Stove pipe hats, the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

ERLC Podcast

In this episode, Josh, Lindsay, and Brent discuss John Leland, religious freedom, Jeff Bezos the astronaut, COVID-19 surging once again, the start of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the six new sports debuting in Tokyo, the Milwaukee Bucks winning the NBA championship, and USA stove pipe hats. Lindsay gives a rundown of this week’s ERLC content including Nathan Finn with "3 reasons Baptists should look to John Leland: Religious liberty, evangelism, and biblical justice," Ben Harbaugh with "Explainer: Biden administration to nominate Ambassador for International Freedom," and Policy Staff with "Explainer: Federal court strikes down discrimination against religious student groups on college campus."

ERLC Content

• Nathan Finn with 3 reasons Baptists should look to John Leland: Religious liberty, evangelism, and biblical justice
• Ben Harbaugh with Explainer: Biden administration to nominate Ambassador for International Freedom
• Policy Staff with Explainer: Federal court strikes down discrimination against religious student groups on college campus

Culture

1. The Blue Origin suborbital space flight
2. Covid hits the Capitol amid visit from infected Texas lawmakers
3. Texas Democrats to break quorum in special session over voting rights
4. new infections surge to highest point in 5 months
5. Delta variant now accounts for about 58% of COVID-19 cases in US, CDC says
6. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics
7. Six new sports makes Tokyo 2020 the biggest Olympics ever
8. 2020 Olympics could still be cancelled
9. U.S. soccer suffers stunning defeat to Sweden in Olympics opener
10. The Milwaukee Bucks are NBA champions for the first time in 50 years as Antetokounmpo scores 50 points
11. USA stove pipe hats

Lunchroom

• Lindsay: Wait, wait, don’t tell me
• Brent: A pandemic of friendlessness
• Josh: SBC This Week

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• @LindsNicolet

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