Masculinity, Bravery, and Volodymyr Zelensky PLUS: Hope and Commercial Surrogacy in Ukraine - BreakPoint This Week
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🗓️ 19 March 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
John and Maria discuss the rise of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. They ponder why the world seems to admire his leadership and what the significance is when the wider culture largely rejects many displays of masculinity.
Then, Maria asks John to explain a recent commentary that highlights beauty in the face of the conflict in Ukraine. Sharing about the weight of redemption, John notes that redemption grounds many issues in the world and expounds on the Wilberforce Weekend theme "Life Redeemed."
To close, John describes a recent commentary at BreakPoint on assisted reproduction. Maria shares some of the feedback often received on commentaries about this topic, identifying some challenges to questions for BreakPoint.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Breakpoint this week where we're talking about the top stories of the week |
| 0:04.0 | from a Christian worldview. Today we're going to talk about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky |
| 0:08.8 | and how he's handling the war in his country and how the West seems to have embraced him as a hero. |
| 0:14.7 | We're also going to talk about what it means that life is being continually redeemed in this world |
| 0:20.3 | that God made and why that's the topic |
| 0:22.2 | for our upcoming Wilberforce weekend. So we have a lot to get to today. We're so glad you're with |
| 0:26.9 | us. Stick around. Welcome to Breakpoint this week from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Maria Baer, alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center and the voice of Breakpoint. |
| 0:40.1 | John, how are you this week? |
| 0:41.7 | Have you survived the stomach flu? |
| 0:43.5 | I didn't have it. |
| 0:44.2 | Apparently, you guys did. |
| 0:45.4 | And thanks for bringing it up to everyone right at the top of the show. |
| 0:48.2 | What a pleasant way to begin our morning. |
| 0:49.7 | I think I might be coming to you today from Beyond the Grave. |
| 0:53.3 | That's what it felt like in the moment. |
| 0:55.1 | Is that what it is? |
| 0:56.4 | I'm coming to you today from a beautiful location, undisclosed, where there's water. |
| 1:01.1 | You're the worst. |
| 1:01.8 | You can't tease me for bringing, you're the worst. |
| 1:04.6 | An undisclosed location where there's water. |
| 1:06.5 | I know before the show you were like, oh, I have a sore throat. |
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