Breakpoint

America's founding recognizes human exceptionalism.

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Bacon was an important thinker for the future and the Christian faith.

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The debate about what it means to be a Christian clearly needed to happen.

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What should winning the kingdom really look like for the young men excited about their faith?

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Dr. Kathy Koch shares three insights from her new book, Resolve Conflict and Find Peace and Hope with Adult Children, that can keep your relationship with your children healthy and restore it if it's unhealthy.

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Pope Leo's Letter has some thoughts on artificial intelligence; an increasing number of schools are telling students to leave their phones at home; Pride Month isn't getting as much recognition this year and college students can't read.

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Engaging God's World by Cornelius Plantinga

Truth Rising Study

Summit

Worldview Academy

Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung

Segment 1 – Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas and Schools Ban Phones

Magnifica Humanitas

Jonathan Haidt's Ted Talk

Behind the AI Curtain by Don Sweeting

BPTW with John Stonestreet and John Lennox

Dallas schools see strong boost in school library use since banning phones

Segment 2 – Fidelity Month

Podium article

Retailers Scale Back Pride Month Themed Apparel for Children

After decades of rising support, same-sex marriage acceptance may be stalling, Gallup poll shows

Segment 3 – College Students Can't Read

Harvard policy

Chronicle of Higher Education article

Greater Than Campaign

A look at Al Gore's documentary 20 years later.

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Tim Goeglein joins John Stonestreet in discussing Tim's new book, What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family.

The fight for life-giving humor.

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Catto believed fighting for equality was part of the Christian duty.

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If killing critically ill newborns isn't the line, where is it for medically assisted suicide?

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A month of fidelity, not pride.

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Beyond time, Father, Son, and Spirit has had full personal fellowship within Himself.

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John interviews Oxford professor and apologist John Lennox on Artificial Intelligence, how should Christians view this technology, and how to maintain a Christian vision of what it means to be human.

Segment 1 – Two Kinds of AI

God, AI and the End of History: Understanding the Book of Revelation in an Age of Intelligent Machines

Segment 2 – Should We Fear AI?

What is Claude Mythos?

Segment 3 – AI and Reality

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

My Story by John Lennox

What's happening when narratives, real or not, win over truths?

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Ryan Bomberger is an amazing speaker with an amazing story, that is now the subject of a new book and documentary.

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We are called to not be deceived and to not fear.

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Why the Church's greatest need is formation.

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A report out of the UN says concerns about climate change were overstated. People who use chatbots are changing their views of morality. Proposed rules for funding colleges could create problems for Christian colleges. And another bizarre ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court on hospitals and transgender care.

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Segment 1 – OVERBLOWN CLIMATE CONCERNS; CHATBOTS INFLUENCING MORALITY

Energy News Beat article

Washington Post article

Rod Dreher commentary

Article on Chatbot interaction

Segment 2 – PASSING OF BOB WOODSON; CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FUNDING CONCERNS

Woodson Center announcement

Christianity Today article on college funding

Segment 3 – CO SUPREME COURT ORDERS RESTART OF MINOR TRANSGENDER CARE

NY Times article on Colorado hospital

FOX News article on Texas Children's Hospital

Woodson was a civil rights warrior who didn't buy the dominant narrative about race and oppression.

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What's the point of formation over efficiency, leisure over work, and wisdom over perfection?

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Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson laid the groundwork for the pro-life cause in America.

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Like all human beings with eternity in their hearts, Disney adults are creatures of longing.

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Graduating, commencing, and a better way.

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A new report on the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th. Connecticut is close to enacting a law placing more restrictions on homeschoolers. Katy Faust of Them Before Us was the victim of a hit piece by the Seattle Times. And John and Maria will talk about the administration's infatuation with IVF.

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The World and Everything in It

Segment 1 – The Horrors of October 7; Attempts to Restrict Homeschooling

MSN article on October 7 report

Telegraph article on Nicholas Kristoff

More violence in Nigeria

Connecticut Democrats pass bill restricting homeschooling

Segment 2 – Seattle Times Doxes Katy Faust; White House Pushes IVF

MSN article on Chloe Cole

Age of first time mothers hit record high

Segment 3 – Questions and Comments

A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today's World

The Briefing

Breakpoint

The fissure in America's ideological Left.

