Disability Awareness Month
The Bible's "policy" on disability is dignity, inclusion, and care. __________ Register for the upcoming Breakpoint Forum: A New Sexual Revolution at breakpoint.org/greenville .
Mar 17, 2025•7 min
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The "Good Ol Days" of Social Media? Why We Should Still Have Reasons for the Hope Within Us
A Facebook whistleblower makes a strange claim about social media. And the role of the intellect in forming a Christian worldview. Recommendations Lighthouse Voices with Dr. Jeff Myers Segment 1 - Is Social Media Good? Turner's Creed - by Steve Turner BBC: Facebook moderator: 'Every day was a nightmare' When Prayer Requests Become Viral Hashtags by Maria Baer Segment 2 - In Defense of Thinking Sam Seder on Jubilee Debate Why You Think the Way You Do by Dr. Glenn Sunshine Colson Fellows Program _...
Mar 14, 2025•57 min
The Long, Faithful Obedience of William Wilberforce
Obeying the call of God even when the fruits are far out of sight. ___________ Can We Help the Next Generation Find True Happiness? Register for the upcoming Lighthouse Voices event featuring Dr. Jeff Myers at colsoncenter.org/lighthouse .
Mar 14, 2025•7 min
Persecution in Syria and the World
There are no borders when it comes to attacks on the Church and the call to pray and help. ___________ Register your student for a Summit Minstires worldview conference and recieve a special discount at summit.org/breakpoint .
Mar 13, 2025•7 min
What Spiderman Got Right and Wicked Got Wrong
We need heroes to be viewed through a lens of true good and evil. __________ Register for the upcoming Breakpoint Forum: A New Sexual Revolution at colsoncenter.org/greenville .
Mar 12, 2025•6 min
Kids From Strong Families Less Likely to Fall in Love with Robots
Why some are more vulnerable to AI 'relationships' than others. Related Resource Breakpoint Forum: The Perils and Promise of Artificial Intelligence ____________ Sign up for a free account with the Identity Project at identityproject.tv .
Mar 11, 2025•7 min
Don't Follow Your Heart
When it comes to finding true happiness, do the opposite of what culture says. __________ Register for the Identity Project websinar on Tuesday, March 11 featuring Dr. Kathy Koch at colsoncenter.org/identity .
Mar 10, 2025•7 min
How Christianity Changed the Way the World Sees Disability, What Many Miss about Happiness, and New Study on Trans Surgery
John and Maria discuss DJ Daniel, Disability Awareness Month, and Christian history. Also, the idea that being "unencumbered" by responsibilities and dependents is the way to happiness is just wrong. And a new study puts another nail in the coffin of those pushing surgical mutilation for gender confusion. Recommendations Strong Women Lent 2025: The Songs of Lent Would You Rather Have Married Young? by Lillian Fishman Segment 1 - Disability Awareness Month FOX: Boy honored by Trump says cancer wo...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Americans Still Want Children
Babies are on the brain for a generation raised in an anti-kid culture. Related Resource What Would You Say?: Save the Planet. Don't Have Kids. ___________ Sign up for the Hope Always course at colsoneducators.org ....
Mar 07, 2025•6 min
Live by Executive Order, Die by Executive Order
The Trump administration is arming parents to take back rights, but it can't start and stop at the Oval.\ Related Resource What Would You Say?: Churches Shouldn't Get Involved with Political Issues ___________ Register for the upcoming Identity Project webinar with Dr. Kathy Koch: How is Identity Formed and What Makes it Healthy at colsoncenter.org/identity ....
Mar 06, 2025•6 min
Why the HENRYs Aren't Happy
It turns out wealth isn't the key to wellness. __________ Register for the next Breakpoint Forum: A New Sexual revolution at colsoncenter.org/greenville . Get your copy of Full Time: Work and the Meaning of Life by David Bahnsen with your gift of any amount to the Colson Center at colsoncenter.org/february ....
Mar 05, 2025•5 min
The Rise of Technopaganism
The gods of technology, demons and all. __________ Sign up for a free account with the Identity Porject at identityproject.tv .
Mar 04, 2025•7 min
Is There Such a Thing as Judeo-Christianity?
Examining the philosophical and worldview relationship, past and present. ___________ Register for the upcoming Lighthouse Voices: Can We Help the Next Generation Find True Happiness? with Dr. Jeff Myers at colsoncenter.org/lighthouse.
Mar 03, 2025•5 min
A Moment for Renewing Education and the Consequences of Over-Diagnosing Prenatal Conditions
Big changes are being proposed to how we do education in America. The Phoenix Declaration offers a helpful framework for what education should look like. And increasingly parents are being encouraged to abort based on prenatal diagnoses that are often wrong. Recommendations Breakpoint Forum: A New Sexual Revolution The Identity Project Bari Weiss: How to Find Love in 2025 Segment 1 - Phoenix Declaration on Education The Free Press : Betsy DeVos: Shut Down the Department of Education Breakpoint: ...
