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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 7:20):
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The Brave New Genetic World Arrives—And Undermines Human Dignity—Polygenic Risk Score Now Used To Determine Inferior Genetic Traits In Embryos

BLOOMBERG (CAREY GOLDBERG)
Picking Embryos With Best Health Odds Sparks New DNA Debate

PART 2 (7:21 - 14:25):
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Nazi Germany’s Classification of “Life Unworthy of Life” Comes Back As Parents And Scientists Decide Which Human Embryo Is Worthy Of Implementation — And Which Is Not

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Problems with Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos

PART 3 (14:26 - 19:50):
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The Common Thread Among Christian Universities That Score High On ‘Campus Pride Index’ for LGBTQ Inclusivity? They Have Forfeited Biblical Truth

NBC NEWS (DAN AVERY)
These 10 religious universities earn high marks for LGBTQ inclusivity

PART 4 (19:51 - 23:16):
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History Is Closer To Us Than We Think: World War II ‘Ghost Army’ Soldier Dies at 106

NEW YORK TIMES (RICHARD SANDOMIR)
Gilbert Seltzer, Soldier in the World War II ‘Ghost Army,’ Dies at 106

Monday, September 20, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 3:55):
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Snap Election in Canada: Canadians Face A Choice With Big Worldview Implications — And the World Watching

ABC NEWS (ROB GILLIES)
EXPLAINER: What Are the Issues in Canada's Close Election?

PART 2 (3:56 - 9:33):
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More Than Submarines at Stake Here—Shift in Shape of Global Politics As AUKUS Alliance Created to Curve the Global Expansion of China

PART 3 (9:34 - 15:37):
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AUKUS Alliance Made Up of Nations From “The English-Speaking Peoples” — It Matters

PART 4 (15:38 - 22:52):
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War Over Pronouns Is Coming For You — Virtue Signaling of a Quintessential Sort As Yale Law School Professor Calls for Use of ‘They’ For All People Unless Told Otherwise

WASHINGTON POST
Until I’m Told Otherwise, I Prefer to Call You ‘They’

Leviticus 2:1–16

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Friday, September 17, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:25):
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Will Conscience Be Crushed, Too? Mexico Has Moved to Legalize Abortions, but Doctors Don’t Want to Perform Them

NEW YORK TIMES (NATALIE KITROEFF AND OSCAR LOPEZ)
Abortion Is No Longer a Crime in Mexico. But Will Doctors Object?

PART 2 (8:26 - 10:26):
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Saying it’s So Doesn’t Make it So, Even if You are Mexico’s Chief Justice: People Don’t Get Pregnant — Women Do

NBC NEWS (LUIS HERNáNDEZ OJESTO, NOTICIAS TELEMUNDO AND GABRIELA MARTíNEZ, NOTICIAS TELEMUNDO)
Experts: Mexico’s 'Milestone' Abortion Decriminalization is regional game changer

PART 3 (10:27 - 15:31):
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Is There a Problem Here? AOC Wears ‘Tax The Rich’ Designer Gown to Met Gala (Which Costs $35K a Ticket)

USA TODAY (ANIKA REED)
Big Fashion Returns With NYFW and The 2021 Met Gala, But Does Anyone Care?

PART 4 (15:32 - 26:2):
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The Mailbox — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners About Issues Addressed on The Briefing

Thursday, September 16, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 5:12):
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‘How Much Is A Little Girl Worth?’: Gymnasts Tell Riveting and Wrenching Testimony in Senate Hearing Against Larry Nassar Highlighting Failure by FBI

BBC NEWS
Simone Biles: 'I Blame System That Enabled Larry Nassar Abuse'

PART 2 (5:13 - 18:1):
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Great Moment of Disclosure: Texas Abortion Law Unveils Divide in Pro-Life Conservatives Between Those Who Are Willing To Legalize Anti-Abortion Laws to Protect the Sanctity of Life and Those Who Are Not

THE BULWARK (JONATHAN V. LAST)
Why I Opted Out of the Abortion Wars

THE BULWARK (MONA CHAREN)
Why This Pro-Life Conservative Is Voting for Biden

NEW YORK TIMES (GAIL COLLINS AND BRET STEPHENS)
History Can Close In on Us Awfully Fast

PART 3 (18:2 - 24:35):
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The Great Divide Now Evident: The Sanctity of Human Is Not Just an “Issue”

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 16:15):
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America’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lands in Controversy — What Does This Mean for America’s Constitutional Order?

