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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 9:56):
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The Slap Heard ‘Round the World: Moral Confusion as Tinseltown Honors Itself

NEW YORK TIMES (NICOLE SPERLING, MATT STEVENS AND JULIA JACOBS)
Academy Condemns Will Smith for Slap at Oscars and Opens Inquiry

WASHINGTON POST (ALYSSA ROSENBERG)
Will Smith’s Oscars Slap Doesn’t Need Explaining. Just Let it be Sad.

PART 2
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Hollywood’s Centralized Control Over the Culture Wanes as New Media Forms Overtake Influence of Movies

NEW YORK TIMES (ROSS DOUTHAT)
We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies.

THE GUARDIAN (CATHERINE SHOARD)
Four Years on from #MeToo, the Oscars’ Feminism has Gone Rapidly Backwards

PART 3
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An Obstacle to the LGBTQ Movement’s March Through the Public Schools: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs ‘Parental Rights in Education’ Law

NEW YORK TIMES (PATRICIA MAZZEI)
DeSantis Signs Florida Bill That Opponents Call ‘Don’t Say Gay’

PART 4
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What Makes the News Makes a Culture: Citizens Oppose School’s Placement of Female Hygiene Products in Boys Bathrooms

PATCH (DAVID GIULIANI)
Some Opposed To Tampons In LTHS Boys Bathrooms

This week, Dr. John Snyder and Teddy James will wrap up our series on a talk given by Hudson Taylor to several missionaries in the late 19th century. His main emphasis throughout the talk was the significance of the missionaries living a life that aligns with their teaching.
While we are focused on living consistent lives, we also have to be aware of the contradictory nature of the Christian life. But the contradictions aren’t between teaching and life. They are between what is happening to us and how we respond.
As Paul says in 2 Corinthians 6:8-10, “We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.”
So, as we strive for consistency in our lives, let us also embrace those contradictions the Lord brings for the glory of His name and the growth of His kingdom on earth.
And if you haven’t taken the time to read Hudson Taylor’s short talk to his missionaries, let us encourage you to do so at the link below. We pray you will find it beneficial.
Show Notes:
Days of Blessing in Inland China: Being an Account of Meetings Held in the Province of Shan-Si
Digital: https://www.brethrenarchive.org/bookshelf/missionary/china/days-of-blessing-in-inland-china/
sPhysical: https://www.amazon.com/Days-Blessings-Inland-China-Meetings-ebook/dp/B00MW7YMRG
Hudson Taylor Biography
https://www.davidsonpublishing.org/hudson-taylor.html
Poor Richard
https://issuu.com/omf_international/docs/poor_richard_gospel_tract#google_vignette
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