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How Martin Luther and centuries of Church thinkers inspired the Bill of Rights.

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A Tennessee bill and a grass-roots effort bring light to a darkened June.

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When thinking about things like UFO's, aliens, and UAP's, the best place to start is with the rule and reign of Christ over all things.

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The legacy work of how we face death.

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We're celebrating mothers this Mother's Day weekend. Another study confirms what most already knew; church is good for your family. And there is growing frustration in the pro-life movement with the Trump administration.

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Them Before Us YouTube Video

The Desecration of Man by Carl Trueman

Segment 1 – Mother's Day

Them Before Us Substack

Them Before Us YouTube Video

Greater Than Campaign

Segment 2 – Church is Good for You; Is AI Alive?

X Post

Religion Unplugged article

2021 Study

Guardian Article on AI

Segment 3 – Pro-Life Frustration with the White House

WSJ article

The language of the laws of nature and nature's God.

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It would make many comfortable if the Founders were Deists, but were they?

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Another First Amendment case is on the docket from the increasingly progressive Rocky Mountain state.

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Though a few statements about Jesus in the Koran align with what we know from the Bible, other parts do not.

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Christians are right to lament moral collapse but should never be reduced to despair.

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The alleged shooter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner touts his Christian faith in his manifesto. A new documentary released this week is likely to be a breath of fresh air. Planned Parenthood downplays its involvement in gender transition procedures and is the Catholic Church planning to go silent on sex?

Segment 1 – Another Assassination Attempt; God, Creation and the Story of Everything

Shooter's Manifesto

Generations by Jean Twenge

Christopher Lasch research

Desecration of Man Offer

WSJ article on documentary

Documentary trailer

Segment 2 – Planned Parenthood Gender Transitions; Pope Downplays Focus on Sexual Activity

Lifesite News article

Rueter's Article on Pope

Segment 3 – Uncomfortable Questions about Abortion

House Hearing Testimony

SCOTUS NJ Ruling

According to Carl Trueman, transgression and desecration are at the heart of our current cultural crisis.

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Human flourishing needs stillness.

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Babies need their mamas. There are few things more obvious than that.

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Thomas Huxley's Atheism-lite.

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Anything can be programmed to be intelligent, but wisdom is uniquely human.

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The Southern Poverty Law Center is indicted on charges of fraud in their attacks on conservative groups. A Gallup poll finds a resurgence of religious interest among young men. Clarence Thomas gives a rousing speech on our Constitution. And Tennessee sets aside June as a month to honor the nuclear family.

Recommendations

Clarence Thomas Speech at UT-Austin

Segment 1 – SPLC Indicted; Young Men's Religious Revival

SPLC Free Press article

Gallup Poll on Young Men and Religion

Clarence Thomas Speech at UT-Austin

Segment 2 – Religious Foster Parents Win in Court; TN Declares Nuclear Family Month

ADF Case

TN Declares Nuclear Family Month as an alternative to Pride Month.

Fidelity Month website

Where's mama video

Segment 3 – Easing Restrictions on Medical Marijuana

NY Times article on medical marijuana

Hill article on psychedelics

The pointless practice of looking at the past through the lens of the present.

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A Christian conservatism without Christ is no more Christian than a Christian progressivism without Him.

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Struggling through difficult questions surrounding the meaning of death and organ donation is not optional for the Church.

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There is a way for Christians to soar in an AI future.

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Aliens, UFOs, and what we know from Scripture.

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Trump's social media post portraying himself as Jesus is widely condemned Pope Leo XIV and the administration spar over the war with Iran. Tucker Carlson claims Muslims love Jesus. Is that true? And John and Maria discuss pain.

