Welcome to the Colson Center Podcast Network. This is Breakpoint this week, a weekly briefing on faith,

culture, worldview, and mission with John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center for Christian

World View. Welcome to Breakpoint this week. I'm Shane Morris here with John Stone Street and

Maria Bear. We're talking this week about

2021. What we can look forward to, what we need to think about as Christians as we consider

the coming year. You can find links to the stories that we're going to talk about today by visiting

breakpoint.org, where you'll also find commentaries and resources every day to help you think

and live like a Christian in

today's culture. Well, guys, last week we looked back on the stories of 2020 and the biggest

themes of 2020 that sort of emerged. And we hit everything from celebrity pastors to the loss of

social trust, to what the rationale behind declaring certain businesses and jobs and churches non-essential in the midst

of the COVID-19 lockdowns was.

And I think some excellent themes emerged from there that we're going to be able to pick up

on today's program as we discuss the important ideas that are going to influence how we

live and think in 2021.

And before we do that, I mean, this is kind of part two for us and Maria was with us last week,

but I kind of feel like our audience, I mean, she sat in for you, what, I guess a couple

months ago.

Maria, is that when you sat in the last time?

Last month?

Last month?

I know it seems like forever ago, but it was 2020.

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