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Friday, February 17, 2023

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

PART I (18:34 - 18:34) A Crisis of ‘Belonging?’ A Clash of Worldviews Reveals a Deep Human Longing on College Campuses
Everyone Is Talking About ‘Belonging,’ but What Does It Really Mean? by Chronicle of Higher Ed (Adrienne Lu)

PART II (14:4 - 14:4) Is a Public Profession of Faith Necessary for Salvation? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (18:46 - 18:46) How Can Jesus Sympathize With a Woman’s Infertility? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (21:25 - 21:25) Is It a Biblical Mandate To Be a Member of a Local Church? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (23:46 - 23:46) Can Christians Join the Military? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (25:32 - 25:32) What Does It Mean When a Church Says It Will Bless the Union of Same-Sex Couples? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

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

PART I (8:4 - 8:4) Mourning with MSU: A Christian Response to the Horror and Riddle of Evil

PART II (17:2 - 17:2) The New York Times is Not Sufficiently LGBTQ?: Contributors Write Letter Chastising Paper for Insufficient Support of “Transgender Care” for Children
New York Times Contributors' Letter by New York Times The Battle Over Gender Therapy by New York Times (Emily Bazelon)

PART III (22:27 - 22:27) The Transgender Revolution Is Not Going as Planned: Why the Average American Still (Rightly) Recoils at the Transgender Movement

PART IV (25:36 - 25:36) Who are the Cultural Warriors?: The Self-Deception of Those Certain of Victory on the Left

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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

PART I (12:9 - 12:9) A Massive Cry for Help: Teen Girls Wrestle With Record Levels of Sadness and Depression. Why?
Teen Girls Report Record Levels of Sadness, C.D.C. Finds by New York Times (Azeen Ghorayshi and Roni Caryn Rabin) Teen Girls Experiencing Record Levels of Sadness and Suicide Risk, CDC Says by Wall Street Journal (Sarah Toy)

PART II (21:41 - 21:41) The Story Behind the Headlines: Our Society is Marked by Awful Maladies, But Just Will Not Face Them Honestly

PART III (27:12 - 27:12) We Respect and Love in Accordance with Truth: A Christian Response to the Troubling Realities Our Young People Face
How Teens Recovered From the ‘TikTok Tics’ by New York Times (Azeen Ghorayshi)

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

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

PART I (12:56 - 12:56) Both Natural and Moral Evil: Death Toll from Turkey-Syria Earthquake Raises Above 36,000 — And Those Governments Bear Some Responsibility for That Staggering Tragedy

PART II (20:3 - 20:3) What Is Going On Up There?: The U.S. Government Shoots Down More Airborne Objects
What’s Going On Up There, Mr. President? by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

PART III (26:1 - 26:1) ‘The Truth Should Always Be Attended by a Bodyguard of Lies?’ We Will Likely Only Know What the Government Wants Us To About Unidentified Airborne Objects

Monday, February 13, 2023

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

PART I (9:25 - 9:25) What the Great Spectacle Shows: A Look at What Super Bowl LVII Reveals About Our Culture
Severely understaffed hospitals shouldn’t be buying Super Bowl ads by Washington Post (Farzon A. Nahvi)

PART II (19:23 - 19:23) Incentivizing Vice: One of the Many Problems of Sports Gambling

PART III (25:57 - 25:57) You Will Know It By Its Fruit: The Devastation Left in the Wake of the Gambling Industry
Would Jesus Bet on the Super Bowl? by Wall Street Journal (Barton Swaim)

Friday, February 10, 2023

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

PART I (16:20 - 16:20) Friendly Fire? How Big Business Is Subverting the Family
Child care crisis: What costly daycare and fewer workers mean for US economy and taxpayers by USA Today (Alia Wong)

PART II (19:33 - 19:33) Are the Pizzas Here Yet?: 6-Year-Old Uses Dad’s Phone to Order $1000 Worth of Food from Grubhub
A 6-year-old ordered $1,000 in takeout. The reason: He was hungry. by Washington Post (Andrea Salcedo)

PART III (22:24 - 22:24) Our 6-Year-Old Daughter Wants to Be a Boy When She Plays Pretend. Is This a Cause for Concern? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (23:53 - 23:53) How Can Christians or Conservatives Argue Consistently for Freedom of Religion While Also Condemning Satanism? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (27:1 - 27:1) Should European Muslims Make a Common Alliance with European Christians to Defend Conservative, Family-Oriented, Sexual Mores? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (28:26 - 28:26) How Do We Fight CRT Depicted in Children’s Entertainment? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VII (30:45 - 30:45) Since Jesus Was Born as a Man, Does This Mean God’s Gender is Male? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 9-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Thursday, February 9, 2023

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

PART I (15:48 - 15:48) Expand the Government. Extend Radical Abortion Rights.: President Biden’s State of the Union Address

PART II (22:1 - 22:1) Politics is the Arena of the Performative — But How Do We Discern What Political Actions Are Genuine and Not Just for Show?

PART III (24:3 - 24:3) Performativity is Never Enough: God’s Desire for Sincere Devotion From HIs People

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

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

PART I (7:29 - 7:29) ‘A Domain Awareness Gap’: U.S. Military Acknowledges Chinese Spy Airships Have Previously Gone Undetected Over U.S. Airspace
Domain Awareness Superiority Is the Future of Military Intelligence by Army University Press (Chief Warrant Officer 4 Robert M. Ryder, U.S. Army Reserve)

PART II (12:16 - 12:16) A Direct Assault on the Cause of Life: Minnesota Passes the “Protect Reproduction Options Act,” Which is Both Radical and Deadly

PART III (18:1 - 18:1) Vaccine Skepticism Is Growing?: Some Background to the Controversy
Rethinking Next-generation Vaccines for Coronaviruses, Influenzaviruses, and Other Respiratory Viruses by Cell (Anthony Fauci, David M. Morens, and Jeffery K. Taubenberger)

PART IV (22:4 - 22:4) So Who Decides? California Elites Fail Attempt to Outlaw “Misinformation”
California Loses on Medical Censorship by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

PART V (24:17 - 24:17) Monogamy Isn’t For Everyone?: USA Today–Once Again–Reveals How Our Culture’s Moral Universe Has Been Flipped Upside Down
Ask These Questions Before Your Relationship Becomes Exclusive by USA Today (Sara Kuburic)

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

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

PART I (6:47 - 6:47) Horrifying Tragedy as Earthquake Kills Thousands in Turkey and Syria — What Disasters and Response Reveals About Civilization

PART II (19:58 - 19:58) The Commercialization of Transgression: The 65th Annual Grammy Awards

PART III (21:33 - 21:33) Yes, Christians Certainly Do Believe in Satan — But Where is the Outrage from Our Culture When Satan is Worshiped on Stage at the Grammys?

PART IV (23:19 - 23:19) The Commercialization of Satanism: Who Funded the Glorification of Satan through Sponsorship at the Grammy Awards?