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Breakpoint

Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Disaster

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Christianity, News Commentary, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

It turns out, the human condition requires accountability, not absolution, from the state.

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0:00.0

Is the world changing faster than you can keep up with? Do you experience the

0:06.4

tension of living faithfully in a cultural moment that you are prepared to

0:09.8

navigate? On Breakpoint we talk about the importance of recovering Christian wisdom, but if you're

0:14.8

interested in going deeper and learning how to do that, you should explore the Colson Fellows

0:19.2

program. The Colson Fellows program is a 10-month deep dive into the study of the Christian life and

0:24.8

worldview, designed for adults in all stages of life.

0:28.2

Why?

0:29.2

Because Christians need to understand the entire biblical story, so we can live faithfully right where God has

0:34.4

placed each one of us. Many participants refer to it as the missing puzzle piece

0:38.9

to connect their personal faith in Christ to their relationships, vocation, ministries, and calling.

0:44.9

To learn more about the Colson Fellows, sign up for one of our upcoming informational webinars

0:49.4

at Coulsonfellows.org. That's Coulson fellows dot o'r g

1:01.1

welcome to breakpoint a daily look and an-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

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For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

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French philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau famously wrote that man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

1:16.4

Rousseau believed that human beings are, to put it in far less elegant 21st century language,

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born basically good and that it's society, societal rules and

1:25.7

institutions that corrupt us. The Oregon Governor Tina Kotek did not quote

1:30.9

Rousseau earlier this month as she was signing a law to

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recriminalize drug possession in her state she may as well have. Rousseau's

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ideas remain influential today and the unmitigated disaster of Oregon's drug policies over the last few

1:44.7

years is a fascinating example. Back in 2020 Oregon voters pass measure 110 which

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