This month Dan discusses the topics of love and forgiveness from the Christian perspective and takes a look at the news including: - Christian persecution around the world - The primary election victory for democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Sasha Baron-Cohen's new show "Who is America", and - An uplifting story of a Chick-Fil-A that went above and beyond for their customers Want to join the conversation? I'd love to hear your thoughts and questions on this topic and others at ancientabandon.com! Don’t have a Bible? Check out BibleGateway.com for free access to the Scriptures Show Notes are available on this episode’s page at ancientabandon.com/aa16. _________________ Digging the music? A big thanks to Ronald Jenkees and Arcade High for allowing me to use their music for this podcast. Visit RonaldJenkees.com and telefuturenow.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom for CDs, MP3s, licenses and more! You can buy this week's song pick on iTunes or Amazon, or stream it on YouTube or Spotify. _________________ Songs used in this episode: Song: Days Away Artist: Ronald Jenkees Album: Days Away Song: Blink Artist: Revive Album: Blink Song: Inverted Mean Artist: Ronald Jenkees Album: Disorganized Fun

This month Dan does a quick roundup of Christian persecution around the world and considers the problem of ungodly combativeness within Christianity today. Want to join the conversation? I'd love to hear your thoughts and questions on this topic and others at ancientabandon.com! Don’t have a Bible? Check out BibleGateway.com for free access to the Scriptures Show Notes are available on this episode’s page at ancientabandon.com/aa15. _________________ Digging the music? A big thanks to Ronald Jenkees and Arcade High for allowing me to use their music for this podcast. Visit RonaldJenkees.com and telefuturenow.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom for CDs, MP3s, licenses and more! You can buy this week's song pick on iTunes or Amazon, or stream it on YouTube or Spotify. _________________ Songs used in this episode: Song: Days Away Artist: Ronald Jenkees Album: Days Away Song: Revolution: Now Artist: Disciple Album: Horseshoes and Handgrenades Song: Inverted Mean Artist: Ronald Jenkees Album: Disorganized Fun