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Christians in Syria
What’s next for Christians in Syria? Find us on Youtube. Recent events in Syria, with the ousting of the tortuous President Bashar al-Assad, carry great implications for Christians in the country. In this episode, Mike Cosper talks with Marlo Slayback, a Syrian American Christian and the director of programs at Intercollegiate Studies Institute, about what it’s like to be a Christian under a dictator’s regime. Then, Mike is joined by Robert Nicholson, editor at large of Providence magazine, founder of the Philos Project, cofounder of Passages Israel, discusses the broader complexities of this region, which bears the imprint of biblical history. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Grab some Bulletin merch in our holiday store! Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion—we may even respond! ABOUT THE GUEST: Marlo Slayback is national director of student programs for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied political science and poetry. She is a former ISI Collegiate Network fellow at National Review and led an ISI Society on her campus, where she also helped launch a Collegiate Network newspaper. Slayback is a 2021 Publius Fellow with the Claremont Institute and joined the ISI team after working as an education and culture reporter at the Daily Caller. She is a freelance writer and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Spectator USA, The Lamp, and The University Bookman. Robert Nicholson is editor at large of Providence, cofounder and board member of Save Armenia, founder of the Philos Project, and cofounder of Passages Israel. Nicholson also serves on the advisory boards of In Defense of Christians and The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation (thinc). A former enlisted Marine and Tikvah Fellow, he holds a BA in Hebrew Studies from Binghamton University and a JD and an MA in Middle Eastern History from Syracuse University. His written work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, New York Post, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Newsweek, First Things, The Hill, and The National Interest. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Neighborhood Threat
Christians in Syria, Bible education, and the “bad guys” of NYC. Find us on Youtube. Clarissa, Mike, and Russell welcome Hadeel Oeuis to talk about Christians in Syria and their response to the fallen Assad regime. Then, Beth Moore joins us to talk about the “bad guys” of NYC: Elphaba and Luigi Mangione. Finally, Beth sticks around in a discussion about Bible education, both in public-school classrooms and in Sunday school. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Email us with your favorite segment from today’s show at [email protected]. Grab some Bulletin merch in our holiday store! Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Hadeel Oueis is a writer and journalist focusing on the Middle East and a research fellow at the Philos Project. She majored in political studies, and in 2011, at the age of 18, was arrested by the Assad regime for playing a key role in the early days of Syrian protests. In 2012, the US delegation in Geneva met with Oueis and helped her relocate to the United States. She currently analyzes US policies in the Middle East for major Arabic networks. Oueis reported for years through the JIMENA platform about Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews and has been an active voice in calling for peace in the Middle East. Beth Moore is a dynamic teacher whose conferences take her across the globe. She has written numerous best-selling books and Bible studies. She is also the founder and visionary of Living Proof Ministries, based in Houston. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Exalting Every Valley with Charles King
How much do you know about Handel’s Messiah? Find us on Youtube. It’s easy to become anxious and worried as we see war and conflict increase. However, it is precisely in these moments, says historian Charles King, that true faith can find its voice. Reflecting on geopolitics, domestic polarization, and the quest for hope in the midst of suffering, King—New York Times bestselling author of Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s Messiah—sits down with Clarissa Moll for a conversation about holding on to faith when life feels darkest. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Music in this episode is courtesy of Calvin University’s 2021 Messiah production. Watch it here. Grab some Bulletin merch in our holiday store! Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion—we may even respond! ABOUT THE GUEST: Charles King is the author of the New York Times–bestselling Gods of the Upper Air, which received the Francis Parkman Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Award and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times History Prize, and the British Academy’s Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. His other books include Odessa, winner of a National Jewish Book Award, and Midnight at the Pera Palace. He is professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University, where he has served as chair of both the department of government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Me and Bobby McGee
Joe Biden pardons Hunter Biden, South Korea and Syria erupt in conflict, and transgender medicine visits the Supreme Court. Find us on Youtube. The Bulletin welcomes Andy McCarthy (National Review) to talk about the Hunter Biden pardon. Then, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa talk about South Korean protests as conflict in Syria rises. Finally, we discuss the Supreme Court case related to transgender rights. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Email us with your favorite segment from today’s show at [email protected]. Grab some Bulletin merch in our holiday store! Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUEST: Andrew C. McCarthy is a bestselling author, a contributing editor at National Review, a Fox News contributor, and a senior fellow at National Review Institute. A former chief assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of New York, he led the terrorism prosecution against the “Blind Sheikh” (Omar Abdel Rahman) and 11 other jihadists for conducting a war of urban terrorism against the United States that included the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a plot to bomb New York City landmarks. He also contributed to the prosecutions of terrorists who bombed US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. McCarthy is the cohost, along with NR editor in chief Rich Lowry, of The McCarthy Report, a podcast produced by National Review. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Matrescence with Lucy Jones
Motherhood in light of Advent. Find us on Youtube. As we focus on the incarnation and birth of Christ in these next few weeks of Advent, nature writer Lucy Jones joins The Bulletin for a conversation about the neuroscience of pregnancy, the social dilemma of modern motherhood, and the power of collaborative care across communities. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion—we may even respond! ABOUT THE GUEST: Lucy Jones is a writer and journalist based in England. She previously worked at New Musical Express (NME) and The Daily Telegraph, and her writing on culture, science and ecology has been published in Gentlemen’s Quarterly (GQ), The Sunday Times, The Guardian, and the New Statesman. She is the author of Foxes Unearthed, which won the Society of Authors’ Roger Deakin Award in 2015; Losing Eden, which was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named a Times and a Telegraph book of the year; and Matrescence, which has been longlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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