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Monday, June 26, 2023

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

PART I (12:7 - 12:7) A Coup Against Putin, a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma: What We Can and Cannot Know About the Moves of the Wagner Group Over the Weekend

PART II (20:49 - 20:49) The Staggering Challenge Before the Pro-Life Movement: One Year Post-Dobbs and the Future of the Fight for Life
How a Year Without Roe Shifted American Views on Abortion by New York Times (Kate Zernike)

PART III (28:52 - 28:52) An Ironic and Tragic Parable of Human Hubris and Life or Death Drama: The Titan Submersible Implodes During Dive to the Titanic Wreckage

Corporations of perpetual capitulation: The Los Angeles Dodgers grovel before the sexual revolutionaries

Unconditional surrenders usually require overwhelming military force, but all it took for the Los Angeles Dodgers to abandon the field was a bit of controversy with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The white flag of capitulation now flies over Dodger Stadium.... The post Corporations of perpetual capitulation: The Los Angeles Dodgers grovel before the sexual revolutionaries appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Friday, June 23, 2023

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

PART I (13:18 - 13:18) Controversies, Theological Debates, and the Need for Denominational Faithfulness: Considerations of the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting

PART II (17:36 - 17:36) Will Our Daughters With Severe Intellectual Disabilities Go to Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
The Salvation of the 'Little Ones': Do Infants who Die Go to Heaven? by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Daniel L. Akin)

PART III (21:19 - 21:19) Can Christians Write Horror Stories? How Christian Does a Story Have to Be to Glorify God? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 12-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART IV (23:11 - 23:11) Do Children’s Bibles with Depictions of Jesus Violate the Second Commandment? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, June 22, 2023

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

PART I (7:24 - 7:24) A Federal Judge Plays Medical Authority: Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors, Citing Medical Arguments
Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors by New York Times (Rick Rojas and Emily Cochrane)

PART II (14:42 - 14:42) When it Comes to Adolescents, the U.S. is a ‘Transgender-Care Outlier’ — European Countries Have Pulled Way Back on Transgender Procedures for Teens
U.S. Becomes Transgender-Care Outlier as More in Europe Urge Caution by Wall Street Journal (Jathon Sapsford and Stephanie Armour)

PART III (19:7 - 19:7) Lia Thomas Mansplains Feminism? The Transgender Movement Clashes with Feminism (and Biology) Once Again

PART IV (24:46 - 24:46) Hunter Biden’s Plea Agreement: Questions about Truth and Justice Loom Large in the Wake of the Headline. And Does the Investigation Continue, or Not?

The War Against Manhood and the American Cultural Crisis — A Conversation with Senator Josh Hawley

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

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

PART I (13:37 - 13:37) The (Failed) Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention: A Forced Rethinking of Globalization — And Its Clash with the Christian Worldview
Failures of Globalization Shatter Long-Held Beliefs by New York Times (Patricia Cohen)

PART II (19:19 - 19:19) The World Map is Changing Before Our Eyes: How New Enemies and New Allies Are Reshaping Global Alliances

PART III (26:23 - 26:23) From Soccer Moms to the Suburbs: The Demographics of Swing Voters Change and Stay the Same
Trump Needs White Suburban Women. His Indictment Splits Them. by Wall Street Journal (Catherine Lucey and Annie Linskey) Clinton Swipes the GOP’s Lyrics by Washington Post (E.J. Dionne Jr.)

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

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

PART I (16:41 - 16:41) What Punishment Fits the Crime? The Pittsburgh Tree of Life Shooter Found Guilty of Horrific Crimes, Raising Debate Over Capital Punishment
Gunman guilty in shooting deaths of 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue by USA Today (Jeanine Santucci) Almost all Louisiana death row prisoners ask John Bel Edwards to spare their lives by Picayune Times (James Finn)

PART II (23:14 - 23:14) To Censor or Not to Censor Explicit Material of Children on Social Media? — That is the Question Advocates and Allies of the LGBTQ Revolution Are Reluctant to Answer
The EARN IT Act poses risks to LGBTQ communities online, advocates say. Here's how by USA Today (Ella Lee)

PART III (27:5 - 27:5) You Can’t Make This Up: Anheuser-Busch Accepts Lead Marketing Award at Cannes Event After Trans Marketing Disaster
After Bud Light Debacle, AB InBev Takes a Bow at Ad-Biz Oscars by Wall Street Journal (Katie Deighton)

Monday, June 19, 2023

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

PART I (7:16 - 7:16) A Massive Revolution on the Moral Landscape: USA Today Publishes Story Arguing That High Financial Cost of “Having a Baby” For LGBTQ Couples Is Discriminatory and Unjust
'Still a lot of hurdles': For LGBTQ+ couples, the path to in vitro fertilization is harder by USA Today (Bailey Schulz)

PART II (19:29 - 19:29) Will the American Insurance Payer Subsidize the Moral Revolution?: The Rising Tide of the Sexual Revolution Reaches Ever Higher

PART III (30:20 - 30:20) Brilliant Minds, Dark Turns in Life, and Big Questions: Two Recent Obituaries Raise Massive Moral Questions
Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92 by New York Times (Robert D. McFadden) Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81 by New York Times (Alex Traub)

Colossians 1:15–29

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Friday, June 16, 2023

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

PART I (5:57 - 5:57) Is the Transgender Movement More Than Just Ideology? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART II (13:27 - 13:27) How Should Christians Think About Working For a Company That Hosts and Promotes LGBTQ Events? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (19:39 - 19:39) Does the U.S. Intelligence Whistleblower’s Potential Confirmation of Aliens Have Implications for the Gospel of Jesus Christ? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 17-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART IV (22:27 - 22:27) What Will Our Bodies Be Like After the Second Coming of Christ? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 6-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART V (25:17 - 25:17) When We Use the Term ‘Elite’ to Refer to the Moral Revolutionaries, Are We Speaking Too Highly of Them? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing