Breakpoint
Join John Stonestreet for a daily dose of sanity—applying a Christian worldview to culture, politics, movies, and more. And be a part of God's work restoring all things.
Episodes
Os Guinness on What Made America Great and Chloe Cole on Courage, Reality and Truth
This week we feature two speeches from the recent Colson Center National Conference. Os Guinness and Chloe Cole with two memorable presentations. Segment 1 – Os Guinness: What Made America Great CCNC Digital Offer Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Jewish Review Segment 2 – Chloe Cole; Courage, Reality and Truth
Business and the Christian Life
Business belongs under Christ's Lordship. __________ Apply for the Colson Fellows program at colsonfellows.org/apply.
Benjamin Rush: A Hero for the Ages
The lasting impact of a lesser-known Founding Father. __________ Start Truth Rising: The Study for free today at colsoncenter.org/study.
Built to Agree
Can we distinguish AI from a human; and do we care? __________ Apply for the Colson Fellows program at colsonfellows.org/apply.
The Gospel We Forgot
The world needs formed, not just informed, believers. __________ Download the Colson Educators app today on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Heroic Stories for Today's Young Men
If we want healthy young men who know that their strength is to serve others, we need to point them to heroes to admire and follow. __________ Join Abdu Murray, Gretchen Huizinga, and John Lennox (virtually) as they help us explore how Christians can live out our God-given humanity in an increasingly AI-driven world. Register at greatlakessymposium.org.
Lindsey Graham, American Exceptionalism, Children's Rights and the Decline of England
We look back at the life of Senator Lindsey Graham. Two politicians talked about American exceptionalism on July 4th; they both got it wrong. And England continues to flirt with oppressive laws Segment 1 – Lindsey Graham's Death; American Exceptionalism Daily Citizen Article on Lindsey Graham Mamdani's Address Segment 2 – Children Rights; Is Britain Gone? Children's
What the Eyes of Ellen Page and Chloe Cole Reveal
If eyes are a window to the soul, denying God's created identity only brings despair. __________ Apply for the Colson Fellows program at colsonfellows.org/apply.
Will AI Take Your Job?
Maintaining the Christian worldview in this next frontier. __________ Join Abdu Murray, Gretchen Huizinga, and John Lennox (virtually) as they help us explore how Christians can live out our God-given humanity in an increasingly AI-driven world. Register at greatlakessymposium.org.
BONUS: Jean Twenge on Generational Differences
Jean Twenge joins John Stonestreet to discuss what parents can do to protect their children from harm in a world so different from the one they grew up in.
The Church and Suicide
A new study finds that suicide risk rises and falls with social conditions, but the Church should be a rock of hope. __________ Start Truth Rising: The Study for free today at colsoncenter.org/study.
Beyond Crispr: Recreating Man with Genetic Editing
The "man-moulders of the new age" vs. Imago Dei. __________ Partner with thousands of others in supporting The Colson Center by visiting colsoncenter.org/cornerstone.
Securing Freedom for A Growing Nation
The Northwest Ordinance significantly shaped the future of slavery and education in America. __________ To watch a complementary session from Chloe Cole and have the opportunity to receive access to the complete conference video library with a gift of any amount, visit colsoncenter.org/july.
July 4th Celebrations; Education News and a Groundbreaking Suicide Study
Washington DC celebrated Independence Day in a big way last weekend. Two states with two very different education directives and new research on suicide has some very sobering findings. Segment 1 – July 4th Celebrations and Education News Christian Post article on Maine school directive AP article on Texas schools Segment 2 – Ground breaking Suicide Study Suicide Stu
More Servants, not Celebrities: A Tribute to Tracy Remy
Humble servitude and a life well lived. __________ And for more resources, or to share this commentary with others, visit breakpoint.org.
Your Bible Version Matters
The Bible is God's revealed Word to us, not our word to make applicable to the cultural moment. _________ Join Abdu Murray, Gretchen Huizinga, and John Lennox (virtually) as they help us explore how Christians can live out our God-given humanity in an increasingly AI-driven world. Register at greatlakessymposium.org.
America Flirts With Democratic Socialism
The Founders knew that unrestrained government power was the first enemy of freedom. __________ Download the Colson Educators app today on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Darwin's Horrid Doubt
Even "the father" of evolutionary theory found holes in his belief system. __________ Start Truth Rising: The Study for free today at colsoncenter.org/study.
