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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

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

PART I (15:28 - 15:28) They Are Trying Out a New Argument for “Gender Affirming” Surgery and Treatments—A Newly Invented Right of Integrity Means the Surrender of Modern Medicine
Integrity and Rights to Gender-Affirming Healthcare by Journal of Medical Ethics (Richard Rowland)

PART II (18:24 - 18:24) Public Health Professor urges Medical Doctors to Fight for LGBTQ Rights at the State Level: This is How Morality is Reshaped Before Our Eyes
Implications of Dobbs for the (Re)Criminalization of Intimacy Among LGBTQ Individuals by JAMA Network (Joanne D. Rosen)

PART III (22:39 - 22:39) ‘Unleash Your Inner (Super) Hero’: Supplement Companies Find Success in Infantilizing Marketing Ploy Directed at American Men
Using Superheroes to Sell, This Time to Adults by New York Times (Alyson Krueger)

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

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

PART I (11:25 - 11:25) What Can Explain Such Panic and Mayhem? Massive Street Party Turns Deadly in Seoul
South Korea Halloween Tragedy Claims Mostly Young Revelers by Wall Street Journal (Jiyoung Sohn, Dasl Yoon, and Timothy W. Martin)

PART II (15:15 - 15:15) ‘The Madness of Crowds’: Why Crowds Seem to Have a Mind of Their Own

PART III (27:21 - 27:21) Is the Way to Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race… to Just Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race? Supreme Court Hears Five Hours of Oral Argument on Affirmative Action

Monday, October 31, 2022

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

PART I (9:38 - 9:38) ula is Back: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Elected Again as Brazil’s Next President —Revealing Major Issues Between Populism on the Right and Left

PART II (23:29 - 23:29) Violence within a Political Context: Paul Pelosi Attacked in San Francisco — Does This Mark a New Era of Violence Against Political Leaders in the U.S.?
Suspect in Assault at Pelosi Home had Posted about QAnon by Associated Press (Michael Biesecker and Bernard Condon) How to Respond to the Horrifying Pelosi Attack by Washington Post (The Editorial Board) The Assault on Paul Pelosi by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

PART III (26:42 - 26:42) ‘Remember People, Guns and Diet Mountain Dew Don’t Mix’: Woman Objects to Her Father’s Favorite Diet Soda with a Revolver
“Don’t Dew This!” NC Police Cite Woman Who Didn’t Want Dad Drinking Mountain Dew by Charlotte Observer (Joe Marusak)

Friday, October 28, 2022

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

PART I (11:30 - 11:30) Marriage Delayed and Children Foregone: The Age of People in First-Time Marriages Is Rising, and Fertility Rates are Declining — We Better Watch This Closely
First-Time Marriages Are on the Rise for People in Their 40s and 50s by Wall Street Journal (Clare Ansberry)

PART II (16:45 - 16:45) ‘Gathering Together for Dinner Can Feel Like an Impossibility’: Families are Now So Busy That Many Children Never Have a Family Meal — And the Children are Suffering
Family Dinners Are Key to Children’s Health. So Why Don’t We Eat Together More? by Wall Street Journal (Julie Jargon and Andrea Petersen)

PART III (20:46 - 20:46) When Does Personhood Begin? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (23:4 - 23:4) Why Did God Put the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Evil? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 7-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART V (25:22 - 25:22) What is the Distinction Between Justice and Fairness? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (28:57 - 28:57) Do Verses 4 and 5 of Proverbs 26 Contradict Each Other? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, October 27, 2022

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

PART I (12:27 - 12:27) So, Does a Christian’s Right to Live by Christian Convictions Violate Someone Else’s Religious Liberty? You Need to Watch This Argument
Same-Sex Marriage Is a Religious Freedom by New York Times (Steven Paulikas)

PART II (19:25 - 19:25) Anglican Church Comes to Crossroads Over Teaching on Homosexuality (Again): Can Two Completely Incompatible Moralities Exist in One Church?
The Anglican Church’s ‘Kick in the Guts’ to Gay Parishioners by New York Times (Pete McKenzie)

