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Thursday, January 5, 2023

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

PART I (6:55 - 6:55) An Unprecedented Event in the History of the Roman Catholic Church: Pope Francis Set to Preside Over Benedict XVI’s Funeral

PART II (10:32 - 10:32) When the Papacy Pushed Back Against the Increasingly Hostile, Secular Age: What Cardinal Ratzinger Taught Me About Confronting Liberal Protestantism
Benedict’s Death Leaves Catholic Conservatives Bereft by New York Times (Jason Horowitz)

PART III (13:38 - 13:38) The Dictatorship of Relativism and the Challenge of the Secular Age

PART IV (26:33 - 26:33) The Criminologist Becomes a Criminal? In a Fallen World, Sinners Can Give Themselves to Sin Such That It Consumes Them. How Else Can We Understand a Criminologist Who Becomes a Serial Murderer?

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

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

PART I (8:33 - 8:33) ‘When Does Life Start?’: The New York Times Asks One of Life’s Biggest Questions — How Should Christians Answer It?
When does life begin? by New York Times (Elizabeth Dias)

PART II (18:46 - 18:46) ‘Your Eyes Saw My Unformed Substance, You Knitted Me Together in My Mother’s Womb’: A Theological Argument for Affirming Life’s Beginning at Fertilization

PART III (24:53 - 24:53) Just About Everything George Santos Claims About Himself is False — How Did the Media Miss This Scale of Fraud?
Santos Filings Now Claim Net Worth of $11 Million by The North Shore Leader (Maureen Daly) Why George Santos’s Lies Matter by Wall Street Journal (Peggy Noonan)

PART IV (28:47 - 28:47) George Santos is Not the First Politician to Lie About His Past, But You Probably Won’t Hear That From the White House
Santos must have learned from Biden how to make up details about his past by Washington Post (Marc A. Thiessen)

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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

PART I (9:32 - 9:32) A Reshaped Landscape of Political Expression in the U.S.: Today Marks the Opening of the 118th Congress — We Must Watch It Closely

PART II (23:19 - 23:19) The Passing of a Political Epoch: Nancy Pelosi’s Tenure as Speaker of the House Comes to an End

PART III (27:15 - 27:15) Leaving the House (Far) More Liberal Than She Found It: The Political Legacy of Nancy Pelosi

Friday, December 16, 2022

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

PART I (11:24 - 11:24) Buyer Beware, There’s Always a Worldview Story Behind Toys: American Girl Publishes Book Pushing Puberty Blockers to Adolescent Girls
American Girl Refuses to Apologize for Pushing Advice for Pre-teens to Obtain Puberty Blockers from Doctors if They Feel 'Different' - and Says It's Meant to Make Children 'Feel Informed and Confident' by Daily Mail (Vanessa Serna) How American Girl Lost This American Mother by Deseret News (Bethany Mandel)

PART II (13:25 - 13:25) Why Did It Take So Long for God to Send Baby Jesus? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 3-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART III (16:37 - 16:37) Should Churches Gather on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day This Year? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (18:32 - 18:32) Does Jesus Have Mary’s DNA? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (20:26 - 20:26) Why Is It Assumed That There Were Three Wisemen? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (22:45 - 22:45) Where Was Jesus Before He Was Conceived in Mary? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VII (27:37 - 27:37) What Does Isaiah Mean When He Says that the Government Will Be on Jesus’ Shoulders? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, December 15, 2022

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

PART I (10:39 - 10:39) ‘Old Fashioned Embezzlement With New Blockchain Jargon’: Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested for Fraud
Prosecutors Say FTX Was Engaged in a ‘Massive, Yearslong Fraud’ by New York Times (David Yaffe-Bellany, Matthew Goldstein and Emily Flitter) Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Crash by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

PART II (14:13 - 14:13) Value Must Be Based in Something Real: The Issue of Crypto Currency

PART III (19:57 - 19:57) An Ivy League Family, Big Donations to Progressive Causes, and a Silicon Valley Rejection of Power Attire: The Backstory of Sam Bankman-Fried

