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Colbert Cancelled, A Golf Champion Prioritizes Faith and Family, and the Death of Public Libraries

Release Date: 07/25/2025

The American Eagle Ad, Acosta Interviews AI, and Changing Grok’s Mind

Breakpoint

An American Eagle jeans ad is called a rise of Nazism. A CNN reporter uses AI to talk to a long-dead teenager. And John and Katy Faust talk about Katy challenging an assertion made by AI’s Grok. Recommendations Segment 1 - Jeans Ad Causes Uproar Segment 2 - Changing Definition of Death Segment 3 - Talking to Grok Segment 4 - Questions and Recommendations __________ Stay up to date on Truth Rising, premiering September 5, at . Join the Colson Center as a Cornerstone Monthly Partner at .

Is Snark a Spiritual Gift?

Breakpoint

Are Christians called to love, or called to being nice? _______________ Sign up for the latest updates on the Truth Rising documentary at .

BONUS: Contending for Truth

Breakpoint

In this bonus episode of Breakpoint, John Stonestreet has a conversation with Gabe Lyons, Andrew Walker, and Ryan Anderson. They discuss what can we learn by looking back over the last several decades of the Church’s involvement in culture and what it means to embrace and lose our public morality.

The British Crisis

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Rejecting Christianity will mean losing those cultural goods that depend on Christian values, such as freedom of speech and religion. ____________ Give any gift to the Colson Center this month and recieve digital access to the 2025 Colson Center National Conference at .

When Fertility Treatments Don’t Treat Infertility

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A worldview that insists on absolute autonomy and that “the customer is always right” will corrupt medicine. Related Resource ________________ Join the Colson Center as a Cornerstone partner at .

Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Terrible Life

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Why it’s important to read bad books about bad ideas. _____________ Sign up to receive updates on the Truth Rising documentary at .

Os Guinness on the Truth Rising Documentary

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When a civilization loses touch with what made it great. Related Resource _______________ Give any amount to the Colson Center this month and receive digital access to the Colson Center National Conference at .

Remembering William Wilberforce, More Islamic Violence in Africa, and What It (Really) Means to Treat Infertility

Breakpoint

William Wilberforce is remembered for his two great aims: the abolition of slavery and advancing public morality. Another horrific attack on Christians in the Congo, and the stories surrounding IVF and surrogacy keep getting stranger. Recommendations Segment 1 - Wilberforce Day and an Attack in the Congo by Eric Hoffer Segment 2 - IVF & Surrogacy Segment 3 - Is Snark Biblical? Segment 4 - Questions and Recommendations __________ Stay up to date on Truth Rising, premiering September 5, at . Get access to the Why Life? video series at .

Transhumanism is a Christian Heresy (and a False Gospel)

Breakpoint

Technological godhood won’t save us. Related Resource What Would You Say?: ______________ Join the Colson Center as a Cornerstone Partner at .

AI Without a Chest

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No technology will provide a shortcut to moral reasoning. ______________ Truth Rising premieres on September 5. Sign up for updates at .

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John and Maria discuss the news of the week including the end of the highly political Stephen Colbert late night show and Scottie Sheffler’s inspirational comments after winning the British Open. Also, this week, why so many people don’t want to enter a public library anymore.

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