Sharpening Arrows

Sometimes the obvious solution doesn’t work. Just look at the minimum wage.

Parental pause point questions:

1. What is useful about competition? (1:16)

2. What is the minimum wage? (5:05)

3. What's appealing about this argument? (7:27)

4. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you use to respond to this argument? (8:39)

5. How would a business react to a minimum wage hike? (10:41)

6. What percentage of minimum wage workers receive a raise within their first year? (14:35)

7. Are most minimum wage workers full-time or part-time employees? (16:31)

8. Why would a business pay an employee more than the minimum wage? (22:47)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

Terrifying the public isn’t usually a good business strategy. Here’s why it is for some AI companies.

Parental pause point questions:

1. What have you heard about possible dangers from AI? (2:07)

2. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you use to respond to this argument? (6:29)

3. How could a regulation benefit a company? (15:02)

4. How would AI wipe out humanity? (24:38)

5. What evidence is there the government can fix dynamic problems outside of its core functions? (28:46)

6.How does your family plan to use AI? (29:58)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

One year ago, Charlie Kirk was assassinated for discussing his political and religious beliefs. Did the war of ideas die with him?

1. How did the news of Kirk's death affect you? (2:50)

2. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you use to respond to this argument?

3. Where did the Founding Fathers say political power came from? (11:03)

4. How would you respond to this argument? (13:21)

5. What's appealing about this argument? (19:03)

6. Which of the Great 8 Questions is Kirk's argument based on? (19:32)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

Democrats warned that President Donald Trump’s push for mass deportations would devastate the U.S. economy. They were wrong.

1. What percentage of homes in Europe have AC? (1:00)

2. Why would a complete stranger come to my house and fix my AC? (1:59)

3. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you ask about this prediction? (7:13)

4. How many immigrants were in the country in January of 2025? (8:47)

5. What is the argument for this claim? (14:02)

6. What are some of the other major events during Trump's term that impacted GDP? (16:25)

7. How many federal government employees are there today? (20:17)

8. What's the argument for this perspective that mass deportations would worsen our housing crisis? (22:14)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

It’s called the WNBA, but the “W” has left league officials completely confused.

Parental pause point questions:

1. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you use in response to this assertion? (6:05)

2. Is it always wrong to agitate? (7:34)

3. Can you think of any examples of people in the Bible who agitated against those who opposed them? (9:47)

4. What would happen in Enes Freedom played in the WNBA? (20:58)

5. What would you say in response to this contention? (23:27)

6. Can you think of a way the WNBA is not inclusive? (24:28)

7. Can you think of a time when inclusion isn't appropriate? Or a time when diversity is a negative thing? (26:26)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

Society pushes college as a financial "golden ticket," but it isn't. Here's what Christian high schoolers should consider when they think about higher education.

1. What's the implication behind the phrase "I wasn't able to get to it"? (1:17)

2. Kids, put your parents on the spot. What options did they consider as they approached their high school graduation? (5:07)

3. Parents, if you considered college, did you worry about debt or indoctrination? (6:51)

4. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you use in response to this argument? (9:59)

5. How much student loan debt do you think there was in 2025? (11:38)

6. What percentage of college students completed their degree within six years? (14:00)

7. Did Charlie Kirk tell everyone not to go to college? (20:54)

8. Which one of these principles can you consider and discuss today? (38:05)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

Conservatives spent the last week online fighting over how the cost of a burrito. It may have left a bad taste in your mouth, but there’s something to learn from it.

Parental pause point questions:

1. How many people were involved in selling me this ratchet? (3:44)

2. Why would these people do all this work to help me? (4:43)

3. How much does a burrito cost? And how much should it cost? (8:07)

4. Should you pay $20 for a burrito if you aren't "independently wealthy"? (13:23)

5. What is a straw man argument? (14:21)

6. What happens next? (18:22)

7. What do you think about VP Vance implying a commentator is fat? (21:19)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to lower grocery costs, but good intentions aren't enough to ensure good results.

Parental pause point questions::

What's appealing about this idea? (2:40)

2. What is profit? (4:16)

3. What happens when a company is extremely profitable? (6:04)

4. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you use in response to this argument? (13:32)

5. What is the job of government? (20:52)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

The Democratic Socialists of America recently published their platform. Pop quiz: Can you point out the problems with it?

Parental pause point questions:

1. What is attractive about socialism? (5:07)

2. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you use in response to this argument? (8:16)

3. Are there any verses that would apply to what is in the socialist platform? (10:44)

4. Parents: If you didn't have to work as many hours and could still pay your bills, would you work more, less or the same?

5. If people work less, does the amount of stuff of the world stay the same? (20:15)

6. Who is the person responsible for the most deaths in the 20th century? (28:51)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

Many states want to make it easier for families to homeschool, yet some homeschooling families are vocally opposed to it. Let’s find out why.

Parental pause point questions:

1. Is it okay to disagree with a friend? (1:08)

2. How many students are homeschooled? (3:12)

3. Why don't more parents homeschool? (6:30)

4. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you use in response to this argument? (17:54)

5. What explains this disconnect? (24:57)

6. If you don't want the government providing something essential, does that mean you oppose it? (31:08)

7. For the sake of argument, assume that we should return to the original model of parents, not government, being responsible for their own child's education. How do you get there? (33:05)

8. Which side do you agree with more? (39:49)

The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?