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Matt and John discuss the recent baseball scandal, sermon stealing and, of course, the bambino 

1. Cheating Scandal in Baseball
2. • Summary of the scandal through 1/18/2020: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/astros-sign-stealing-scandal-what-to-know-about-mlbs-penalties-against-houston/
   • Social media and internet broke the scandal open: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28476354/how-internet-helped-crack-astros-sign-stealing-case
   • TGC article from 2010 with links to responses by D.A. Carson, Sandy Willson, Tim Keller, Matt Perman, Glenn Lucke: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/tgc-asks-when-has-a-preacher-crossed-the-line-into-plagiarism-in-his-sermon/
   • Article from 2018 defending the practice: https://www.biblicalleadership.com/blogs/what-about-a-preacher-who-is-plagiarizing-sermons/
   • 9 Marks article from 2015 against it: https://www.9marks.org/mailbag/mailbag-3-plagiarizing-pastor-membership-interview/
   • Desiring God article from 2016 against it: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/my-pastor-uses-pre-made-sermons-should-i-be-concerned
   • Christianity Today 2002 article sympathetic to it: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/december9/32.29.html
3. Pastors plagiarizing sermons

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John Stuart Mill On Free Speech