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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 6:5):
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Horrifying Report Finds Millions of U.S. Government Dollars Used for the Harvest of Fetal Parts for Research

BAPTIST PRESS (SCOTT BARKLEY)
$2.7M Government Grant Goes Toward Fetal Tissue Harvesting, Report Says

PART 2 (6:6 - 16:6):
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What is the Value of the Pre-Born Baby? In the Pro-Abortion View, Basically Nothing. The Christian Worldview, However, Is a Radical Contradiction to the Culture of Death

CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO (SASHA HUPKA)
No, UC San Francisco is Not ‘Harvesting’ The Genitalia of ‘Murdered Babies’

PART 3 (16:7 - 24:15):
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Recall the Governor? September 14th Might Bring Big Changes in California—And Every Governor Had Better Pay Attention

LA TIMES (EDITORIAL BOARD)
Editorial: Newsom Could Be Replaced By Someone With A Tiny Fraction of the Vote. That’s Nuts

Monday, August 9, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 16:14):
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Is Marriage Just a Sexist Institution? The Modern Revolt Against Marriage Doesn't Lead to Liberation — Quite the Opposite

USA TODAY (SARAH M MONIUSZKO)
Why Marriage is Still A Sexist Institution – And What We Can Do About It

PART 2 (16:15 - 21:25):
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The Modern Age Pushes to 'De-Gender' Weddings? Civilization's Survival Depends On God's Creation of 'Male' and 'Female' — And Our Respect for God's Plan

USA TODAY (CHARLES TREPANY)
Weddings Without Gender? More Couples Want to De-Gender How They Tie the Knot

PART 3 (21:26 - 27:27):
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Germany's Prosecution of a 100 Year Old Former Nazi Guard Underlines the Moral Mandate of God's Justice, in This Life and the One to Come

WALL STREET JOURNAL (BOJAN PANCEVSKI)
Former Nazi Guard, Age 100, to Stand Trial in Germany

Defending Freedom in a Darkening Age: Alliance Defending Freedom Summit 2021

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Friday, August 6, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:53):
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Paganism Is The Most LGBTQ+ Religious Identity in US: Why That Should Not Be a Surprise

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (HEATHER GREENE)
Paganism, Gods and Goddesses Aside, is the Most LGBTQ-Affirming Faith in the US

MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW
Ordination of the Cherry Trees

PART 2 (9:54 - 16:17):
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How Did Evangelicals Become More Pro-Life? The Bible Can Answer for That

PHYSICIANS WEEKLY (SARAH VARNEY)
Why is the South the Epicenter of Anti-Abortion Fervor?

PART 3 (16:18 - 25:20):
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“We Materialists Cannot Allow A Divine Foot in the Door”: The Obituaries of Two Scientists Make Clear that Theology Matters — Even Among Unbelievers

THE NEW YORK TIMES (NATALIE ANGIER)
Richard C. Lewontin, Eminent Geneticist With a Sharp Pen, Dies at 92

THE NEW YORK TIMES (DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN)
Steven Weinberg, Groundbreaking Nobelist in Physics, Dies at 88

Thursday, August 5, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 17:57):
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Government by Whatever You Can Get Away With? Democrats Push for (and Get) a CDC Order that is Almost Certainly Unconstitutional

ASSOCIATED PRESS (JOSH BOAK, LISA MASCARO, AND JONATHAN LEMIRE)
CDC Issues New Eviction Ban for Most of US through Oct. 3

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Eviction Ban Has to End Sometime

PART 2 (17:58 - 22:8):
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Defecting Belarus Sprinter Reminds Us of the Preciousness of Liberty and the Fragility of Freedom

NBC NEWS (PATRICK SMITH)
Why Belarus Wanted to Silence an Olympic Sprinter

PART 3 (22:9 - 23:35):
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French Teenagers Love Culture! French Government Inadvertently Boosts Country’s Comic Book Sales in the Name of Introducing Young People to Culture

NEW YORK TIMES (AURELIEN BREEDEN)
The High-Brow Art of Teenagers in France: Emmanuel Macron Inadvertently Boosts Country’s Comic Book Sales in the Name of Culture

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 6:39):
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He Must Go: A Devastating Report from NY Attorney General Pulls No Punches, New York’s Governor is a National Embarrassment

WASHINGTON POST (JOSH DAWSEY AND MICHAEL SCHERER)
Biden Calls For Cuomo To Resign After Investigation Finds The New York Governor Sexually Harassed 11 Women

PART 2 (6:40 - 14:34):
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A Dynasty Undone: From Mario Cuomo To the Machiavellian Raw Politics and Immorality of Andrew Cuomo

PART 3 (14:35 - 20:10):
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The Current Political Context of the Democratic Party: The Overwhelming Evidence Against Cuomo Turns This Into A Problem With Only One Solution

PART 4 (20:11 - 25:31):
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Responding to Sexual Abuse in a Fallen World: The Paramount Moral Imperatives of the Christian Worldview

CNN (CHRIS CILLIZZA)
35 Words That Almost Certainly Will End Andrew Cuomo's Political Career

NEW YORK TIMES (EDITORIAL BOARD)
Governor Cuomo, It’s Time to Resign

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:12):
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The Looming Crisis of Conscience: U.S. Congress Threatens Complicity in Abortion, Both Nationally and Internationally, For Every American Taxpayer

PART 2 (10:13 - 18:52):
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Not So Devout After All: Nancy Pelosi’s Pro-Abortion Argument for Repealing the Hyde Amendment Prompts Blistering Response from Her Bishop

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY (KATIE SCANION)
Pelosi defends taxpayer-funded abortion while citing Catholic faith

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ROSA DELAURO)
Chair DeLauro Statement at Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Funding Bill

PART 3 (18:53 - 23:58):
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Elections Have Consequences: Biden Appoints Lesbian Rabbi to to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

THE ADVOCATE (TRUDY RING)
Biden Nominates Lesbian Rabbi to Religious Freedom Commission

Monday, August 2, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 12:57):
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Major Worldview Issues in Olympic Headlines: First Openly Transgender Athlete To Compete in Women’s Weightlifting in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games—Creating a Crisis

NEW YORK TIMES (TARIQ PANJA AND KEN BELSON)
Olympics’ First Openly Transgender Woman Stokes Debate on Fairness

PART 2 (12:58 - 22:48):
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The Collision of Reality Comes to the Olympics: The Destabilization of Morality, Sexuality and Gender as the LGBTQ Revolution Creates an ‘Existential Question About What It Means to Be Female’

CNN (JULIA HOLLINGSWORTH)
A transgender weightlifter's Olympic dream has sparked an existential debate about what it means to be female

CNN (SCOTTIE ANDREW)
There may be more Olympians who identify as LGBTQ than ever before. But there are limits to inclusion

PART 3 (22:49 - 25:39):
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No More Ladies and Gentlemen: Gender Revolution Takes to the Skies as German Airline Adopts Gender Neutral Language to Subvert the ‘Gender Binary’

DW (ASHUTOSH PANDEY)
Lufthansa will no longer address you as 'ladies and gentlemen'

For the Sunset of Summer: A Summer Reading List for 2021

"Everyone has a book in them and that, in most cases, is where it should stay." I did not often agree with the late Christopher Hitchens, but he was probably right in that assessment. We may only read a fraction of the number of books we would want to read, and that makes choosing pleasure reading all the more difficult. I like reading so many diff... The post For the Sunset of Summer: A Summer Reading List for 2021 appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

It Takes a Church: Focused on the Family of God

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