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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

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

PART I (15:53 - 15:53) Hold Onto Your Stoves — Yes, Progressive Really Are Coming for Them
The Coming Gas Stove Culture War by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) How the Gas Stove in Your Kitchen Became a Symbol of Freedom by Wall Street Journal (Gerard Baker) It’s Only a ‘Culture War’ When Conservatives Do It by National Review (Nate Hochman)

PART II (18:36 - 18:36) Experts Note A Significant Uptick in UFO Sightings Over the Last Few Years — What Does This Mean?

PART III (25:17 - 25:17) A Society Running From Revealed Truth Will Never Be Intellectually Satisfied: Why Our Government Has Undertaken to Spend Millions of Dollars on UFO Research
Did Aliens Land on Earth in 1945? A Defense Bill Seeks Answers. by New York Times (Remy Tumin)

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

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

PART I (16:53 - 16:53) ‘They’re Trying to Cancel My Whole Existence.’: Psychotherapeutic Ideology and Identity Politics Meets in the Moral Revolution and its Transformation of Language
Want to Understand L.G.B.T.Q. Life in America? Go to Alabama. by New York Times (Lydia Polgreen)

PART II (23:21 - 23:21) Holy Scripture Must Give Way? Bishop Calls for Church of England to Change Its Doctrine on Sexuality and Marriage
An open letter from Bishop John by The Church of England Diocese of Worcester (John Inge)

PART III (27:49 - 27:49) The Essence of Protestant Liberalism and Capitulation to a Secular Culture: It’s Sola Scriptura or Secular Wisdom, So Make Your Choice

Monday, January 16, 2023

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

PART I (5:5 - 5:5) Thoughts of an Observer: SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Carrying Classified Payload

PART II (18:42 - 18:42) Classified Documents Found in Trump’s Mar-A-Lago, Biden’s Corvette Garage, and Hillary Clinton’s Email: How Did the U.S. Become So Incompetent in Dealing with Its Classified Information?
Documents Inquiry Puts Spotlight on Biden’s Frenetic Last Days as Vice President by New York Times (Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear)

PART III (26:57 - 26:57) ‘Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?’: The Worldviews On Display Reveal a Moral Crossroads
When does life begin? by New York Times (Elizabeth Dias) An Issue in the Abortion Debate: The Beginning of Human Life by New York Times

Why draw the line here?: E.J. Dionne asks why conservative Christians continue to resist gay marriage

Columnist E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post may sometimes be infuriating, but he is never unintelligent. After graduating from Harvard, Dionne was named a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford where he earned a doctorate in sociology. He is always thoughtful, analytical, and polite. He is decidedly liberal when comes to both politics and theology, but he also ... The post Why draw the line here?: E.J. Dionne asks why conservative Christians continue to resist gay marriage appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Friday, January 13, 2023

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

PART I (9:28 - 9:28) Governments Have Consequences, Especially Totalitarian Regimes: Just Consider China and its Current COVID Crisis
China’s Opaque Decision-Making Confounds Business, Governments by Wall Street Journal (Chun Han Wong and Liza Lin)

PART II (14:50 - 14:50) Why Does God Seek Glory for Himself? Does That Make Him a Narcissist? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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PART III (16:53 - 16:53) What is God’s Glory? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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PART IV (21:7 - 21:7) Should Expectant Christian Parents Opt In or Out of Prenatal Genetic Testing? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (27:2 - 27:2) Roman Catholicism and Protestantism on the Trinity and Other Doctrines — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, January 12, 2023

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

PART I (15:41 - 15:41) ‘Deferring to Parents Cannot Be Morally Justified’: Educator Group in U.S. Calls Teachers to Disregard Parental Rights on Issue of Gender Identity in Schools
Is Defying Parents the Only Ethical Alternative? by The Atlantic (Conor Friedersdorf) Gender Expression and Identity by NAEYC (Stephanie Feeney, Nancy K. Freeman, Katie Schaffer) “Don’t Let My Son Dress Up as a Girl!”—The Response by NAEYC (Stephanie Feeney, Nancy K. Freeman)

