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No Briefing Tuesday, April 18, 2023

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

PART I (0:3 - 0:3) An Update Regarding The Briefing

No Briefing Monday, April 17, 2023

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

PART I (0:3 - 0:3) An Update Regarding The Briefing

Hey Christians, get out and stay out: An Arizona school district gives the boot to student teachers from a Christian college

Our society is growing increasingly secular and increasingly hostile to Christian conviction. Anyone who doubts that mounting hostility should look to Arizona, where one of the state's largest public school districts has just voted to show student teachers from a Christian college the door.... The post Hey Christians, get out and stay out: An Arizona school district gives the boot to student teachers from a Christian college appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Friday, April 14, 2023

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

PART I (8:20 - 8:20) Moore’s Law and Our Brave New World: Gordon E. Moore Dies at 94
Gordon E. Moore, Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore’s Law, Dies at 94 by New York Times (Holcomb B. Noble and Katie Hafner)

PART II (11:24 - 11:24) Why Weren’t Comstock Laws Recognized in Connection to the Abortion Pill Long Ago? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (12:42 - 12:42) Why is the LGBTQ Agenda So Strong in the UK? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (14:52 - 14:52) To What Degree Has the Image of God Been Degraded in Our Lives Because of Sin? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (17:11 - 17:11) Do Animals Have Souls? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (18:40 - 18:40) Will We Have Our Memories in Heaven? Will We Know Our Family and Friends in Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VII (20:30 - 20:30) Are There Religious Liberty Protections for Churches That Allow Them to Delineate Between Which Non-Christian Groups Can Rent Their Spaces? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VIII (22:10 - 22:10) Is It a Sin to Speed While Driving? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IX (24:50 - 24:50) If I Was Baptized As an Infant, Should I Be Re-Baptized As An Adult After I Came to Faith in Christ? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, April 13, 2023

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

PART I (9:48 - 9:48) Abortion Brings College Students to the Polls: How Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Election Was Highly Affected by Young Liberal Turnout
How Wisconsin liberals set record campus turnout in court election by Washington Post (Dan Balz and Dylan Wells)

PART II (17:26 - 17:26) ‘Unpopular in France and Untrusted Beyond It’: Macron Further Complicates Allyship to the West After Trip to China
France’s Macron Renews Call for a Sovereign Europe Less Reliant on Foreign Powers by Wall Street Journal (Noemie Bisserbe and Laurence Norman) From Red Carpet to Doghouse: Macron Returns From China to Allied Dismay by New York Times (Roger Cohen)

PART III (23:42 - 23:42) They Will Not Only Target the Catholics: Religious Liberty for Evangelicals isNot Safe When Government Agencies Target Catholic Organizations
DOJ Recommends No Jail Time for Trans Catholic Church Vandal by National Review (Jeff Zymeri) Pax­ton Demands Answers After Anti-Catholic Bias was Revealed With­in the FBI by Texas Attorney General

The New Religion of Artificial Intelligence and Its Threat to Human Dignity — A Conversation with Adam Kirsch

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

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

PART I (11:35 - 11:35) “I’ll Affirm Your Lifestyle If You’ll Affirm Mine”: A Powerful Engine of Change in Our Cultural Moment
US support for LGBTQ rights grows even as gap widens between Democrats and Republicans, survey says by USA Today (Marc Ramirez)

PART II (15:26 - 15:26) Further From Scriptural Revelation So More Immoral?: PRRI Study Reveals Theology Matters

PART III (19:48 - 19:48) State Governors Partake in Blatant Political and Moral Defiance: Liberal State Leaders Stockpile Abortion Pills
Healey, in bid to ‘ride out’ legal challenge, moves to stockpile 15,000 mifepristone doses in Massachusetts by USA Today (Matt Stout and Mike Damiano)

PART IV (26:45 - 26:45) Majority of Millennials Own Homes Now – Here’s Why That Matters
Report: More millennial households own than rent. Here's where they're buying. by USA Today (Bailey Schulz)

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

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

PART I (15:32 - 15:32) A Political Parable of Our Cultural Age: Chicago’s Mayoral Election
You Can’t Throw the Bums Out if You’ve Voted With Your Feet by Wall Street Journal (Allysia Finley) As ominous clouds gather over Chicago, progressivism marches on by Washington Post (Jim Geraghty) Chicago Gets What It Voted For by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

PART II (21:6 - 21:6) (Some) Comstock Laws Are Still in Effect?: A New Revelation Dawns on the Political Left

PART III (23:10 - 23:10) A Very Dark Day in Kentucky: Unspeakable Tragedy in Louisville Yesterday

Monday, April 10, 2023

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

PART I (3:24 - 3:24) Federal Judge Takes a Stand for Unborn Life and Women’s Health: Case Over Mifepristone Sparks Abortion Pill Debate

PART II (15:26 - 15:26) Abortion is Reshaping the Political Landscape, and It Poses a Huge Challenge to the Pro-Life Movement — We Are About to Find Out What Pro-Lifers Are Made Of
The GOP’s Abortion Flop by Wall Street Journal (Kimberley A. Strassel) Wisconsin Rout Points to Democrats’ Enduring Post-Dobbs Strength by New York Times (Reid J. Epstein) The Abortion Ban Backlash Is Starting to Freak Out Republicans by New York Times (Michelle Goldberg)

PART III (21:19 - 21:19) Will Title IX Mean Boys on Girls’ Teams? Biden Administration Undermines Fairness in Support of LGBTQ Revolution
Biden proposal would bar schools from enacting outright bans on trans athletes by Associated Press (Collin Binkley)

PART IV (24:30 - 24:30) The Shifting Tides of Politics in Arizona and North Carolina — What to Watch to Prepare for the 2024 Election Cycle

Friday, April 7, 2023

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

PART I (9:26 - 9:26) Good Friday, Indeed: The Centrality of the Cross and Resurrection to Christian Hope

PART II (13:43 - 13:43) Did Jesus Have Free Will? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (15:33 - 15:33) Did Jesus Sweat Blood in the Garden of Gethsemane, or Were His Tears Merely Like Drops of Blood? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (21:12 - 21:12) What Are Your Thoughts on Andy Stanley’s Apologetic Method of Focusing on the Resurrection of Christ Apart from Scriptural Authority? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (23:13 - 23:13) Why Did Jesus Not Have to Stay Dead For Eternity? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (27:21 - 27:21) Why Is the Shed Blood of Jesus So Important? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing