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Happy Valentinus' Day
For centuries the Church has marked February 14 as the feast day of St. Valentinus. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Valentine's Day and True (Sacrificial) Love
The true meaning of Valentine's Day reminds us that there's much more to life than sensual pleasures. This Breakpoint was originally published on February 14, 2020. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Taking Aim at Christianity
There has been a notable shift in Hollywood from film portrayals that mock Christianity to films that portray Christianity as a force of evil. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
By Blessing Sin, the Church of England Will Keep People From God
The decision late last week by the Church of England to now bless civil marriages and partnerships of same-sex couples made precisely no one happy. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Christians Respond to the Earthquake in Turkey, the Church of England Will Now Bless Same-Sex Unions, and America Flirts with Satan
Christian ministries were among the first on the ground after powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria. John and Maria discuss, what appears to be, the Church of England apologizing for biblical teaching, and fallout from the Grammys. — Recommendations — The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis The Most Reluctant Convert Be Open to Spiritual Experience. Also, Be Really Careful. by Ross Douthat Segment 1 - The Earthquake in Turkey / Church of England "Death Toll in Turkey and Syria From Earthquake Passes 20,000" The New York Times "Turkish and Syrian Christians Rally Relief After Earthquake Kills 20,000" Christianity Today "Samaritan's Purse to send aid to Turkey and Syria after devastating earthquakes" WFMY News Segment 2 - Trans Clinic Whistleblower "I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I'm Blowing the Whistle." The Free Press "When Students Change Gender Identity, and Parents Don't Know" The New York Times Segment 3 - Satan and the Grammys "Satan Shows Up at the Grammys" Breakpoint "Governor Kristi Noem Blasts Lil Nas X's 'Satan Shoes': 'We Are in a Fight for the Soul of Our Nation'" Christian Headlines Segment 4 - Stories of the Week "Life, Even as We Don't Know it, Is No Accident" The Point "Josephine Margaret Bakhita: From Slave to Servant of Christ" Breakpoint "Is the Pro-Life Movement Oppressive?" The Point For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
MAID and Organ Donation
Allowing MAID patients to donate organs incentivizes doctors to forsake medical ethics and exploit patients. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
From Gender Clinic Caseworker to Whistleblower: Jamie Reed's Story
A former gender clinic caseworker has filed her concerns with the attorney general of Missouri and has gone public with what she saw behind clinic doors. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
When Schools Leave Parents In the Dark
Stonewalling parents from the lives of their children leaves already suffering kids without those who know and love them most. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Satan Shows Up at the Grammys
Rather than merely shock with a new display of creepiness, the "Unholy" Grammys performance marked the place where we've already been for some time. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
BONUS PODCAST: Interview with Timothy Goeglein
John Stonestreet sat down with Timothy Goeglein to discuss his new book, Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story. "Civic education and American history have either not been taught or have been deliberately mistaught throughout our nation's public—and in numerous cases, even our private—education system. This lack of education or misinformation has placed our nation in great peril, and we are seeing the consequences unfold daily in our corporate boardrooms, halls of power, and streets. This book is the prescription for returning our nation to a healthy culture for all." Learn more and get a copy of his book here. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Life, Even as We Don't Know it, Is No Accident
Recently, a Scientific American article titled "The Search for Extraterrestrial Life as We Don't Know It," reflected on the continued search for life across the universe. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Josephine Margaret Bakhita: From Slave to Servant of Christ
Today, the anniversary of Josephine Margaret Bakhita's death, has become the International Day of Prayer to Stop Human Trafficking. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Is the Pro-Life Movement Oppressive?
