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The transgender revolution and the death of truth

One day in the future, Americans will come to realize that the great denial of truth can be traced to a swimming pool. Just days ago, the University of Pennsylvania athlete identified as Lia Thomas won an NCAA championship in women's swimming. This came after a season of controversy in which Thomas, who had previously competed on Penn's men's swimm... The post The transgender revolution and the death of truth appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Friday, April 22, 2022

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (15:22 - 15:22) Building a Resume? LinkedIn Adds Stay-at-Home Parent to Job Titles List
LinkedIn Adds Stay at Home Mom to Job Titles List; Will it Help Women Re-Enter the Workforce? by USA Today (Jennifer Jolly)

PART II (19:59 - 19:59) How Can You Say Liberals are Getting More Liberal and Conservatives are Getting More Conservative? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (22:53 - 22:53) How Should I Address Gender Theory in My High School Speech? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (25:44 - 25:44) I Experienced an Ectopic Pregnancy. How Do I Reconcile This with My Pro-Life Convictions? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, April 21, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:37):
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The Crucial Nature of Jurisdiction to Law: A History of the 20th Century and the Implausibility of an International Criminal Court

WASHINGTON POST (ILHAN OMAR)
For Putin to Face Justice, We Must Join the International Criminal Court

PART 2 (13:38 - 16:55):
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The Principle of Subsidiarity for Justice: How Abstraction Leads to Less Justice

PART 3 (16:56 - 26:10):
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Moral Insanity and Biological Impossibility: Same-Sex Couple Cites ‘Antiquated View of Homosexuality’ in Discrimination Suit after Being Denied IVF Benefits

NEW YORK TIMES (PRECIOUS FONDREN)
Gay Couple Was Denied I.V.F. Benefits. They Say That's Discriminatory.

WASHINGTON POST (ANNE BRANIGIN)
Who Can Access IVF Benefits? A Gay Couple’s Complaint Seeks an Answer.

The Strange New World of the Modern Self—A Conversation with Carl Trueman

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (11:19 - 11:19) An Entire New World of Moral Complicity: Corporations Take Leftist Positions on Cultural Issues
Corporate America Somehow became the Last Firewall for Abortion Rights by Washington Post (Catherine Rampell)

PART II (14:46 - 14:46) ‘We Must Do Well and Do Good’: The Responsibility of Christians in the Marketplace
Yelp Will Pay for Employees to Travel for Abortion Access by New York Times (Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Lauren Hirsch)

PART III (20:6 - 20:6) Florida District Court Judge Strikes Down CDC Mask Mandate — What’s the Bigger Story Here?

PART IV (24:16 - 24:16) 1 State, 2 States, Red States, Blue States: Divide in America Over Mask Mandate—And Other Issues—Boils Down to Cultural and Moral Issues

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (15:15 - 15:15) How Many Hours a Week Should a Worker Work? Who Should Decide? Legislation Proposed in California Points to Lunacy of Government Overreach
California Considers the Four-Day Workweek by Wall Street Journal (Katherine Bindley) California’s French Four-Day Workweek by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

PART II (17:57 - 17:57) ‘Adam and Eve Were Not Commanded to Lounge in the Garden of Eden’: The Dignity of Work from the Biblical Worldview

PART III (25:22 - 25:22) Federal Judge in U.S. Blocks Masks Mandates While Chinese Government Exercises Autocratic Control Under COVID: The Tragedies of Totalitarianism
A Federal Judge Strikes Down the Mask Mandate on Planes and Public Transit. by New York Times (Charles Savage and Heather Murphy) China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Mess Proves Autocracy Hurts Everyone by New York Times (Li Yuan)

Monday, April 18, 2022

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (11:26 - 11:26) Cruise Missiles Sink a Cruiser: Major Shift in History of Naval Warfare as Russian Warship Moskva Sunk by Ukraine’s Use of Neptune Missiles

PART II (15:43 - 15:43) ‘Bitskrieg’: New Rules of War in a Technological Age
Free Advice for Putin: ‘Make Peace, You Fool’ by New York Times (John Arquilla)

PART III (18:35 - 18:35) A Return to the Cold War? Russia’s Attempt to Divide Has Only Worked to Unite the West
U.S., Allies Plan for Long-Term Isolation of Russia by Washington Post (Karen DeYoung and Michael Birnbaum)

PART IV (25:5 - 25:5) Modernity’s Denial of Evil Hits a Wall in Ukraine: It Turns Out that Evil is Real, After All
The Devil Resurfaces in Ukraine by Wall Street Journal (Daniel Henninger)

Friday, April 15, 2022

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (17:19 - 17:19) Special Good Friday Edition of The Briefing: The Politics of the Empty Tomb

Thursday, April 14, 2022

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (9:17 - 9:17) ‘Lowering Temperature on Hot-Button Issues’: Interesting Words at Mormon Conference
Mormons Lower Temperature on Hot-Button Issues at Conference by Associated Press (Sam Metz)

PART II (15:27 - 15:27) Heavenly Mother? A Fascinating Window Into Mormon Theology
‘I Wish We Knew More’ – As LDS Leaders Warn Against Praying to Heavenly Mother, Questions Persist by Salt Lake Tribune (Peggy Fletcher Stack)

PART III (20:33 - 20:33) ‘To Be Trans is to Enter a Sacred Journey of Becoming Whole’: A Former Archbishop of Canterbury and the Liberal Enthusiasm for Transgender Ideology
Becoming Transgender a Sacred Journey of Becoming Whole, Says Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury by The Telegraph (Gabriella Swerling)

PART IV (23:34 - 23:34) Theological Liberalism and Accommodation to the Modern World: Oldest Jewish Seminary in the U.S. Will End Its Rabbinical Training

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (9:45 - 9:45) ‘Each Year the Child is Coming to Belong More to the State and Less to the Parent’: The Issue of Parental Rights in Schools Is Not New, But it Is Urgent
Why the School Wars Still Rage by The New Yorker (Jill Lepore)

PART II (13:37 - 13:37) Proof of the Burden and Priority of Parenthood: Parents Willing to Change Voting Positions Based on Impact of Democratic Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic
School Reopening Mess Drives Frustrated Parents Toward GOP by Wall Street Journal (Michael C. Bender)

PART III (17:6 - 17:6) Vladimir Putin—and Russia With Him—Has Entered Unprecedented Territory in Modern History as a Superpower Now Clearly a War Criminal
How Do We Deal With a Superpower Led by a War Criminal? by New York Times (Thomas L. Friedman)

PART IV (21:58 - 21:58) Is a Petty Theft Really Just Petty?: Not for a Sane Society Committed to Moral Order
America’s Shoplifting Epidemic by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

PART V (25:13 - 25:13) Biden Administration Minimum Global Corporate Tax Policy Ends Before It Begins: Why?
Already Stalled In U.S., Global Minimum Tax Hits European Roadblock by Wall Street Journal (Paul Hannon)