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Elevation Rhythm

Segment 1 – Trump's Truth Social Post and the Pope Condemns the Iran War

USA Today article on Trump's post

AP article on the Pope

Segment 2 – Do Muslims Love Jesus? And N.T. Wright Questions Bible Stories

Christian Post article on Tucker Carlson's comments

N.T. Wright Questions Bible Stories

Segment 3 – How to Think about Pain

Tell Me Where It Hurts by Rachel Zoffness

The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis

Culture is getting ideas of singleness and marriage exactly backwards.

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More groundbreaking proof that medicalizing gender confusion doesn't help.

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Christian hope found in the American spirit.

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Dr. Carl Trueman's new book highlights the ways Nietzsche predicted and cautioned about what was to come.

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We must appeal to and uphold God's clear moral standards amid vast moral confusion.

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John and Maria talk about the Artemis II mission. A new study finds mental health worsens after gender transitions. And what's behind the falling teen pregnancy rate?

Segment 1 – Seeing God from Space

Artemis and Human exceptionalism

Victor Glover article

Segment 2 – Finland Study on Gender Dysphoria

Finland Transgender Study

City Journal article

Segment 3 – Teen Birth Rates Dropping

Teen Birth Rate hits Record Low

Ross Douthat – Ben Sasse interview

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

The mystery of love and our created specialness from space.

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Jesus' body was not heisted, imagined, impersonated, or misplaced.

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What does lipstick say about our worldview?

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Carl Trueman joins John Stonestreet in discussing Carl's new book, The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity.

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How the creator of the Wizard of Id and B.C. taught millions about the resurrection of Christ.

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The risen Christ did not leverage anyone else's death for his cause. He offered his own.

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The Supreme Court Rules Colorado's law governing conversion therapy violates free speech. In Spain the real-life example of how assisted suicide harms the vulnerable. John and Maria talk Easter and the connection between the miracles and morality of Christ. And Jaden Ivey loses his spot on an NBA roster because of his outspoken faith.

Segment 1 – News Headlines

Chiles Decision

Politico article

Supreme Court Opinion

How the State Failed Noelia

First Things article

Premier article

Segment 2 - Easter Apologetics

Sean McDowell vs Bart Ehrman video

Did Jesus Rise from the Dead video

Segment 3 - Jaden Ivey and the NBA Speech Police

ESPN article

Good Friday—Jesus' last words on the cross fulfill Scripture.

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The Resurrection actually happened, and is the Reality to which these myths have always pointed.

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An early version of this commentary wrongly referred to Lori Phillips as the owner of 303 Creative, rather than Lori Smith. We apologize for this misstatement.

The First Amendment doesn't allow enabling speech on one ideological viewpoint while restricting speech on another.

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Hopes of revival are being hotly contested, but that shouldn't stop us from expecting the move of God always.

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We must protect every vulnerable life and support every vulnerable mother and father every chance we are given.

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John and Maria discuss three lawsuits in the news; the guilty verdict for a Finnish lawmaker over an "insult"; Moody student teachers can stay in Chicago classrooms as part of their training. And a Jury finds Meta harms children. Also, how should Christians view the deaths of Kermit Gosnell and Paul Ehrlich.

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Trevin Wax X post

Gospel Coalition article

Lead Like Jael by Emma Waters

Segment 1 – News Headlines

ADF article on Paivi Rasanen

X post on Rasanen

Moody student teachers article

Jury finds social media platforms harmful in pair of lawsuits

LA Times articles on social media lawsuit

Segment 2 – Deaths of Gosnell and Ehrlich

Kermit Gosnell

Paul Ehrlich

Segment 3 – Christian Worldview and Morality

Pew Study

Trevin Wax X post

Gospel Coalition article

It seems God values beauty for beauty's sake.

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Understanding the divide between America's Christian ideals and its history of slavery.

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The truth matters, and it matters more than our tribe.

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The tragic legacy of the book, The Population Bomb.

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We cannot know what God might do with our obedience.

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We talk with three Colson Fellows who share their experiences with the program and how they've used it later in their lives to live with clarity, confidence and courage.

