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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

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 17:56):
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A ‘Renaissance of Side B’ Christians? A Challenge to Christian Faithfulness

THE WASHINGTON POST (KATHRYN POST)
Traditional 'Side B' LGBTQ Christians Experience A Renaissance

PART 2 (17:57 - 21:22):
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The Principle Of Abstraction And The Dangers Of Modern Technology: After IVF Procedures, Two Couples Discover Their Embryos Were Swapped

THE WASHINGTON POST (JULIAN MARK)
A Fertility Center Mixed Up Two Couples’ Embryos, Lawsuit Says. When They Found Out, They Had to Trade Babies.

PART 3 (21:23 - 23:34):
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Forcing Religious Institutions To Become Coercive Extensions Of State Power: Why The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Is Suing The Federal Government Over The Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate

ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 15:9):
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But Who Will Regulate the Regulators? Who Will Govern the Governors? Frustrated Activists Protest at Glasgow Climate Summit

FINANCIAL TIMES (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
More Hot Air Than Progress At COP26

WASHINGTON POST
Greta Thunberg Says ‘COP26 Is A Failure,’ As She Leads Glasgow Protests

PART 2 (15:10 - 23:22):
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The Secular Worldview Asserts Itself: What Explains the Rapid Acceptance of Assisted Suicide in the West?

THE ECONOMIST
In the West, Assisted Dying is Rapidly Becoming Legal and Accepted

PART 3 (23:23 - 25:48):
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What the Commissioning of Just One Navy Ship Tells Us About the Seismic Shift In the Morality Of Our Nation

USA TODAY (JOHN BACON)
Navy Christens Ship USNS Harvey Milk, Named After Gay Rights Activist