Ever since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court last summer, lawmakers and media outlets have increasingly demonized pro-life voices and policies as racist and anti-woman. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Hard Work Brings Contentment, Dream Job or Not
The God-given joy of meaningful work is often, in our late-modern cultural moment, sapped by overwork, overregulation, and mission drift. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Tony Dungy and Feasible Furries
When a society is unmoored from any enduring truth about reality, what starts as a punchline quickly becomes plausible. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Rescuing A Child From Trans Ideology
Erin Friday refused to give up on her 11-year-old daughter when she began to struggle with her identity as a female. Please, listen to the complete interview with Erin Friday, hosted by Virginia Allen at The Daily Signal Podcast. You can also learn about the nonprofit Our Duty, started by Erin Friday to connect and mobilize like-minded parents. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
The Murder of Tyre Nichols, Meaningful Work and the Crisis of Education, and "Whole Body Gestational Carriers"
The death of Tyre Nichols is another reminder that the answer to our social ills can only be found in Christianity and John reads a poem on the importance and dignity of work. — Recommendations — Clubhouse Magazine from Focus on the Family The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Biblical Critical Theory by Christopher Watkin Colson Center National Conference Segment 1 - The Tyre Nichols Story "What we know about the killing of Tyre Nichols" NPR "The Killing of Tyre Nichols and the Issue of Race" The New Yorker "Statement from President Joe Biden on Tyre Nichols" The White House Segment 2 - What is Work? "Teacher who quit career for Costco job blames low salary and burnout: 'My passion couldn't pay my bills'" FOX Business "Work is Not a Result of the Fall" Breakpoint The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Segment 3 - What are "Whole Body Gestational Carriers"? "Whole body gestational donation" Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Favale Segment 4 - Stories of the Week "Christianity Isn't a Western Faith" Breakpoint "Is Genesis Just One of the Many Creation Myths?" Breakpoint "What Are Men Good For?" Breakpoint For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Four Chaplains
Just after midnight on February 3, 1943, the American transport Dorchester, carrying nearly a thousand men, was sunk by a German U-boat. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
If You Give a Man a Womb, Is He a Woman?
Would the ability to have children mean that a man could actually become a woman? For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Hijacking the Pro-Abortion Movement
Because the transgender movement lacks any positive good to pursue, it only survives by hijacking other cultural movements that claim to "protect the oppressed." For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Christianity Isn't a Western Faith
The first founders of Christianity were not powerful European rulers hoping to oppress the world. They were Middle Easterners, mostly "blue collar," almost all of whom died a violent death at the hands of the ruling elite. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Army Veteran Fined for Silent Prayer
Just a month after a woman was arrested for praying silently outside an abortion clinic, police in the U.K. have fined army veteran Adam Smith-Connor for the same "crime." For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Jack Phillips and Lydia Booth: Updates on their Stories of Courage
Lydia Booth and Jack Phillips are like living epistles to us, offering a picture of what faithfulness to Christ could require in the days to come. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
What Are Men Good For?
Jess Gill with the British media site Reasoned recently took to the streets of London asking, "What are men good for?" For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Is Genesis Just One of the Many Creation Myths?
If multiple disparate cultures recorded similar stories of the world's beginning, isn't it possible these ancient peoples derived clues from the nature around them about the world's actual beginning? For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
V.P. Kamala Harris Omits Constitutional Right
You can't have liberty without a life to live freely. And, unless these rights come from God, all we have is what the state offers. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Relationships Are Key to Long-Term Health
Because humans are made in the image of the God who is Trinity, relationships are as much a part of our created design as eating, sleeping, working, and breathing. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Colorado Continues to Treat a Cake Baker Unfairly, New Insights into Mass Shooters and ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?
John and Maria discuss what appears to be a vendetta against Jack Phillips and some striking patterns are found in a new study of mass shooters. — Recommendations — The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir by Sherry Turkle Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning The Colson Center National Conference — "Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake" CBS News Segment 1 - New Data on Mass Shootings "Nearly all U.S. mass attackers were male and faced major life stressor, report finds" NPR "The Crisis of Fatherless Shooters" The Heritage Foundation "What We're Missing About Mass Shootings" Breakpoint Segment 2 - ChatGPT: Friend or Foe? "EXPLAINER: What is ChatGPT and why are schools blocking it?" AP News "Professor catches student cheating with ChatGPT: 'I feel abject terror'" New York Post "Teachers consider ChatGPT's place in the classroom" WORLD Segment 3 - Church Attendance and Affiliation Post-COVID "Faith After the Pandemic: How COVID-19 Changed American Religion" Survey Center on American Life Segment 4 - Stories of the Week "American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall" Breakpoint "Effective Compassion vs. Effective Altruism" Breakpoint "What Christians Can Learn from Secular Humanism" Breakpoint For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Tony Dungy Has Convictions
NFL coaching legend and commentator Tony Dungy is under fire for speaking at the March for Life. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
When Artificial Intelligence Makes Art, What Becomes of the Artist?
