Breakpoint

The Supreme Court heard attorneys debate a Tennessee law that prohibits puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for children. Notre Dame is reopening after being heavily damaged by a fire in 2019. And the UK House of Commons votes to legalize doctor assisted suicide. __________ Recommendations Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Understanding our Identity: A Theology of the Body webinar The Identity Project Segment 1 - Transgender Arguments at Supreme Court United States v. Skrmetti Breakpoint: Why We Need to Read the Cass Report on Gender Ideology Segment 2 - The Rebuilding of Notre Dame CNN: Notre Dame will soon reopen. Here’s what you need to know Breakpoint: The Meaning of the Cathedral Colson Fellows Program Segment 3 - Euthanasia in the UK New York Times: British Lawmakers Voted to Legalize Assisted Dying Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis __________ Register for the 2025 Colson Center National Conference at colsonconference.org. Register for the upcoming free webinar Understanding our Identity: A Theology of the Body featuring Dr. Christopher West, Founder and President of Theology of the Body Institute at colsoncenter.org/identity.

Voting is a “good” Christians should do. __________ Help us equip and strengthen the Church in 2025 by making your best gift at colsoncenter.org/December.

Why Jesus taking on flesh matters. Don’t miss the upcoming webinar, “Understanding Our Identity: A Theology of the Body” featuring theologian and author Christopher West. The webinar will take place on December 10 at 7PM. You can save your seat by signing up at colsoncenter.org/identity. __________ Strengthen the Church to move the world in 2025 by giving today at colsoncenter.org/december.

Why it matters that the mind and soul are more than mere products of the brain. __________ Register for the upcoming Identity Project webinar featuring Dr. Christopher West at colsoncenter.org/identity.

The motley crew assembled at the nativity reminds us that Jesus came for everyone. ___________ Find more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment at breakpoint.org.

Even atheists recognize it’s better to live around Christians. __________ Help us equip and strengthen the Church in 2025 by making your best gift at colsoncenter.org/December.

The DEI fad is fading among corporations, two recent commercials for car companies display very divergent worldviews and allowing public school students to leave class for religious instruction is getting pushback in some states. Recommendations Recovery Ministries Try to Help Portland Get Clean: Maria Baer in Portland Attend Advent Lessons and Carols service Segment 1 - Companies Backtracking on DEI Walmart becomes latest — and biggest — company to roll back its DEI policies Walmart Abandons Trans Products For Kids, DEI Policies 1792 Exchange Breakpoint: Six Key Worldview Stories of 2024: The Shifting Ground of “Gender-Affirming Care” CNN panel blows up after commentator argues X is balanced platform: ‘You cannot say that’ Segment 2 - Worldviews in Car Commercials Volvo Commercial: Meet the new Volvo EX90 Jaguar Commercial: Copy Nothing Mass advertising campaigns on assisted dying spark anger among MPs The Good Life by Chuck Colson Segment 3 - Release Time in Public Schools LifeWise Academy Public school religious instruction release bill gets support, opposition in Ohio Senate committee WORLD Opinions: The myth of the “secular” classroom Prison Fellowship Clergy in the Classroom by David Noebel __________ Support the ongoing production of Breakpoint by becoming a monthly partner at colsoncenter.org/monthly. Double your gift to the Colson Center before December 31 at colsoncenter.org/november.

A way to pray and sing with deeper intention this Christmas. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment visit breakpoint.org.

A “special instrument sent of God.” __________ Support the ongoing production of Breakpoint by becoming a monthly partner at colsoncenter.org/monthly.

A roadmap to avoid political food fights around the holiday table. __________ Register for the upcoming Colson Center National Conference at colsonconfernce.org.

Ethics should also be a knowable truth. __________ Strengthen the Church to move the world in 2025 by giving today at colsoncenter.org/november.

The Christian knows about brokenness and the Healer. __________ Strengthen the Church to move the world in 2025 by giving today at colsoncenter.org/november.

The debate over whether men should be allowed in women’s restrooms moves to Capitol Hill, but is corrupted by our confusion over marriage. RFK Jr. has sparked a national conversation about food, which is really a conversation about what it means to be human. Also, how Thanksgiving points us outward and upward in a culture that constantly directs us inward. Recommendations Bonhoeffer Abridged by: Eric Metaxas Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. Segment 1 - Capitol Hill Bathrooms CNN: Republican’s effort to block first transgender House member from using women’s bathrooms brings campaign issue to the Capitol Breakpoint: Six Key Worldview Stories of 2024: The Shifting Ground of “Gender-Affirming Care” Pascal's Pensées; or, Thoughts on religion Club Q shooting lawsuits claim owner negligence, officials ignored red flag law Segment 2 - The Politics of Food First Things: This is a Dangerous Moment for the U.S. Pro-life Movement The Rest is History podcast Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means Dr. Casey Means on Real Time with Bill Maher 2025 Colson Center National Conference Segment 3 - Thanksgiving Conversations Breakpoint: Make June Fidelity Month Overflowing with Thankfulness by Alistair Begg Chuck Colson on A Crisis of Ethics: Doing the Right Thing __________ Double your gift to the Colson Center before December 31 at colsoncenter.org/november. Support the ongoing production of Breakpoint by becoming a monthly partner at colsoncenter.org/monthly.

A massive body of research proves the danger and deception of transition interventions for gender dysphoria. __________ Every dollar given to the Colson Center by December 31 will be doubled thanks to a $350,000 challenge provided by generous supporters. Make your gift today at colsoncenter.org/November.

Tim Goeglein on finding a way out of the bad ideas of the 1960s. ___________ Register for the 2025 Colson Center National Conference before November 30th for special early pricing at colsonconference.org.

The poet of our day is wrong about women. __________ Support the ongoing production of Breakpoint by becoming a monthly partner of the Colson Center at colsoncenter.org/monthly.

The Creation and the uselessness of man. Related Resources What Would You Say? How to Talk About Climate Change - Part 1 What Would You Say? How to Talk About Climate Change - Part 2 __________ Give your best gift toward our $350k match now at colsoncenter.org/November.

Belief in Self unsettles the soul. ___________ Give your best gift toward our $350k match now at colsoncenter.org/November.

Some taboo topics among pundits on mainstream media are beginning to show signs of breaking down. The recent presidential campaign exposed a new reality; celebrities don’t hold as much influence over voters as many thought. And a new trend is emerging in the family, would-be grandparents who aren’t sure how to raise the topic with their adult children. Recommendations Where The Winter Was by Skye Peterson Machine Antihumanism and the Inversion of Family Law by Jeff Shafer Segment 1 - Spiral of Silence CNN guests clash after Trump's victory in heated debate over 'transphobia' CNN host Abby Phillip explains why Muslim victim of beeper ‘joke’ didn’t return after commercial break The World and Everything in It: November 15, 2024 Victims of Communism Museum Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Why I Am Now a Christian Segment 2 - Celebritism in Politics WSJ: Inside Harris’s and Trump’s Campaign Spending Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses by Theodore Dalrymple Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman Segment 3 - Grandparents NYT: The Unspoken Grief of Never Becoming a Grandparent Ruth 4 Proverbs 17:6 __________ Register for the 2025 Colson Center National Conference at colsonconference.org. Support the ongoing production of Breakpoint by becoming a monthly partner at colsoncenter.org/monthly.

Christians must know their purpose to steer a world dominated by AI. __________ Give your best gift towards our 350k match now at colsoncenter.org/November.