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Friday, March 24, 2023

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

PART I (14:57 - 14:57) Marriage, the Keystone and Primeval Institution of Society: The Benefits of God’s Good Gift of Marriage Appears in an Unexpected Place
Marital transitions during earlier adulthood and subsequent health and well-being in mid- to late-life among female nurses: An outcome-wide analysis by Global Epidemiology (Ying Chen, Maya B. Arthur, Brendan W. Case, and Tyler J. VanderWeele) For Long-Term Health and Happiness, Marriage Still Matters by Wall Street Journal (Brendan Case and Ying Chen)

PART II (21:42 - 21:42) Should Christians Continue to Honor the Sabbath as Described in the Old Testament? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (25:6 - 25:6) Are There Too Many Denominations Within the Protestant Church? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (27:4 - 27:4) Does the Gospels Retelling the Parables of Jesus Each in Their Own Way and in a Different Order Destroy the Inerrancy of Scripture? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (29:29 - 29:29) Are We All God’s Children? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, March 23, 2023

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

PART I (11:37 - 11:37) President Biden’s First Veto: White House Targets Pension Funds in Protection of ESG
Biden Issues First Veto to Protect Socially Conscious Investing by New York Times (Katie Rogers)

PART II (20:46 - 20:46) Banking and the Centrality of Trust: Recent Bank Downfalls Highlight the Necessity of Trust for a Healthy, Functioning Society
Credit Suisse’s Death Gives Birth to New Type of Bank Crisis by Wall Street Journal (Stephen Wilmot and Telis Demos)

PART III (25:7 - 25:7) The Problem with the Theory of Regulation: Why More Regulation Won’t Solve Banking Problems
Before Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Fed Spotted Big Problems by New York Times (Jeanna Smialek) From Zero to Hero by Wall Street Journal (Andy Kessler)

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

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

PART I (8:55 - 8:55) A Major Realignment on the World Stage: Vladimir Putin’s Developing Friendship with Xi Jinping

PART II (20:26 - 20:26) The Limitations of International Criminal Court: Why Vladimir Putin Will Not Be Dealt Justice for His War Crimes by the ICC

PART III (24:45 - 24:45) Russia’s Diabolical Spoils of War, Children: Only the Vilest of Regimes Would Openly Abduct Children and Put Them Up for Adoption As Its Own
Using Adoptions, Russia Turns Ukrainian Children Into Spoils of War by New York Times (Emma Bubola)

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

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

PART I (13:24 - 13:24) Sexual Liberation Requires a New Religion: The Free Fall of the Liberal Churches from Historic, Orthodox Christianity
Frank T. Griswold III, Bridge-Building Bishop, Dies at 85 by New York Times (Sam Roberts)

PART II (18:50 - 18:50) The Push For Religious LGBTQ Allies: The Big Tent of the Sexual Revolution Vies for Support – Unless You Hold to Biblical Christianity
Ancient Judaism Recognized a Range of Genders. It’s Time We Did, Too. by New York Times (Elliot Kukla)

PART III (23:19 - 23:19) Nonbinary Gender Is Central to Understanding Judaism?: Transgender Rabbi Contends Gender Spectrum Has Always Existed in Judaism

PART IV (25:12 - 25:12) The Numbers Don’t Lie: President Emmanuel Macron Survives No Confidence Vote

Monday, March 20, 2023

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

PART I (14:3 - 14:3) Lessons From Two Decades of Conflicted History: Christian Realist Considerations of the Iraq War 20 Years Later
20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One by New York Times (Alissa J. Rubin)

PART II (19:47 - 19:47) “I Am the State?”: Emmanuel Macron Invokes Article 49.3 For Pension Reforms

PART III (24:16 - 24:16) A Parable of the Human Spectacle: Silicon Valley Bank Merchandise Surges to Sale on Ebay
There’s a Run on Silicon Valley Bank Swag by Wall Street Journal (Alyssa Lukpat and Caitlin Ostroff)

Friday, March 17, 2023

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

PART I (8:9 - 8:9) The Extraordinary Madness of Crowds: Did Twitter Drive to the Run on the Bank in Silicon Valley?
Social-Media Postings Amplify Anxiety Over SVB Collapse by Wall Street Journal (Georgia Wells and Alexa Corse) Was the SVB Collapse a Twitter Panic? by Wall Street Journal (Daniel Henninger)

PART II (14:47 - 14:47) The Black Sea and its Long History: Russia Destroys U.S. Drone, Sparking Bigger Questions of the Importance of History and Geography

PART III (16:10 - 16:10) Evolution and Creationism Show Up in the New York Times Obituary Section: Francisco Ayala Dies at 88
Francisco Ayala, Biologist and Defender of Evolution, Dies at 88 by New York Times (Cornelia Dean)

PART IV (19:2 - 19:2) Would There Be Sin in the World If Adam Refused to Eat of the Forbidden Fruit? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (20:41 - 20:41) Could You Argue for the Divine Authority of Scripture Without Utilizing Circular Reasoning? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (23:21 - 23:21) What is the Biblical Responce to Abortion in the Cases of Rape, Incest, and Health of the Mother? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VII (24:51 - 24:51) What Does It Mean to Be Unequally Yoked? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VIII (28:9 - 28:9) How Should Doctors Respond to Cultural Christians Who Are Convinced God Will Perform a Miracle in the Face of an Undeniable Terminal Illness Prognosis? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

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

PART I (10:36 - 10:36) How Do You Have a Woman’s College If You Do Not Know What a Woman Is?: Historic Seven Sisters Colleges Reckon with the ‘T’ of the LGBTQ Revolution

PART II (17:35 - 17:35) Proximate Sin, Proximate Confusion: Understanding the Scale (And Self-Delusion) of the Transgender Revolution Taking Over Our Culture
At Wellesley College, Students Vote to Admit Trans Men by New York Times (Vimal Patel)

PART III (25:50 - 25:50) Alcoholics Anonymous in the Secular Crosshairs: New York Politicians Contend For ‘Nonreligious Rehabilitation’ Options
People Have a Right to Nonreligious Rehab by New York Times (Maia Szalavitz) In America, you have to opt out of religion in public life. That’s backward. by Washington Post (Kate Cohen)

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

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

PART I (15:29 - 15:29) ‘Bewildering Ambiguity’: The Legacy and Lessons of Pope Francis as He Marks Ten Years.
10 Years On, Pope Francis Faces Challenges From the Right and the Left by New York Times (Jason Horowitz) ​Ten Years of Pope Francis by First Things (Dan Hitchens) Women’s Ordination, Transgender Ideology Move Forward at German Synodal Way by National Catholic Register (Jonathan Liedl)

PART II (21:30 - 21:30) Justice Department Loses Death Penalty Argument in Terrorist Case: Scripture and Human Conscience Cry Out for Justice
Manhattan Bike Path Terrorist Avoids Death Penalty by Wall Street Journal (Corinne Ramey and Sadie Gurman)

PART III (26:42 - 26:42) President Biden’s New Theological Category: ‘Close to Sinful’ — But the Bible Knows Nothing of the It
Florida anti-trans legislation is ‘close to sinful,’ Biden tells Kal Penn by Washington Post (Victoria Bisset)

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

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

PART I (10:21 - 10:21) Who’s Going to Pay the Bills in France?: Millions of People Protest in Response to President Macron’s Increase of Retirement Age

PART II (15:39 - 15:39) France Has a Huge Moral Problem, Abortion: President Macron Seeks to Enshrine Abortion into the French Constitution
Macron Calls for Enshrining Right to Abortion in French Constitution by New York Times (Roger Cohen)

PART III (22:13 - 22:13) Netanyahu Attempts to End Democracy in Israel?: Disputes Over Judicial Reforms in Israel Raise Issue of Limitations of Oral Constitutions
Israel Needs Judicial Reform—but How? by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

PART IV (26:20 - 26:20) Stepping Into Femininity But Out of Clothing?: The ‘Naked Dress’ Spectacle at the Oscars
On Oscars Carpet, the ‘Naked Dress’ Ruled by Wall Street Journal (Rory Satran)