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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:49):
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The Irrationality and Terror of Evil in a Fallen World—Pray for Grieving Waukesha

ASSOCIATED PRESS (SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, AND MIKE HOUSEHOLDER)
Police: Parade-Crash Suspect was in a Domestic Disturbance

PART 2 (8:50 - 19:3):
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Marriage According to the New York Times: Moral Rebellion, Rejection of God’s Design, and a Longing for Religious Legitimacy

NEW YORK TIMES (EMMA GRILLO)
Taking Life One Adventure at a Time

NEW YORK TIMES (ALIX STRAUSS)
Theirs Is a ‘Traditional Untraditional’ Union

NEW YORK TIMES (JENNY BLOCK)
‘The Odds Were Stacked Against Us’

PART 3 (19:4 - 25:43):
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The Assassination of Malcom X and the Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa in Headlines Again— What Questions Surrounding Both Cases Reveal About the Quest for Justice

NEW YORK TIMES (JAMES BARRON)
Decades Later, 2 Men Convicted of Assassinating Malcolm X Will Be Cleared

NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL WILSON)
Search for Jimmy Hoffa Leads the F.B.I. to Jersey City Landfill

Monday, November 22, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:56):
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The Kyle Rittenhouse Trial: The Rule of Law and the Demands of Justice

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
Kyle Rittenhouse Is Not Guilty

PART 2 (13:57 - 15:3):
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Issue to Watch This Week: Senate to Debate After House of Representatives Pass Biden Spending Bill

PART 3 (15:4 - 23:0):
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Religious Liberty For All Or Religious Liberty for None: Does One Nation Under God Necessitate One Religion?

WASHINGTON POST (BOB SMIETANA)
Michael Flynn Calls for ‘One Religion’ at Event That Is A Who’s Who of the New Christian Right

Friday, November 19, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:20):
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Catholic Bishops and Pro-Abortion Politician — the Meeting Is Over But Not the Debate. What Does It Mean For How Evangelicals Should Approach Church Discipline and the Issue of Abortion?

WALL STREET JOURNAL (IAN LOVETT AND FRANCIS X. ROCCA)
Catholic Bishops Drop Effort to Ban Communion for Politicians Who Support Abortion Rights

PART 2 (11:21 - 14:33):
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Why Do Ducklings Swim in a Line Behind Mom? A New Scientific Theory, Evidence of the Glory of God

NEW YORK TIMES (RUTH GRAHAM)
Catholic Bishops Avoid Confrontation With Biden Over Communion

PART 3 (14:34 - 17:1):
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How Should Christians Think of a Historical Figure Like Nelson Mandela? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing




PART 4 (17:2 - 19:45):
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When Does the Bible Say Human Life Begins? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 5 (19:46 - 21:22):
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Why Use the term ‘Moral Revolution’ When Our Culture’s Revolution is Often So Immoral? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 6 (21:23 - 25:19):
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Why the Correlation Between the Arts and Progressivism? Should I Still Listen to CCM Artists Who Support the LGBTQ Revolution? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

Thursday, November 18, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:44):
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Moral Revolution of Unprecedented Nature: Biden Administration Seeks to Strip Right From Christian Colleges to Operate According to Historic, Christian Beliefs on Gender

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JERRY C. DAVIS)
Biden Policy Disrespects Both Science and Religion

PART 2 (9:45 - 13:26):
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As Texas Board Rejects Sex Ed Materials, Christians are Reminded that Education — Of Any Sort — is Never Morally Neutral

DALLAS MORNING NEWS (CORBETT SMITH)
Texas Board Rejects Proposed Sex Ed Materials for Middle and High Schoolers

PART 3 (13:27 - 19:15):
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Beto O’Rourke Announces Run for Texas Governor — But Will Texas Elect Self-Proclaimed Progressive ‘Man of Destiny’?

DALLAS MORNING NEWS (MARK DAVIS)
With Beto, Texas Democrats will Party Like It’s 2018

PART 4 (19:16 - 22:33):
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Senatorial Realities: Lisa Murkowski Fights for Re-Election in Alaska Amidst History of Controversial Political Decisions Within the Republican Party

DALLAS MORNING NEWS (EMILY COCHRANE)
Murkowski Announces Re-election Bid, Setting Up Clash With Trump

PART 5 (22:34 - 24:35):
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Vermont Senator of 48 Years, Patrick Leahy, Set to Retire — What Can We Learn From the Shift in the State’s Political Landscape During His Tenure?

