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Breakpoint

The D.C. Aviation Disaster, What the Good Samaritan Means, and A New Executive Order Protects Children

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, Culture, Christianity, Currentevents, Worldview, News

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

John and Maria discuss the tragic midair collision in the nation’s capital. Also, a dispute erupted this week on social media about the true meaning of the parable of the Good Samaritan, and the latest Executive Order either harms children or protects them, depending on who you ask.

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Transcript

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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 from a Christian perspective.

0:08.0

Today we're going to talk about the ongoing debate about immigration enforcement and the parable of the Good Samaritan.

0:13.9

We're also going to talk about President Trump's new executive order about medical interventions for kids with gender dysphoria.

0:20.4

Thank you so much for being with us today. Stick around.

0:24.8

Welcome to Breakpoint this week. From the Colson Center for Christian Worldview,

0:28.5

I'm Maria Bear alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center. John, the details on this

0:34.1

are still obviously coming out. We're recording this Friday morning. We really don't know exactly what happened. But I just wanted to briefly mention that we are mourning with the families of the people lost in the crash at Reagan Airport a couple days ago when a Army Blackhawk helicopter collided with a commercial airliner. We're learning more and more about

0:55.1

the victims. I know here in Ohio, it was a student from Cedarville University that was killed.

1:00.7

This is just a horrible gut-wrenching story. Yeah, it's just the right place to begin, just to

1:06.3

extend our prayers and grief. It was a shocking thing to see i mean obviously anybody who flies a lot

1:13.4

may have been gone in abd dc so often it is such a crowded space and this is just a tragedy that

1:20.8

you know people are just going how could this happen it just seems so unlikely and the worst thing to do is to allow it to spawn you know preconceived

1:31.8

explanations without merit that that is not the way christians think about evil and suffering and a fallen

1:40.4

world and first and foremost we we mourn victims because we believe every life is made

1:46.4

in the image and likeness of God. I had not heard that there was a Cedarville student. I appreciate

1:50.9

you sharing that. So my heart goes out to that community. Spent a lot of time on that campus.

1:55.5

Grateful for President White and the other folks there that I know on that campus,

2:01.6

man, that is a tough thing to think about.

2:05.4

This is one of those times, though, I think that we should just stop and say,

2:10.4

what was my reaction?

2:12.1

And if my reaction is grief, that's the right one.

2:14.8

If my reaction is prayer, that's the right one.

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