PART II (22:35 - 22:35) Who Should Be Allowed in Which Bathroom? Who Should Be Allowed on Which Team? — Transgender Revolutionaries Continue to Fight For Control Over Public Schools in Florida
Florida transgender female athlete lawsuit revived by judge by The Orlando Sentinel (Jim Saunders)

PART III (27:20 - 27:20) ‘Male, Female, or Other?’: U.S. Census Bureau Struggles with Ramifications of the LGBTQ Revolution

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

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

PART I (13:20 - 13:20) So What Armed Rebellion? Theological Considerations of Rebellions Against Government
Brazilian Authorities Detain 1,500 Protesters Involved in Riot by Wall Street Journal (Samantha Pearson and Luciana Magalhaes)

PART II (20:19 - 20:19) Two Models of Revolutions in the Modern Age: What Conservatives Can Learn from the American and French Revolutions

PART III (25:53 - 25:53) Most Teenagers Have Seen Online Pornography: The Unprecedented Moral Challenges of Digital Technology
Three-Quarters of Teenagers Have Seen Online Pornography by Age 17 by New York Times (Cecilia Kang)

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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

PART I (7:59 - 7:59) The Return of Doctor Population Bomb — Why Do the Media Seem to Want Such an Intellectually Discredited Doomsday Prophet to Be Vindicated?
The Paul Ehrlich Apocalypse Is Back by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

PART II (14:5 - 14:5) An Anti-Human Worldview Runs Rampant Through Our Culture: How Issues of Abortion Intersect with Those of Population Control and Make For a Deadly Combination

PART III (20:21 - 20:21) Sometimes, the Death Penalty is the Right (and Righteous) Response: Biden’s Department of Justice Presses for Death Penalty in Terrorism Case, Even as the President Claims to Have Halted Federal Executions
Suspect in Bike Path Killing Faces First Death Penalty Trial Under Biden by New York Times (Benjamin Weiser)

PART IV (28:10 - 28:10) One Who Worked to Save Lives and One Who Worked in a Death Camp: Juxtaposing Two Lives and Huge Moral Lessons
Albert A. Richman, 88, Dies; Rabbinical College President by New York Times Irmgard Furchner: Nazi typist guilty of complicity in 10,500 murders by BBC News (Paul Kirby and Robert Greenall)

Monday, January 9, 2023

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

PART I (10:13 - 10:13) The Insatiable Culture of Death Expands Its Reach: FDA Approves Retail Stores to Prescribe Abortion Pills
Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says by New York Times (Pam Belluck) Justice Department clears Postal Service to deliver abortion pills even in restrictive states by USA Today (Christine Fernando) Abortion pills in pharmacies are the future. But the FDA should do more to expand access by LA Times (Ushma D. Upadhyay)

PART II (18:10 - 18:10) A Defeat for Unborn Life and Sign of Challenges to Come: South Carolina’s Supreme Court Rules State’s Constitution Provision for Right to Privacy Includes Abortion
South Carolina Constitution Includes Abortion Right, State Supreme Court Rules by New York Times (Kate Zernike)

PART III (25:26 - 25:26) A Strategy for the Abortion Announced in and by the Media? New York Times Publishes Editorial Board’s Abortion Manifesto
A Promising New Path to Protect Abortion Access by New York Times (The Editorial Board)

Friday, January 6, 2023

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

PART I (8:45 - 8:45) ‘Teens Who Grow Up Checking Social Media Become Hyper Sensitive to Their Peers’: New Study Shows Social Media Use Changes Brain in Teens
Social Media Use Is Linked to Brain Changes in Teens, Research Finds by New York Times (Ellen Barry)

PART II (14:30 - 14:30) How Should Christians Think About IVF? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Christian Morality and Test Tube Babies, Part One by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) Christian Morality and Test Tube Babies, Part Two by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

PART III (18:13 - 18:13) Does Life Begin at Fertilization In Utero or at Fertilization Regardless of the Location? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (20:23 - 20:23) If Blood is Such an Important Part of Atonement in the Sacrificial System, Why is Flour Acceptable for Those Who Cannot Afford Turtledoves or a Lamb? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a Seven-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART V (22:37 - 22:37) Why Do You Think People So Harshly Attack the Doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (26:45 - 26:45) What Does the Bible Say about Education? Why Do We Put Such a Focus on High Academic Achievement in the Modern Age? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing