The Great Book Ban Panic of 2023
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2023
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Good books tell children the truth about the world and who they are, respecting their age, imagination, and innocence.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, John Stone Street here. |
| 0:03.7 | If you're a mom or a dad like me, your dearest hope is that your children will grow up to |
| 0:08.4 | know God, to love God, to trust God. |
| 0:11.1 | To follow Jesus Christ and to live out his call on their lives in a way that brings glory |
| 0:15.4 | to God, do you know that kids live in a very difficult cultural context, to put up mildly |
| 0:20.5 | one that attacks their Christian faith? |
| 0:22.4 | That's why I tell every parent I know, if you've got a son or daughter, 16 to 22, send |
| 0:27.7 | them to a some-administry summer conference. |
| 0:29.8 | I guarantee you that they'll love it, and it'll help build an unshakable faith. |
| 0:35.3 | Get a discount on an in-person session when you use the code breakpoint at checkout. |
| 0:40.4 | Just go to summit.org-student. |
| 0:42.7 | That's summit.org-student to learn more. |
| 0:52.4 | Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of |
| 0:55.9 | unchanging truth. |
| 0:56.9 | For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street. |
| 1:00.8 | Three months ago, an 11-year-old sixth grader at a public school in Maine read a passage |
| 1:05.1 | from a school library book to the local school board. |
| 1:08.1 | It described a sexual encounter between two teenage boys. |
| 1:11.6 | When he found the book, the school librarian asked if he'd like to see others like it, |
| 1:15.4 | or if he'd like to check out the book's graphic novel edition. |
| 1:18.9 | The boy's father, who also spoke at the school board meeting, was not nearly as calm as |
| 1:23.2 | his son. |
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