Kresta in the Afternoon – June 6, 2023

4:00 – “In this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer.”

FDR’s most famous quote is probably his radio address after the Pearl Harbor attack, declaring it a “day which shall live in infamy.” But he has another address that is just as impactful – his address to the nation on the evening of June 6, 1944, following the landings at Normandy. Those of you who have seen Saving Private Ryan have some idea of just how brutal that battle was, but the nation at the time had no idea it had happened until Roosevelt’s announcement. We take a closer look with historian Gary Scott Smith.

4:40 – Sidewalk Counseling is the Most Difficult Thing I’ve Ever Done – Here’s Why I Keep Going 

Edmund Miller and Alicia Wong have spent decades in front of abortion clinics providing hope to women who feel like they have none. Many women they speak with choose life, and others do not. And from time to time they will meet a woman who has had multiple abortions and doesn’t plan to change. How do they keep going when things seem hopeless? They join us today.

5:00 – Where to Begin with the Reformation? 

The Reformation is one of the most misunderstood and challenging periods in religious history and the problems start with the term itself. There was not one “Reformation” but multiple Reformations occurring over two centuries, which all influenced each other. Carlos Eire gives us an overview of how they played out.