PART IV (29:57 - 29:57) Famous and Infamous, Controversial and Political: Anthony Fauci Retires as 5th Director of NIAID

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

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

PART I (9:39 - 9:39) How Do We Understand Our Place in History and the Morality of History?: The View of History Revealed in Yesterday’s White House Ceremony Celebrating Gay Marriage

PART II (18:56 - 18:56) Vice President Harris Says “This is a Victory, and This is a Part of a Larger Fight”: The Interconnectedness of LGBTQ Issues Abortion, and Contraception for the Left — But You Won’t Find Any of Them in the Constitution
White House Invites Drag Performers to Same-Sex Marriage Bill-Signing Celebration by National Review (Caroline Downey)

PART III (26:31 - 26:31) Justice Delayed is Not Always Justice Denied: Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud, Lockerbie Bomb Maker, Will Finally Face U.S. Court on Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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

PART I (12:41 - 12:41) Conservative Christians, Why Draw the Line over Gay Marriage?: A Case for Upholding the Biblical Definition of Marriage in Our Society
A Question to Conservative Christians on Gay Marriage: Why Draw the Line Here? by Washington Post (E.J. Dionne Jr.)

PART II (20:35 - 20:35) Answering E.J. Dionne: Explaining Why Conservative Christians Cannot Just Accept Same-Sex Marriage and Move On

PART III (25:7 - 25:7) ‘Shark Week’ Under Fire for Lack of Diversity After Study Finds Too Many Shark Experts Named ‘Mike’ — Yes, This is a Real News Story, at The Washington Post
‘Shark Week’ Lacks Diversity, Overrepresents Men Named Mike, Scientists Say by Washington Post (Daniel Wu)

Monday, December 12, 2022

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

PART I (9:1 - 9:1) Welcomed Back into the Arms of Vladimir Putin: The Merchant of Death Returns to Russia in Brittany Griner Exchange
Viktor Bout’s Release Is Hailed in Russia as a Kremlin Victory by New York Times (Richard Pérez-Peña)

PART II (16:12 - 16:12) A New Morality of Hostage Takers: Why the U.S. (And Other Democratic Nations) Will Get the Short End of the Stick in Government International Hostage Situations
U.S. Reluctantly Embraces New Era of Hostage Diplomacy by Wall Street Journal (Aruna Viswanatha and James T. Areddy)

PART III (18:49 - 18:49) ‘A Role Model and Inspiration to LGBTQI+ Americans’: The Political Pressure on the Biden Administration That Led to the Swap for Brittany Griner
Brittney Griner Swap Puts Spotlight on Americans in Russia by New York Times (Valerie Hopkins, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Jonathan Abrams) Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, December 8, 2022 by The White House

PART IV (28:56 - 28:56) There’s a New “Independent” in the Senate? Kyrsten Sinema Changes Political Affiliation — But This Is an Unfolding Story, With Interesting Wrinkles
Kyrsten Sinema Switches to Independent, Complicates Democratic Control of Senate by Wall Street Journal (Eliza Collins and Lindsay Wise)

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Friday, December 9, 2022

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

PART I (9:25 - 9:25) A Democratic Publicity Stunt Turned Into Huge Shift in Moral Landscape: Congress Passes ‘Respect for Marriage’ Act
I’m Proud to Protect Marriage as One of My Last Acts as Speaker by Washington Post (Nancy Pelosi)

PART II (13:20 - 13:20) Am I a Christian Nationalist for Supporting Pro-Life Laws and Wanting Biblical Ethics in Voting Patterns? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (16:17 - 16:17) How Much of Scripture’s Commands Should Christians Seek to Legislate in Society? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (21:26 - 21:26) What is the Difference Between Protestants and Evangelicals? Should All Protestants Be Evangelicals? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (25:33 - 25:33) What Exactly Do the Words ‘Heretic’ and ‘Heresy’ Mean? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (29:16 - 29:16) What Would It Mean for Christians If Scientists Found Life in the Sea on One of Jupiter’s Moons? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from a Seven-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing