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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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Abortion in Headlines in Poland—Why Theology is Necessary to Explain Eastern Europe



ASSOCIATED PRESS (MONIKA SCISLOWSKA)





PART 2
(10:18 - 13:17):

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Pope Francis Appoints 13 New Cardinals, Including Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory, “A Relatively Strong Supporter of L.G.B.T.Q. People in the Church”



NEW YORK TIMES (ELIZABETH DIAS AND JASON HOROWITZ)

Pope Francis Appoints First African-American Cardinal



PART 3
(13:18 - 24:51):

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President Trump Is Presbyterian No More? American Religion Traced Through the Presidency Paints an Interesting Picture



CHRISTIANITY TODAY (DANIEL SILLIMAN)

Trump Becomes the First President Since Eisenhower to Change Faiths in Office

Missouri Baptist Convention Annual Meeting

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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Special Edition: Christians, Conscience, and the 2020 Election

Christians, Conscience, and the Looming 2020 Election

Samuel Johnson once quipped that when a man knows he is going to face the gallows, "it concentrates his mind wonderfully." The same concentration of mind often comes with the final days of an election. This election cycle is no exception. The campaigns now move into their final strategies and the candidates make whatever closing pitches can be made...


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Monday, October 26, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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Final Vote on Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to Occur This Evening: What Should We Expect?



PART 2
(4:54 - 17:20):

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Barrett Faces Criticism for Serving as Trustee for Christian Schools That Hold to Christian View of Sexuality, and We’re All Supposed to Be “Petrified”



ASSOCIATED PRESS (MICHELLE R. SMITH AND MICHAEL BIESECKER)

Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies



PART 3
(17:21 - 20:18):

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No Issue Stands Alone: The Logic of Roe v. Wade Leads to Demands for Legal Physician-Assisted Suicide



WASHINGTON POST (CHARLES LANE)

Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the future of physician-assisted suicide



PART 4
(20:19 - 24:44):

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Veggie Burgers and Veggie Tubes? European Parliament Debates Whether Non-Meat Products Can Be Identified with Meat Terminology



NEW YORK TIMES (ISABELLA KWAI)

E.U. Says Veggie Burgers Can Keep Their Name

John 14:18–27

Third Avenue Baptist Church...


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Friday, October 23, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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What Are the Key Takeaways from Last Night’s Debate? The Candidates Make Final Arguments



PART 2
(11:7 - 18:28):

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Biden Says Courts Are “Getting Out of Whack” — The Left Won’t Be Satisfied by Biden’s Proposed Commission



WASHINGTON POST (ANNIE LINSKEY)

Biden, squeezed on the Supreme Court, promises a commission to consider changes



LOS ANGELES TIMES (JANET HOOK)

Biden’s answer to court-packing question is a commission, spurring fire from the left



PART 3
(18:29 - 19:54):

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Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination to the Supreme Court Advances from Judiciary Committee to Full Senate



PART 4
(19:55 - 25:47):

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Economic Inequality and “Super Cities” — As Economic Activity Moves to Lead Cities, Secularization and Moral Change Follow



WASHINGTON POST (HAMZA SHABAN)

Not even a pandemic can break rich cities’ grip on the U.S. economy

Thursday, October 22, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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Pope Francis Supports Civil Unions for Homosexual Couples: The Pope Undercuts the Teaching of His Own Church



WALL STREET JOURNAL (FRANCIS X. ROCCA)

Pope Francis Backs Civil Unions for Gay Couples, in Shift for Vatican



WASHINGTON POST (CHICO HARLAN, MICHELLE BOORSTEIN, AND SARAH PULLIAM BAILEY)

Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples



NEW YORK TIMES (JASON HOROWITZ)

Pope Francis, in Shift for Church, Voices Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions



PART 2
(10:26 - 17:6):

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Three Big Lessons Evangelicals Should Learn From the Pope’s Latest Statement on Homosexuality



THINKING IN PUBLIC

The Future of Catholicism: A Conversation with Ross Douthat



PART 3
(17:7 - 24:20):

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Will There Be Any Major Party on the American Political Scene That Doesn’t Surrender to the Moral Revolutionaries?



USA TODAY (JOSHUA BOTE)

Tiffany Trump's speech at LGBTQ+ 'Trump Pride' event has Twitter buzzing. Here's why.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 7:31):

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A Threatening Judgment from the Left: If You Don’t Get with the Progressivist Revolution—Wait for It—You’re on the Wrong Side of History



NEW YORK TIMES (NICHOLAS KRISTOF)

Will We Choose the Right Side of History?



PART 2
(7:32 - 10:52):

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What Is the Common Good and Who Gets to Decide What That Is? Understanding the Argument



THE GUARDIAN (ROBERT REICH)

Trump and Barrett's threat to abortion and LGBTQ rights is simply un-American



PART 3
(10:53 - 21:14):

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Intellectual Honesty Lost—Do the Words of a Text Actually Endure?



NEW YORK TIMES (LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)

Amy Coney Barrett’s Belief in Originalism: Conservative or Radical?



PART 4
(21:15 - 28:3):

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Who Was the Biggest Loser in the Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Hearings? Probably Sen. Diane Feinstein, the Ranking Democratic Member of the Judiciary Committee



WASHINGTON POST (SEUNG MIN KIM)

Abortion rights group calls for ouster of Senator Feinstein from top Democratic post on Judiciary Committee

Race, Inequality, Cultural Crisis and Courage: A Conversation with Economist Glenn C. Loury

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