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Listen Now Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Our first guest on the show today is Dr. Jerry Newcombe, co-host, columnist, and a spokesperson for D. James Kennedy Ministries. He tells us about his recent articles, one on Post-Truth and Planned Parenthood and the 3% Myth.
In the second hour we hear from John Stonestreet, president of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He discusses the agenda of the LGBT movement and gender issues.
Kerby Anderson
Host, Point of View Radio Talk Show
Kerby Anderson is host of Point of View Radio Talk Show and also serves as the President of Probe Ministries. He holds masters degrees from Yale University (science) and Georgetown University (government). He also serves as a visiting professor at Dallas Theological Seminary and has spoken on dozens of university campuses including University of Michigan, Vanderbilt University, Princeton University, Johns HopkinsRead More
Guests
Dr. Jerry Newcombe
Author | Columnist
Dr. Jerry Newcombe serves as the co-host, a columnist, and a spokesperson for Truth in Action Ministries, founded by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy. Jerry has produced or co-produced more than 60 one hour television specials that have aired nationwide. Jerry is the author or co-author of twenty-four books, at least two of which have been bestsellers, George Washington’s Sacred Fire (with Dr. Peter Lillback) and What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? (with Dr. Kennedy). Jerry has appeared on numerous talk shows as a guest, including Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (4x), Janet Parshall’s America, Point of View, the Moody radio network, TBN, etc. Jerry hosts a weekly radio program on Christian radio, “GraceFM,”. Jerry resides in South Florida with his family.
Media Bias and Trump
Here’s a variation of a joke I heard recently that is circulating among conservatives. The pope and President Trump were out on a ship, and suddenly a gust of wind causes the pontiff’s hat to fly several feet away from the boat on the surface of the water. Trump gets out of the boat and walks on water to retrieve the miter.
On a nearby boat are members of the media.
The next day the headline in the New York Times declares, “Trump Can’t Swim.”
The Washington Post headline read, “Trump Guilty of Water Pollution.”
The L.A. Times headline declares, “Trump Shows Off in Front of Pope.”
USA Today notes: “Trump Tries to Upstage Jesus.”
And so it goes with the liberal media: It would appear that President Trump cannot win, no matter what he does. Has he had a rocky start to his presidency or has he been working diligently to fulfill his campaign promises? Either way, the media often color our view of the world.
Not that I think he walks on water, but is it any wonder Trump so often takes his case to tens of millions of followers through Twitter? This is his unfiltered voice above the gatekeepers at the mainstream media.
A recent poll by Fox News (Feb. 17) found that 68 percent of Americans “think the press has been ‘tougher’ on Trump than Obama.”
The poll also found that a slight majority of Americans give Trump more credence than they do reporters: “By a slim 45-42 percent margin, more voters say they trust the Trump administration to ‘tell the public the truth’ than the reporters who cover the White House.”
On a nearby boat are members of the media.
The next day the headline in the New York Times declares, “Trump Can’t Swim.”
The Washington Post headline read, “Trump Guilty of Water Pollution.”
The L.A. Times headline declares, “Trump Shows Off in Front of Pope.”
USA Today notes: “Trump Tries to Upstage Jesus.”
And so it goes with the liberal media: It would appear that President Trump cannot win, no matter what he does. Has he had a rocky start to his presidency or has he been working diligently to fulfill his campaign promises? Either way, the media often color our view of the world.
Not that I think he walks on water, but is it any wonder Trump so often takes his case to tens of millions of followers through Twitter? This is his unfiltered voice above the gatekeepers at the mainstream media.
A recent poll by Fox News (Feb. 17) found that 68 percent of Americans “think the press has been ‘tougher’ on Trump than Obama.”
The poll also found that a slight majority of Americans give Trump more credence than they do reporters: “By a slim 45-42 percent margin, more voters say they trust the Trump administration to ‘tell the public the truth’ than the reporters who cover the White House.”
John Stonestreet
President - Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview
John Stonestreet serves as President of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. A gifted communicator on areas of faith and culture, theology, worldview, education, and apologetics, John is a sought-after speaker, published author, and respected cultural commentator.
Since 2012, John and Eric Metaxas have co-hosted BreakPoint, the nationally syndicated radio commentary founded by the late Chuck Colson. He is also the voice of the Point, a daily one minute radio feature on worldview, apologetics and cultural issues.
Before coming to the Colson Center in 2010, John served various leadership capacities with Summit Ministries, and was on the Biblical Studies faculty at Bryan College (TN).
John has co-authored three books: Restoring All Things (with Warren Smith, 2015), Same-Sex Marriage (with Sean McDowell, 2014), and Making Sense of Your World: A Biblical Worldview (with Gary Phillips and William Brown, 2007).
John holds degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (IL) and Bryan College (TN). He and his wife Sarah have three daughters and a dog, and live in Colorado Springs, CO.