What is "art" in a world where artificial intelligence can not only replicate nearly any image, but produce original images with superior skill and precision? For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Evidence for King David
Recently, scholars announced another breakthrough discovery relating to Israel's King David. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Trans "Medicine" Based on Bad Science: New Study Debunks "Dutch Protocol" Research
The science for medical gender transitions for children and teenagers is far from settled, and we should have no patience for those who say otherwise. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
NHL Player Refuses Pride Jersey
Last week, Philadelphia Flyers hockey player Ivan Provorov refused to wear a jersey for the NHL's Pride Night. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall
According to a CDC report released in December, the life expectancy of Americans fell by about seven months in 2021, reaching the lowest point in two decades. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Hollywood's Reckoning With the Sexual Revolution Continues
Years after the dawn of the Me Too movement, Hollywood's reckoning with its embrace of bad ideas about sex continues. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Effective Compassion vs. Effective Altruism
A Christian moral vision does not reduce humanity or humans to a math equation. The effectiveness of our compassion cannot be adequately measured only in totals. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Cannabis Is Just a Placebo
Recently, National Geographic covered the growing trend of experts now questioning the efficacy of marijuana as a treatment for what it is most commonly prescribed: pain relief. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
What Christians Can Learn from Secular Humanism
A few months ago, a group called Humanists International updated their "defining statement of World Humanism." If nothing else, secular humanism is a cautionary tale for Christians who think of the Christian faith as a kind of humanist project. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
China's Population Crisis, a Hockey Player Refuses Pride Jersey, and Controversies over Statues
After decades of restricting population, China finds itself with an emergency caused by too few people and the LGBTQ comes for an NHL player who puts his religion above homosexual coercion. — Recommendations — Strong Women podcast with Jeanne Mancini Prufrock Newsletter Dutch Blitz card game Segment 1 - China's Population Emergency MarchforLife.org Segment 2 - NHL player refuses pride jersey Segment 3 - MLK and John Witherspoon statues "The Real Problem with New MLK Statue" Micah Mattix on Prufrock "Should John Witherspoon's Statue Remain at Princeton?" Breakpoint Robert George on moral superiority For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
The Church of England Stands for Truth, or Does It?
According to Britain's Telegraph, the Church of England has decided not to allow same-sex marriages by its clergy. This isn't as ringing an endorsement of biblical truth as it may sound. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Rebuilding Foundations Post-Roe
Fifty years ago, on January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court fabricated a so-called "right to abortion" out of thin air. Today, many will march in Washington, D.C., again committing to the great moral cause of our day. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Female M&M's?
Mars candy recently announced the release of all-female packs of M&M's. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
God's Thoughts Should Be Our Thoughts: Truth Is Revealed and Knowable
The entire narrative of Scripture reveals a God committed to making Himself known. Just because we cannot know Him exhaustively does not mean we cannot know Him truthfully. For a gift of any amount to the Colson Center in January, we'll send you a copy of What Does It Mean to Be a Thoughtful Christian? and access to an exclusive collection of videos featuring interviews with teachers such as Alisa Childers and Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer about aspects of the Christian mind. To learn more, go to colsoncenter.org/january. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Those Who "Detransition" Are Becoming Impossible to Ignore
Recently, Reuters news service published an article titled, "Why detransitioners are crucial to the science of gender care." For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Should John Witherspoon's Statue Remain at Princeton?
Princeton University is considering a petition, signed by nearly 300 members of the campus community, to remove a statue of John Witherspoon, one of the university's most important presidents and one of the most important, albeit less-known, of America's founders. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
The Forgotten God
The Holy Spirit has been called the "forgotten God," but according to Scripture, the Spirit is central to the Christian life. This Point was originally published on December 31, 2019. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Amy Carmichael, Missionary and Defender of Children
This week marks the death of Amy Carmichael, missionary to India and defender of children. Revised from Breakpoint on March 16, 2021. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
MLK Jr.'s Dream Today
In grounding his dream in Scripture, Martin Luther King Jr. shows us the way forward. This Point was originally published on August 27, 2021. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Dr. Martin Luther King and the Nature of Law
Today, on Martin Luther King Day, here is Chuck Colson with a commentary on Dr. King and his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." This Breakpoint was originally published on January 20, 2020. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
The March for Life Celebrates 50 Years, Eugenics on Full Display in Denmark and are You an Evangelical Snob?
John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander look at the state of the pro-life movement as Americans descend on Washington, D. C. for another March for Life and the horrors of the eugenics movement haven't gone away. We have proof from Greenland. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org