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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:4):
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Conflict in the Middle East: How Should Christians Think About the Violence Between Israel and Hamas?

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
Israel, Hamas, Iran and Biden

PART 2 (13:5 - 18:12):
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A Changing Political Environment in the United States Over the Nation of Israel? Irreconcilable Ideological Claims Evident in American Political Dialogue

PART 3 (18:13 - 24:24):
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Big Good News for the Pro-Life Movement: Supreme Court Announces It Will Hear Important Abortion Case from Mississippi

Monday, May 17, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:29):
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Yet Another “Faith-Based” University Surrenders — A Lesson From Texas

THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE (ROD DREHER)
Every Knee Shall Bow

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
A Guide to the Decision of the Baylor Board of Regents to Strengthen Care for LGBTQ+ Students on Campus

WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD (RHIANNON SAEGERT)
Baylor regents approve measure to support LGBTQ students, construction on new Welcome Center

PART 2 (13:30 - 19:37):
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Biden Administration Hosts Meetings with Secular and Atheist Groups: The Biden Administration Sends a Secular Signal

AMERICAN ATHEISTS
American Atheists’ Statement on Meeting with Biden Administration

COALITION OF SECULAR AMERICANS
Coalition of Secular Americans Meets With White House Office

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (MARGARET TALEV)
Obama aides to meet with atheists on White House grounds

ALBERT MOHLER
The Briefing | Tuesday, December 8, 2020

PART 3 (19:38 - 23:40):
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What Issue Unites Conservatives and Liberals in Recent Days? Urgent Concern as Facebook Proposes an Instagram for Young Children

WASHINGTON POST (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
Instagram for kids? Facebook should tread carefully.

Friday, May 14, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:5):
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A Brave Battle for Human Dignity in Britain: The Issue is Abortion and Down Syndrome, and It’s a Huge Story

BBC
Down's syndrome: Abortion case heads to High Court

PART 2 (9:6 - 19:5):
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Immoral to Let a Disabled Baby Be Born? Richard Dawkins Doubles Down on a Dark and Deadly Argument

RTE RADIO 1 (BRENDAN O’CONNOR)
Interview with Professor Richard Dawkins

PART 3 (19:6 - 23:10):
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A New Trafalgar? The Tensions Are Running High in a Naval Battle in the English Channel — But the Battle Isn’t Between Gun Ships, It’s Between Fishing Boats

NEW YORK TIMES (MARK LANDLER AND STEPHEN CASTLE)
U.K. and France Call in the Navy, Sort of, in Channel Islands Fishing Dispute

Thursday, May 13, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 15:7):
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A Continual Soap Opera in National Politics: The Ouster of Liz Cheney and the Future of the Republican Party

PART 2 (15:8 - 21:45):
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China is Growing Old Before it Grows Rich: What Should We Learn from This Trend in China?

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JAMES T. AREDDY)
Beijing Tries to Put Its Imprint on Blockchain

NEW YORK TIMES (SUI-LEE WEE)
China’s ‘Long-Term Time Bomb’: Falling Births Stunt Population Growth

NEW YORK TIMES (SUI-LEE WEE)
China Wants to Boost Births. But It’s Wary of Losing Control.

PART 3 (21:46 - 25:42):
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The Eradication of Religion in China: Why Religion Is the Great Enemy of a Totalitarian Regime

NEW YORK TIMES (AMY QIN)
In Xinjiang, China Targets Muslim Women in Push to Suppress Births.

Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Battle of Ideas in America: A Conversation with Ryan T. Anderson of the Ethics and Public Policy Center

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 17:1):
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Theological Revolt in Germany Over Blessing of Same-Sex Unions — Is the Roman Catholic Church Headed for Civil War?

WASHINGTON POST (LUISA BECK AND CHICO HARLAN)
German priests defy Pope Francis with blessings of same-sex unions

WALL STREET JOURNAL (FRANCIS X. ROCCA)
German Catholic Priests Defy Pope Francis With Public Blessings of Gay Couples

PART 2 (17:2 - 18:36):
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Three Rivers Tell a Theological Story: How the Tiber, the Rhine, and the Zambezi Explain the Catholic Predicament

THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE (ROD DREHER)
Zombie Catholics Of Germany

NEW YORK TIMES (ROSS DOUTHAT)
Pope Francis Faces Another German Reformation

PART 3 (18:37 - 22:43):
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There’s No Middle Ground on Sexual Morality — And Christians, Like the Apostle Paul, Must Be Clear about the Biblical Teaching on Marriage and Sexuality

WASHIGTON POST (DAVID VON DREHLE)
German Catholic priests blessing same-sex marriages may be on to something divine

Charge From the President | Boyce College Commencement 2021

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Not Only in This Age, But in the One to Come | Southern Seminary Commencement 2021

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:37):
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The Modern Administrative State Embraces the Transgender Revolution: Where the Federal Government’s Money Goes, Its Moral Coercion Also Goes

ASSOCIATED PRESS (RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR)
US restores transgender health protections denied by Trump

PART 2 (13:38 - 18:33):
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You Were Warned: Radical Worldviews Reshape U.S. Federal Policy

NEW YORK TIMES (SHERYL GAY STOLBERG)
‘This Is Politics’: Dr. Rachel Levine’s Rise as Transgender Issues Gain Prominence.

PART 3 (18:34 - 23:58):
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“Birthing People”? Do You Perhaps Mean “Women”? The Invented Language of the Moral Progressive Agenda

THE HILL (ARIS FOLLEY)
Bush testifies before Congress about racist treatment Black birthing people face during childbirth, pregnancy

NEWSWEEK (CHRISTINA ZHAO)
Birthing People's Day? Cori Bush Debate Rages Into Mother's Day Weekend

Monday, May 10, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:10):
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Martin Luther Wouldn’t Recognize the Evangelical Lutheran Church Today: Lutherans Elect First Transgender Bishop in United States

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (PAUL O'DONNELL)
Lutherans elect Megan Rohrer first transgender bishop

PART 2 (10:11 - 18:39):
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The Southern Baptist Convention Faces a Familiar Test: Women Pastors, Women Preachers, and the Coming Test of the SBC

PART 3 (18:40 - 26:14):
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The Great Liberal Death Wish: There Are Deep Worldview Issues at Stake in the Decision of Whether or Not to Have Children

NEW YORK TIMES (ELIZABETH BRUENIG)
I Became a Mother at 25, and I’m Not Sorry I Didn’t Wait

NEW YORK TIMES (MARY KATHARINE TRAMONTANA)
Women Who Said No to Motherhood