PART III (26:8 - 26:8) A Parable of Protestant Liberalism's Hermeneutics: It’s Revealed in an Obituary
Mary Adelia McLeod, 84, Dies; First Female Bishop of an Episcopal Diocese by New York Times (Ed Shanahan)

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

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

PART I (12:28 - 12:28) Enthusiast in Chief for the Transgender Revolution: President Joe Biden Calls Any State Restrictions of ‘Gender-Affirming’ Legally and Morally Wrong
‘Devout Catholic’ Biden Invokes God And Morality To Push Genital Mutilation Of Gender-Confused Kids by The Federalist (Evita Duffy) Joe Biden: Banning Sex Change Surgery for Children is 'Immoral' by The Telegraph (Josie Ensor) Most Children Who Think They’re Transgender are Just Going Through a ‘Phase’, Says NHS by The Telegraph (Hayley Dixon)

PART II (16:54 - 16:54) Male, Female, or X?: The LGBTQ Revolution Coming to Social Security Administration Gender Boxes Near You
Social Security Will Now Allow People to Select Their Gender in Records by New York Times (Eduardo Medina)

PART III (24:37 - 24:37) ‘The Term ‘Queer’ is Exclusive’: A Debate within the LGBTQ Community Reveals How Moral Revolutions Require Ongoing Revolutions in Language
Let’s Say Gay by New York Times (Pamela Paul)

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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

PART I (7:24 - 7:24) Revenge of the Political Establishment and the Financial Markets: Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak Set to Become Britain’s Newest Prime Minister

PART II (9:48 - 9:48) Just Ask Napoleon or Hitler: In Russia and Ukraine, Winter is More Powerful Than Any Army

PART III (13:44 - 13:44) Russia’s Taking of Children and the Strategy of Russification: A War Crime Takes Shape
Using Adoptions, Russia Turns Ukrainian Children Into Spoils of War by New York Times (Emma Bubola) Russian TV Host Who Urged Ukrainian Children be Drowned is Suspended by Kremlin Broadcaster RT by Fortune (Christiaan Hetzner)

PART IV (18:8 - 18:8) A City Without Men: The Consequences of War Show Up on Russian Streets
Where Have All the Men in Moscow Gone? by New York Times (Valerie Hopkins)

PART V (25:31 - 25:31) ‘Exploitative, Ethically and Logistically Complex, Even in Peacetime’: Ukraine Revives Surrogacy Industry
How Ukraine’s Surrogate Mothers Have Survived the War by New York Times (Maria Varenikova and Andrew E. Kramer)

Monday, October 24, 2022

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

PART I (10:47 - 10:47) Britain’s Shortest Term of a Prime Minister Leads to Political Crisis: Liz Truss Resigns as Prime Minister after Only 45 Days in Office

PART II (16:31 - 16:31) Our Closest Ally Is in a Fight for Political Stability (Without a Written Constitution): Britain and Her Parliamentary System

PART III (24:50 - 24:50) The One Man at the Very Top of China’s One Party Rule: Xi Jinping Secures Unprecedented Third Five-Year Term and Sets China on Collision Course with the West
The Thoughts of Chairman Xi by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Biden Views China as a Bigger Challenge than Russia by Washington Post (John Hudson and Karen DeYoung)

Friday, October 21, 2022

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

PART I (10:40 - 10:40) Why Did You Use the Parkland Shooter’s Name on The Briefing? Should Mental Illness Be Considered Before Administering the Death Penalty? How Would Jesus Think About It? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners about Capital Punishment on The Briefing

PART II (15:6 - 15:6) Can the United States Survive the Sexual Revolution and the Radical Change We Are Seeing in Its Morality? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (18:35 - 18:35) When Voting, What are Our Guidelines for Increasing Taxation on Others? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (21:49 - 21:49) Does God Speak to Us in Dreams? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (25:18 - 25:18) Is It Wrong to Use the ‘Yuck Factor’ Towards Particular Types of Sins? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing