The 2024 election is shaping up to look a lot like 2020. At what point does each political party hand off the mantle to someone else?? Then, Brian's thoughts on Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, before a fascinating interview with Elizabeth Urbanowicz, founder of Foundation Worldview, on equipping our kids to think critically and deeply about ideas they encounter in the world--no matter what kind of schooling they are getting.

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Twitter blue checkmark craziness, John Bevere models something we need to see a lot more of, and talking about marijuana as Christians. (From Christianity Today: Getting High Is (Increasingly) Lawful. Is It Ever Beneficial?)

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Have you heard this video from new Congressman Jeff Jackson? Then, Brian & Aubrey talk about raising resilient kids, thoughts Jennie Allen posted to Instagram, and grind sooooo many Gen X gears.

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There have been over 400 hostile attacks on churches since 2018, and at least 57 were tied to abortion in 2022 alone. Is the church being targeted?

Then, an interview with author Jeff Grenell, who says that when it comes to the faith of the next generation, youth ministry in America needs a missiology—a plan. We need to change the way youth ministry is done. Jeff's book, Next Gen Faith: 12 Spiritual Practices for Youth, is now available for purchase.

Then-did you know you can divest from companies who support things you don’t Brian and Aubrey chat with Art Ally, Founder and President of Timothy Plan (timothyplan.com), on his ideas for biblically responsible investing.

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We unpack the Dominion settlement with Fox news, talk about the legacy (and controversy) of Charles Stanley, and talk over a list from WBEZ: Five things Chicago could do to prevent downtown mayhem. Then, Aubrey remembers the day of the Oklahoma City bombing--she was sitting in school just a few blocks away.

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There's been chaos and vandalism all weekend in downtown Chicago, and gun deaths among kids have risen 50 percent in the last two years. Matthew McNiel, is a Senior Program Officer with Outreach, one of the organizations serving youth in the region. Outreach provides youth development, family stabilization, transitional housing, employment training, community services, and is also one of the larger Medicaid-accepting counseling centers in the area.

Later, Dr. Micah Watson, Executive Director of the Henry Institute and co-creator of the Civic Hospitality Project at Calvin University, talks with Brian and Aubrey on how Christians are charged with engaging gracefully with their neighbors. The Civic Hospitality Project aims to prepare students to be global citizens, cultivating a desire to extend Christian civic hospitality wherever God leads them.

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After horrific shootings in the nation, including a truly heinous incident involving 16 year old Ralph Yarl, Aubrey reads a tribute from author Ashlee Eiland that ends with a prayer for all of us: "may we be the neighbors he should have met." Then, an interview with Dr. Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG Vice President and Director of Medical Affairs Charlotte Lozier Institute, about the legal ruling regarding mifepristone, the abortion pill.

And later, Brian and Aubrey talk about the violence in the city of Chicago over the weekend. We end on a hopeful note: an interview with Steven Barr, founding Leader of Cast Member Church, catching up on the new ‘church plant’ at Disneyland Paris.

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Does there come a point where we stop listening to preachers? The recent revelations about Billy Graham lead to a conversation about 'imperfect heroes'--like Martin Luther King, Jr.--and teachers whose hidden lives undermine their ministry, like Ravi Zacharias and Karl Barth.

Then, should children be able to choose their gender?, and Brian and Aubrey pack a theoretical time capsule from 2023 for their grandchildren.

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Brian and Aubrey chat about a recent piece by David French for the New York Times, "Easter Rebukes the Christian Will to Power"; finding the right middle ground in parenting between being aggressive and having no contrarian opinions about anything; and the school in New York state that still has pretty draconian COVID measures in place.

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For anyone struggling with depression or is walking alongside those who do–Dr. O. Alan Noble discusses his new book, “On Getting Out of Bed,” which releases next week from InterVarsity Press. Alan is Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University and author of numerous books and articles. 

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