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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 9:36):
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The Pro-Abortion Gauntlet Marches On — Biden Administration Reverses Trump Policy and Gives Planned Parenthood What it Demands

NEW YORK TIMES (NOAH WEILAND)
Biden Officials End Ban on Abortion Referrals at Federally Funded Clinics

WASHINGTON POST (AMY GOLDSTEIN)
Biden Administration Reverses Trump Rule Barring Federally Funded Family Planning Clinics From Abortion Referrals

PART 2
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Religious Quest Evident As Elon Musk and Other Technocrats Join The ‘Simulation Argument’ — What Are the Odds We Are Living In A Computer Simulation?

THE NEW YORKER (JOSHUA ROTHMAN)
What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?

PART 3
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Out with Easter and Christmas Terms: Modern Cult of Wokeness on Display As School In Oxford Secularizes Its Calendar in the Name of Sensitivity

DAILY MAIL (IAN GALLAGHER)
Emma Watson's Former School Cancels Christmas To Be 'Inclusive At All Touchpoints' – As Parents Slam 'Wokery Run Riot'

Skip ahead to the 2:47 mark to get to past the banter and into the interview. Today Joe and Jimmy talk with Pastor Adam Wyatt, Pastor of Corinth Baptist in Magee, MS and member of the SBC Executive Committee. Adam helps us understand what the Executive Committee does, what the current struggle and controversy is all about, and how we can be praying.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands