12.19.24 Response to tragedy, punishment for childhood independence, and a Festival of Nativities

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Madison Christians unite in grief and prayer after the tragic shooting, a mom arrested for letting her son roam, and Nativity scenes from around the world. Plus, a hidden message in a Christmas card, Cal Thomas on Biden’s final weeks, and the Thursday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate.Additional support comes from Season 2 of I-Witness: Silent Night, the student-led podcast drama following time-travelers to the first Christmas. On podcast apps or at: iwitnesspod.comAnd from Dordt University. Dordt’s student musicians enjoy opportunities to discover, develop, and share the gift of music and bring glory to God – until all is made new.

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:06.8	Families in Madison, Wisconsin deal with heartbreak as they gather together following another shooting at a Christian school.
0:14.0	How do we not live in fear and how do we address when evil comes knocking at your door?
0:19.7	Also, we talked to the mother arrested after her child went for a walk on his own.
0:25.5	What's it mean for the rights of parents?
0:27.9	And a church exhibits unique nativity scenes from around the world.
0:32.4	It's beautiful just to see how the other nations, all the nations.
0:41.3	We all look to Jesus. And world commentator Cal Thomas says we may be witnessing the most vindictive transition of presidential power yet.
0:57.7	It's Thursday, December 19th. This is The World and Everything in it from listeners, supported world radio.
1:01.7	I'm Mary Reichert.
1:02.6	And at Merna Brown.
1:03.8	Good morning.
1:06.3	It's time for the news.
1:07.7	Here's Kent Covington.
1:09.4	A 1,500-page spending bill that would fund the federal government into March and avert a partial government shutdown may have just gone up in flames.
1:18.7	President-elect Trump came out against the bill on Wednesday, with many Republicans already wary of it.
1:24.4	Vice President-elect J.D. Vance said Trump could support a continuing resolution or
1:29.1	CR for short, which would keep spending at current levels. Well, what the president believes is we
1:34.2	support a clean CR so long as it contains a debt limit increase. A clean CR would mean not adding
1:41.6	any additional spending to the bill right now beyond what the government is already spending,
1:46.1	but the existing bill includes more money for pet projects at the local level and a pay raise for members of Congress.
1:53.1	GOP congressman Chip Roy of Texas said yesterday.
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