Breakpoint

Distinguishing who is in a room of the Christian house and who is in another house entirely. __________ Register for our Colson Fellows informational webinar at colsonfellows.org/webinar.

Take heart, this civilizational moment has some warriors. __________ Give your kids a stronger foundation to embrace a biblical worldview and much more at summit.org/breakpoint.

John and Maria discuss implications of New York City electing a socialist and Muslim as mayor. Nigeria is named Country of Particular Concern, and Sudan now is garnering attention as well. And Bill Gates is singing a different tune on climate change. Recommendations Old School Podcast with Shilo Brooks and Bari Weiss Summit Ministries Segment 1 – Election Results and Christian Persecution Election Results The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington True Believer by Eric Hoffer Christian Persecution in Nigeria and Sudan Marco Rubio's X post Foreign Policy: The Fall of El Fasher Marks Another Dark Turn in Sudan's Civil War Segment 2 – Courts on Counseling and Bill Gates Changes Tune on Climate Change Courts on Counseling and Chiles Alliance Defending Freedom: Wyatt Bury v. City of Kansas City SCOTUS Blog: What can we learn from the Supreme Court's first round of oral arguments? Bill Gates Changes Tune on Climate Change Gates Notes: Three tough truths about climate Comments from Listeners ______________________ Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.

Venezuela sits on the world's largest oil reserves, yet why do its people make a fraction of many resource-poor nations? __________ Check out "Give. Save. Spend." and learn how to align your finances and faith by going to colsoneducators.org/courses.

The Christian response should be urgency, not alarm. __________ Access Truth Rising The Study: Educators' Edition at colsoneducators.org.

What makes humans exceptional and distinct from machines? __________ Register for our Colson Fellows informational webinar at colsonfellows.org/webinar.

The greatest evils in human history began by identifying a who, not a what, as the problem with the world. __________ Register for the Truth Rising showing at Cornerstone University by going to colsoncenter.org/grandrapids.

The war between science and religion should never have been. __________ Learn more about Truth Rising at truthrising.com/colson.

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, leaving behind a wake of destruction. John and Maria tackle the annual question, "Should Christians celebrate Halloween?" And, the ruling that legalized same-sex "marriage" is back at the Supreme Court. RECOMMENDATIONS Substack: Where Art Thou Rob Bell? What Would You Say?: Should Christians Celebrate Halloween? Segment 1 – Hurricane Melissa; Should Christians Celebrate Halloween? USA Today: At least 50 dead as Hurricane Melissa devastates the Caribbean; Bermuda braces for storm Breakpoint: Should Christians Celebrate Halloween? Segment 2 – Obergefell Challenge at SCOTUS Daily Citizen: Supreme Court to Consider Petition Challenging Same-Sex Marriage Decision Comments from Listeners Breakpoint: Are Mormons Christians? Breakpoint: The President's Plan to Cheapen IVF (and Human Life) ______________________ Support Breakpoint by becoming a Cornerstone Monthly Partner before midnight tonight at colsoncenter.org/october. Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.

After the day of dress-up and candy-hunting is over, take time with your family to learn about Halloween's Christian origins of saints and martyrs. __________ Register for our Colson Fellows informational webinar at colsonfellows.org/webinar.

Legislation and litigation continue to erode the notion of the sanctity of life. __________ Check out "Give. Save. Spend." and learn how to align your finances and faith by going to colsoneducators.org/courses.

Christians should always consider what our celebrations say about evil. __________ Access Truth Rising The Study: Educators' Edition at colsoneducators.org.

In a desecrated age like ours, beauty will be denied, mocked, or caricatured. __________ To register for the Colson Center National Conference, visit colsonconference.org.

