What makes people so obsessed about the end of the world? Today, Barry Cooper considers what Christians should know about the “last days” and how we ought to live in light of the promise of Christ’s soon return. Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/eschatology/

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House Passes 1.2 Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Bill: Where The Money Goes, The Worldview Issues Follow

WASHINGTON POST (JEFF STEIN)
Patience and Persistence Pay Off As Biden Gets Infrastructure Deal Across Finish Line

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Elections Have Consequences: State Department Equates “Reproductive Rights“ With Human Rights

WASHINGTON POST (MISSY RYAN)
Reversing Trump, Biden Administration Restores Reproductive Rights Assessment to State Dept. Report

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Vestiges Of Created Order In A Secular Society On Display As Alimony For Men Still Debated Issue Among Feminists

NEW YORK TIMES (LOUISE RAFKIN)
The Paradox of Alimony for Men

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The Big Story of the Super Bowl LVI? Gambling. — How the Snowball of Legal Gambling Predictably Turned into an Avalanche

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JOSEPH DE AVILA)
Super Bowl LVI Is Poised to Be Biggest Bet Game in Football History

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You Simply Bought A Chance to Win a Game of Chance: The Temptations of Sports Betting and the Waning Evangelical Concern of Legalized Gambling

CHRISTIANITY TODAY (EMILY BELZ)
Super Bowl Betting Is a $7.6 Billion Problem Fewer Evangelicals Care About

NEW YORK TIMES (ROSS DOUTHAT)
We Aren’t in Vegas Anymore

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An Unfolding Series of Moral Challenges in the Beijing Olympic Games: Russia Finds Itself Mixed Up in Another Doping Controversy

WASHINGTON POST (EDITORIAL BOARD)
Russia is Embroiled in Another Doping Controversy. No One Should be Surprised.