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.

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Segment 1 – The Charlie Kirk Memorial

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Segment 2 - Revival?

Jonathan Edwards and Revival

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"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

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If our eschatology on the apocalypse leaves us with anything other than peace and purpose, we're doing it wrong.

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Looking past the accusations, the record shows something more revealing about Kirk's character.

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More historians are recognizing that Christianity has been a force for good in the world.

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If this is a "turning point" for our culture, our work must be anchored in the true turning point of human history.

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It's not so much that Christianity is Western, but that Western culture is at root Christian.

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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.

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Segment 1 - Charlie Kirk's Shooter

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Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Segment 2 - Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech

Delay Smartphones

I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Frank Turek

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Modern gender theories promised to promote women but instead reduced them and now attempt to erase them.

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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.

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Cultural Christianity is not Christianity.

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