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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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

PART I (12:7 - 12:7) What’s Missing from Banned Books Week in the US? Banned Books, Of Course — So What’s Behind All This?
Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools by PEN America

PART II (16:17 - 16:17) The Bottom Line of Banned Books Week: A Progressivist Agenda to Nullify Parental Rights

PART III (20:52 - 20:52) Professions and Professional Associations Pushing Left Together: How the Media and Education Elites Influence Culture and Shape Morality
Attempts to Ban Books Are Accelerating and Becoming More Divisive by New York Times (Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris)

PART IV (26:3 - 26:3) A Campaign Promise Fulfilled and a Win for Parents in Virginia: Glenn Youngkin Ends Policy that Allowed Schools to Conceal Transgender Transition of Students from Parents
Virginia Reverses School Protections for Transgender Students by New York Times (Ava Sasani)

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

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

PART I (10:2 - 10:2) The Meaning of Funerals and the Making of History: The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and History on Both Sides of the Atlantic

PART II (15:40 - 15:40) The History of State Funerals: And Looking Back to the State Funeral of Winston Churchill in 1965

PART III (27:32 - 27:32) ‘Let Us Commend Queen Elizabeth to the Care and Keeping of Almighty God’: The World Hears Scripture and Christian Doctrine in the Order of Service of Britain’s State Funeral for Queen Elizabeth II

Monday, September 19, 2022

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

PART I (8:39 - 8:39) A University Acts to Defend its Convictions; Yeshiva University Shuts Down All Student Groups After SCOTUS Sends Case Back to Lower Courts in NYC

PART II (19:21 - 19:21) ‘Extreme Religious Liberty’: Note the Language — Religious Liberty Is About to Be Sacrificed on the Altar of Personal Autonomy
When Did Religious Belief Become an Excuse to Discriminate? by Washington Post (Louise Melling) Extreme Religious Liberty Is Undermining Public Health by New York Times (Lindsay F. Wiley)

PART III (25:46 - 25:46) Democrats in the Senate Announce Vote to Codify Same-Sex Marriage Likely to be Deferred Until After Midterm Elections — But Why? What is the Strategy Here?

Friday, September 16, 2022

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

PART I (9:6 - 9:6) ‘A State’s Imposition of Its Own Interpretation of Scripture Calls Out for Review’: The Supreme Court Declines to Defend Religious Liberty at Yeshiva University

PART II (13:21 - 13:21) A New Category Comes to the Boston Marathon: Non-Binary Runners Get Their Own Field of Competition in 2023 — But Details Still Need to Be Settled
Boston Marathon Adds Option for Nonbinary Runners Next Year by New York Times (Amanda Holpuch)

PART III (17:52 - 17:52) When I Sin Against God and He is Upset, Does He Leave Me? Does God Hear My Prayers in Those Moments? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 12-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART IV (20:24 - 20:24) Do Animals Go to Heaven? Did Animals Talk Before the Fall of Adam and Eve? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from Two Brothers Who Listen to The Briefing

PART V (25:20 - 25:20) How Do I Lovingly Make Clear to My Unbelieving Brother That My Beliefs are My Own and Not Just Pushed On Me By My Parents? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 15-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

“Your God Will Have Been Supplanted by an Idol” – The Dangerous Illusion of a ‘Secular’ State

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

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

PART I (14:22 - 14:22) Nonsense of the Quintessential Sort: MSNBC Host Argues ‘Jesus Never Once Talked About Abortion’ — And That the Pro-Life Position is Heresy

PART II (22:17 - 22:17) ‘Being Trans Is A Medical Condition’ — But Wait, There’s More.
Is Being Transgender a Medical Condition? by Washington Post (Jennifer Finney Boylan)

PART III (27:19 - 27:19) Reality Trumps Political Theory: Sweden—That Bastion of Liberal Social Experiment—Shifts Right Amidst Rising Crime Rates
Sweden Democrats Reflect Europe’s Rightward Trend by Wall Street Journal (Dominic Green)

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

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

PART I (16:16 - 16:16) So, Who Gets to Decide if a Jewish University is Jewish? Hint: It’s Not Up to a New York State Judge or LGBT Activists
Yeshiva University Must Recognize L.G.B.T.Q. Club, Judge Says by New York Times (Liam Stack)

PART II (20:12 - 20:12) ‘We’re All Jews Now’: The Story of Yeshiva University Could Be the Story of Any Religious Institution
Yeshiva University Can Bar L.G.B.T. Club for Now, Justice Rules by New York Times (Liam Stack) In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money by New York Times (Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal) Yeshiva University Case Means We’re All Jews Now by Wall Street Journal (William McGurn)

PART III (26:52 - 26:52) Media Don’t Like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Using Biblical Language: The Response Tells Us A Lot About Our Times
DeSantis’ ‘Full Armor of God’ Rhetoric Reaches Republicans. But Is He Playing with Fire? by Miami Herald (Ana Ceballos)

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

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

PART I (9:52 - 9:52) Is Belief in the Humanity of the Fetus Just “Medieval Superstition?” We Must Confront the Denial of Fetal Personhood and Recognize the Fervor to Deny Personhood as a Denial of All Human Dignity
‘Fetal Personhood’ Has a Whiff of Medieval Theology by LA Times (Margaret Wertheim) Is a Fetus a ‘Person’? A Fringe Idea Could Be the Next Post-Roe v. Wade Chapter by Miami Herald (The Editorial Board)

PART II (19:59 - 19:59) ‘For You Formed My Inward Parts; You Knitted Me Together in My Mother's Womb.’: The Most Conclusive Refutation of the Culture of Death Comes from the Word of God

PART III (27:19 - 27:19) This is How Evil Defends Itself: Chinese Communist Leaders Learned Exactly the Wrong Lessons from the Life and Legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev
For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do by The New York Times (Hannah Beech)

Monday, September 12, 2022

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

PART I (13:2 - 13:2) Senate Soon to Vote on ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ — A Twisted Label that Might Shock Even Orwell
Senate to Vote on Same-Sex Marriage in Coming Weeks by Associated Press (Mary Clare Jalonick)

PART II (18:30 - 18:30) A Direct Assault on Religious Liberty: The Respect for Marriage Act — It’s Time to Take Names and Recognize Which Senate Republicans Suddenly Support Same-Sex Marriage
The Senate Must Stand Together on Marriage Equality by Washington Post (Tammy Baldwin and Susan Collins)

PART III (24:21 - 24:21) ‘When Did Religious Belief Become an Excuse to Discriminate?’: ACLU Officer Argues for the Undermining of Religious Liberty in the Name of ‘Equality’
When Did Religious Belief Become an Excuse to Discriminate? by Washington Post (Louise Melling)