The Pour Over Today - 2025 Half-Wrapped

Episode Date: July 4, 2025

Happy 4th of July! Today, we’re looking back on all the biggest headlines of 2025, as a reminder that the stories we fret over at the moment often become old news as God’s world spins on. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over Today. Join over 1 million readers with our free newsletter here Looking to support us? You can choose to pay here: Check out our sponsors! We actually use and enjoy every single one. Cru LMNT Upside Known and Loved Quince CCCU Surfshark Compelled Mosh

Hey, this is Zan at the pour-over. And this is Joe at the pour-over. While you celebrate Uncle Sam's 249th birthday today, we're bringing you a mid-year recap and a reminder that the stories we fret over in the moment often become old news as God's world spins on. Fix your eyes on his eternal kingdom. It changes everything. Here's your quote of the day.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date. C.S. Lewis. Let's get into the month by month recap. In January, Louisiana mourned the deaths of 14 people after a man drove through a crowd on New Year's Day. The country honored President Jimmy Carter with a state funeral, and fires in Los Angeles forced 180,000 evacuations. Then, Israel and Hamas reached a phased ceasefire deal.

TikTok was banned and went dark for about 14 hours. President Trump was re-inaugurated and signed a flurry of executive orders that set the pace for his 2.0 administration. And DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, briefly caused US tech stocks to crash out of fear they'd lose the AI race. In February, President Trump rolled out tariffs

on Mexico, Canada, and China. Doge Chief Elon Musk pushed to delete USAID—a judge temporarily blocked it— and federal employees got what-did-you-do-last-week emails as the administration offered six months' pay to quit. Then, the Eagles dominated the Chiefs in the Super Bowl while Kendrick Lamar performed the halftime show. A Delta flight lost a wing and landed upside down. Amazingly, no one died.

Microsoft unveiled a quantum computer and allegedly a new state of matter. And Hollywood lost Gene Hackman and his wife. In March, a Trump-Zalensky Oval Office meeting got heated. Ukraine accepted a ceasefire proposal, but Russia dragged its feet. Federal layoffs continued. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was, quote, mistakenly deported to El Salvador, and President Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. Then, Heathrow Airport shut down from global power outages, an earthquake in Myanmar, formerly Burma, killed over 1,600 people, and Trump officials accidentally included the Atlantic's

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In April, President Trump's Liberation Day tariffs brought a 10% baseline levy on imports from nearly all countries. The stock market reacted accordingly. Tariff tensions escalated between the U.S. and China, and TikTok got another extension on its sell or farewell deadline. Then, Rory McElroy donned the green jacket at the Masters. March Madness delivered rare top seed Final Four action, Florida won the men's, and Yukon took the dub for women's. Harvard and the White House started feuding over anti-Semitism and funding, and millions mourned Pope Francis. In May, Israel approved plans to quote

indefinitely control Gaza. Newark Airport's air traffic controllers took trauma leave after several equipment failures causing weeks of delays. Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, was elected. Sean Diddy Combs' trial began. The US and China agreed to a 90-day trade truce, and the Trump administration accepted a luxury jet from Qatar, planning to add it to the Air Force One fleet. Then, 10 inmates escaped New Orleans jail,

a Mexican Navy ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge, the White House cut Harvard's government funding and foreign student visas, and former President Biden announced he has cancer. And in June, LA erupted in ICE protests and riots, leading President Trump to take the reins of California's National Guard. Trump and Elon Musk's friendship hit a rough patch over the big, beautiful bill. College athletes won the right to be paid. And Kilmar Abrego-Garcia returned from El Salvador to face US charges.

An India air crash killed over 260 people. Israel struck Iran, then the U.S. followed suit. Stocks hit a record high, and a Minnesota lawmaker was assassinated, provoking the state's largest manhunt. There will come a day when the geopolitical chess moves, market ups and downs, and political feuds of 2025 will be distant memories. But quiet moments of faithfulness, whispered prayers, extended forgiveness, and shared gospel conversations will have proven to hold eternal weight.

Colossians 3 says, Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you will also appear with him in glory. That's all we have for today. Thanks so much for listening, TPO fam. If you're listening on the Apple Podcasts app,

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You're involved in your church. But deep down, there is a quiet question that won't go away. Does God really love me? The real me? In Known and Loved, Glenna Marshall explores a transformational truth in Psalm 139. We are fully known and loved by the Triune God of the Universe. See this unshakable truth in a new light and order a copy today. Check it out at the link in the show notes.