The Pour Over Today - Monday, July 18, 2022

Episode Date: July 18, 2022

Today we’re talking about a new three-digit phone number, the story behind the January 6th Committee’s latest subpoena, heatwaves around the world, and other top news for Monday, July 18th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over. Partnered with Faithful Counseling Sponsored by the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) TPO's Pick Of The Week: The End of the Road podcast

Today we're talking about a new three-digit phone number, the story behind the January 6th committee's latest subpoena, heatwaves around the world, and other top news for Monday, July 18th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over. Here's the verse of the week. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation He will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10.13 Let's get started with some espresso shots.

Memorizing phone numbers has gone out of style, but we've got one for you, 988. It's active as of Saturday, and it's being billed as the 911 for mental health emergencies. You can call or text the number 24-7 to be connected to a trained mental health counselor. The program has gotten some serious funding recently, but many fear the rollout will still be bumpy. 988 is a replacement for the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Hotline, which was famously under-resourced. Last year, nearly one in five callers hung up while waiting to be connected, and traffic

is expected to surge with the new number. Long-term, officials envision mental health urgent care centers and on-the-ground response teams to reduce the burden on police in mental health crisis situations, all with 988 as the backbone. We've partnered with Faithful Counseling, which matches people to licensed Christian therapists who specialize in everything from stress and anxiety to trauma and grief. You can visit faithfulcounseling.com slash TPO to get 10% off your first month, or just click our link in the show notes. Psalm 34, 17 and 18 says, The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears and rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is near the brokenhearted. He saves those crushed in spirit. As the Secret Service and any teenager can attest, even deleted texts can cause trouble. The DHS watchdog notified the January 6th committee that some Secret Service

phone data sent around the time of the Capitol attack had been erased as part of a pre-planned quote device replacement program. The committee swishly subpoenaed the reportedly missing information, which may or may not be recoverable. The Secret Service maintains that it's been fully cooperative and will remain so and says any insinuation of quote, malicious activity in deleting the texts is false. But the possibility of lost evidence has some, including Senator Rob Portman from Ohio, declaring they're quote, deeply concerned and the recovered data could shed light on former President Trump's role in the attack. You can catch the next and potentially final episode of The Hearing's primetime on Thursday. The confidence that our eternity is secure,

regardless of what happens, should color our every interaction. It allows us to be loving when others are hateful, kind when others are angry, and feel peace when others are fearful. Galatians 5, 22 and 23 says, but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things. It's getting hot everywhere. England is expected to switch to iced tea as temperatures reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit this week, two degrees higher than 2019's previous record, prompting the country's first ever red weather warning. Advice on coping with temps ranges from the helpful, like keep the shades drawn, to the less helpful, put a bag of frozen peas under your shirt. From France to Turkey, dry weather and scorching

temperatures, we're talking 114 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas, sparked wildfires over the last week, causing the evacuation of thousands. The blazing weather also poses health concerns, and over 650 people died from heat stroke in Portugal in the last week. In the central U.S., triple-digit forecasts for this week have officials encouraging people to stay hydrated and out of the sun. Here's a verse to consider when stuck indoors playing board games and fanning yourself. Therefore, through him, let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise,

that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Don't neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices. Hebrews 13, 15, and 16. This podcast is brought to you by the CSB Translation. Not only is the CSB Translation trustworthy and easy to read, CSB's physical Bible lines are beautiful, practical, and extremely popular. Not quite Kardashian popular, but one does have about 1 million followers on Instagram. She Reads Truth, CSB Scripture Notebooks, and the Spurgeon Study Bible are just some of the products CSB has been faithfully creating and that readers have been loving. The translation is easy to understand and true to the original languages, and each Bible line they make helps draw people closer to Christ. So when you

fill in the margins of your current Bible with ink, look to CSB. You can grab a link in the show notes. In other brews, we've got a rapid round of updates. Mexican forces captured drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero on Friday, ending his four years on the FBI's most wanted list for the 1985 killing of a USDA agent. Following the capture, a Mexican naval helicopter surrounding the operation crashed, killing 14 of the 15 passengers. In the fist bump heard around the world, President Biden's greeting of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sparked outrage since U.S. intel claims that MBS approved the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Biden says he did confront MBS about the murder, but Saudi Arabia's foreign minister denies it. A 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio who traveled to Indiana to receive an abortion

has become a central flashpoint in the national abortion debate. The story has sparked arguments between politicians and activist groups over the morality and facts of the story. A 27-year-old man was charged with the rape last week. The 150th British Open was so thrilling that some spectators regular clapped. Australia's Cameron Smith sunk five straight birdies, helping him overcome Rory McIlroy and win his first major tournament. The players split a $14 million purse, and Smith and his magic putter received $2.5 million. Senator Manchin from West Virginia chilled Dems' efforts on climate change legislation, and the reaction has been more than a little angry. Manchin says he's on board with lowering health care premiums and prescription drug costs,

but he cites inflation as the reason he won't sign off on additional climate spending, for now at least. And now the pour-over's pick of the week, the End of the Road podcast. Imagine your longest day of travel, then keep going. This podcast explores what God is doing in some of the most remote, travel-for-a-day-by-canoe-through-jungle

places on the planet. Each week, you hear an interview about places you'll likely never go, cultures you'll likely never experience, with people you'll likely never forget. It's part adventure travel, part extreme mission, and entirely worth your time to listen. That's all we have for today. Thanks so much for listening. If you're listening on the Apple Podcast app, you can give us a five-star rating and drop us a review. We do actually read these and take them to heart. If you're listening on Spotify, you can give us a follow and hit the notification bell to never miss a new episode. And finally, the simplest way to help us grow is to send this episode to a friend. We hope you have a great rest of your day and we'll see you back here on Wednesday, July 20th.