As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, it is essential to reflect on the role of the Bible and Christianity in shaping the country.

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Of the thousands of green-clad parade-goers, marchers, and partiers today, few know about Patrick, the man for whom today's holiday is named.

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A UK study found teens think Jesus is offensive, and they're right.

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A proposal in Congress that would impact the abortion pill. A Senate candidate from Texas has some strange theological ideas. The good and bad side of purity culture. And should Christians be connoisseurs of today's art?

Segment 1 – Proposed Mifepristone Ban; The Bible According to Talarico

• Hawley proposes bans on mifepristone

• A Kind Heretic is Still a Heretic

• David French article

• Breakpoint article on Talerico

Segment 2 – Purity Culture

• A New Purity Culture – First Things

Segment 3 – The State of Conservative Art

• First Things article

• BBC report

Segment 4 - Questions and Comments

Adding text to Scripture because it's "progressive" might score secular points, but it doesn't make it truer.

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The biblical authority parents have over their children is a sphere the state cannot, and should not, contravene.

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. . . and other nonsense Jesus would not have done.

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Chuck Colson's daily prayer was to light the marketplace of ideas afire with Gospel truth.

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Businesses are returning to "business as usual" on ideological issues.

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As war rages in the Middle East, John and Maria talk about what makes a just war. New studies show a sharp decline in both those identifying as LGB+ and in heterosexuals dating. And The Supreme Court stops California schools from keeping parents in the dark, for now.

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Dominic Sandbrook

Segment 1 – Iran and the Just War Theory

• Breakpoint Bonus Podcast

• Hardcore history podcast

• Tom Holland podcast

Segment 2 – The Decline of LGB+ and Dating

• Bradley X Post

• Brad Wilcox X post

Segment 3 – CA School Transgender Policy Stopped

• NY Times article