What to Do with the "Gray Areas" of Business
Is it ethical to charge 15% more for rich clients? __________ Partner with thousands of others in supporting The Colson Center by visiting colsoncenter.org/cornerstone.
Supreme Court Rules on Girls Sports and America Celebrates 250 Years
A bevy of rulings from the US Supreme Court this Week. John talks with attorney Ian Speir about them. America celebrates his 250th birthday and John and Maria answer questions from listeners. Segment 1 – SCOTUS Decisions MSN article on Supreme Court rulings Segment 2 – Independence Day Breakpoint article on patriotism PBS The American Revolution Breakpoint art
Chuck Colson on the American Creed
The year before he died, Chuck Colson delivered a Breakpoint commentary on the July Fourth holiday in which he reflected on our national identity. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.
A Virtuous Love of Country
America's Christian roots should be the catalyst of our respect and the inspiration to want better. __________ Join Abdu Murray, Gretchen Huizinga, and John Lennox (virtually) as they help us explore how Christians can live out our God-given humanity in an increasingly AI-driven world. Register at greatlakessymposium.org.
BONUS: Dr. Allan Josephson
Dr. Allan Josephson joins John Stonestreet to discuss being fired for speaking out about gender ideology, and how ADF helped vindicate him.
Faithfulness in Hong Kong
A looming transition and a call for the Church to persevere. __________ Download the Colson Educators app today on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Josh Hawley, AI, and the Public Good
AI is here. Hiding from it isn't an option. __________ For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.
What Americans Really Believe about What's Best for Children
We owe it to children to tell the truth and oppose the lies. __________ Apply for the Colson Fellows program at colsonfellows.org/apply.
Venezuela Earthquake, NYC Socialists, Canada Law, and Fathers
A devastating earthquake hits Venezuela. John and Maria discuss socialist primary victories in New York, a new Gallup poll on religion, the New York Times' Father's Day essay, Canada's speech law, anti-Semitism on the right, and listener questions. Segment 1 – Venezuela Earthquake; NYC Primaries; Religion in America Venezuela earthquake article Coverage of New York City primar
How the Obergefell Decision Misled Courts, Corrupted Law, and Victimized Children
Millions of Americans now believe and live as if Obergefell has settled the question of same-sex "marriage". It did not. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
Sartre's Society is Alive and Well
The French philosopher rejected fixed human nature and birthed an identity crisis for the books. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
A Day of Prayer in a Month of Fidelity
If we are to be people who are faithful to our families, our nation, and to God, we will need His help. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
How Britain Enabled the Abuse of Thousands of Its Own Children
Religious worldview matters. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
A Virtuous Love of Country
Should Christians love their country? __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
The Iran Deal, UK Rape Report and the World Cup's Ironic Pride Match
Details of the deal to end hostilities between the US and Iran have been released. Also released this week a report on sexual abuse of women and girls in the UK. The World Cup's attempt at a pride match hits a snag. Segment 1 – Iran Deal; UK Rape Report MSN article on Iran Deal Breakpoint interview with Eric Patterson The Looming Tower by Larence Wright What ISI
Why Fathers Matter
Happy Father's Day to all the dads; you make a difference. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
Angels and the Image of God
What does Scripture say about the role and rank of angels? __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
Bonus: Fidelity Month
Professor Robert P. George joins John Stonestreet in discussing Fidelity Month.
The Wholesome Side of Social Media
They came for the soccer, but America is wooing international first-timers. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
The Myths of Christian History
Believers should speak of our Savior, the Bible, and our faith with the confidence of both objective truth and a changed life. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
Spielberg Wants to "Mess With" Your Faith
Non-believers don't understand how theologically deep and rooted is the Christian faith in truth. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
Is the LDS Church Christian? Fidelity Month, Gene Editing is Back and HelloFresh 'Celebrates' Pride, and a YouTuber Takes Heat over an Abortion
Sen Lee of Utah took exception with the Pentagon's labelling. NYT announces a new era of gene editing. John talks to Professor Robbie George about Fidelity Month. HelloFresh promotes perversion, A YouTuber is criticized for aborting a preborn baby diagnosed with Down Syndrome, but Bethany Christian Services makes a welcome change. Segment 1 – Are Mormons Christian? Gene Editing is Back
Science and the Declaration of Independence
America's founding recognizes human exceptionalism. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at adf.com/breakpoint.
