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"The reason I devote so much of my life to teaching worldview is simply this: If we're ever to win back the culture, we Christians must learn to engage in intelligent, reasoned, winsome conversations about how the Bible informs all of life." - Chuck Colson

For the past 20 years, BreakPoint^® has been bringing listeners up to speed on cultural, political, and religious issues from a uniquely Christian worldview perspective.

But for some time now, Chuck has had a desire to bring your audience more, to have more time in a program to dig deeper into the issues that matter ...

Welcome to 2012! And what a better way to ring in the New Year than with good news. Joni received the fantastic news of a clear PET scan and we are thanking and praising the Lord for her positive progression in her health journey.

Keeping that joyous feeling alive, take a look at Joni taking a ride on the wild side while at Disney's California Adventure park with Ken and her sister Kathy. Talk about a whirlwind!

Can you believe that NRB is next month? Make sure that you schedule in the Joni and Friends^® Hymn Sing Monday Feb ...

1)  He lived beneath the sea.  

2)  "Love Will Keep Us Together" partner.  

3)  Title of martial arts master's bio-pic.  

4)  Sean Connery was heard not seen in this knightly tale.  

5)  Story of orphan boy and his magical buddy.  

6)  Winged insect belonging to order of Odonata.  Right.  

7)  Renown series of RPGs (role playing games). 

8)  Matthew Broderick's first delivery for Marlon Brando.  

9)  Joni's software.  

10) New movie release--which I am not seeing.  

BIG BONUS:  Name the movie that features, among many other hilarious scenes, the stars ending up as the "head" in a ...

Last night I shared Anne Graham Lotz's book, Heaven with our AWANA Sparks.  Back from the Christmas holidays, it was a full-house of wide-eyed, inquisitive and yes, energetic little 1^st-2^nd graders who not only really enjoyed the book but asked and answered some very insightful questions during the counsel time.

My favorite was the little boy who responded to the question: What are you looking forward to most in Heaven? 

His answer was a simple, "Smiling, all the time."  

We closed in prayer with an invitation to place trust and faith in Jesus Christ.  I don ...

Do you have a habit of putting off doing things that you really want and need to do?  Do you let things go until they become huge tasks?  

My daughter and I laughingly, share a common saying ... "I'll do it on Monday!"  This usually refers to dieting, or a major cleaning task, but I can tell you that "Monday" rarely comes around!  Good intentions just don't counteract laziness! 

It's a new year!  Let's start fresh, with some help from Emilie Barnes.  Since most of the tasks we put off are not things we like to do ...

With U.S. troops now returning home from Iraq, there's been a surge of surprise military homecoming videos on T.V. and the internet.  If you're anything like me, you enjoy every opportunity to watch these videos, maybe even more than once :-)!  

Here's a recent video of a soldier that not only surprised his daughter at the end of her dance recital, but his wife too! I couldn't help but be moved emotionally after watching this one ... happy for this family's sweet reunion, but also concerned for their future.  

Statistics report that since 2001, the ...