Shame and the Cross
The reality of sin and why Good Friday is good news. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 28, 2024•5 min
Breakpoint
Join John Stonestreet for a daily dose of sanity—applying a Christian worldview to culture, politics, movies, and more. And be a part of God's work restoring all things.
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Fired VT Coach Receives Settlement
Vermont school officials agree to pay damages to snowboard coach who stated boys have a physical advantage in sports. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 27, 2024•1 min
How Johnny Hart Pointed to the Cross and Empty Tomb in the Funny Papers
How the creator of the Wizard of Id and B.C. taught millions about the resurrection of Christ. __________ Learn more about Summit Ministries at summit.org/breakpoint . Don't forget to use code BREAKPOINT24 for a special discount at checkout. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org...
Mar 27, 2024•6 min
The Martyr Myth
Persecution works, except for a risen Savior. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 26, 2024•1 min
Transgender to Transformed: the Story of Laura Perry Smalts
Detransitioner tells why the Source of all reality is Jesus Christ. __________ Get your copy of Deconstruction of Christianity with your gift of any amount at colsoncenter.org/March . For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org...
Mar 26, 2024•6 min
Rewriting History in Real Time
A ban and then a swift unban by Veterans Affairs over a famous photo shows the vulnerability of truth on the internet. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 25, 2024•1 min
Redeemed Imaginations
It's time for a revival of Christian imagination inspired by God instead of self and online likes. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 25, 2024•6 min
Detransitioner Tells Her Story, Bad Therapy, and Oral Arguments To Be Heard this Week Over FDA and Chemical Abortion
John discusses this week's Light House Voices event featuring Laura Perry Smaltz. A new book from Abigail Shrier takes a hard look at therapy: the new theory of everything. And the Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on a challenge to the FDA's continued lax rules for the abortion pill. Recommendations Lighthouse Voices with Laura Perry Smalts The Alisa Childers Podcast: Is a Hyper-focus on Trauma Actually Hurting Us? with Maria Baer Masters of the Air Segment 1 - Laura Perry Smalts Tell...
Mar 22, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Why Abortion Advocates No Longer Consider It "A Necessary Evil"
The White House flips the script on morality in its public support of killing babies as "healthcare" and its labeling of pro-lifers as "extremists." _____________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 22, 2024•6 min
U.K. Bars Puberty Blockers for Minors
The NHS announced the decision after a years-long study found no significant change in the mental health of children treated for gender dysphoria. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 22, 2024•1 min
Free to Preach
A U.K. pastor wins legal battle to keep preaching after police told him he could not discuss other religions. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 21, 2024•58 sec
Why More Americans (and Christians) Now Support Same-Sex "Marriage"
How courts and culture have redefined marriage to point to self instead of Christ. __________ To counter the lies about love, marriage, and sex so prevalent in our culture, check out identityproject.tv . For a special discount this month, go to identityproject.tv and enter BREAKPOINT at checkout. Receive your copy of The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It's Destructive, and How to Respond with your gift of any amount this month at colsoncenter.org/march . For more resources to li...
Mar 21, 2024•6 min
Hundreds More Students in Nigeria Abducted
Kidnappings add to the tens of thousands in recent years while the Nigerian government and the global community remains silent. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 20, 2024•1 min
When "Helping" Kids Hurts Them
Why the generation accessing the most mental therapy is the most mentally unhealthy. __________ Learn more about Summit Ministries at summit.org/breakpoint . Use code BREAKPOINT24 at checkout for $200 off registration. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org...
Mar 20, 2024•6 min
Action and Prayer, Not Action or Prayer
Debunking the notion that Christians pray while atheists do. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 19, 2024•1 min
CVS and Walgreens Become Abortion Providers
Pharmacy chains to start selling the chemical abortion pill mifepristone in several states this month. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 19, 2024•5 min
Freedom Requires Virtue
Covid revealed unscrupulous practices in industries that exist to serve people. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 18, 2024•1 min
Teaching in Service to God and Truth
Christian educators can be the antidote to the murky educational system of the moment. ___________ To learn more about the Rooted Educator Worldview Summit, visit acsi.org. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 18, 2024•5 min
Is "Worldview" the Right Word? A Conversation with Dr. Carl Trueman
Recommendations Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution by Dr. Carl Trueman NIHILISM—IN NAZI GERMANY AND TODAY by Carl Trueman Resources Carl R. Trueman Interview with Kevin DeYoung | Faithful Conference 2023 Knowing God by J.I. Packer The Colson Fellows Program Carl Trueman on First Things "Parable of the Madman" by Friedrich Nietzsche How Now Shall We Live? by Chuck Colson and Nancy Pearcey The Last Christian on Earth by Os Guinness __...
Mar 15, 2024•58 min
A Taste of the New Jerusalem
Christians share a bond that transcends race and identity. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 15, 2024•58 sec
The Story of St. Patrick
Of the thousands of green revelers, few know about the slave and evangelist for whom St. Patrick's Day is named. To learn more about this man of faith and his consequential life, check out this Breakpoint interview between Shane Morris and T.M. Moore , a former colleague of Chuck's and the author of Celtic Flame: The Burden of St. Patrick . __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org...
Mar 15, 2024•4 min
More Men Than Women Want Kids
The unsustainable trend of absolute autonomy as the meaning of life. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 14, 2024•57 sec
Hope Is Good for the Earth
The Christian alternative to doom-and-gloom environmentalism. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 14, 2024•5 min
A Sense of Purpose Challenges Addiction
A Kentucky region riddled with the opioid epidemic is fighting for sobriety and finding motivation in business ownership. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 13, 2024•1 min
What's Driving "Deconstruction"?
New book helps us understand and respond to the phenomenon seeping into the Church. Claim a copy of The Deconstruction of Christianity for a gift of any amount to the Colson Center. To make your gift, go to colsoncenter.org/march . __________ Register for the ACSI Rooted Educator Worldview Summit at ACSI.org/rooted . For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org...
Mar 13, 2024•6 min
Gemini Is Biased (and Lies About It)
What does the future of AI look like if it's not committed to telling the truth? For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 12, 2024•1 min
The Secular Trauma of Gen Z
Despite what oracles of a post-Christian society promised, the kids are far from happier and free. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 12, 2024•6 min
TIME Struggles With History
Christians burned at the stake for refusing to deny Christ is in no way the same as self-immolation to protest Israel. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 11, 2024•1 min
Colson Center Announces 2024 Wilberforce Award
It's about honoring God no matter what for Hobby Lobby owners David and Barbara Green. ____________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Mar 11, 2024•5 min
WPATH Leaked Documents Reveals What Doctors Really Knew about "Transitioning" and Is Planned Parenthood Still Selling Body Parts of Aborted Babies?
Recommendations Michael Shellenberger's website The Picture Bible Segment 1: WPATH Scandal The WPATH Files Secret Files Show how international group pushes shocking experimental gender surgery for minors Segment 2: Planned Parenthood Profiting from Fetal Body Parts Center for Medical Progress Documents show Planned Parenthood Exchanges Baby Body Parts for Intellectual Property Rights Segment 3: Investigating Debanking Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government De-Banking: Cancel Cult...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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