Welcome to Breakpoint, daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

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

In the words of British missionary theologian Leslie Newbigin,

the calling of Christians is, quote,

to live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.

Well, that certainly has

implications for the work and the ministry and the mission of the Colson Center. The goal of breakpoint

is to help Christians think carefully about current events, not be thrown off guard by a swirling

culture and be able to have the clarity they need. But the truth is, commentary is really only helpful if it actually helps Christians live out their faith

in every walk of life in this cultural moment.

So producing a commentary, saying something clever about what's happening in the culture, that's not the front lines.

Every Christian lives on the front lines as they seek to be faithful to the calling of God

in their life wherever he has placed them. So we need biblical and cultural literacy so that our

beliefs are orthodox, but we also need to be about orthopraxy, applying the answers of scripture

to the rigors of actual life. The Colson Fellows program is a tool that is designed to help believers do just that.

Over the course of 10 months, Colson Fellows meet and regional cohorts.

They read through essential books on Christian worldview and culture.

They also receive teaching through commentary and videos.

And they do all of this in

communities, communities that together imagine the possibilities of what God might do in their time

and their place. This year, God has brought over 1,200 Colson Fellows to study together,

from pastors to CEOs, to entrepreneurs, moms, dads, grandparents, pilots, politicians,

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