Segment 1 – What Attracts People to the Fellows Program

Colson Fellows Program

Segment 2 – Fellowship and Learning Through Cohorts

Summit Ministries

Segment 3 – Application, Discipleship and Being Equipped for the Moment

Key Scripture that pro-abortionists point to and why life in the womb wins every time.

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Human intelligence is far too complex to have happened by chance.

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As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, it is essential to reflect on the role of the Bible and Christianity in shaping the country.

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Of the thousands of green-clad parade-goers, marchers, and partiers today, few know about Patrick, the man for whom today's holiday is named.

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A UK study found teens think Jesus is offensive, and they're right.

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A proposal in Congress that would impact the abortion pill. A Senate candidate from Texas has some strange theological ideas. The good and bad side of purity culture. And should Christians be connoisseurs of today's art?

Segment 1 – Proposed Mifepristone Ban; The Bible According to Talarico

Hawley proposes bans on mifepristone

A Kind Heretic is Still a Heretic

David French article

Breakpoint article on Talerico

Segment 2 – Purity Culture

A New Purity Culture – First Things

Segment 3 – The State of Conservative Art

First Things article

BBC report

Segment 4 - Questions and Comments

Adding text to Scripture because it's "progressive" might score secular points, but it doesn't make it truer.

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The biblical authority parents have over their children is a sphere the state cannot, and should not, contravene.

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. . . and other nonsense Jesus would not have done.

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Chuck Colson's daily prayer was to light the marketplace of ideas afire with Gospel truth.

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Businesses are returning to "business as usual" on ideological issues.

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As war rages in the Middle East, John and Maria talk about what makes a just war. New studies show a sharp decline in both those identifying as LGB+ and in heterosexuals dating. And The Supreme Court stops California schools from keeping parents in the dark, for now.

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Dominic Sandbrook

Segment 1 – Iran and the Just War Theory

Breakpoint Bonus Podcast

Hardcore history podcast

Tom Holland podcast

Segment 2 – The Decline of LGB+ and Dating

Bradley X Post

Brad Wilcox X post

Segment 3 – CA School Transgender Policy Stopped

NY Times article

Jailing dissidents is a standard operating procedure for Communist dictatorships, but Lai is no standard dissident.

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The Zoomers aren't religious, but the ones going to church are seeking depth.

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The "lost boys" rebelling in all the right ways.

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It's essential for Christians to think like Christians about anything, including current world affairs.

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Dr. Eric Patterson joins John Stonestreet in discussing how Christians can navigate a just war with Iran.

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Some denominations are aging out.

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John and Maria take a look at the highlights and lowlights of President Trump's State of the Union speech. More medical institutions and professionals are rethinking their past support of gender affirming care. And Colorado continues to lead the nation in the harassment of Christians.

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Proud of Us

Segment 1 – State of the Union

Washington Stand article

US Hockey Team

Segment 2 – Backtracking on Trans Surgeries; Student Mental Health

Vanderbilt Trans Surgeries

ACSI report on mental health

Rooted Conference

Segment 3 – More Religious Harassment in Colorado; Did Jesus Have a God Complex?

Colorado Religious Liberty Cases

Youthscape study

Vermont Foster Care Case

A far-reaching hoax over a century ago reveals something about our searching souls.

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First, Whose are we?

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Is legalizing "sex work" no big deal for society?

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Ordering life from the perspective of death.

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Part of the job of parents, grandparents, pastors, and teachers is to prepare students for the questions and criticisms they will face.

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Marco Rubio's Munich speech is filled with worldview lessons. The topic of antisemitism pops up at a Religious Liberty Commission hearing. And Colorado lawmakers introduce a proposal to legalize prostitution.

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Ben Sasse interview

Segment 1 – Rubio Munich Speech

Rubio's Speech

It Was Said Podcast

Breakpoint article

Segment 2 – News Headlines

Controversy at Religious Liberty Commission

CO Sex Workers Bill

NY Times article on Marijuana

Segment 3 – Questions and Comments

Colson Fellows program