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Feb 2, 2023 • 1min
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

Feb 2, 2023 • 5min
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

Feb 1, 2023 • 59sec
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

Feb 1, 2023 • 5min
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

Jan 31, 2023 • 1min
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

Jan 31, 2023 • 5min
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

Jan 30, 2023 • 54sec
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

Jan 30, 2023 • 5min
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

Jan 27, 2023 • 57min
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

Jan 27, 2023 • 58sec
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