How Suffering Leads to Hope, Supreme Court Rules on Women's Sports & America Turns 250

It's July 1st — the halfway point of the year and the official start of Q3. Brian From opens with the domino chain in Romans 5:3-5 that most comfortable American Christians would rather skip: suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope. In a culture that idolizes comfort, this is genuinely countercultural news. The Supreme Court ruled six to three that states may bar biological males from competing in women's and girls' sports, returning the issue to state law in the same way Dobbs returned abortion — and Brian walks through what that actually means practically. A sobering new study shows the percentage of regular churchgoers identifying as pro-life has dropped from 63% to 43% in just two years, with no significant difference now between church attendance and likelihood of supporting or choosing abortion — a discipleship crisis, not a political one. Ninety percent of pastors recommend counseling to their congregations, but only 9% go themselves, and Brian challenges pastoral culture directly. Christian college students share their honest takes on how to celebrate America 250 well. Michigan's legislature unanimously passes a bill allowing kids to run lemonade stands without permits. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day. And a closing reflection from Brian's former co-host Ian Simkins on the miracles that only come slowly, and why mistaking slow for absent is one of the great dangers of an impatient faith.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.