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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

Women Pastors, Women Preachers, and the Looming Test of the Southern Baptist Convention

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John 18:12-38

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Friday, May 7, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:53):
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No Institution Is Safe from the Moral Revolution, Not Even a Foster Care and Adoption Agency: Just Look at What’s Happening in Kentucky

COURIER JOURNAL (DEBORAH YETTER)
Baptist group refuses Kentucky state contract to provide care for abused, neglected kids

KENTUCKY TODAY (BRANDON PORTER)
Sunrise seeks dialogue with Cabinet, at risk of being denied contract

PART 2 (9:54 - 20:23):
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Continued Capitulation to the Moral Revolutionaries—Putting the Well-Being of Vulnerable Children at Stake

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES
What the Pandemic Taught Us: Innovative Practice Report

NEWSWEEK (NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY)
Wokeness Has Come for Adoption. It's the Children Who Will Suffer

ASSOCIATED PRESS (DAVID CRARY)
Many say now is the time to fight racial bias in foster care

PART 3 (20:24 - 24:23):
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Corporate America Lines Up to Get on “The Right Side of History”: More Than 400 Major Companies Publicly Support the Equality Act

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES (MICHAEL FOUST)
Disney among 400 U.S. Companies Backing Equality Act, which Experts Say Targets Religious Liberty

Thursday, May 6, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:0):
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A Clash of Two Rival Orthodoxies—And President Biden and Speaker Pelosi Are Right in the Middle of the Controversy

ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO (SALVATORE JOSEPH CORDILEONE)
Before I Formed You in the Womb I Knew You: A Pastoral Letter on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in Public Life

PART 2 (13:1 - 19:6):
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There’s a Civil War Within the Catholic Church: Which Vision for the Future of the Roman Catholic Church Will Prevail?

ALBERT MOHLER
A Chilling Account and a Word of Warning

PART 3 (19:7 - 25:19):
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The U.S. Birth Rate Continues to Plummet: There’s Much More Going on Here Than Just Economics. The Central Issue Is Moral

NEW YORK TIMES (SABRINA TAVERNISE)
The pandemic may have accelerated the American drop in birthrates.

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 15:55):
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A Government Takeover of Raising Children: What’s at Stake in President Biden’s Plan to Expand Government-Funded Child Care?

NEW YORK TIMES (PAUL KRUGMAN)
Biden and the Future of the Family

WALL STREET JOURNAL (J.D. VANCE AND JENET ERICKSON)
Biden’s Daycare Plan Is Bad for Families

NEW YORK TIMES (MICHELLE GOLDBERG)
America Is Brutal to Parents. Biden Is Trying to Change That.

PART 2 (15:56 - 22:47):
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When We Talk about a Parent Staying Home to Care for Children, Do We Really Mean a Mom? Actually, We Do.

WASHINGTON POST (JILL FILIPOVIC)
Conservatives say they want to help ‘parents’ stay home. They mean mothers.

PART 3 (22:48 - 24:25):
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The Left Claims to Know What’s Best for Moms: Examining an Audacious Claim from the Social Elites

NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID BROOKS)
Give Power to the Parents!

PART 4 (24:26 - 27:8):
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You Can Buy a Smoothie Maker in France, But Not a Desk Lamp? The Expansive French Bureaucracy Makes No Sense and Never Backs Down

NEW YORK TIMES (ROGER COHEN)
The Entangling, Ever-Extending Labyrinth of French Lockdowns