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Friday, September 30, 2022

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

PART I (10:42 - 10:42) Amendment 2 Brings an Urgent Vote for Life to Kentucky Ballots — We are About to Find Out How Serious Kentuckians are About the Sanctity and Dignity of Human Life
On Election Day, You'll Decide Whether to ban Abortion in Kentucky. Here's What to Know by Courier Journal (Deborah Yetter)

PART II (15:4 - 15:4) The Warnings about Hurricane Ian were Justified and Horrifyingly Actualized: A Call to Prayer for Florida

PART III (21:36 - 21:36) Can You Explain the Schisms We See Between Conservatives Right Now? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (23:40 - 23:40) How Can I Be a Responsible Voter? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (28:34 - 28:34) What is our Soul? And How Do We Love God with All of Our Soul?— Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 5-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

The Mandate of Dignity: Queen Elizabeth II and the Missing Element of Modern Leadership

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

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

PART I (8:29 - 8:29) A Massive Storm of Catastrophic Proportions: Hurricane Ian Hits Florida

PART II (18:32 - 18:32) A Bloodthirsty (And Strange) Form of Works Righteousness: Patriarch Kirill Argues a Russian Soldier’s Death on the Ukrainian Battlefield Washes Away His Sins

PART III (24:16 - 24:16) ‘Lord, in My Luggage I Have Scripture That I Want to Take to Your Children Across This Border’: Brother Andrew, ‘God’s Smuggler,’ Dies at 94
Died: Brother Andrew, Who Smuggled Bibles into Communist Countries by Christianity Today (Daniel Silliman)

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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

PART I (8:43 - 8:43) Can California Become Even More Pro-Abortion? Governor Newsom Signs 13 New Bills to Increase Access to Abortion
Newsom Signs 13 Abortion Protection and Reproductive Health Bills by LA Times (Melody Gutierrez)

PART II (18:11 - 18:11) ‘I Don’t Want Your God in Charge of My Health Care’: The Secular Left Hates Catholic Hospital Systems — A Warning to Us All
I Don’t Want Your God in Charge of My Health Care by Washington Post (Kate Cohen)

PART III (25:36 - 25:36) ‘A Woman Should Have the Same Right as a Man to Not Be Pregnant’: The Argument of Roe v. Wade Makes It to the Front Page of the Sports Section of USA Today
Women’s Professional Sports Grapple with Eroding Rights by USA Today (Lindsay Schnell, Nancy Armour, and Chris Bumbaca)

Pray Vote Stand Summit 2022

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

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

PART I (9:58 - 9:58) Cuba Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage—A Big Story Behind the Headlines in the Communist Nation
Cubans Vote in Favour of Family Law Reform That Will Allow Same-Sex Marriage by The Guardian

PART II (15:28 - 15:28) ‘The Book’s Literary Value Overrides Scenes Involving Nudity and Sex’: Pornographic LGBTQ Book Stays on the Shelves in Kentucky School District — So Who Determines Literary Value?
JCPS Panel Votes to Keep 'Gender Queer' on Library Shelves by Courier Journal (Olivia Krauth)

PART III (23:6 - 23:6) Parents, Don’t Leave it to the Professionals: Moral Knowledge In Literature and the Responsibility of Christian Parents to Faithfully Steward What Their Children Read
I Read ‘Gender Queer,’ the Most Banned Book in America. And So Should You by LA Times (Robin Abcarian)

Monday, September 26, 2022

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

PART I (8:43 - 8:43) An Ominous Turn in the War of Ukraine: Russia Threatens Use of ‘Tactical Nuclear Weapons’ — How Far is the US Willing to Go to Aid Ukraine?

PART II (15:59 - 15:59) ‘Then the Eyes of Both were Opened, and They Knew That They Were Naked’: The Morality of Knowledge After the Fall — You Can’t Unknow What You Now Know

PART III (18:14 - 18:14) ‘The History of the World Includes Very Few Retired Dictators’: The Predicament of Vladimir Putin and Danger of an Autocrat Backed into a Corner
How Seriously Should We Take Putin’s Nuclear Threat in Ukraine? by New York Times (Ross Douthat)

PART IV (22:9 - 22:9) Who Would Globally Police Russia and Hold It Accountable for Its Crimes? The Failure of the United Nations Was There from the Beginning

PART V (26:11 - 26:11) The Shifting Political Tectonic Plates in Europe: Conservatives Win Italian Elections Likely Resulting in First Woman to Lead Italy’s Government

Friday, September 23, 2022

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

PART I (13:37 - 13:37) ‘We Live in a Society of Unfiltered Liberalism, and It Functions Like a Religion’: The Religious Shape of Secularism
The Dangers of Liberalism and Why YU Should Change Its Charter by The Communicator (Rabbi Rafi Eis)

PART II (17:15 - 17:15) Beaver Dams and the Glory of God: Some Farmers and Ranchers Change Their Minds About Beavers
It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off. by New York Times (Catrin Einhorn)

PART III (20:23 - 20:23) What Bible Verses Should Be the Basis of Law and Applicable to All People? What Commands are Applicable for Only Christians? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (22:31 - 22:31) Do We Concede the Point to the LGBTQ Agenda If We Use the Phrase "Biological Male?” — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (28:2 - 28:2) Do You Think That We Rely Too Much on the Simple Reading of the Text in our Bible Studies and Church Services? Should We Return to the Use of Art? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, September 22, 2022

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

PART I (16:32 - 16:32) President Biden Says Pandemic is Over. The Left Cries NO: As President Biden Declares the End of the Pandemic, Why Isn’t His Own Administration Backing Him?
Biden Says the Pandemic Is Over. But at Least 400 People Are Dying Daily. by New York Times (Sheryl Gay Stolberg) No, President Biden, the Pandemic is Not Over by Washington Post (The Editorial Board) Is the Pandemic ‘Over,’ or Not? by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) No, Mr. President, the Pandemic Isn’t Over by LA Times (Eric J. Topol)

PART II (22:33 - 22:33) Watch Out for the Moral Agenda of “Public Health” — Just Look at the Influence of Anthony Fauci

PART III (25:19 - 25:19) New Data from the CDC Suggest Highest STI Rates in Years: But the Moral Dimension of Sex is Deliberately Excluded from Discussion
New CDC Data: STD Rates Shot Up in 2021 by Politico (Alice Miranda Ollstein)

"Tell Me the Stories of Jesus" Event

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