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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 6:41):

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The Importance of the Family Shows in a COVID-19 World: Pressure Mounts for Parents Facing Unprecedented Challenges



NEW YORK TIMES (CLAIRE CAIN MILLER)

Why Parents, With ‘No Good Choice’ This School Year, Are Blaming One Another



PART 2
(6:42 - 19:0):

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Educational Decisions Reveal the Importance of the Family and the Priorities of Parents



USA TODAY (TARA CHKLOVSKI)

Privileged parents form COVID pandemic pods that widen education gaps. We can do better.



PART 3
(19:1 - 25:46):

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Does Family Structure Matter? Despite Our Culture’s Demand for Denial, Christians Know the Honest Truth



PEW RESEARCH CENTER (STEPHANIE KRAMER)

U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households



SOCIAL CAPITAL PROJECT

The Demise of the Happy Two-Parent Home

John 13:1-20

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Monday, August 17, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 10:25):

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So, What Exactly Is an Interfaith Service?



RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (JACK JENKINS)

Democrats plan interfaith service to kick off convention



PART 2
(10:26 - 17:38):

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“Believers for Biden?” The Democrats Try “Faith Outreach”



CNN (SARAH MUCHA)

Joe Biden is a man of faith. That could help him win over some White evangelicals.



WALL STREET JOURNAL (KRISTEN DAY AND XAVIER BISITS)

The Democrats Biden Doesn’t Want



PART 3
(17:39 - 26:28):

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Historic Breakthrough in the Middle East: Agreement Announced by the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and the United States



NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID M. HALBFINGER)

Netanyahu Drops Troubled Annexation Plan for Diplomatic Gain



NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID M. HALBFINGER AND RONEN BERGMAN)

Shifting Dynamics of the Mideast Pushed Israel and U.A.E. Together



NEW YORK TIMES (PETER BAKER, ISABEL KERSHNER, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, AND RONEN BERGMAN)

Israel and United Arab Emirates Strike Major Diplomatic Agreement



WALL STREET JOURNAL (FELICIA SCHWARTZ)

U.A.E.-Israel Deal ‘Like a Knife in the Back,’ Palestinians Say



USA TODAY (DEIRDRE SHESGREEN, JOHN FRITZE, MICHAEL COLLINS, AND DAVID JACKSON)

Trump announces Israel and United Arab Emirates will formalize diplomatic ties in potentially historic deal

Friday, August 14, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 14:20):

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Is There Really Widespread Evangelical Support for Women Serving as Pastors? A Closer Look at Recent Research



RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (RYAN BURGE)

Most Southern Baptist women would welcome a woman pastor. It's unlikely to happen.



CHRISTIANITY TODAY (RYAN BURGE)

Researcher: Most Evangelicals Support Women in Church Leadership



PART 2
(14:21 - 19:50):

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Massive Challenges Facing Evangelicals: How Can We Reach the Lost and Our Own Children with the Gospel in a Secular Age?



RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (RYAN BURGE)

On LGBT and women's equality, stark statistical reality is coming for white evangelicals



PART 3
(19:51 - 27:20):

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A Fractured Fairy Tale with Big Lessons for Today: Former King Juan Carlos I of Spain Flees Country

Thursday, August 13, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 14:56):

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Clueless in Seattle: Which Is Basic in Society, Order or Disorder?



WALL STREET JOURNAL (DEANNA PAUL AND DAN FROSCH)

Seattle Police Chief Resigns After Budget Cuts



NEW YORK TIMES (MIKE BAKER)

‘Can’t Do It’: Chief Resigns Amid Seattle’s Divide Over Policing



NEW YORK TIMES (NELLIE BOWLES)

Abolish the Police? Those Who Survived the Chaos in Seattle Aren’t So Sure



NEW YORK TIMES (JOHN ELIGON)

Distrust of the Minneapolis Police, and Also the Effort to Defund Them



PART 2
(14:57 - 22:10):

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Portland and Chicago: Two Portraits of America — What Do They Mean?



