The Bulletin

This Tuesday marks the last day for voters to cast their ballots in the midterm elections. In anticipation of the results, Courtney Blair speaks with Chis Stirewalt about which races to be looking out for. David Becker from the Center for Election Innovation & Research joins to discuss misinformation about noncitizen voters, the unprecedented actions of the Department of Justice, and how secure the election really is. And finally, pastor and author Mark Batterson provides encouragement about how to live life in response to God’s revealed Word as “transformed nonconformists.”

REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE:

Not My Circus: Living with Courage, Conviction, and Compassion in a World of Chaos by Mark Batterson

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Chris Stirewalt is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he focuses on American politics, voting trends, public opinion, and the media. He is a contributing writer for The Dispatch, and the host of The Hill Sunday on NewsNation, and he co-hosts the podcast Not Dead Yet with former Senator Ben Sasse. He is the author of Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back.

David Becker is the founder and executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research. David served for seven years as a senior trial attorney in the Voting Section of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, overseeing voting rights enforcement in several states, including California and Georgia.

Mark Batterson serves as the lead visionary of National Community Church in Washington, DC. Mark holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Regent University and is the author of 27 books including the New York Times bestselling The Circle Maker and the newly released Not My Circus.

ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly news analysis podcast from Christianity Today. Each episode offers commentary on current events and headlining news with a roundtable of premier guests, and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world



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Producer: Nathan Nipper

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Music: Dan Phelps

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Welcome to The Bulletin, a news podcast from Christianity Today, hosted by Courtney Blair. Each week we will have a conversation from a variety of perspectives on the events, issues and people who are shaping our world. Find us on YouTube, Substack, Instagram, and wherever you get your podcasts.
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As anticipation and speculation increase for the midterm elections, Michael Wear joins Courtney Blair to discuss “faith forward” Democrats running for office and whether Christians should reconsider the idea of being “politically homeless.” Then, Mark Edington shares his perspective on pastoring a congregation in Paris during this week’s mass riots that swept France. And Courtney speaks with writer Kayla Craig and Dr. Lydia Dugdale about a disturbing new escalation in euthanasia in The Netherlands.

REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE:

Euthanizing a Toddler Is Not Compassionate by Kayla Craig

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Michael Wear is the founder, president, and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public Life. Wear is the author of The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life. He writes for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Catapult magazine, Christianity Today, and other publications on faith, politics, and culture.

Mark Edington is the Bishop in charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. He is the author of Bivocational: Returning to the Roots of Ministry and his essays have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and other national publications.

Lydia Dugdale is the Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silberberg Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center and director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. She also serves as co-director of clinical ethics at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her scholarship focuses on end-of-life issues, the role of aesthetics in teaching ethics, moral injury, and the doctor-patient relationship.

Kayla Craig is a former journalist, bestselling author, and spiritual director whose work blends contemplative faith with fierce tenderness for the world God loves. She is the author of To Light Their Way, Our Daily Breath, and Every Season Sacred.

ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly news analysis podcast from Christianity Today. Each episode offers commentary on current events and headlining news with a roundtable of premier guests, and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world



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This week, President of the Trinity Forum Cherie Harder shares about what healthy political discourse looks like and what we can keep in mind as we approach the midterm elections. Then, Courtney Blair sits down at The Museum of the Bible with Christianity Today President and CEO Nicole Martin for a discussion about where CT has come from, where we’re going, and what remains at our core.

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Cherie Harder serves as President of The Trinity Forum. Previously, she worked in the White House as special assistant to the President and director of policy and projects for First Lady Laura Bush. She has also worked as the policy advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, and the senior counselor to the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has ghost-written articles in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, and elsewhere.

Nicole Martin serves Christianity Today as President and CEO. She has more than 25 years of nonprofit, academic, ministry leadership, and church engagement experience and has served at CT since 2023 as Chief Impact Officer and most recently Chief Operating Officer.

Special thanks to the Museum of the Bible for hosting us for the recording of the interview with Dr. Nicole Martin!

ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly news analysis podcast from Christianity Today. Each episode offers commentary on current events and headlining news with a roundtable of premier guests, and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world



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This week, Frances Haugen drops by The Bulletin to discuss the events in her life that inspired Aaron Sorkin’s new movie The Social Reckoning. Frances shares what she learned as a data scientist at Facebook that led her to become a corporate whistleblower, as well as how we can think about integrity in the workplace. Then, CT contributor Brad East joins the show to talk about his piece ‘Why Christians Should Delete Social Media’ and the value of living an offline life.

REFERENCED IN THE SHOW:

Why Christians Should Delete Social Media - Brad East

The Screen Free Church: How Pastors Can Diagnose and Resist the Spiritual Costs of Technology - Brad East

Audio clip from the trailer of Sony Pictures' The Social Reckoning.

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Frances Haugen is an American product manager, data engineer, scientist, and whistleblower. She disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Wall Street Journal in 2021.

Brad East is an associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University. He is the author of five books, including his upcoming book The Screen-Free Church: How Pastors Can Diagnose and Resist the Spiritual Costs of Technology. He also writes regularly on his personal blog and cohosts the podcast Mere Fidelity.
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