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:36):
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“Build Back Better Bill” Takes Aim at Religious Liberty — Intentionally

NEW YORK TIMES (LUKE BROADWATER)
Biden’s Child Care Plan Faces Resistance From Religious Groups

PART 2 (10:37 - 20:30):
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The Moral Revolution Shows Up on the Playlist: ‘Queer’ Artists Hit the Charts in Contemporary Christian Music

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (KATHRYN POST)
CCM Industry Stays Silent on LGBTQ Inclusion as Queer Artists Carve Inroads

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (KATHRYN POST)
Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman Posts Video Supporting LGBTQ ‘Rights and Freedoms’

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER)
LGBTQ Singer-Songwriter ‘GameStops’ Christian Music with No. 1 Christian Album on iTunes

PART 3 (20:31 - 24:11):
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‘Plagues Strike Egypt’: References to the Bible Are Never Far Away — Even in the Headlines of the New York Times

NEW YORK TIMES (VIVIAN YEE AND NADA RASHWAN)
Plagues Strike Egypt: Sudden Floods, Then 4-Inch Scorpions Called Deathstalkers

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:40):
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Matters Economic Are Matters Moral: Inflation Rises to Highest Rate In 31 Years — But Why Is This Such A Major Moral Issue?

NEW YORK TIMES (JEANNA SMIALEK)
Fastest Inflation in 31 Years Puts More Heat on Washington

USA TODAY (MATTHEW BROWN)
Inflation Will Ease, Biden Team Asserts

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Inflation Revenue Dividend

WALL STREET JOURNAL (KRISTIN BROUGHTON AND THEO FRANCIS)
What Does Inflation Mean for American Businesses? For Some, Bigger Profits

PART 2 (11:41 - 13:10):
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Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill Into Law In Hopes Of Transforming the Nation — And His Legacy

PART 3 (13:11 - 18:52):
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Theology At The Glasgow Climate Change Summit: It Shows Up Everywhere You Look

PART 4 (18:53 - 24:51):
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The Harry Potter Movies Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary — the Power of Story and a Window into Two Decades of Moral Change

Monday, November 15, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 12:26):
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China Adopts Party-Approved History to Heroize Its Leader and Establish Supremacy of “Xi Jinping Thought.” Guess What? The New History Says He Is a Genius

NEW YORK TIMES (CHRIS BUCKLEY)
To Steer China’s Future, Xi Is Rewriting Its Past

WALL STREET JOURNAL (KEVIN RUDD)
‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Makes China a Tougher Adversary

FINANCIAL TIMES (GIDEON RACHMAN)
China’s Self-Isolation is A Global Concern

PART 2 (12:27 - 19:10):
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History Always Has A Reckoning: F.W. de Klerk, Last South African Apartheid President, Dies At 85

ASSOCIATED PRESS (ANDREW MELDRUM AND CARA ANNA)
South Africa’s Last Apartheid President, F.W. de Klerk, Dies

PART 3 (19:11 - 24:3):
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Hunger In A Fallen World — In the Main, the Problem of Hunger Today Is Moral, Not Material

NEW YORK TIMES (MUJIB MASHAL)
India Wants to Send Wheat to Ease Afghan Hunger Crisis. Pakistan Has Yet to OK Transit.

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Friday, November 12, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 12:24):
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‘The School Board Revolt': Understanding Parental Response to the Infusion of Moral and Sexual Revolution in Schools

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The School Board Revolt

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE (CASSANDRA POLLOCK)
Gov. Greg Abbott Tells State Agencies to Develop Standards to Block Books with "Overtly Sexual" Content in Schools

PART 2 (12:25 - 18:19):
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How Should Christians Think About Social Justice? Does It Correlate to Critical Theory? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 3 (18:20 - 21:18):
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Does Classical Liberalism Conserve More Than Contemporary Conservatism? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 4 (21:19 - 25:47):
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Is A Human Embryo A Human Life? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

Thursday, November 11, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 15:33):
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Are We Witnessing the Dismantling of Conservatism? Why the Term ‘LGBT Conservative’ is an Oxymoron

FOX NEWS (BROOKE SINGMAN)
RNC Announces 'Pride Coalition,' Partnership with Log Cabin Republicans Ahead of Midterms

PART 2 (15:34 - 22:51):
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Political Lessons From the Virginia Election: A Party That Can’t Say No to its Progressivist Activists Just Might Hear No from Voters

NEW YORK TIMES (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
Democrats Deny Political Reality at Their Own Peril

THE ECONOMIST
The Democrats’ Disadvantage

PART 3 (22:52 - 24:35):
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‘Some Trans People’ Can Receive Federally Funded Fertility Treatment in Spain? We Live in the Most Confusing Times Imaginable — But Brace Yourselves

WASHINGTON POST (AMY CHENG)
Spain to Pay for Fertility Treatment for Lesbians, Bisexual Women and Some Transgender People