The precarious footing of religious freedom everywhere. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

President Trump released his new policy on in vitro fertilization this week. It is not getting good reviews. A diverse group released a statement on Artificial Intelligence and the future of AI. And gambling-related arrests rock the sports world. Segment 1 – President Trump's IVF Policy YouTube: President Trump Makes an Announcement, Oct. 16, 2025 First Things: Trump's IVF Policy Could Be Worse, But It's Still Bad Segment 2 – Statement on Superintelligence Statement on Superintelligence PrimeTimer: "Miracles do happen": Community celebrates as Annunciation Catholic School shooting survivor Sophia Forchas welcomed home by classmates Segment 3 - NBA Betting Scandal ESPN: What we know about the Billups-Rozier NBA gambling cases The Free Press: The Real Problem with Sports Betting Comments from Listeners Nightlight snowflake adoption ______________________ Support Breakpoint by becoming a Cornerstone Monthly Partner between now and October 31 at colsoncenter.org/october. Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.

It turns out the craze was virtue signaling all along. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

Increasing IVF access means more bought and sold kids, and more lost lives. __________ To support the prodcution of Breakpoint and receive exlusive benefits, visit colsoncenter.org/october.

It's long past time to address the dire situation Nigerian Christians are facing for their faith. __________ Register for our Colson Fellows informational webinar at colsonfellows.org/webinar.

A right vision of the Gospel of the Kingdom is the better path to forge. __________ Stream Truth Rising today at truthrising.com/colson.

They are cultural allies, but Christians and Mormons don't worship the same God. __________ Register for our Colson Fellows informational webinar at colsonfellows.org/webinar.

John and Maria discuss the long-awaited return of hostages from Gaza; China cracking down on Christians again, racist texts from Young Republicans, and Global Anglicans announce the Church of England has left them. RECOMMENDATIONS Interesting Times Podcast Facts About Fertility Segment 1 - News Headlines Gaza Christians Come Home Chinese Pastors Arrested Global Anglicans Break with Church of England Segment 2 - More News Headlines Trans Trending Downward Is this Revival? More Men than Women Attending Church Young Republicans Text Messages ______________________ Support Breakpoint by becoming a Cornerstone Monthly Partner between now and October 31 at colsoncenter.org/october. Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.

Christian education offers a vision of identity rooted in the foundational truth that we made in the image of God. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

The racist origins of Planned Parenthood. __________ Sign up for the Why Life? video series at colsoncenter.org/whylife.

The atheist who had a lot to say about God, man, and the West. _________ Register for CCNC by going to colsonconference.org.

Humans were made to worship with song. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

Religious freedom is not about keeping religion out of government but keeping government out of religion. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

The hostages in Gaza are headed home in a tentative peace deal, conversion therapy gets a hearing at the Supreme Court, and there is a new, controversial Archbishop of Canterbury Segment 1 - News Headlines PBS News: What we know about the deal to pause war in Gaza and what's next Breakpoint: SCOTUS Decides Whether Christian Counselors will be Able to Help Children Segment 2 - FDA Approved Generic Abortion Drug The Hill: FDA approves new generic abortion pill, drawing conservative fury Loyola Today: A Loyola Icon with an Enduring Legacy, Sister Jean Dies at 106 Segment 3 - New Archbishop of Canterbury Substack: The Faith of a Mustard Seed: The New Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lections Appointed for the Day Comments from Listeners Substack: Kentucky's Custody Law Did Not Reduce Divorce ______________________ Support Breakpoint by becoming a Cornerstone Monthly Partner between now and October 31 at colsoncenter.org/september. Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.

Is the West a sitting duck? __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

There may be no better example of Christian faithfulness and courage right now than in Nigeria. __________ Free Colson Educators course - Hope Always: How to be a Force for Life in a Culture of Suicide

Colorado is co-opting professional counseling conversations to impose gender ideology on therapists. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

Critical Theory is too morally bankrupt to analysis Hamas' attack and Israel's response. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

We cannot manufacture revival, but that should not keep us from hoping, praying, and working for it. __________ Give today to guide future leaders in a Christian worldview at colsoncenter.org/october.

