Breakpoint

Oppression is not a bug of socialism. It's a feature.  __________ Save up to 50% on your place at the Colson Center National Conference when you register by November 29  colsonconference.org.

The science has led back to the truth.  _________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

New polls on Christianity show mixed results. Elon Musk suggests AI will end work, and test results are indicating a crisis in education in America.    Recommendations  Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life by David Bahnsen  Segment 1 – State of the Church  Anthony Bradley X post  Gallup: Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World  Rod Dreher Substack: Men & The Rise Of Orthodoxy In America  Segment 2 – The End of Work?  Elon Musk X post  The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success by Ross Douthat  Presence in the Modern World by Jacques Ellul  Breakpoint: Evaluating the "Kirk Effect"  Segment 3 – Crisis in Education  The Atlantic: 'A Recipe for Idiocracy'  Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good by Steven Garber  The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis  The International Alliance for Christian Education (IACE)  ______________________   November 29 is the last day to save up to 50% on CCNC 2026 registration! Register at colsonconference.org.  Make a gift by December 31 to help us form families, churches, and schools in the Christian worldview in 2026! Thanks to a generous grant, your gift will be doubled, up to $500,000. Give today at colsoncenter.org/november.   Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.   

What has come of the "Kirk Effect"?  __________ Give today at colsoncenter.org/november.

God's word is not our plaything, neither personally nor culturally. __________ Learn more about Truth Rising at truthrising.com/colson.

Far from improving sports, gambling has undermined integrity and trust in the industry, in athletes, and at home. __________ Check out "Give. Save. Spend." and learn how to align your finances and faith by going to colsoneducators.org/courses.

The mission drift and how the closing of several Christian colleges can ignite a new era of educational excellence.  __________ Save up to 50% on your place at the Colson Center National Conference when you register by November 29  colsonconference.org.

From Voltaire to Beavis and Butthead to the loss of humor the heart really needs.  __________ Give to The Colson Center at colsoncenter.org/november.

The Supreme Court turns down a challenge to law that brought us legalized same-sex "marriage" while an appellate court says making students recognize pronouns is unconstitutional. IVF deaths have surpassed those lost to abortion. Down Syndrome deaths continue to rise. And is America being feminized?    Recommendations  Interesting Times Podcast with Ross Douthat  Strong Women Podcast    Segment 1 – Courts on Obergefell and Pronouns  Christian Post: Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis' request to reconsider landmark gay marriage ruling  ADF: Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education  Segment 2 – IVF and Down Syndrome Deaths and Bible Reading  LifeSite: IVF embryo deaths surpass number of babies killed annually by abortion, report shows  The Denver Gazette: Termination of Down syndrome pregnancies continues to be high, which concerns advocates  Rising Kites  The Christian Post: More Americans are now reading the Bible but fewer believe it's 100% accurate: study  Segment 3 – Feminization of America  Substack: The Great Feminization  Strange New World by Carl Trueman    ______________________   Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.   

While the world turns away, Christians must keep the persecuted in prayers and in the spotlight. __________ Save up to 50% on your place at the Colson Center National Conference when you register by November 29  colsonconference.org.

The evidence is abundant showing a nearly continuous Jewish presence in the Holy Land since ancient days and linking modern Jews and ancient Israelites. __________ Access Truth Rising The Study: Educators' Edition at colsoneducators.org.

The Church is in the best position to make marriage a priority for young adults.  __________ Give your kids a stronger foundation to embrace a biblical worldview and much more at summit.org/breakpoint.

Distinguishing who is in a room of the Christian house and who is in another house entirely.  __________ Register for our Colson Fellows informational webinar at colsonfellows.org/webinar.

Take heart, this civilizational moment has some warriors.  __________ Give your kids a stronger foundation to embrace a biblical worldview and much more at summit.org/breakpoint.

John and Maria discuss implications of New York City electing a socialist and Muslim as mayor. Nigeria is named Country of Particular Concern, and Sudan now is garnering attention as well. And Bill Gates is singing a different tune on climate change.   Recommendations Old School Podcast with Shilo Brooks and Bari Weiss  Summit Ministries  Segment 1 – Election Results and Christian Persecution  Election Results  The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington  True Believer by Eric Hoffer  Christian Persecution in Nigeria and Sudan  Marco Rubio's X post  Foreign Policy: The Fall of El Fasher Marks Another Dark Turn in Sudan's Civil War Segment 2 – Courts on Counseling and Bill Gates Changes Tune on Climate Change  Courts on Counseling and Chiles  Alliance Defending Freedom: Wyatt Bury v. City of Kansas City  SCOTUS Blog: What can we learn from the Supreme Court's first round of oral arguments? Bill Gates Changes Tune on Climate Change  Gates Notes: Three tough truths about climate Comments from Listeners   ______________________  Watch Truth Rising, now available at truthrising.com/colson.  

Venezuela sits on the world's largest oil reserves, yet why do its people make a fraction of many resource-poor nations?  __________ Check out "Give. Save. Spend." and learn how to align your finances and faith by going to colsoneducators.org/courses.

  The Christian response should be urgency, not alarm.  __________ Access Truth Rising The Study: Educators' Edition at colsoneducators.org.

What makes humans exceptional and distinct from machines?  __________ Register for our Colson Fellows informational webinar at colsonfellows.org/webinar.

The greatest evils in human history began by identifying a who, not a what, as the problem with the world.  __________ Register for the Truth Rising showing at Cornerstone University by going to colsoncenter.org/grandrapids.

The war between science and religion should never have been.  __________ Learn more about Truth Rising at truthrising.com/colson.