When it comes to marriage, the GOP looks bluer than ever. 

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What Would You Say?: Is Cohabitation Good for Relationships?

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Chuck Colson on the uniqueness of this day. 

Related Resources:

What Would You Say?: Should Christians Vote?

Breakpoint Forum: Should Christians Get Political?

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This is the final week of the Biden administration. John and Maria look back at the political landscape. Professional and college athletes are getting more comfortable talking about their faith. What’s driving the trend? And the Andrew Tate debate has many asking, “What is Masculinity?”

Segment 1 - Political Transition

CNN: Key lines from President Joe Biden’s farewell address

CBS: Meta ends diversity programs, joining McDonald's, Walmart and other major companies to back off DEI

How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society by C. John Sommerville

Segment 2 - Faith in Sports

John Stonestreet on Culture Friday: Faith, forgiveness, and football

Christian Post: Hundreds gather, dozens baptized at revival event on Ohio State University campus

Sports Spectrum: Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard believes 'this team trusts in Jesus' ahead of title game

Athletes in Action

Breakpoint: OU Softball Team and the Culture of Joy

ACSI Rooted Conference

Segment 3 - Christian Masculinity

Breakpoint: Using Fathers to Close Prisons - Dr. Anthony Bradley

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The freak-out for “rights” is about image bearers at war with themselves. Christians can help. 

What Would You Say?: I Don’t Like Abortion, but Should it be Illegal?

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One act of faith is using finances well. 

Learn more about Compass and the resources they have for various demographics at compassfinancialministry.org.

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Making home ownership a Christian cause. 

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Aggressive sex identity messaging may be in retreat in 2025. 

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The virtual sexual revolution and a new kind of tyranny. 

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John and Maria discuss the devastating fires ravaging Southern California, a new report identifying Christians as the most persecuted religious group in the world, and Facebook does away with its fact checkers.

Recommendations

Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship by Paul Vitz

Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism by Paul Vitz

The Church Before the Watching World : A Practical Ecclesiology by Francis Schaeffer

Segment 1 - LA Fires and Global Persecution of Christians

CNN: Los Angeles wildfires live updates

2025 Global Persecution Index

FOX: Christians increasingly persecuted worldwide as 'modern and historical factors converge'

Open Doors World Watch List

US Dept. of State: Countries of Particular Concern, Special Watch List Countries, Entities of Particular Concern

Breakpoint: No, Religious Freedom is Not “Safer Than Ever”

2025 Colson Center National Conference

Segment 2 - Facebook Exiles Fact Checkers

Meta: More Speech and Fewer Mistakes

The Free Press: How ‘The Babylon Bee’ Predicted the Vibe Shift

Babylon Bee: Guy Who Said Facebook Was Not Suppressing Free Speech Announces Facebook Will Stop Suppressing Free Speech

Segment 3 - Pixar Drops Gay Character

WORLD: Federal court strikes down Biden’s Title IX revisions

NBC: Disney removes transgender storyline from upcoming Pixar streaming series

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How intentional laws can value life. 

What Would You Say?: Assisted Suicide is Compassionate

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