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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

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

PART I (13:51 - 13:51) A Nation Divided Against Itself on Abortion Cannot Stand: The Case for Federal Protection of Persons in the Womb Under the 14th Amendment
What the Contradiction of Slavery Tells Us About Abortion Rights by New York Times (Jamelle Bouie) Even if Roe is overturned, Congress must act to protect the unborn by Washington Post (Robert P. George and Josh Craddock)

PART II (21:40 - 21:40) Yes, Many from the Left Do Support Abortion Up Until Birth: Jen Psaki’s Reign of Untruth on Abortion Continues
Psaki: GOP claims that Democrats root for late-term abortion is ‘entirely misleading’ by The Hill (Miranda Nazzaro) Jen Psaki Isn’t Telling the Truth about Late-Term Abortion by National Review (John McCormack)

PART III (25:41 - 25:41) The United States is Unsafe for LGBTQ Visitors? Canada Goes Global Virtue Signaling
Canada Cautions L.G.B.T.Q. Citizens Visiting U.S. Over State Laws by New York Times (Ian Austen)

Friday, September 1, 2023

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

PART I (6:2 - 6:2) Artificial Intelligence and the Morality of Knowledge: AI Creators Are Clambering for Government Regulation, But Pandora’s Box Has Already Been Opened

PART II (11:8 - 11:8) Where Humans Go, Their Sin Patterns Follow: Report Reveals ChatGPT Shows Biases of Its Creators
ChatGPT leans liberal, research shows by The Washington Post (Gerrit De Vynck)

PART III (16:31 - 16:31) What Explains the Unusually High Number of Roman Catholics on the Supreme Court? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (21:1 - 21:1) If God Doesn’t Change His Mind, Why Does the Bible Say He Regrets Things? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 14-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART V (24:42 - 24:42) What Are We to Make of the Morality of Risk in the Development of New Technologies? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (27:4 - 27:4) Even as Cultural Christianity Has Decreased in the United States, Is the Number of Serious, Committed, Pious Christians Actually Higher Than It Was 50 Years Ago? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, August 31, 2023

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

PART I (12:26 - 12:26) The Biden Administration Intends to Send Dangerous Message to Hostile Regimes: We Will Pay Ransom for Your Hostage Taking
How Much Is an American Hostage Worth? by New York Times (Bret Stephens) Holding America Hostage by National Review (Noah Rothman)

PART II (19:46 - 19:46) It’s Wrong to Believe That Moral Judgments Are Real? The Modern Age and its Justification of Sexual Misbehavior
Love is in the air but birds are often unfaithful partners by Financial Times (Jonathan Guthrie)

PART III (25:9 - 25:9) If it’s Possible it’s Natural? A Transhumanist Denies the Meaning of Nature

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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

PART I (17:13 - 17:13) No, Pope Francis, Doctrinal Faithfulness is Not Reactionary Rigidity: Pope Francis Encourages Doctrinal Leftism That Has Conservative Catholics Grinding Their Teeth
‘The Water Has Been Agitated’ by La Civiltà Cattolica (Antonio Spadaro, SJ) Pope says some ‘backward’ conservatives in US Catholic Church have replaced faith with ideology by Associated Press Ailing Pope Francis Hurries to Bolster His Progressive Legacy by Wall Street Journal (Francis X. Rocca)

PART II (20:39 - 20:39) The Kremlin Loves That Pope Francis Admires Russian Autocratic Leaders: The Pope Creates an Awkward Controversy
Pope Francis Praises Historical Russian Imperialism Amid War in Ukraine by Wall Street Journal (Francis X. Rocca) Vatican Walks Back Pope Francis’ Praise for Russian Empire by Wall Street Journal (Francis X. Rocca)

PART III (24:11 - 24:11) How’s This For Irony? Chicago Crew Robbed at Gunpoint While Filming a Documentary On the Increase of Armed Robberies
TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on armed robberies by Washington Post (Timothy Bella)

So, What Is Really at Stake Here? Christian Education as a Matter of Life and Death

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

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

PART I (11:10 - 11:10) Is a Sperm Donor a Father? Wall Street Journal Raises Big Questions, Reveals Even Deeper Longing Within the Imago Dei
A Sperm Donor Chases a Role in the Lives of the 96 Children He Fathered by Wall Street Journal (Amy Dockser Marcus)

PART II (22:9 - 22:9) Violation, Alienation, Abstraction, Moral Risk, and the Unalloyed Good of Babies: The Issues of the Modern Reproductive Assistance Industry

PART III (25:1 - 25:1) Snowflake Adoptions and the Attempt to Restructure the Family: Christian Faithfulness in the Face of the New Age of the Modern Reproductive Movement

Monday, August 28, 2023

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

PART I (12:4 - 12:4) Are Americans Losing Their Religion? Big Questions Arise Over Secularization in the United States
America Is Losing Religious Faith by New York Times (Nicholas Kristof)

PART II (20:26 - 20:26) The Incongruence of Belonging Without Belief: What the Apparent Decline of Christianity the US Reveals
I left the church — and now long for a ‘church for the nones’ by The Washington Post (Perry Bacon Jr.)

PART III (26:11 - 26:11) India Wins a Lap in the Space Race Against Russia — But the Moon Race is About Much More than National Pride

Seismic crisis in Israel: Issues of real and unavoidable consequence are at stake, and not just for Israel

What in the world is going on in Israel? A political controversy has catapulted the nation into world headlines and some warn that the nation faces an existential crisis. Sources close to the Biden administration warn that the close relationship between the United States and Israel is endangered, and other western governments have upgraded their wa... The post Seismic crisis in Israel: Issues of real and unavoidable consequence are at stake, and not just for Israel appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Friday, August 25, 2023

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

PART I (8:8 - 8:8) Vladimir Putin Sends a Clear Message: Wagner Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin (Apparently) Killed in Plane Crash — There is No Surprise Here

PART II (10:52 - 10:52) Who Is Your Favorite Church Leader From the Reformation or the Puritan Era? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (16:21 - 16:21) Why Do We Have an Original Sin Nature Because of Adam? Why Does God Allow Satan to Do Evil? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Young Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (18:31 - 18:31) Are There Any Commands about Baptism in the Old Testament? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (21:10 - 21:10) How Would You Answer Someone Who Says That the New Covenant Overrules the Noahic Covenant’s Approval of the Death Penalty? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (23:41 - 23:41) What are the Most Important Traits in a Man We Should Look for as We Seek to Hire a New Pastor? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VII (26:33 - 26:33) Who is Your Favorite Downton Abbey Character? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, August 24, 2023

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

PART I (15:40 - 15:40) A Debate? Let’s Call It a Debacle.: The Republican Presidential Candidates Were Set Loose, and the Loser Was American Politics

PART II (23:12 - 23:12) ‘There was a Deep Malevolence, Bordering on Sadism in Your Actions’: British Nurse Turned Serial Killer Sentenced to Life in Prison After Killing Seven Babies
British Nurse Who Killed Babies on the Job Gets Life Sentence by Wall Street Journal (David Luhnow and Humza Jilani)

PART III (27:1 - 27:1) Driverless Car in San Francisco Hits New Roadblock — Wet Concrete
Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco by New York Times (Michael Levenson)