Breakpoint

The age-old question, “where was God?” was raised again after the disastrous flash flood in Texas. The IRS changes its policy on politics in the church. And Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she puts her feelings over the law. Recommendations Great Lakes Symposium: Truth, Love, and Humor [https://web.cvent.com/event/cceaff60-0922-4e32-ab74-2b6b44e662ca/summary] Evil and the Cross: An Analytical Look at the Problem of Pain by Henri Blocher [https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Cross-Analytical-Look-Problem/dp/0825420768] Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff [https://www.christianbook.com/lament-for-a-son/nicholas-wolterstorff/9780802802941/pd/280294X?en=google&event=SHOP&kw=books-0-20%7C280294X&p=1179710&utm_source=google&p=1237749&dv=c&cb_src=google&cb_typ=shopping&cb_cmp=21328467087&cb_adg=172338313908&cb_kyw=&utm_medium=shopping&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21328467087&gbraid=0AAAAAD_dTHb2yFpuo7bES8hGwrJg2tBhP&gclid=CjwKCAjw7MLDBhAuEiwAIeXGIdhAs9vDrGMxVd8wXdOs-MFfZW-Oj0a4N7CkC6C9QwL-e7jx1ahMOBoCqzgQAvD_BwE] John Mark McMillan [https://www.johnmarkmcmillan.com/music] Segment 1 - Where Was God in the Camp Mystic Disaster? CNN: Live updates: Texas flooding death toll [https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/texas-flooding-camp-mystic-trump-07-11-25] Evil and the Cross: An Analytical Look at the Problem of Pain by Henri Blocher [https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Cross-Analytical-Look-Problem/dp/0825420768] Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff [https://www.christianbook.com/lament-for-a-son/nicholas-wolterstorff/9780802802941/pd/280294X?en=google&event=SHOP&kw=books-0-20%7C280294X&p=1179710&utm_source=google&p=1237749&dv=c&cb_src=google&cb_typ=shopping&cb_cmp=21328467087&cb_adg=172338313908&cb_kyw=&utm_medium=shopping&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21328467087&gbraid=0AAAAAD_dTHb2yFpuo7bES8hGwrJg2tBhP&gclid=CjwKCAjw7MLDBhAuEiwAIeXGIdhAs9vDrGMxVd8wXdOs-MFfZW-Oj0a4N7CkC6C9QwL-e7jx1ahMOBoCqzgQAvD_BwE] Segment 2 - Politics in the Pulpit and Justice Jackson's Feelings NPR: IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates [https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/nx-s1-5460886/irs-now-says-pastors-can-endorse-political-candidates] Breakpoint: Voting: Lesser of Two Evils vs. Lessening Evil  [https://breakpoint.org/lesser-of-two-evils-vs-lessening-evil/] FOX: Jackson defends controversial, fiery SCOTUS dissents as telling people ‘how I feel’ [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/justice-jackson-i-get-tell-people-how-i-feel-court-opinions] Great Lakes Symposium: Truth, Love, and Humor [https://web.cvent.com/event/cceaff60-0922-4e32-ab74-2b6b44e662ca/summary] Segment 3 - Listener Questions What Would You Say?: Is Gender Transition a Social Contagion? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfUpiGnEcuk] Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier [https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters/dp/168451228X] Submit a question to Breakpoint here!  [https://breakpoint.org/contact-us/] __________ Become a Cornerstone Monthly Partner at colsoncenter.org/monthly [https://colsoncenter.givevirtuous.org/donate/cornerstone-partners-/?segmentCode=MA0325BP1&utm_source=tcc&utm_campaign=STD&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=2503podcast&utm_term=podcast].  Register for the Colson Fellows Program with your spouse and save 25% at colsonfellows.org [https://www.colsonfellows.org/].

Pastors should speak up for those called outside of church walls as much as inside.  Related Resource What Would You Say?: The Separation of Church and State Protects Us From Religious Ideas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPqf-494_I] _____________ Register for the FREE livestream event Truth, Love, and Humor: Faith Without Fear at colsoncenter.org/truth [https://web.cvent.com/event/cceaff60-0922-4e32-ab74-2b6b44e662ca/summary].

The Scopes Trial and its cast of colorful characters is the story of the power of narratives to shape public perception.  Related Resource What Would You Say?: Are Humans and Chimpanzees Basically the Same? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyinDO6hgQA] _____________ Get FREE access to the “Why Life? Courageous Faith in a Culture of Death” video series at colsoncenter.org/whylife [https://colsoncenter.org/whylife].

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What’s next?  Related Resources What Would You Say?: Is Gender Transition a Social Contagion? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfUpiGnEcuk&t=1s] Breakpoint Forum: Following the Science on Transgender Ideology [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1R3yfrEu5k] _______________ Get FREE access to the course Hope Always: How to Be a Force for Life in a Culture of Suicide at colsoneducators.org [https://courses.colsoneducation.org/offers/d3EqFXuW/checkout?__hstc=214592072.fa7ff72212958cdfbc9d82acffe026f6.1751936468176.1751936468176.1751936468176.1&__hssc=214592072.1.1751936468176&__hsfp=3986448275].