Breakpoint
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
Join John Stonestreet for a daily dose of sanity—applying a Christian worldview to culture, politics, movies, and more. And be a part of God's work restoring all things.
Location:
United States
Description:
Join John Stonestreet for a daily dose of sanity—applying a Christian worldview to culture, politics, movies, and more. And be a part of God's work restoring all things.
Language:
English
Episodes
Campus Protests Continue, Colorado Forces Teachers to Lie About Gender, and the Biden Admin’s Push to Reclassify Marijuana
5/3/2024
John Stonestreet and Maria Baer discuss the ongoing anti-Israel student protests on college campuses across the country. Colorado has passed a bill forcing teachers to refer to students by any of their chosen pronouns and the Biden administration pushes to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.
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All Creatures Great and Small
We Were the Lucky Ones
Segment 1 - The protests on college campuses continue
The Contradiction of “Queers for Palestine”
What the Pro-Palestinian Protests are Really About
Antisemitism Awareness Act
Segment 2 - Colorado’s Chosen Name proposal
Colorado bill would require schools to use students’ chosen names
HOUSE BILL 24-1039
The Department of Education’s Title IX Regulations
Segment 3 - The Biden Admin to Reclassify Marijuana
Biden admin will move to reclassify marijuana as ‘less dangerous drug’ in historic shift
Breakpoint: Marijuana And Psychosis In Teens
Breakpoint: Marijuana And Teen Suicide
Breakpoint: More Studies Show The Harm Of Recreational Marijuana Use
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Duration:01:01:24
We Need Friendship as Well as Marriage
5/3/2024
Scripture points to friendship as an important and different type of wellbeing for the soul.
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Duration:00:05:30
The Trouble In Scotland
5/3/2024
What the tale of the First Minister tells us of putting faith in political leaders.
Duration:00:01:01
Christianity Is True, Not Just Helpful
5/2/2024
God isn’t a happy pill; He is the one who makes us holy.
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Duration:00:05:05
British MP Acknowledges Truth of the Cass Review
5/2/2024
Trusting truth, not just science, will go a long way in saving children from “gender-affirming” care.
Duration:00:01:01
Higher Ed Is Reaping What Has Been Sown
5/1/2024
Student protests and trusting the “cult of youth.”
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Duration:00:06:53
Universities Are Not Educating
5/1/2024
Ignorance on college campuses is on full display with protesters admitting they don’t know what they’re protesting.
Duration:00:01:08
Why We Need to Read the Cass Report on Gender Ideology
4/30/2024
The report should be used at all levels to counter the pseudoscience of altering kids’ bodies in the name of mental healthcare.
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Duration:00:06:56
The Myth of Affirmation
4/30/2024
Greater 'affirmation' of LGBT identities does not lead to improved mental health.
Duration:00:01:12
Anselm, the Ontological Argument, Faith and Reason
4/29/2024
The opposing theories that point to the existence of God.
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Duration:00:05:25
Exvangelicals vs. Atheist Admirers
4/29/2024
Staying focused on Christ in the upside-down world of social media proclamations.
Duration:00:01:05
Antisemitism, Campus Protests, and the Meaning of Education (Also: The Cass Report and Idaho at the Supreme Court)
4/26/2024
College campuses across the US saw protests and clashes with police by pro-Palestine demonstrators. Oral arguments at the Supreme Court on a Biden administration policy that requires emergency abortion care in states where abortion has been heavily restricted. And a new report urges extreme caution in treating children with gender dysphoria.
Recommendations
The Cass Report
The World and Everything in It: April 25, 2024
Segment 1 - Campus Unrest Over Gaza
Encampments continue at Columbia as police descend on protestors at University of Texas at Austin
Segment 2 - Emergency Abortion Care at SCOTUS
Conservative justices appear skeptical federal law requires emergency abortion care
Breakpoint: Bill Maher Says it Out Loud
Segment 3 - Extreme Caution Urged in Treating Gender Dysphoria
The Cass Report is out – an early analysis of findings and recommendations
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Learn more about the Colson Fellows Program at colsonfellows.org.
Duration:00:55:25
The Story of Creation Gives Us Purpose
4/26/2024
New book on creation theology orients readers beautifully to who God is and why we are his image bearers.
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Duration:00:04:55
Building Boys Better
4/26/2024
Our cultural attention is on girls, but we can’t neglect the proper self-confidence building of boys.
Duration:00:01:06
Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Disaster
4/25/2024
It turns out, the human condition requires accountability, not absolution, from the state.
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Duration:00:05:36
Planned Parenthood’s Annual Report
4/25/2024
Preventative care is down; taxpayer-funded abortions and “gender-affirming” care is way up.
Duration:00:01:15
Should States Regulate Teen Smart Phone Use?
4/24/2024
Collective action is what we sometimes need to save our children.
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Duration:00:05:50
Tennessee, “Baby Olivia,” and Teaching Students About Life
4/24/2024
The state legislature passes pro-life material for its pro-family curriculum.
Duration:00:01:01
Arizona Abortion Law and Chronological Snobbery
4/23/2024
Old laws can be good.
Duration:00:01:03
The Vatican Statement on Human Dignity
4/23/2024
The declaration explains why image bearers should reject all attempts to obscure sexual differences.
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Duration:00:04:37