and women who wish to be moms and dads.
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Clancy Trial Reaction; Euthanasia in the UK; AI Doomsday and the Boys are Back in Church
The reaction to the Clancy trial reflects how many think about abortion. For the church, euthanasia is a hill to die on. How should Christians think about AI doomsday talk. And boys are filling the chairs in church youth groups.
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Colson Fellows
Segment 1 – Clancy Trial Reaction; Euthanasia in the UK
Tearing Us Apart book
Townhall article on Clancy tr...
A Republic Must be Stewarded
The Constitution is an experiment that needs to be stewarded.
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Why Religious Freedom Matters to Christians of All Backgrounds
Families, churches, and Christian schools have the opportunity to cultivate the kind of convictions that can undergird the religious freedom consensus.
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The Gift of Remembering
We need to remember the faithfulness of God, repent of our sins, and return to His ways.
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A Theology of Idolatry for the Twenty-First Century - Part 3: Christ Still Silences the Idols
Wherever men and women behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, the idols fall.
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A Theology of Idolatry for the Twenty-First Century – Part 2: Why We Can't Stop Making Gods
Our idols will not disappear simply because we expose them. They disappear when we behold Christ.
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25 Years after 9/11; More AI Fears and Remembering Charlie Kirk
John and Maria talk about how the world has changed in the 25 years since 9/11. How concerned should we be about Artificial Intelligence ending humanity. And thoughts about Charlie Kirk one year after his assassination.
Segment 1 – 9/11 Anniversary
25 Years after 9/11
Ali Tablet article on 9/11
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Graff, Garrett M.
25 Years After 9-11
God willing, it won't take another day like 9-11 for us to recapture an awareness of what is true and good.
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A Theology of Idolatry for the Twenty-First Century – Part 1
The human heart remains as religious as ever.
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The Power of Naming
Because names matter, we should always take the God-given task of naming seriously.
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Remembering 9/11 with Chuck Colson | A BreakPoint Podcast Special
Welcome to a special edition of the BreakPoint podcast. In view of the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attack on the United States, our team went back and revisited commentaries from our founder Chuck Colson.
Gloria Steinem and the Legacy of Feminism
Having committed her life to advancing and protecting women's rights, Gloria Steinem instead enabled the erosion of those rights.
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Why AI Cannot Celebrate Labor Day
Part of honoring human exceptionalism is to honor work.
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35 Years of Breakpoint; The Deaths of Gloria Steinem and Wendell Berry; Meta's Record Settlement; A Mental Health Crisis in Children
35 years ago this month Chuck Colson started the Breakpoint commentary. Two notable deaths this week; Gloria Steinem and Wendell Berry. And a new study suggests that our 5th graders are not alright.
Segment 1 – 35 Years of Breakpoint and the Deaths of Gloria Steinem and Wendell Berry
Beyond Strange Bedfellows
The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale
Segment 2 – Meta's Record Settlement; Mental Health Crisis in Children
Meta Settlement
Christianity Isn't Just True; It's Reality
The events of the Bible did not take place "once upon a time" or "long ago, in a galaxy far, far away."
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The Population Zombie Strikes Again
Zombie ideas of overpopulation and human pestilence gets humanity tragically wrong and misunderstands the created world.
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Thirty-five Years of Breakpoint
Thirty-five years ago today, on September 2, 1991, Chuck Colson broadcast the very first episode of Breakpoint.
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500 Years of the Tyndale Bible
Tyndale's work laid the foundation for virtually every English Bible translation of the past 500 years and left a major mark on the English language and our theological vocabulary.
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Tending Our Financial Gardens
By investing wisely, we can oppose what is evil and mend what is broken in our world.
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Flooding in Nepal, Death of Dolly Parton, Political Group Drops the 'T,' and Gaslighting about America's Schools
A devasting flood hit the Nepal-China border leaving many dead. Dolly Parton dies and for once all political sides are mourning. The Log Cabin Republicans say they won't support transgender ideology anymore in the face of transgender gaslighting about what's happening in America's schools.
Segment 1 – Nepal Flood, Dolly Dies, More Transgender Fallout
Log Cabin Republicans announcement
Breakpoint commentary on gaslighting
Segment 2 – Woke 2.0
USA Today article
Segment 3 – More Bad News about Young Men
