EP319: Matt Chandler Controversy | What SHOULD we Teach in History Class? | US Life Expectancy Falls Again | A Lot More

On This Episode MATT CHANDLER You probably heard one of the most prominent figures in American Christianity is taking a "disciplinary and developmental" leave of absence. I'll provide details and recognize the warning in the story for all us. That major warning: be fastidiously mindful of what you do on the internet. CHRISTIANS AND HOUSING POLICY The New York Times published a story recently about how well-off, mostly white and mostly liberal residents of Connecticut are fighting tooth and nail to keep housing being built in their neighborhoods for lower income folks. It seems the hoity toity don't want to be around the holloi polloi. I'll take a Biblical worldview perspective on housing policy, and by what method Christians should desire and pursue housing for all people. US LIFE EXPECTANCY FALLS AGAIN -- THE MOST COMMON DEATHS FOR SERVICE PEOPLE ARE DRUG OVERDOSES We're finding that heart disease, liver disease, and suicides (accidental and intentional) are major factors affecting our life expectancy. We are eating, drinking, drugging, and then literally killing ourselves to death. What's at the root of this, and what role can the church play in addressing it? NEW YORK TIMES INTERVIEWS HISTORY TEACHERS ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY The New York Times did interesting journalism here, and they explored what teachers are telling students about America, the Founders, slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. I'll give you those details and then tell you what I think SHOULD be taught in schools on those subjects. There might a bridge here to unite disparate people on how we tell the American story. WHAT'S THE POINT OF EDUCATION? We'll finish answering this question posed recently (also) by the New York Times. My take is that school is for intellectual formation, social cohesion, and economic development. It should also be for moral formation, but our morals are so divided, there's no way to do that in schools anymore.