You're listening to Breakpoint this week where we're talking about the top stories of the week from a Christian worldview.

Today we're going to talk about the resignation of Harvard's president and what it says about our trust and institutions.

We're also going to talk about the ongoing violence against Christians in Nigeria,

what it means for the world and how we can respond.

We have a lot to get to today, but we're glad you're with us for this first episode of 2024.

Please stick around.

Welcome to Breakpoint this week from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm Maria Bear,

alongside John Stone Street coming to you

for the first time in 2024. John we have a lot to get to today. There have been

some major developments around the world including a horrifying ongoing

massacre of Christians in Nigeria that just feels like there's nobody there to stop this.

I mean, I know that's not necessarily true,

but this has been a really horrific story

that we've been following.

And we're gonna talk about that in today's show

as well, as well as some other news bombshells, including more documents dropping from the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Also some news about democracy in the world, which is going to be really interesting.

But I actually want to start at what might seem like a small-ish story compared to those, but I think

has bigger implications and that's the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay, which came about four weeks later than I would have expected.

She went before Congress a few weeks ago to talk about the rising anti-Semitism on college

campuses, including her own, and was rightly heavily

criticized in the media after that appearance because she was not able to

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