Japan Regulates Sperm Donation
Technology that infringes on a child's rights to life, to be protected in body and mind, and to his or her own mother and father should not be pursued at all.
Nov 07, 2022•1 min
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Why So Many Young People Are "Dysconnected" From Their Families, Bodies, and Reality
A tragic trend of the past few years is the explosion in the number of young people who identify as "transgender" or "non-binary." Filmmaker Donald J. Johnson's latest production, Dysconnected , examines the ways transgender ideology pulls young people apart from their bodies, families, and reality itself.
Nov 07, 2022•6 min
Break-In at Speaker Pelosi's House, A Call for Pandemic Amnesty, and Children as a Commodity
John and Maria discuss the role of identity politics in the reaction to the attack on Paul Pelosi and how should Christians respond to a call for forgiveness after Covid lockdowns?
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Pope Francis Capitulates to China
The Vatican has renewed its 2018 arrangement with Beijing. Critics continue to warn that it's a recipe for disaster.
Nov 04, 2022•1 min
Distracted by Politics, Consumed by Truth
Salvation won't arrive on Air Force One, and a perfect world won't come through the ballot box. But a better world is possible if all our actions, political and otherwise, flow downstream from our Christian convictions, and not the other way around.
Nov 04, 2022•5 min
A Black Sperm Donor Shortage?
Beneath all of this is a worldview that sees reproduction as primarily about "production." Missing is not only the word, but the framework that comes with seeing the making of human life as "procreation," or as the word implies, that human life is created.
Nov 03, 2022•59 sec
How the "Right to Marry" Became a "Right to Children"
Many Christians bravely fought against changing the legal definition of marriage. Today, 10 years later, we must not stop fighting for children, who have a God-given right to their mother and their father.
Nov 03, 2022•5 min
Color of Chaos
Just like an ideology that affirms everything, a flag that affirms everyone's ideas about gender and the body ends in self-parody and as a source of headaches.
Nov 02, 2022•1 min
Cheating in Sports and the Rest of Life
Morality, and its absence, is contagious, especially from one generation to the next. After all, families are the place we first learn to trust and to be trustworthy.
Nov 02, 2022•5 min
Parenting Isn't a Product
Amazon doesn't sell what kids need most: our love, our time, and our commitment to raising them in the Lord and teaching them what's true. Give these gifts, and it won't matter how much you spend on a stroller.
Nov 01, 2022•1 min
Truth Changes Everything
In Truth Changes Everything, Jeff Myers' skill to teach through stories is on full display. Ultimately, he demonstrates that these amazing stories happened because of what is true about the world and how followers of Christ oriented their lives to that truth.
Nov 01, 2022•5 min
History of All Hallows' Day
Stories of the faithful who have gone before offer a perspective for our own life and faith that we cannot get anywhere else.
Oct 31, 2022•58 sec
Honoring the Witnesses: All Saints' Day
Sure, go ahead and let the kids dress up like Batman and hit up your neighbors for candy. But when the hoopla of modern Halloween is over, encourage your kids to imitate some real heroes—not in what they put on, but in how they live their lives. That was Chuck Colson, from October 31, 2007, describing the rich history behind All Saints' Day.
Oct 31, 2022•4 min
Prioritizing Election Issues, Decline in Reading and Math Skills, and Moralistic Mysticism in the Sciences
John and Maria talk about prioritizing issues for voting in the midterm elections. Afterward, they discuss the factors leading to a decline in reading and math skills for K-12. They end on the moralistic mysticism affecting the hard sciences and medicine.
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Study Shows Teens Like Jesus
As youth struggle with an unprecedented loss of satisfaction and sense of meaning, God's Word is the best way to draw them closer to the One they're already keen to know.
Oct 28, 2022•1 min
To Boo or Not to Boo
No matter what day it is, Paul's instructions in Philippians 4 should guide our celebrations. Christians should think on "whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and commendable." (This commentary is an updated version of one that first aired on Oct. 31, 2014).
Oct 28, 2022•4 min
You Don't Need to "Gaslight Yourself"
As the intentional handiwork of a Creator, we have a foundation to discover the meaning our culture has lost.