Another attack on a house of faith, this time the motive appears more religious than political. Louise Perry, a non-religious feminist, converts to Christianity. And what's helped Mississippi turn around its long-time miserable student test scores. Recommendations The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry Truth Rising Segment 1 - News Headlines CNN: Investigators are searching for a motive in shooting at Michigan church. Here's what we know Louise Perry Converts National Review: Mississippi Learning: Educational Success Is a 'Choice' After All The Wall Street Journal: Divorce Plunged in Kentucky. Equal Custody for Fathers Is a Big Reason Why. NBC: Kieran Culkin's wife says she's pregnant after 'Succession' star revealed baby pact in Oscars speech Segment 2 - Third Wayism: Keller and Kirk YouGov poll: What Americans really think about political violence Comments from Listeners ______________________ Support Breakpoint by becoming a Cornerstone Monthly Partner between now and October 31 at colsoncenter.org/september. Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.

Giving as a Christian comes with self-evaluation. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

Practicing the pro-life argument with Aunt Betty. __________ Learn more about Truth Rising at truthrising.com/colson.

When the Church fails to answer very knowable truths of the faith, bad ideas can become famous. __________ Learn more about the new Colson Educators course, Navigating Cancel Culture, at colsoneducators.org.

The Church has a great opportunity to fill a longing in adults. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

Only Christianity provides the framework for forgiveness. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

John and Maria reflect on the memorial for Charlie Kirk. Did that memorial start a Christian revival in America? The devastating persecution against Christians in Nigeria continues. And another prediction of the Rapture proves false. Recommendations The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins Truth Rising on X #truthrising Segment 1 – The Charlie Kirk Memorial The Man in a New Suit Segment 2 - Revival? Jonathan Edwards and Revival Truth Rising Documentary "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness by Andrew Klavin Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby Segment 3 - Persecution in Nigeria and the Rapture Free Press: "He's Christian. In Nigeria, That Meant Torture and Prison." by Josh Code Comments from Listeners ______________________ Support Breakpoint by becoming a Cornerstone Monthly Partner between now and October 31 at colsoncenter.org/september. Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.

If our eschatology on the apocalypse leaves us with anything other than peace and purpose, we're doing it wrong. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

Looking past the accusations, the record shows something more revealing about Kirk's character. __________ Register for the Colson Center National Conference before November 29 to receive up to 50% off tickets. Go to colsonconference.org.

More historians are recognizing that Christianity has been a force for good in the world. __________ Register for the Colson Center National Conference before November 29 to receive up to 50% off tickets. Go to colsonconference.org.

If this is a "turning point" for our culture, our work must be anchored in the true turning point of human history. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

It's not so much that Christianity is Western, but that Western culture is at root Christian. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

John and Maria talk about the latest revelations about the man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk, the free speech implications of Jimmy Kimmel losing his TV show and a question about Christian schools. Recommendations "All My Questions" by Bethany Barnard CrossExamined Podcast by Dr. Frank Turek Segment 1 - Charlie Kirk's Shooter The New York Times: Texts From Suspect in Charlie Kirk Shooting Offer Insight Into a Motive Breakpoint: The Theory of Everything in Critical Theory "Parable Of The Madman" by Friedrich Nietzsche The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche Truth Rising Documentary Segment 2 - Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech Delay Smartphones I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Frank Turek ______________________ Support Breakpoint by becoming a Cornerstone Monthly Partner between now and October 31 at colsoncenter.org/september. Free Colson Educators course - Hope Always: How to be a Force for Life in a Culture of Suicide Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.

Modern gender theories promised to promote women but instead reduced them and now attempt to erase them. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

We must oppose eugenics in all forms, and we must train our children about God's design and the God-given intrinsic good of children. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

Cultural Christianity is not Christianity. __________ Become a Cornerstone Monthly Partner today at colsoncenter.org/monthly.

Every worldview assumes that there is a plan to life, even those that deny the Planner. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

Liberty depends on the older generation telling the truth about tyranny. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.