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2 weeks ago | 
breakpoint.org | John Stonestreet |Maria R. Baer
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday on South Carolina’s attempt to stop Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. Geneticists are promoting frightening plans to create babies to specifications. And gambling on sports continues to grow, leaving problems in its wake.
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3 weeks ago | 
breakpoint.org | John Stonestreet |Timothy Padgett |Maria R. Baer
A recent article shared by Justin Brierley described a trend in Norway that is also being seen in Finland and other European nations. Church attendance and membership jumped there by 750 new members. While that would not be anything notable in Texas, it is in almost every European nation. While over 60% of the population in Norway are formal members of the state church, only 2% of Norway’s 5.5 million people attend.
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3 weeks ago | 
breakpoint.org | John Stonestreet |Maria R. Baer
President Trump threatens to defund Planned Parenthood. Will it happen? And scientists suggest growing human bodies to be used for body parts.
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1 month ago | 
breakpoint.org | John Stonestreet |G. Shane Morris |Maria R. Baer
Conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat once described certain events as “scissor” stories, with headlines, statements, ideas, or scenarios “perfectly calibrated to tear people apart…” Regardless of details, those on the left feel obligated to react to these events one way, while those on the right feel obligated to react the opposite. But above all, everyone feels they must react, which means they feel obligated to comment on social media.
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1 month ago | 
breakpoint.org | John Stonestreet |Maria R. Baer |Timothy Padgett
President Trump moves forward with his plans to scrap the Department of Education. John and Maria discuss the ethics of immigration and deportation. And the Department of Justice ends its investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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1 month ago | 
breakpoint.org | John Stonestreet |Maria R. Baer
The president’s address this month to a joint session of Congress was eventful, to say the least. A highlight was when President Trump appointed a 13 year old brain cancer survivor DJ Daniel as an honorary Secret Service agent. He was immediately “sworn in” by Director Sean Curran. Six years ago, doctors gave DJ five months to live. Since then, he has undergone 13 brain surgeries. Throughout this ordeal, DJ has always dreamed of becoming a police officer.
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1 month ago | 
breakpoint.org | John Stonestreet |Maria R. Baer |Timothy Padgett
A Facebook whistleblower makes a strange claim about social media. And the role of the intellect in forming a Christian worldview. Topics ApologeticsFacebookMental HealthPolitics & GovernmentTheologyWorldview RecommendationsLighthouse Voices with Dr. Jeff MyersSegment 1 – Is Social Media Good?
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1 month ago | 
breakpoint.org | John Stonestreet |Maria R. Baer
Making the happiness crisis in America even worse, especially for young people, are completely wrong diagnoses. What’s needed to increase happiness is not more money, more stuff, or more “authenticity.” As Dr. Thaddeus Williams explains in his book Don’t Follow Your Heart, at the root of our problem is the terrible advice about how to achieve happiness that’s been repeated across our culture for over a decade now.
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1 month ago | 
breakpoint.org | John Stonestreet |Maria R. Baer |G. Shane Morris
John and Maria discuss DJ Daniel, Disability Awareness Month, and Christian history. Also, the idea that being “unencumbered” by responsibilities and dependents is the way to happiness is just wrong. And a new study puts another nail in the coffin of those pushing surgical mutilation for gender confusion.
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1 month ago | 
breakpoint.org | Timothy Padgett |John Stonestreet |Maria R. Baer
A common phrase in Christian circles is “Judeo-Christianity,” the idea that there is a meaningful connection between Jewish and Christian thought, culture, and history. It’s the idea that beyond the differences, there are genuine shared ideals. But, perhaps influenced by Israel’s response in Gaza to the October 7 attacks, some Christians have been questioning the relationship between the two more than ever, to the point of deconstructing what they’d been raised to believe.