FOX NEWS (KYLE MORRIS)
Milley Secretly Called Chinese Officials Out of Fear Trump Would 'Attack' in Final Days, Book Claims

PART 2 (16:16 - 19:54):
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The Parable of Bitcoin: The Digital Is Never Merely Digital, for We Live in a World That is Made of Matter

NEW YORK TIMES (JON HUANG, CLAIRE O’NEILL AND HIROKO TABUCHI)
Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?

PART 3 (19:55 - 22:38):
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Sometimes the New Solution is Worse than the Old Problem? “Experts” Argue that One Climate Solution May Be Worse than the Problem

NEW YORK TIMES (HIROKO TABUCHI)
Biden Outlines a Plan for Cleaner Jet Fuel. But How Clean Would It Be?

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 6:56):
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History to Be Made Today in California — Will Governor Gavin Newsom Become Only 2nd Governor Recalled in History of the State? What Are the Implications for the Nation?

PART 2 (6:57 - 13:0):
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Worldview Significance of the Recall Election in California: How Can A Governor Be Recalled, And Who Can Be Voted In Replacement? The Answers To Those Questions Could Determine A Major Shift in the Political Landscape of California

PART 3 (13:1 - 21:55):
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‘Who Let God Into the Legislative Chamber?’: The Secular Left’s God Problem

NEW YORK TIMES (LINDA GREENHOUSE)
God Has No Place in Supreme Court Opinions

PART 4 (21:56 - 24:33):
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Activists Are Calling for ‘Shark Attacks’ to Be Renamed ‘Shark Encounters’ — But if a Shark Bites Me, I’m Calling it an Attack

NEW YORK TIMES (ALAN YUHAS)
Don’t Call Them ‘Shark Attacks,’ Scientists Say

Monday, September 13, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 4:28):
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Thinking Seriously About President Biden‘s Sweeping Vaccine Mandate That Will Cover Nearly 100 Million Americans

NEW YORK TIMES (KATIE ROGERS AND SHERYL GAY STOLBERG)
Biden Mandates Vaccines for Workers, Saying, ‘Our Patience Is Wearing Thin’

PART 2 (4:29 - 13:40):
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The Complex Issues of a Federal Vaccine Mandate: Evaluating President Biden’s Coercive Move — Moral, Constitutional, and Political Considerations

NEW YORK TIMES (JIM TANKERSLEY)
Biden’s New Vaccine Push Is a Fight for the U.S. Economy

PART 3 (13:41 - 18:30):
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More Woke Than Capitalism: Virtue Signaling in Corporate World as Salesforce CEO Commits to Move Anyone With Hindered Access to ‘Reproductive Healthcare’ From Texas — Or Any Other State

CNBC (JORDAN NOVET)
Salesforce Offers to Relocate Employees and Their Families After Texas Abortion Law Goes Into Effect

CNN (RAMISHAH MARUF)
Salesforce Said It Will Help Employees Leave Texas Due to Abortion Law

PART 4 (18:31 - 25:0):
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A Parable of Post-Christian Religion: John Shelby Spong, Non-Theist Episcopal Bishop Dies at 90

WASHINGTON TIMES (MARK A. KELLNER)
John Shelby Spong, Liberal Episcopal Bishop, Dies at Age 90

PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY (JOHN SHELBY SPONG)
Charting the New Reformation: The Twelve Theses

PROGRESSING SPIRIT (JOHN SHELBY SPONG)
Oklahoma! A State in Transition

Leviticus 1:1–17

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Friday, September 10, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:52):
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20 Years After 9/11: Wake Up, We Live in a Dangerous World — Lessons from 9/11, Lesson One

PART 2 (8:53 - 15:8):
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The Clash of Civilizations Is Real — Lessons From 9/11, Lesson Two

FOREIGN AFFAIRS (SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON)
The Clash of Civilizations?

PART 3 (15:9 - 17:53):
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Theology Really Matters, Islam Really Matters — Lessons From 9/11, Lesson Three

PART 4 (17:54 - 22:21):
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The (Temporary) Collapse of Moral Relativism — Lessons from 9/11, Lesson Four