WASHINGTON POST (E.D. MONDAINE)

Portland’s protests were supposed to be about black lives. Now, they’re white spectacle.



U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT (REUTERS)

In Portland, Some Black Activists Frustrated With White Protesters



WASHINGTON POST (CHRISTOPHER SEBASTIAN PARKER)

How reckless White allies could lead to the reelection of Trump



LOS ANGELES TIMES (PATRICK J. MCDONNELL AND MELISSA ETEHAD)

Portland, America’s ‘whitest’ big city, is an unlikely hub of Black Lives Matter



NEW YORK TIMES (JULIE BOSMAN, CHRISTINE HAUSER, AND JOHNNY DIAZ)

Chicago Police Arrest More Than 100 People After Looting Batters Downtown



WALL STREET JOURNAL (JON HILSENRATH)

Homicide Spike Hits Most Large U.S. Cities



PART 3
(22:11 - 28:30):

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From California: The Abortion Industrial Complex and the State’s Attorney General Are Determined to Deny the Personhood of the Unborn



NEW YORK TIMES (JACEY FORTIN)

California’s Attorney General Condemns Murder Charges Over a Stillbirth

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 9:22):

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Joe Biden Chooses Kamala Harris as Running Mate on 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate



NEW YORK TIMES (ALEXANDER BURNS AND KATIE GLUECK)

Kamala Harris Is Biden’s Choice for Vice President



SACRAMENTO BEE (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)

Biden will likely pick Kamala Harris for VP. Here’s why Karen Bass is a better choice



PART 2
(9:23 - 17:29):

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Does the Choice of a Vice Presidential Running Mate Really Matter in the Election?



PART 3
(17:30 - 27:42):

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The Blue Migration: How Big Demographic Changes Impact the Electoral Map . . . And the Mission Field



NEWSWEEK (SAM HILL AND HANK GILMAN)

Will The Blue Invasion of Red State America Finally Pay off in 2020?

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 11:27):

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The Explosion in Beirut and the Enduring Agony of Lebanon



NEW YORK TIMES (REUTERS)

Beirut Residents Mourn Destruction Amid Transformed Cityscape



PART 2
(11:28 - 19:40):

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A Very Troubling Pattern, Part One: Retreat on Religious Liberty



ASSOCIATED PRESS (ELANA SCHOR AND HANNAH FINGERHUT)

Religious freedom in America: popular and polarizing



PART 3
(19:41 - 26:25):

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A Very Troubling Pattern, Part Two: Undermining Free Speech



TABLET (BLAKE SMITH)

Stanley Fish and the Argument Against Free Speech

The Gathering Storm Over Human Life

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Monday, August 10, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 18:47):

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When History and Theology Collide: Turkish President Erdogan Reverts Hagia Sophia into Mosque



WALL STREET JOURNAL (CHARLOTTE ALLEN)

Turkey Retreats From Modernity



PART 2
(18:48 - 22:47):

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None Will Escape the Justice of God: Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Convicted at Age 93



WALL STREET JOURNAL (RUTH BENDER)

Former Nazi Camp Guard Convicted in Germany



PART 3
(22:48 - 25:35):

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Profound Truth in a Headline: Even the Pro-Abortion Media, When Honest, Recognizes Human Life in the Womb



WASHINGTON POST (CAITLIN GIBSON)

A Pregnant Woman with COVID-19 Was Dying. With One Decision, Her Doctors Saved Three Lives.

Friday, August 7, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 11:35):

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The Atomic Age and the Inescapable Questions of Modern War: The 75th Anniversary of Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki



PART 2
(11:36 - 17:19):

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The Doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) — Epic Moments from the Cuban Missile Crisis to Able Archer



PART 3
(17:20 - 27:26):

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The Sobering Reality of the Technological Imperative: Once a Technology Emerges, It Will Be Used