Breakpoint

After a little withdrawal, banning the wildly popular social media platform will only lead to good for teens addicted to screens. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

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

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

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

Persecution works, except for a risen Savior. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

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

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

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

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 Tells Her Story Lighthouse Voices with Laura Perry Smalts Transgender To Transformed As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do. Breakpoint Forum: The Real Facts About Gender Ideology Segment 2 - Therapy: The New Theory of Everything Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier Breakpoint: When "Helping" Kids Hurts Them Honestly with Bari Weiss: Why the Kids Aren't Alright The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman The Death of the Grown-Up by Diana West Is a Hyper-focus on Trauma Actually Hurting Us? with Maria Baer Segment 3 - SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Relaxed Abortion Pill Rules FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine Despite Bans, Number of Abortions in the United States Increased in 2023 __________ Get your copy of The Deconstruction of Christianity with your gift of any amount this month at colsoncenter.org/march. Learn more about the ACSI Rooted Conference at acsi.org. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

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

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

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

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 live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

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

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

Debunking the notion that Christians pray while atheists do. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

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

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

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

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 _________ Learn more about the Colson Fellows Program at ColsonFellows.org. Request your copy of The Deconstruction of Christianity with your gift of any amount to the Colson Center at colsoncenter.org/march. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Christians share a bond that transcends race and identity. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

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

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

The Christian alternative to doom-and-gloom environmentalism. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Culture's Newest Threat __________ Get your copy of Deconstruction of Christianity with your gift of any amount to the Colson Center this month at colsoncenter.org/march. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Being honest about police shootings. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

It turns out the science isn't settled and suffering families have been lied to all along. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

A win for Christians praying near abortion clinics. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Referendum seeks to eliminate the word "mother" and reference to marriage from the Irish constitution. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

The increasing trend of believers attending same-sex "weddings" belies a bigger problem with our Christian worldview. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Scientists who mimic creation's design unknowingly glorify the Creator. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Many who champion progressive "freedoms" live traditional lives. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

In a prolife world, recent reports about rape rates would be a shocking story about crime and not about access to abortion. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Appellate court to decide on the "harm" a shirt stating traditional genders had on a school that encouraged students to wear Pride apparel. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Another case of a teen taken from home over pronoun usage. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

John and Maria discuss two issues that dominated the news last week, the biased replies from Google Gemini and a new study that finds married couples are the happiest. Recommendations Abigail Shrier on Freedom in an Age of Fear Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier The Case for Life by Scott Klusendorf Segment 1: Has AI Gone Woke? Breakpoint Forum: The Perils and Promise of Artificial Intelligence Google hopeful of fix for Gemini's historical-image diversity issue within weeks Google Gemini Controversy Explained: AI Model Criticized by Musk and Others Over Alleged Bias The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul The Way of the (Modern) World by Craig Gay The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind by Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean Segment 2: Polls Show Married People Are Happiest Why you should get married Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization by Brad Wilcox The hidden social justice issue Wedded Bliss is True, not Trendy Brad Wilcox on X __________ Subscribe to get the latest What Would You Say? videos at whatwouldyousay.org/subscribe. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Progressive ideology, not the Right-wing patriarchy, is denying women at the federal level their privacy, scholarships, and equity in sports. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Now that abortion rights are left to the states, it's more important than ever we tell the truth about preborn life. __________ To get your copy of the second edition of The Case for Life, go to colsoncenter.org/February. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

In contrast to what the government keeps telling us, Americans want religious freedom and support with their kids' educations. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Thinking about our relationship to time from a Judeo-Christian understanding. __________ Request your copy of Case for Life by Scott Klusendorf with a gift of any amount to the Colson Center this month at colsoncenter.org/february. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Attacks on churches and pro-Christian causes are not met with the same outcry as other hate crimes. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Some moral clarity for an industry that has been an ethical Wild West. __________ Learn more about the Identity Project at identityproject.tv. For a special discount this month enter the code BREAKPOINT at checkout. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

We can count on Jesus' teachings to heal what ails us in society. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

There's something missing from the cost-benefit analysis. __________ Learn more about the Colson Fellows Program and apply for the next class at colsonfellows.org. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org