It's Independence Day, but not everyone is ready to party.

Victor discusses why some Americans don't celebrate the their country. He then lays out why you should.

Parental pause point questions:

1. Why do countries celebrate days like Independence Day? (1:17)

2. What's appealing about the arguments against celebrating Independence Day? (7:44)

3. Have you every celebrated an imperfect person or institution? (9:33)

4. What is something that you are proud of as an American? (21:32)

For reference, The Great 8 questions are:

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?

Victor takes a brief break from immigration to dig into a timely foreign policy debate. He helps teens and parents think through the pros and cons of President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran.

Parental pause point questions:

1. What do you think some of the differences are between discussing domestic and foreign policy?

(1:50)

2. Regardless of your position, what is the best argument against bombing Iran? (5:37)

3. What would you say in response to one of the arguments against bombing Iran? (9:38)

4. What do you think is the best reason to bomb Iran? (11:18)

5. Where do you stand on this issue? (20:05)

For reference, The Great 8 questions are:

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?

Victor dives into two more arguments against limiting legal immigration. First, he looks at the accusations that racism motivates those seeking immigration restrictions. Second, he discusses if unlimited legal immigration is needed to avoid demographic collapse. Finally, he responses to both of those arguments.

Parental pause point questions:

1. What stands out in those arguments? (9:21)

2. Which of The Great 8 questions applies to these two arguments? (11:43)

3. Have you ever been called a name for something that you believed? How did it feel and how did you respond? (16:25)

4. Which side of this argument do you think is stronger? (21:45)

5. What did you learn and how does that influence what you think about this issue? (25:19)

For reference, The Great 8 questions are:

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?

Victor discusses if it's appropriate to limit legal immigration. He looks at one of the most popular arguments against restricting doing so: It's not right for a nation of immigrants to limit immigration.

Parental pause point questions:

1. Should the U.S. limit legal immigration? (4:36)

2. Whether you agree or not, what's appealing about this argument? (10:15)

3. Which of The Great 8 questions applies to this argument? (12:20)

4. How does what you learned today influence how you think about this issue? (22:42)

For reference, The Great 8 questions are:

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?

Victor dives into land acknowledgements. They are quite popular is some circles, but is there more than meets the eye?

He begins by explaining what a land acknowledgement is. Then, he gives three arguments for land acknowledgements. He rebuts those arguments, including explaining the principle involved. He then provides three arguments against doing them.

Parental pause point questions:

1. What do you think about land acknowledgements? (4:31)

2. What do you think is the best argument for and against land acknowledgements? Where do stand on the issue? (27:07)

For reference, The Great 8 questions are:

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?

Victor begins a discussion of immigration with this question, "Should countries have borders?"

He lays out three arguments against having borders and four arguments for having borders, including what the Bible says about the issue.

Parental pause point questions:

1. What's an issue you feel passionate about? Can you make an argument for the other side? (6:34)

2. Should countries have borders? Why or why not? (8:09)

3. Which argument against borders do you find most convincing? (12:13)

4. What would you say in response to an argument against borders? (13:37)

5. Which of The Great 8 questions applies to this issue? (18:54)

6. Which side do you think is most convincing? (24:49)

For reference, The Great 8 questions are:

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?

Victor finishes laying out "The Great 8," questions everyone should have in their toolbox when considering a policy issue or idea.

On today's show, he shares the final four questions:

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?

Pause point questions:

1. What were the first four questions in "The Great 8"? (1:20)

2. Have you ever heard a political argument and weren't sure what something meant? What was it? (7:33)

3. Can you think of a time when you agreed with someone you normally disagree with? (16:40)

4. What comes to your mind when you hear about immigration? (24:16)

Victor discusses "The Great 8," questions every teenager should have in their toolbox when considering a policy issue or idea.

On today's show, he shares the first four questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

Pause point questions for parents:

1. What questions do you ask when encountering a new idea? (4:24)

2. What do you think happened next? (8:30)

3. What were the first two questions of The Great 8? (16:23)

4. What question stood out to you? Which one do you think you would learn the most by asking? (21:08)

Victor walks parents and teens through one of the hardest questions Christians have to face. How can a loving, all-powerful God allow evil?

He discusses the argument that Christians can't have all three:

God is loving.

God is all-powerful.

Evil exists.

Finally, he lays out the problem — the inaccurate assumption — snuck into this argument, which successful counters it.

This is an important discussion for teenagers and parents to have — together.

Some pause point questions:

1. (4:49) Have you ever heard a good argument for the idea that you disagreed with and what did you do?

2. (6:04) Do you agree with those three statements? Do you think believing all three statements is contradictory?

3. (17:04) Why do you think people find this argument persuasive?

4. (17:56) What does it mean — and not mean — to say that God is all-powerful?

5. (22:24) Have you ever struggled when you think about how God could allow evil?

The phrase "my truth" and "your truth" are everywhere in today's culture. But have you thought about if truth can be a personal position.

In today's show, Victor helps parents and teenagers think about the implications of if truth is relative or reflects actuality. He then walks through the arguments that truth is relative. Finally, he presents the case that the truth is a true thing.

As always, Victor offers parents questions to discuss with their teenager about this important and timely issue.