In this episode of Christianly, we examine Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s appeal to “love your neighbor” by defending policies that contradict God’s creational design. Next, we turn to the growing epidemic of voluntary childlessness after popular novelist Lionel Shriver called her decision not to have children “selfish." Finally, we consider the Olympics as a parable of our age - from gender confusion in women’s boxing, to inclusion over excellence, to public confession of unfaithfulness. This episode calls believers to reclaim truth, pursue excellence, and love God first so that we can love our neighbors rightly - even when the world turns it upside down.

// Resources //

--Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Calls For Complete Withdrawal of ICE from US Cities | The View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQIlDy_dBgI

--J. Chase Davis, "The Hostility of Loving Your Neighbor" https://christoverall.com/article/concise/the-hostility-of-loving-your-neighbo

--Doug Ponder, "We’re Commanded to Love Our Neighbors, Not to Make Them Feel Loved" https://solaecclesia.org/articles/were-commanded-to-love-our-neighbors-not-to-make-them-feel-loved/

--Lionel Shriver on Immigration, Incentives & the Death of the West | Quillette Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIe1YQq2UEc

--Rachel Minkin, Juliana Menasce Horowitz and Carolina Aragão, "The Experiences of U.S. Adults Who Don’t Have Children" https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/07/25/the-experiences-of-u-s-adults-who-dont-have-children/

--Bradley Wilcox, "Get Married Young" https://www.compactmag.com/article/get-married-young/

--Laura Coates & Jemelle Hill talk about the boxing controversy surrounding Imane Kheliff in the 2024 Summer Olypmics on CNN https://archive.org/details/CNNW_20240803_030000_Laura_Coates_Live

--Reduxx Team, "Algerian Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Admits To Having Male Sex Chromosome For The First Time" https://reduxx.info/algerian-olympic-boxer-imane-khelif-admits-to-having-male-chromosomes-for-the-first-time/

-- Jason Frank, "What’s Going On in Olympic Boxing?" https://www.vulture.com/article/olympic-boxer-imane-khelif-gender-eligibility.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym