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Thursday, August 11, 2022

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

PART I (15:10 - 15:10) From ‘The Birds and the Bees’ to ‘Comprehensive Sex Education’: How Gender Theorists and Sexual Ideologues are Taking Aim at Parental Rights and Your Children in Public Schools
After Roe, Sex Ed Is Even More Vital by New York Times (Eva Goldfarb and Lisa Lieberman)

PART II (20:36 - 20:36) In the Pronoun War, the Moral Revolutionaries Take No Prisoners — Even If the Offender is One of Their Own
Democrats Need to Become the Party of Building Things by Washington Post (Fareed Zakaria)

PART III (24:4 - 24:4) ‘Friends’ Producer Apologizes for ‘Misgendering’ Trans TV Character 21 Years Ago — Back When She Was Yet Unenlightened
‘Friends’ Co-Creator Apologizes For Treatment Of Trans Character by Forbes (Marisa Dellatto)

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

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

PART I (16:2 - 16:2) Are Americans Abandoning Religious Belief? Rethinking the Research on the Rise of Religious ‘Nones’ — It’s More Complex Than You Think
Religion Is Dying? Don’t Believe It by Wall Street Journal (Byron R. Johnson and Jeff Levin) The Decline of Non-Orthodox American Judaism by Wall Street Journal (Roberta Rosenthal Kwall) False Hope on the Future of American Religion? by Wall Street Journal (David Spadafora)

PART II (21:38 - 21:38) Does Freud Explain Cancel Culture? A Steady State Understanding of Moral Judgments in a Secularizing World
Freud Explains Cancel Culture by Wall Street Journal (Andrew Hartz)

PART III (26:30 - 26:30) 60 Years Of the New Left: The Port Huron Statement and the Transformation of America — (And the Newer Left Leaving It Behind)
The New Left and the radical transformation of America by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) Port Huron Statement by Students for a Democratic Society

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

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

PART I (16:14 - 16:14) Dangerous Precedent Raises Big Questions: What Justified Raid of Former President’s Residence? Is There A Good Answer? The Proof Better Come Fast

PART II (23:37 - 23:37) Even Liberal Media Acknowledge the Inflation Reduction Act Will Not Actually Reduce Inflation: So Why Are Democrats Touting This as a Legislative Victory?
What the Inflation Reduction Act Will and Won’t Accomplish by Washington Post (Editorial Board) Did Democrats Just Save Civilization? by New York Times (Paul Krugman)

PART III (26:53 - 26:53) ‘I’ve Kept the Most Interesting Company Imaginable with People Long Gone’: Prolific American Historian and Storyteller, David McCullough, Dies at 89
David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, Dies at 89 by New York Times (Daniel Lewis)

As Summer Ends—(Late) Summer Reading List 2022

This year my Summer Reading List is definitely testing the boundaries of summer. But I claim as justification the fact that the days are still warm and summer reading actually works anytime of the year. I appreciate the many folks who asked when (or if) the list would come this year. Well, the theologically minded can just consider this a bibliogra... The post As Summer Ends—(Late) Summer Reading List 2022 appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Monday, August 8, 2022

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

PART I (11:25 - 11:25) Is Corporate America Lining Up Against Pro-Life Efforts? Big Business Pushes Back Against Pro-Life Momentum as the Fault Lines of U.S. Politics are Being Redrawn State by State
Abortion Law in Indiana Leads to Fallout for State, Politics by Washington Post (Amber Phillips and Tom Hamburger) Youngkin’s Culture Wars are Good for Him but Bad for Virginia Business by Washington Post (Don L. Scott Jr.)

PART II (19:45 - 19:45) The Most Pro-Abortion President in U.S. History is Not Pro-Abortion Enough for His Party? They Also Complain He Doesn’t Like to Use the Word ‘Abortion'
A Profile of Moral Collapse: President Biden, Abortion, and the Culture of Death by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler Jr.) Biden Is an Uneasy Champion on Abortion. Can He Lead the Fight in Post-Roe America? by New York Times (Michael D. Shear)

PART III (25:8 - 25:8) It’s Monkey vs. Humans in Japan: The Nation Wrestles with a Macaque Problem—and the Macaques Are Getting Smarter
A Marauding Monkey Was Killed in Japan. Others Will Take Its Place. by New York Times (Hisako Ueno and Mike Ives)

Friday, August 5, 2022

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

PART I (9:56 - 9:56) We’re Living in Norman Lear’s America Now. But How Did We Get Here? — One Laugh, and Cringe, at a Time
Television’s boundary-smashing pioneer turns 100 by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

PART II (20:36 - 20:36) Prophet of the Evangelical Left: The Life and Legacy of Ron Sider
The evangelical left loses its prophet by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

PART III (25:35 - 25:35) Does Premillennialism Dissuade Christians from Political and Cultural Engagement? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (26:39 - 26:39) Can a Christian Young Man Join the Military and Serve Under Our Current Commander-in-Chief? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (27:34 - 27:34) Should Pastors Address the Dobbs Decision from the Pulpit? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI (29:48 - 29:48) What Kind of Books Do You Like to Read? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Young Listeners of The Briefing

“Unyielding determination and extraordinary heroism”

Today marks 246 years of the American struggle for independence. Though most people refer to the national holiday as "the Fourth of July," it is formally named Independence Day. Whatever you call it, the day celebrates the greatest single moment of political significance in the proud history of the United States of America: the signing of the Decla... The post “Unyielding determination and extraordinary heroism” appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Thursday, August 4, 2022

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

PART I (3:32 - 3:32) Kansas Votes Down Constitutional Amendment to Defend Unborn Life — Is This a Foreshadowing of Things to Come? How did this happen?
After Kansas, is the pro-life movement stalled? by WORLD Opinions (Eric Teetsel)

PART II (15:13 - 15:13) The Strange and Unpredictable Political Behavior of Kansas: It Has a Long History

PART III (23:56 - 23:56) “Assisted Appointment” as an Insider’s Game — Tracing How the Kansas State Bar Dominates Supreme Court Appointments
What’s the Matter with Kansas? by The Emporia Gazette (William Alan White)

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

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

PART I (13:49 - 13:49) Death from “Over the Horizon” — Top Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Killed by U.S. Drone Attack in Afghanistan

PART II (25:33 - 25:33) Just War Theory and Modern (Fallen) Realities of Warfare: The Morality of Targeting Terrorists

PART III (28:23 - 28:23) Nancy Pelosi Visit to Taiwan, Right or Wrong? ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ in a Fallen World

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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

PART I (14:28 - 14:28) The Moral Evasions of Monkeypox: A Parable of Our Times
The parable of monkeypox by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) How We Talk About Monkeypox Matters. Experts Offer Ways to Reduce Stigma by NPR (Juliana Kim) ​​Debate Over Monkeypox Messaging Divides N.Y.C. Health Department by New York Times (Joseph Goldstein)

PART II (18:1 - 18:1) The Undeniable Stigma of Sin: Watch the Morality in the Vocabulary
Monkeypox Catches New York City Off Guard (Again) by New York Times (Ginia Bellafante) Addressing Myths About Monkeypox: A Look at Symptoms, Treatment and Other Common Questions by USA Today (Karen Weintraub)

PART III (23:56 - 23:56) ‘Medical Education Goes Woke’: Critical Theory, Intersectionality, and the Age of Ideological Medicine
Medical Education Goes Woke by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Competencies Across the Learning Continuum by AAMC

PART IV (26:6 - 26:6) Is “Monkeypox” Discriminatory? Will Monkeys Now Suffer Stigma? Major Media Tackle the Biggest Questions of the Current Health Crisis
by NPR (Bill Chappell)