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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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Joe Biden Wins Electoral College Vote — and Faces Increasing Demands from All Democratic Sides in the Identity Politics War



NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND ANNIE KARNI)

Biden Faces Intense Pressure From All Sides as He Seeks Diverse Cabinet



WASHINGTON POST (DINO GRANDONI AND ALEXANDRA ELLERBECK)

The campaign heats up for Biden to pick a Native American for his Cabinet



PART 2
(11:36 - 15:14):

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A Political Trap Entangles California’s Gavin Newsom: Why Any Appointment to Kamala Harris’s Soon-to-Be Empty Senate Seat Puts the Governor in the Hot Seat



THE NEW YORKER (JANE MAYER)

Dianne Feinstein’s Missteps Raise a Painful Age Question Among Senate Democrats



PART 3
(15:15 - 25:29):

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Monumental Stakes in the Senate Run-Off Elections in Georgia: Just Consider the Unborn



FOX NEWS (MICHAEL RUIZ)

Over 25 Black ministers sign letter to Warnock on abortion

Vaccines and the Christian Worldview: Principles for Christian Thinking in the Context of COVID

Americans of my generation remember the incredible sight of the first human footprints on the moon. In 1969, the Unites States celebrated one of the greatest technological achievements in human history. The Apollo 11 mission took man into space, landed him on the moon, and brought him back safely. Less than a decade before that historic moment in J...


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Monday, December 14, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 2:1):

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Operation Warp Speed: This Generation’s Apollo Program Produces a Vaccine in Record Time



PART 2
(2:2 - 20:44):

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The Christian Tradition and the Question of Vaccines: Seven Principles for Christian Thinking



PART 3
(20:45 - 27:3):

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A Strange Mix of Politics and Theology in Washington: Today’s Strange Political Moment is not Free From the Danger of Private Revelation

Friday, December 11, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 10:41):

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A Socialist Featured in Vanity Fair Magazine? The Cult of Celebrity Is Tempting . . . Even If You’re a Socialist



VANITY FAIR (MICHELLE RUIZ)

Becoming AOC



PART 2
(10:42 - 16:17):

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Celebrity Culture Leveraged to Bring About Moral Change: Harry Styles Wears a Dress on the Cover of Vogue Magazine



VOGUE (HAMISH BOWLES)

Playtime With Harry Styles



PART 3
(16:18 - 22:48):

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Powerful and Influential, Yet Dangerous and Deadly: The Cult of Celebrity in the Fall of a Preacher



NEW YORK TIMES (RUTH GRAHAM)

The Rise and Fall of Carl Lentz, the Celebrity Pastor of Hillsong Church



THE SPECTATOR (BEN SIXSMITH)

The Sad Irony of Celebrity Pastors



NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL PAULSON)

Megachurch With a Beat Lures a Young Flock



PART 4
(22:49 - 24:38):

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So Much for Folk Resistance: Bob Dylan Sells His Music Catalog for $300 Million Dollars



WALL STREET JOURNAL (ANNE STEELE)

Bob Dylan Sells Entire Songwriting Catalog

The Triumph of the Modern Self: A Conversation with Theologian Carl Trueman

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 13:44):

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“Trans-Inclusive Abortion Services”? The Horrifying Collision of the Culture of Death and the Sexual Revolution Wrapped Up in One Manual



OPTIONS FOR SEXUAL HEALTH (A.J. LOWIK)

Trans-Inclusive Abortion Services: A Manual for Providers on Operationalizing Trans-Inclusive Policies and Practices in an Abortion Setting



PART 2
(13:45 - 20:48):

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Are There Any Barriers to the Revolt Against Creation? Apparently Not Because Nothing Is Ever Enough for the Revolutionaries



PART 3
(20:49 - 24:17):

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The Louisville Bride Magazine Needs a New Name: Sometimes the Revolution Comes Down to Just One Photograph

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 13:40):

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Once You Go Down the Road of Identity Politics, There Is No Return: Just Look at the Biden Appointments



NBC NEWS (DAN AVERY)

Biden administration on track to be most LGBTQ-inclusive in U.S. history



WASHINGTON POST (JACQUELINE ALEMANY)

LGBTQ+ Caucus wants to see more representation in a Biden administration



PART 2
(13:41 - 19:47):

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Can a Baptist School Operate by Baptist Convictions? Labor Department Protects Religious Liberty in New Regulations — But for How Long?