Roger Bacon, a Man Ahead of His Time
Bacon was an important thinker for the future and the Christian faith. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
The Church of Latter-day Saints Should Not Be Labeled "Christian"
The debate about what it means to be a Christian clearly needed to happen. __________ Help us reach our $1 million goal by June 30 at colsoncenter.org/june.
Kingdom Bros
What should winning the kingdom really look like for the young men excited about their faith? __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at adf.com/breakpoint.
Resolve Conflict and Find Peace and Hope with Adult Children
Dr. Kathy Koch shares three insights from her new book, Resolve Conflict and Find Peace and Hope with Adult Children, that can keep your relationship with your children healthy and restore it if it's unhealthy. __________ Help ADF defend our freedoms by giving at joinadf.com/breakpoint.
Pope Leo's Encyclical, School's Ban Phones and Fidelity Month
Pope Leo's Letter has some thoughts on artificial intelligence; an increasing number of schools are telling students to leave their phones at home; Pride Month isn't getting as much recognition this year and college students can't read. Recommendations The Call by Os Guinness Engaging God's World by Cornelius Plantinga Truth Rising Study Summit Worldview Academy Just Do Somet
The Inconvenience of an Inconvenient Truth
A look at Al Gore's documentary 20 years later. __________ Help us reach our $1 million goal by June 30 at colsoncenter.org/june.
Bonus: What Really Matters
Tim Goeglein joins John Stonestreet in discussing Tim's new book, What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family.
Unlaughable Comedy
The fight for life-giving humor. __________ Educators, bring a deeper Christian worldview into your classroom by visiting colsonfellows.org/apply.
Before Rosa Parks, There Was Octavius Valentine Catto
Catto believed fighting for equality was part of the Christian duty. __________ Download the Colson Educators app today on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
The Slippery Slope Keeps Slipping
If killing critically ill newborns isn't the line, where is it for medically assisted suicide? __________ Start Truth Rising: The Study for free today at colsoncenter.org/study.
Restoring the Republic through Everyday Faithfulness
A month of fidelity, not pride. ___________ Partner with thousands of others in supporting The Colson Center by visiting colsoncenter.org/cornerstone.
The Centrality of the Trinity
Beyond time, Father, Son, and Spirit has had full personal fellowship within Himself. __________ Join us in praying for our country by visiting joinadf.com/breakpoint.
Navigating AI with a Christian Worldview
John interviews Oxford professor and apologist John Lennox on Artificial Intelligence, how should Christians view this technology, and how to maintain a Christian vision of what it means to be human. Segment 1 – Two Kinds of AI God, AI and the End of History: Understanding the Book of Revelation in an Age of Intelligent Machines Segment 2 – Should We Fear AI? What is Claude
Pesky Facts
What's happening when narratives, real or not, win over truths? __________ Help us reach our $1 million goal at colsoncenter.org/may.
Should Have Been Aborted
Ryan Bomberger is an amazing speaker with an amazing story, that is now the subject of a new book and documentary. __________ Join us in praying for our country by visiting joinadf.com/breakpoint.
Sober Minded in the Age of AI
We are called to not be deceived and to not fear. __________ Join us for our 2026 Rooted Educator Worldview Summit by visiting colsoneducators.org/rooted.
Belief Without Becoming
Why the Church's greatest need is formation. __________ Partner with thousands of others in supporting The Colson Center by visiting colsoncenter.org/cornerstone.
UN Admits Climate Catastrophe Scenarios Were Overstated, Chatbots Influencing Morality, the Legacy of Bob Woodson, Christian College Funding Concerns and the Colorado Supreme Court Orders the Restart of Minor Transgender Care
A report out of the UN says concerns about climate change were overstated. People who use chatbots are changing their views of morality. Proposed rules for funding colleges could create problems for Christian colleges. And another bizarre ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court on hospitals and transgender care. Recommendations Triggernometry podcast Segment 1 – OVERBLOWN CLIMAT
The Legacy of Bob Woodson
Woodson was a civil rights warrior who didn't buy the dominant narrative about race and oppression. __________ Download the Colson Educators app today on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Human Exceptionalism and Artificial Intelligence
What's the point of formation over efficiency, leisure over work, and wisdom over perfection? __________ Manage your money with a team that takes good stewardship to heart. Visit sovereignpw.com.