Oct 27, 2022•56 sec
Aslan and the Path of Faithful Pain
Though we love the idea that God is not "safe," we often live as if our safety or comfort marks the boundaries of our relationship with Him. Many Christians cannot conceive that God's will for our lives could involve anything unpleasant or uncomfortable. (This Breakpoint is re-published from 11.4.21)
Oct 27, 2022•5 min
Bonus Podcast: Interview with Prof. Douglas Groothuis
Critical theories cannot offer the beauty of constraints or hope in suffering.
Oct 27, 2022•46 min
People Are Good for the Economy
Suggesting we should kill unborn children for economic reasons is an atrocity, but those who link childrearing to economic realities are actually right. Just not in the way they realize.
Oct 26, 2022•1 min
The New Moralistic Mysticism That Threatens Science
Science is being made subservient to religious values and immaterial claims because every worldview is a kind of faith. As the epistle of James warns, demons, too, believe, which is why we should all tremble when we consider where this "woke" religion is taking us.
Oct 26, 2022•5 min
The Threat of "True Crime"
Watching Dahmer won't make every viewer a serial killer, but it won't help us love our neighbors either. As Marshall McLuhan observed, we become what we behold.
Oct 25, 2022•1 min
Marriage Is a Calling, Not a Right
Marriage isn't about self-fulfillment, or even about companionship (as important as that is). It's about "fruitfulness," or taking care of the creation, something that required additional image bearers. To receive a copy of The Story of the Family, along with access to a series of exclusive teaching videos by Dale Ahlquist, who compiled the essays for the book, go to colsoncenter.org/October....
Oct 25, 2022•5 min
Is It Idolizing Family to Point to Its Value?
Defenders of marriage and the family are often accused of "idolizing" marriage and family. This month, with a gift of any amount to the Colson Center, receive The Story of the Family , a book of essays by G.K. Chesterton compiled by the scholar Dale Ahlquist. You'll also receive access to a video series on the book by Ahlquist. Go to colsoncenter.org/October....
Oct 24, 2022•1 min
Living Out God's Purpose, Married or Single
Whether married or single, the call of Christ for His people is to reject a life focused on individual self-fulfillment and instead embrace a life focused on Christ and His Kingdom. That's why we are making available an amazing new book featuring G.K. Chesterton's best writing about the family. The Story of the Family is compiled by the Chesterton scholar Dale Ahlquist. Receive a copy—and access to exclusive videos Ahlquist created for the Colson Center—with a gift of any amount this month. Go t...
Oct 24, 2022•6 min
Q and A with Alexandra DeSanctis, Coauthor of Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
John asks Alexandra questions about abortion, ranging from the error inherent in the language "removing the right to abortion," the radical nature of Michigan's Proposal 3 on the ballot, the case for the child in the womb, and building a pro-life culture.
Oct 22, 2022•28 min
Failed Formula
It may not have been said by Albert Einstein, but it's true. "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." I think about this every time I read another article about "why young people are leaving the Church." So many of these articles are written by progressives or ex-evangelicals proclaiming that churches must adopt liberal theology , LGBT ideology, and focus on social justice rather than sin and salvation if they hope to survive. But church...
Oct 21, 2022•1 min
The Church's Lane Is the Whole Cosmos
Christian, stay in your lane: Do the good works which God has ordained for us to do from the foundations of the world. Just know that they encompass every conceivable aspect of human existence. This Breakpoint is republished from 8.2.21.
Oct 21, 2022•5 min
Chemical Abortion Regret
In a recent study, of the 114 women who claimed to have chemically aborted their babies, "six out of ten" said that chemical abortion "is a traumatic experience that can include physical pain, emotional distress, and lasting feelings of isolation for which they desire help, but most don't know where to turn." If you know a woman who's experienced a chemical abortion, the Abortion Pill Reversal Network or Support After Abortion may be able to help....
Oct 20, 2022•1 min
Married Moms Are the Happiest, Report Says
According to the numbers, some of the happiest people in America are married moms .
Oct 20, 2022•4 min
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