The Death of Queen Elizabeth II, Blue Laws and Despair, and False Narratives About the Religious Right
Breakpoint
Colson Center
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🗓️ 9 September 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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John and Maria discuss the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II and her longstanding sense of service to her nation. Afterwards, they stress the correlation—not the causation—between deaths of despair and decline in blue laws, laws against commerce on Sunday. They end by touching on commentaries from this week, in particular one highlighting the rebuttal of a false narrative that the religious right was founded in racism.
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| 0:51.3 | You're listening to Breakpoint this week where we're talking about the top stories of the week from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:57.0 | Today we're going to talk about the death of Queen Elizabeth II, what that means for the world, and what her reign as the longest-running queen of England means. |
| 1:06.4 | We're also going to talk about the correlation between the repeal of blue laws in the United States and deaths from despair. |
| 1:14.4 | What does or could that mean? We have a lot to get to today, but we're glad you're with us. |
| 1:19.1 | Stick around. |
| 1:23.4 | Welcome to Breakpoint this week from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. |
| 1:27.0 | I'm Maria Bear alongside John Stone Street, president from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. I'm Maria |
| 1:27.5 | Bear alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center. John, we have to start the show today |
| 1:33.7 | with some sad news, but big news. Obviously, you and I were talking a lot yesterday and everybody |
| 1:40.0 | continues to talk today about the death of Queen Elizabeth II. I know you're a fan of hers and a fan of the crown. |
| 1:47.4 | Tell us your thoughts hearing the news. |
| 1:51.2 | I mean, she was 96 years old, so had a remarkable life, |
| 1:56.4 | but her death was obviously coming soon. |
| 1:59.4 | But it's really shaken a lot of people, understandably. |
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