Since 2012, John and Eric Metaxas have co-hosted BreakPoint, the nationally syndicated radio commentary founded by the late Chuck Colson. He is also the voice of the Point, a daily one minute radio feature on worldview, apologetics and cultural issues.
Before coming to the Colson Center in 2010, John served various leadership capacities with Summit Ministries, and was on the Biblical Studies faculty at Bryan College (TN).
John has co-authored three books: Restoring All Things (with Warren Smith, 2015), Same-Sex Marriage (with Sean McDowell, 2014), and Making Sense of Your World: A Biblical Worldview (with Gary Phillips and William Brown, 2007).
John holds degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (IL) and Bryan College (TN). He and his wife Sarah have three daughters and a dog, and live in Colorado Springs, CO.
Exploring the Benedict Option
Perhaps you’ve been hearing about this new book, “The Benedict Option” by Rod Dreher, and wondered, “What’s that?” Let’s talk about it.
A new book by blogger Rod Dreher, “The Benedict Option,” has already been debated, discussed, and by some, dismissed and denounced before it was even released—or read. Well, now it’s out, and it’s worthy of a thoughtful discussion, particularly about what Rod calls “a decisive leap into a truly countercultural way of living Christianity.”
The Benedict Option name comes from the last page of philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre’s 1981 book “After Virtue.” As Dreher recently explained, “MacIntyre said the time is coming when men and women of virtue will understand that continued full participation in mainstream society was not possible for those who want to live a life of traditional virtue. These people would find new ways to live in community, he said, just as St. Benedict, the sixth-century father of Western monasticism, responded to the collapse of Roman civilization by founding a monastic order.”
Now as the quote suggests, Dreher’s book makes two key points: first, we’ve arrived at a moment where “full participation in mainstream society” is no longer compatible with living lives of traditional Christian virtue; and therefore, second, the time has come to find new ways of living as Christians.
A new book by blogger Rod Dreher, “The Benedict Option,” has already been debated, discussed, and by some, dismissed and denounced before it was even released—or read. Well, now it’s out, and it’s worthy of a thoughtful discussion, particularly about what Rod calls “a decisive leap into a truly countercultural way of living Christianity.”
The Benedict Option name comes from the last page of philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre’s 1981 book “After Virtue.” As Dreher recently explained, “MacIntyre said the time is coming when men and women of virtue will understand that continued full participation in mainstream society was not possible for those who want to live a life of traditional virtue. These people would find new ways to live in community, he said, just as St. Benedict, the sixth-century father of Western monasticism, responded to the collapse of Roman civilization by founding a monastic order.”
Now as the quote suggests, Dreher’s book makes two key points: first, we’ve arrived at a moment where “full participation in mainstream society” is no longer compatible with living lives of traditional Christian virtue; and therefore, second, the time has come to find new ways of living as Christians.
Campus Intolerance
Progressives drive religious conservatives off campus — all in the name of fighting ‘extremism.’
If there is one constant in the battles over free speech on campus, it’s this: Apologists for intolerance can rarely justify censorship without making stuff up. Confronted with the difficulty of justifying the actual facts of actual disruptions (and sometimes violence), they resort to defending the academy from enemies it doesn’t have, upholding standards that aren’t under attack, and creating new standards they have no intention of using to benefit anyone but their friends.
I witnessed this countless times during my legal work defending the free-association rights of Christian college students. More than 100 universities in the United States have either thrown Christian groups off campus or attempted to toss groups from campus on the grounds that it is impermissible “discrimination” for Christian groups to reserve leadership positions for Christians. But rather than justify the actual facts of the actual case in front of them, campus officials would assert that if they don’t uphold the campus nondiscrimination policy, then the university couldn’t defend its students against . . . the Ku Klux Klan. Indeed, at Vanderbilt University, administrators directly compared Christian students seeking Christian leadership to segregationists from the Jim Crow South.
If there is one constant in the battles over free speech on campus, it’s this: Apologists for intolerance can rarely justify censorship without making stuff up. Confronted with the difficulty of justifying the actual facts of actual disruptions (and sometimes violence), they resort to defending the academy from enemies it doesn’t have, upholding standards that aren’t under attack, and creating new standards they have no intention of using to benefit anyone but their friends.
I witnessed this countless times during my legal work defending the free-association rights of Christian college students. More than 100 universities in the United States have either thrown Christian groups off campus or attempted to toss groups from campus on the grounds that it is impermissible “discrimination” for Christian groups to reserve leadership positions for Christians. But rather than justify the actual facts of the actual case in front of them, campus officials would assert that if they don’t uphold the campus nondiscrimination policy, then the university couldn’t defend its students against . . . the Ku Klux Klan. Indeed, at Vanderbilt University, administrators directly compared Christian students seeking Christian leadership to segregationists from the Jim Crow South.
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