What Should We Do About School Shootings? Belief in Miracles on the Rise. And Christmas Recommendations
Breakpoint
Colson Center
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🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The shooting at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin has reignited the discussion about how to stop the violence. A new study shows that those with a college education are increasingly believing in the supernatural. And John and Maria make some suggestions to enliven your Christmas.
Christmas Season Recommendations
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
New York Times: A Cathedral of Sound
This Little Babe - Benjamin Britten
Segment 1 - What Should We Do about School Shootings?
Breakpoint: Why We Shouldn't Just 'Do Something'
Steven Curtis Chapman: "Heaven In The Real World"
Segment 2 - Belief in Miracles on the Rise
Ryan Burge on belief in miracles
Breakpoint: Six Key Worldview Stories of 2024: Christianity is a Cultural Good
The Way of the (Modern) World by Craig M. Gay
Breakpoint: The Restlessness of the "Spiritual but Not Religious"
Making Sense of Your World by W. Gary Phillips, William E. Brown, and John Stonestreet
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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 |
| 0:06.1 | from a Christian perspective. Today we're going to talk about the aftermath of another school |
| 0:10.3 | shooting at a Christian school this time in Wisconsin. We're also going to talk about the |
| 0:14.6 | return to spirituality among young people in particular. We have a lot to get to today. We're so glad |
| 0:20.2 | you're with us. Stick around. |
| 0:24.4 | Welcome to Breakpoint this week. From the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm Maria Bear, |
| 0:29.1 | alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center. John, last night I had one of the |
| 0:33.5 | strangest dreams of my life, and I bring this up because I need you to interpret it for me. |
| 0:38.0 | But we have so much of the show to get to today. |
| 0:40.1 | We have so much to get to today that we might not have time for this, but this is how |
| 0:44.7 | pressing it is. |
| 0:46.1 | Okay, I dreamt last night. |
| 0:47.4 | Maybe this is a hazard of this job. |
| 0:49.4 | I dreamt that I met Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian dictator, and that I was compelled to tell him |
| 0:58.4 | that he needed to repent and believe in Jesus. So your interpretation. Do I need to be a |
| 1:03.5 | missionary to Siberia or wherever he's hiding out at this point? Yeah, I skip the dream interpretation class in seminary. |
| 1:14.2 | It was offered the next semester after I graduated, and it wasn't a required course for all of us. |
| 1:21.1 | So I didn't take it. |
| 1:21.9 | That's a shame. |
| 1:22.9 | You need that continued education. |
| 1:25.5 | Okay, let's actually get to the things that we're supposed to get to today. |
| 1:28.6 | I'm just still mulling that over. |
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