Family Meeting | CFBU

Join us for our annual Ask Us Anything season finale. Monique and Krista answer your questions live.

Conversation breakdown:

Opening and welcome

Our favorite shows of the season

The rise of polygamy in the church

What skill or talent do you wish you were good at?

We react to the viral clip of polygamy in a black church

If you could meet with the President, what issues or concerns would you want to discuss with him?

Thoughts about tithing

Sam Sey detained by ICE

Where would you like to travel to?

Do you take a Sabbath rest?

Is the evidence for Noah's ark credible?

What is your opinion of "The Chosen"?

What superpower do you wish you had?

Wrap up

All The Things # 243

Season 8, Episode 23

Monique and Krista discuss voter discouragement amid the midterm elections and the sense of hopelessness many feel about the political system. They then examine the conflicting narratives around the student protests and unrest in France, weighing education grievances, cost-of-living concerns, and the role of activist groups. Finally, they react to a recent TPUSA campus exchange between Kristan Hawkins (President, Students for Life) and a mother questioning equal protection for the preborn, highlighting key differences between the pro-life establishment approach and the abolitionist perspective.

Monique, Kevin and Krista dig into three timely topics through a biblical lens: the planned public/livestreamed execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, the rise of "marriage deserts," and why conversations about abortion rates in the Black community remain so heated.

Kevin joined Monique and Krista to unpack Christianity Today’s new piece, “Save the Unborn, Yes. Don’t Punish Their Mothers.” They ask whether evangelicals can oppose abortion while treating mothers as "second victims," effectively making them a protected class with murder immunity. In the second segment, they discuss a proposed plan in Massachusetts for government postpartum home visits after the Lindsay Clancy case. The episode closes with Kevin’s essay challenging Black ideology (rather than Black people).

Monique and Krista discuss Nancy Pearcey’s post on X, warning that abortion trained society to center a mother’s crisis and look past the child who dies. Join our latest abortion debate analysis and explore how shifting cultural narratives impact our families and society today.

Then we unpack the Converse ad panic, the habit of seeing racism in every shadow, and why context and restraint matter more than viral offense.

In the third segment, we react to a clip from the "Benny and Kate" podcast and their discussion about “low-effort grandparents”: what intergenerational family should look like, why blaming boomers is too easy, and how the church can be the village when blood family isn’t. We aim to provide a balanced, biblical worldview to help you navigate these complex social trends with clarity.

Toxic feminism is distorting our view of justice. Krista and Kevin break down the Lindsay Clancy case and the cultural shifts behind it. We also address the growing no-contact trend, specifically looking at a viral story involving interethnic adoption.

We talk through the Lindsay Clancy trial and what the juror interviews reveal about a culture that prizes empathy over justice, treats a mother who killed her children as a victim to be protected, and struggles to say that murder is still evil. In the second half, we discuss the growing number of seminary degrees in African American or Black leadership and whether they have a legitimate place in an evangelical seminary program.

Monique shares some thoughts on mental health, moral agency, and the growing cultural tendency to treat those who struggle as victims rather than responsible agents. They discuss the Lindsay Clancy trial alongside a recent Times Square stabbing in which police fatally shot a woman wielding knives after she killed a young mother.

Welcome to our weekly unscripted livestream, where we talk about the news of the week from a historic Christian perspective. This week, Krista is joined by a special guest co-host to talk about the recent struggle in the WNBA over "inclusivity" and who qualifies for the draft. In the second half, they share some reflections about Dolly Parton.

Family Meeting -- This is our weekly unscripted livestream discussing news of the week from a historic Christian worldview perspective.

Conversation breakdown:

✅ Opening banter

✅ New MA Legislation, abortion up to birth?

✅ Baby in NC survives home abortion; parents being brought up on charges

✅ We react to 2022 video of ERLC President talking to abolitionist SBC pastors