Feb 28, 2025•57 min
How to Fix Education
The Phoenix Declaration offers a roadmap for a system that has gone off the rails. __________ Get a copy of Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life by David Bahnsen with your gift of any amount to the Colson Center this month at colsoncenter.org/february . Learn more about the Colson Fellows Program at colsonfellows.org ....
Feb 28, 2025•9 min
Work and the Meaning of Life
Christians should look at work as part of our created purpose, not just as toil. _____________ Get your copy of Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life by David Bahnsen with a gift of any amount to the Colson Center this month at colsoncenter.org/february . Sign up for a free account with the Identity Project at identityproject.tv ....
Feb 27, 2025•7 min
How the Colson Fellows Program Serves the Church, Equips the Saints, and Brings Renewal
John Stonestreet has a conversation with the Dean of the Colson Fellows Program, Michael Craven, on being the Church in a time of chaos, creating culture, and the power of a Christian worldview. Learn more about the Colson Fellows Program at colsonfellows.org .
Feb 26, 2025•36 min
An Agnostic's Journey to Faith
Why apologetics is important to the skeptical mind. ___________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment visit Breakpoint.org .
Feb 26, 2025•4 min
The Latest Executive Order about IVF: Calling It Pro-life Does Not Make It So
IVF practices need far more regulations, not less. ___________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment visit Breakpoint.org .
Feb 25, 2025•6 min
How in-Utero Diagnosis Is Being Used to Push Abortion
Take heart parents. You have the right to give your baby a full life in all circumstances. __________ Learn more about the Colson Fellows Program and apply at colsonfellows.org .
Feb 24, 2025•7 min
Trump's Executive Order on IVF, Confronting Conservative Hypocrisy, and How Family Is at the Root of Almost Everything
John Stonestreet and Maria Baer discuss the new Executive Order on IVF and why it's neither pro-life nor "pro-fertility". Conserving true family values means holding everyone accountable, without hypocrisy. The collapse of the family structure has a devastating impact on a local and national scale. Recommendations Communio The cost of conservative hypocrisy by Katy Faust Segment 1 - Executive Order on IVF Executive Order: EXPANDING ACCESS TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION Segment 2 - Conserving Family V...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr
Did Google Prove the Multiverse?
Why some find it hard to admit this world is perfectly designed by a Creator. Related Resource What Would You Say? : Does Technology Make Religion Obsolete? Breakpoint Forum: The Perils and Promise of Artificial Intelligence __________ Learn more about the Colson Fellows program and apply at colsonfellows.org.
Feb 21, 2025•7 min
The Birth Dearth Closes Colleges
Society would do good with a Genesis reboot. _____________ Claim your copy of Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life by David L. Bahnsen with a gift of any amount this month at colsoncenter.org/february.
Feb 20, 2025•7 min
Apologetics Without Apologizing
Christianity is the most accurate account of reality and therefore worthy of our saying so. ___________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment visit Breakpoint.org .
Feb 19, 2025•5 min
The One Most Likely to Speak of Hell
The counter-cultural truth about the afterlife. ___________ Sign up for a FREE Identity Project account at identityproject.tv .
Feb 18, 2025•5 min
What is Love? St. Valentinus, Agape, and Eros
The story of St. Valentinus reminds us how to celebrate love. Related Resource What Would You Say?: Who Was Saint Valentine? ___________ Learn more and register for the Colson Educators program at educators.colsoncenter.org .
Feb 17, 2025•6 min
Sports Betting, the Super Bowl, and the Value of Work with David Bahnsen
Sports gambling is growing at an alarming rate with the expected carnage left in its wake. And John talks to David Bahnsen about retirement and the value of work. Recommendations The 21 Film Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Segment 1 - Sports Betting Breakpoint: The Super Bowl and Sports Gambling: America's Newest Addiction WORLD : Culture Friday: Faith, forgiveness, and football What Would You Say?: Who Was Saint Valentine? Breakpoint: The 21: Telling the Story of the Men Martyred on a Li...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr
The 21: Telling the Story of the Men Martyred on a Libyan Beach a Decade Ago
A new short film revisits the 21 men beheaded on camera for refusing to deny Christ. ___________ Support the ongoing production of Breakpoint by becoming a monthly partner at colsoncenter.org/monthly .
Feb 14, 2025•5 min
News or Narrative? The Battle for Truth
Where's the virtue of truth in the truth-telling industry? Related Resource: What Would You Say?: Identifying Misinformation ____________ Find more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment at Breakpoint.org .
Feb 13, 2025•4 min
America's Sex Recession
Young adults aren't having sex, but God has a better plan for them in marriage. Related Resource What Would You Say?: What Does the Bible Say About Sex? __________ Learn more about the Colson Fellows Program at colsonfellows.org .
Feb 12, 2025•7 min
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