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Monday, August 1, 2022

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

PART I (14:46 - 14:46) Will Republicans Join the Revolution on Same-Sex Marriage? 47 Republicans in House Voted Yes. Now, Watch the Senate. How Did This Happen?
Republicans get on board the same-sex marriage train by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) Republicans Show Political Evolution with Same-Sex Marriage Vote by The Hill (Emily Brooks)

PART II (20:27 - 20:27) Senator, Can a Man Be Pregnant? Two Worlds Collide as Berkeley Law Testifies Before Senate Committee
“No, I don’t think men can get pregnant” by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

PART III (25:7 - 25:7) The Great Divide in the American Moral Landscape: Those Who Believe A Baby in the Womb Has Value and Those Who Do Not — Where Will You Stand?

The Supreme Court strikes down Roe and Casey

"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." You know the words from Psalm 118:24, and those words are true every day. But doxology is surely right on this day, June 24, 2022, when the Supreme Court of the United States struck down 50 years of the judicially sanctioned killing of unborn human beings in this nation. Thanks ... The post The Supreme Court strikes down Roe and Casey appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

The New Left and the radical transformation of America

If you want to understand the ideological controversies behind today's headlines, you need to look to the past-and to one specific event that took place exactly 60 years ago today. On June 15, 1962, a group of activist college students associated with Students for a Democratic Society released what became known as the Port Huron Statement. In so do... The post The New Left and the radical transformation of America appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Has anybody noticed that women are disappearing?

Where are all the women? It wasn't that long ago that the world had a lot of them. They lived in our neighborhoods and even in our houses. They were thought to be rather indispensable, amounting to more than half of the entire human population. Back before their disappearance, we all seemed pretty certain they were necessary to human reproduction, ... The post Has anybody noticed that women are disappearing? appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Thursday, June 30, 2022

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

PART I (4:41 - 4:41) Looking Back and Looking Forward as This Season of The Briefing Comes to a Close — What To Watch for In the War of Ukraine

PART II (9:1 - 9:1) Japan Understands What Marriage Is and Legislates Accordingly: Court Upholds Ban on Same-Sex Marriage and Affirms Procreation
Japan Court Says Ban on Same-Sex Marriage is Constitutional by NPR

PART III (19:17 - 19:17) Two Reformed Denominations Make Important Moves to Defend Biblical Teaching on Homosexuality
Christian Reformed Church Codifies Homosexual Sex As Sin in its Declaration of Faith by Religion News Service (Yonat Shimron) Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave National Association of Evangelicals by Religion News Service (Emily McFarlan Miller)

PART IV (23:16 - 23:16) ‘I’m Up for Some Pride Bocce.’: Former Bush Speech Writer Celebrates Pride Month, Questions Bible’s Teaching on Sexuality
How the Gay Rights Movement Found Such Stunning Success by Washington Post (Michael Gerson)

PART V (24:33 - 24:33) Watch the White House: Biden Administration Scrambles in Wake of Roe Reversal

PART VI (29:29 - 29:29) New Zealand Moves to Tax Cow Burps. Seriously.
New Zealand Announces World-First Plan to Tax Cow and Sheep Burps by NPR (Ayen Bior and Ashley Brown)

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

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

PART I (15:19 - 15:19) The Irreducible and Unavoidable Question in Abortions Is This: Does the Inhabitant of the Womb Deserve Protection?
The Heart of the Abortion Debate: What is Human Life? by Washington Post (Henry Olsen) Ending Roe is a Pure Exercise of Republican Power, Wielded to Reduce Women’s Freedom and Equality by LA Times (Erwin Chemerinsky) Requiem for the Supreme Court by New York Times (Linda Greenhouse)

PART II (20:13 - 20:13) With Roe Reversed, I’m Leaving! (Maybe): The Moral Absurdity of Threats to Leave the U.S. in the Wake of Dobbs
Green Day Lead Singer Says He’ll Renounce Citizenship Over Abortion Ruling by Washington Post (Samantha Chery) When Is It Time to Leave America? by Religion News Service (Jeffrey Salkin)

PART III (25:15 - 25:15) The Reckoning of History: New U.S. Ambassador to Germany Visits Her Father’s Boyhood Home — Her Father Had Fled the Nazis in Fear of His Life
Her Father Fled the Nazis. She’s the New U.S. Ambassador to Germany. by New York Times (Katrin Bennhold)

D3 Week 2 Ask Anything

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

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

PART I (6:20 - 6:20) A Win for Coach Kennedy, and for Religious Liberty: The Supreme Court Again Defends Free Exercise of Religion and Free Speech
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District by Supreme Court of the United States

PART II (16:27 - 16:27) ‘The Constitution Neither Mandates Nor Tolerates That Kind of Discrimination’: The "Lemon Test" is Gone, and That’s a Good Thing

PART III (25:15 - 25:15) Habeas Corpus and ‘Happy the Elephant’: Why Happy Did Not Get Her Day in Court — And What Was at Stake
Happy the Elephant Had Her Day in Court. We Humans are Better for It. by Washington Post (Vicki Constantine Croke)

Monday, June 27, 2022

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

PART I (9:46 - 9:46) ‘Horrific,’ ‘Appalling,’ and ‘A Big Step Backwards’: World Leaders Respond to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade — Hypocrisy, Contradiction, and Cosmopolitan Liberalism on Display
US Allies Express Dismay at 'Appalling' Supreme Court Decision to Scrap Abortion Rights by CNN (Rob Picheta and Arnaud Siad)

PART II (16:30 - 16:30) ‘The Court Sends Women Back to the Dark Ages?’ Hyperbolic Fallout from the Left over the Dobbs Decision
The Radical Reign of Clarence Thomas by New York Times (Maureen Dowd)

PART III (20:52 - 20:52) The Appointment of Conservative Justices and the Correction of Judicial Progressivism: The Political Legacies of Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell
For the Fall of Roe v. Wade, Thank Donald Trump by Washington Post (Marc A. Thiessen)

PART IV (23:23 - 23:23) How Did the Dobbs Decision Come to Be?: The Unsung Heroes of the Pro-Life Movement

Leviticus 21–22

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