12.15.25 Legal Docket on campaign-finance rules and limiting future speech, Moneybeat on the Fed policy, and History Book on a “Millionaire Missionary”

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Legal Docket covers the Supreme Court cases on campaign-finance rules and limiting future speech, Moneybeat explains the Fed policy, and History Book highlights the “Millionaire Missionary.” Plus, the Monday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Commuter Bible, the work-week audio Bible in four annual plans. On podcast apps and commuterbible.orgFrom Dordt University, where students are invited into God’s story of restoration; to live, learn, and work together with joyful purpose in all of life - until all is made new.And from I Witness: The Long Shore:A cinematic audio drama that blends faith and history. iwitnesspod.com.

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0:00.0	Today we kick off the December Giving Drive, and the great news is that today we do not start at zero.
0:06.7	Thanks to some longtime donor friends, we begin with a $20,000 challenge gift already on the table.
0:13.9	There's no penalty for jumping the gun in this race, so we got a strong running start
0:18.9	and a tangible reminder that supporting world
0:21.3	is a team effort.
0:22.6	We run together.
0:23.7	Nobody gives a loan.
0:25.0	We do run together and we are off and running.
0:28.1	So if you're ready, make your gift early
0:29.8	to World's December Giving Drive.
0:32.3	Just go to wng.org slash donate.
0:41.8	Music www.org.org slash donate. Good morning. Political super PACs spend without limits. Political parties do not. Congress caps what they can spend on their candidates, and that difference is now before the Supreme Court.
0:53.5	The last people who should be
0:54.8	saying what should be spent in elections are the people who are holding power today. That's ahead on
1:00.5	legal docket. Also today the Monday money beat economist David Bonson is standing by and later the
1:06.7	world history book today the story of the millionaire missionary. You know he would say in his diary, are you willing to be made willing?
1:14.4	Are you willing to be used to the Lord?
1:23.2	It's Monday, December 15th.
1:25.2	This is The World and Everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
1:29.5	I'm Mary Reichard.
1:30.5	And I'm Nick Eicher.
1:31.7	Good morning.
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