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The Stewardship of an Intellectual Life: A Conversation with Philosopher Zena Hitz

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Black Lives Matter: Affirm the Sentence, Not the Movement

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 10:28):

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A Major Setback in the Defense of Life: Supreme Court Strikes Louisiana Abortion Law



SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

June Medical Services L. L. C. v. Russo



PART 2
(10:29 - 18:48):

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A Long Battle for Human Dignity: What Does Yesterday’s Supreme Court Decision Mean for the Pro-Life Movement?



NEW YORK TIMES (SABRINA TAVERNISE AND ELIZABETH DIAS)

The Supreme Court Stopped Anti-Abortion Momentum. For Now.



USA TODAY (RICHARD WOLF)

Supreme Court strikes down abortion clinic restrictions in Louisiana, a defeat for conservatives



PART 3
(18:49 - 22:21):

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The False Logic of No-Fault Divorce: British Government Set to Reform Divorce Law



THE TELEGRAPH (CHRISTOPHER HOPE)

No-fault 'quickie' divorces to be voted through on Monday amid backlash from MPs



PART 4
(22:22 - 28:13):

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There is No Secret Code to God’s Word: Michael Drosnin, Author of “Bible Code” Books Dies at Age 74



NEW YORK TIMES (STEVEN KURUTZ)

Michael Drosnin, Who Found Clues in the Bible, Is Dead at 74

Memory, Monuments, Morality, and Mayhem: The Burden of Reckoning with Historical Symbols

Across the nation, crowds topple monuments and remove statue after statue. Conversations abound about the names of army bases, endowed university chairs, parks and street names-it is a controversy about names, and it has gripped many countries around the world, especially the United States....


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Monday, June 29, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 12:51):

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Princeton University Removes Woodrow Wilson’s Name from School of Public and International Affairs



PRINCETON UNIVERSITY







Student Letter to the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Administration



PART 2
(12:52 - 24:3):

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Memory, Monuments, Morality, and Mayhem: The Burden of Reckoning with Historical Symbols



NEW YORK TIMES (RICK ROJAS)

Mississippi Lawmakers Vote to Retire State Flag Rooted in the Confederacy



PART 3
(24:4 - 32:26):

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The Christian Responsibility to Tell History Truthfully — What We Owe Each Other in Christ



FIRST THINGS (WILFRED M. MCCLAY)

Of Statues and Symbolic Murder



THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Report on Slavery and Racism in the History of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Friday, June 26, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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Can You Be a Conservative and Officiate or Attend a Same-Sex Wedding?



WASHINGTON EXAMINER (NICHOLAS CLAIRMONT)

Same Side of the Aisle



PART 2
(14:54 - 21:57):

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Different Theology, Different Morality: The Transgender Revolution Comes to a Canadian Church



BAPTIST NEWS GLOBAL (MARK WINGFIELD)

Pastor reveals her true identity in live-streamed Sunday sermon



BAPTIST NEWS GLOBAL (JEFF BRUMLEY)

American pastor in Canada doesn’t miss culture wars, church growth pressures



PART 3
(21:58 - 24:11):

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The Culture Is Trying to Establish a New Normal: How Will Christians Respond?

Thursday, June 25, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 10:32):

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Identity Politics on Full Display: When Pride Month Intersects with Other Identity Markers Across Major Media Headlines



USA TODAY (CHARLOTTE CLYMER)

What JK Rowling should know about a transgender woman like me: Every day in public is risky



NEW YORK TIMES (ERIK PIEPENBURG)

Transgender Lives Onscreen: Seen, but Not Always Believable



NEW YORK TIMES (JERICHO BROWN, CARMEN MARIA MACHADO AND THOMAS PAGE MCBEE)

What Does Pride Mean Now?



NEW YORK TIMES (SCOTT JAMES)

Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People



NEW YORK TIMES (KATHLEEN MASSARA)

Why Andrea Jenkins Is Somber, but Optimistic



THE GUARDIAN (JIM WATERSON)

Authors quit JK Rowling agency over transgender rights



PART 2
(10:33 - 19:46):

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Separating Sex from Gender: Nothing Less Than What It Means to Be Human Is at Stake



NEW YORK TIMES (DEVIN MICHELLE BUNTEN)

Sex Does Not Mean Gender. Equating Them Erases Trans Lives.



PART 3
(19:47 - 26:50):

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Important Primaries in Kentucky and New York: The Surging Left in American Politics



POLITICO (STEVEN SHEPARD)

Top takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries: The left, the right, the wait



NEW YORK TIMES (SHANE GOLDMACHER)

Hillary Clinton Backs Eliot Engel, in Her First House Primary Endorsement of 2020

The Strange Tale of American Television and the Religious Left: A Conversation with Author Benjamin Rolsky

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 12:18):

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How Should Christians Understand Structural Sin and Systemic Racism?



NATIONAL REVIEW (JOHN HIRSCHAUER)

George Floyd’s Death and ‘Systemic Racism’



PART 2
(12:19 - 19:54):

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What Is Liberation Theology? The Definition of Sin Is at Stake



PART 3
(19:55 - 24:40):

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What Should the Christian Response Be to Systemic Racism?



THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

The Baptist Faith and Message

The Gathering Storm over Western Civilization

This article is an excerpt from the introduction of Dr. Mohler's newest book, The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church. For more information, click here. To order a copy of the book, click here....


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