The First Lady of Pro-Life
Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson laid the groundwork for the pro-life cause in America. __________ Register for our Truth Rising watch party in Knoxville by visiting colsoncenter.org/knoxville.
Looking for God at Disney
Like all human beings with eternity in their hearts, Disney adults are creatures of longing. __________ Help us reach our $1 million goal at colsoncenter.org/may.
Colson Fellows Commissioned with Purpose
Graduating, commencing, and a better way. __________ Start Truth Rising: The Study for free today at colsoncenter.org/study.
The Horrors of October 7; Attempts to Restrict Homeschooling; The Seattle Times Doxes Katy Faust and The White House Pushes IVF Again
A new report on the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th. Connecticut is close to enacting a law placing more restrictions on homeschoolers. Katy Faust of Them Before Us was the victim of a hit piece by the Seattle Times. And John and Maria will talk about the administration's infatuation with IVF. Recommendations The World and Everything in It Segment 1 – The Horrors of Oct
From 'Liberalism' to 'Progressivism'
The fissure in America's ideological Left. __________ Get ahead of the Colson Fellows summer application rush by applying today colsonfellows.org/apply.
Freedom of Conscience
How Martin Luther and centuries of Church thinkers inspired the Bill of Rights. __________ Start Truth Rising: The Study for free today at colsoncenter.org/study.
Faithfulness, not Pride
A Tennessee bill and a grass-roots effort bring light to a darkened June. __________ Join us in praying for our country by visiting joinadf.com/breakpoint.
A Christian View of UFO's, Aliens, and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
When thinking about things like UFO's, aliens, and UAP's, the best place to start is with the rule and reign of Christ over all things. __________ Join us for our 2026 Rooted Educator Worldview Summit by visiting colsoneducators.org/rooted.
Dying with Dignity vs. "Death with Dignity"
The legacy work of how we face death. __________ Join us in praying for our country by visiting joinadf.com/breakpoint.
Men Aren't Moms; Church is Good for You; Richard Dawkins Says AI Is Conscious, And Pro-Life Frustration with the White House
We're celebrating mothers this Mother's Day weekend. Another study confirms what most already knew; church is good for your family. And there is growing frustration in the pro-life movement with the Trump administration. Recommendations Them Before Us YouTube Video The Desecration of Man by Carl Trueman Segment 1 – Mother's Day Them Before Us Substack Them Before
A Colorblind Constitution
The language of the laws of nature and nature's God. __________ For additional resources, or to download and share this commentary, visit breakpoint.org.
Bad Deists
It would make many comfortable if the Founders were Deists, but were they? __________ Download the Colson Educators app today on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Colorado Can't Seem to Stay Out of Constitutional Trouble
Another First Amendment case is on the docket from the increasingly progressive Rocky Mountain state. __________ Manage your money with a team that takes good stewardship to heart. Visit sovereignpw.com.
Do Muslims Love Jesus?
Though a few statements about Jesus in the Koran align with what we know from the Bible, other parts do not. __________ Register for our Truth Rising watch party in Knoxville by visiting colsoncenter.org/knoxville.
Neither Optimism or Despair: Why Hope is better
Christians are right to lament moral collapse but should never be reduced to despair. __________ Make a gift by May 8th to receive Dr. Carl Trueman's new book, The Desecration of Man at colsoncenter.org/may.
Another Assassination Attempt. God, Creation and "The Story of Everything". Planned Parenthood Gender Transitions. And the Pope Downplays Focus on Sexual Activity
The alleged shooter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner touts his Christian faith in his manifesto. A new documentary released this week is likely to be a breath of fresh air. Planned Parenthood downplays its involvement in gender transition procedures and is the Catholic Church planning to go silent on sex? Segment 1 – Another Assassination Attempt; God, Creation and the Story
Transgenderism, Transhumanism, and Transgression
According to Carl Trueman, transgression and desecration are at the heart of our current cultural crisis. __________ Partner with thousands of others in supporting The Colson Center by visiting colsoncenter.org/cornerstone.
The Wisdom of Being Bored
Human flourishing needs stillness. __________ Register for our Truth Rising watch party in Knoxville by visiting colsoncenter.org/knoxville.
"There Is No Mama"
Babies need their mamas. There are few things more obvious than that. __________ Download the Colson Educators app today on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
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