SLATE (MARK JOSEPH STERN)

Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia Legalizes Workplace Discrimination on His Way out the Door



PART 3
(19:48 - 23:38):

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Controversy Over Cleats in the NFL? Players Who Support the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Are Out of Bounds According to LGBTQ Revolutionaries



OUTSPORTS (CYD ZEIGLER)

Zero NFL players choose LGBTQ cause for their cleats, 3 support anti-gay group

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 13:16):

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No More ‘In God We Trust?’ —  One Group of Democrats Wants to Restore “Constitutional Secularism”



RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (JACK JENKINS)

Citing rise of ‘Christian nationalism,’ Secular Democrats unveil sweeping recommendations for Biden



SECULAR DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA

Restoring Constitutional Secularism and Patriotic Pluralism in the White House



PART 2
(13:17 - 21:1):

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What Does a New Report on the Religiosity of LGBTQ Adults Actually Say? Well, Not Exactly What the Mainstream Media Is Reporting



NBC NEWS (DAN AVERY)

Nearly half of LGBTQ adults are religious, U.S. study finds



UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW WILLIAMS INSTITUTE (KERITH J. CONRON, SHOSHANA K. GOLDBERG, AND KATHRYN O’NEILL)

Religiosity Among LGBT Adults in the U.S.



PART 3
(21:2 - 24:13):

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A Heartbreaking Obituary Reminds Us of Our Need for a Savior and Christmas Reminds Us That the Savior has Come—Jesus Christ the Lord

Monday, December 7, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 14:8):

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Worldview Clash as Biden Transition Team Continues to Announce Nominees for Cabinet Positions



WALL STREET JOURNAL (SABRINA SIDDIQUI AND NATALIE ANDREWS)

Biden Faces Pressure From His Party Over Cabinet Picks



PART 2
(14:9 - 18:2):

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Joe Biden, the Moderate? No ...  and Some “Conservatives” Are All For Getting Along with the Program, Just a Little More Slowly



NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID BROOKS)

No, the Democrats Haven’t Gone Over the Edge



PART 3
(18:3 - 24:45):

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It’s All Cats and Cannabis in the Final Days of the 216th Congress: House of Representatives Passes Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana



LOS ANGELES TIMES (BRIAN CONTRERAS)

In a first, House votes to federally decriminalize marijuana



ASSOCIATED PRESS (MATTHEW DALY)

House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

Friday, December 4, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 14:34):

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One Reason the American Birth Rate Is Falling? Car Seats? The Research Is Serious and the Evidence is Compelling



THE ECONOMIST

Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate



MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND BOSTON COLLEGE (JORDAN NICKERSON AND DAVID SOLOMON)

Car Seats as Contraception



JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS

Cars, Kids, and Unintended Costs



PART 2
(14:35 - 17:21):

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Policies Have Consequences, and the Worst Policies Have the Worst Consequences: A Two-Child Limit for Welfare Benefits in Great Britain Led to More Abortions During Pandemic



THE GUARDIAN (PATRICK BUTLER)

Two-child benefit cap influencing women's decisions on abortion, says BPAS



PART 3
(17:22 - 24:10):

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When Having Children is an Act of Defiance: China’s Draconian “One Child Only” Policy and its Continuing Effects



WALL STREET JOURNAL (LIYAN QI)

With Baby Steps, Chinese Parents Test Strictness of the Two-Child Policy



PART 4
(24:11 - 26:39):

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Flirty Won’t Be Flying Any Longer: U.S. Transportation Department Corrects a Policy that Had Unintended Consequences



THE GUARDIAN (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

No horses or peacocks: US limits service animals on planes to dogs