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Friday, June 17, 2022

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

PART I (3:58 - 3:58) Are There Varying Degrees of Rewards for Saints in Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART II (10:14 - 10:14) How Do Christians Uphold Christian Doctrines with an Intersex Child? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III (15:40 - 15:40) Is It Discriminatory Towards Homosexual Couples If We Do Not Allow Them to Marry Like Heterosexual Couples? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV (22:37 - 22:37) Should Married Couples Use Forms of Birth Control or Contraception? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (26:26 - 26:26) Should Secularism Be Considered a Religion Under the Constitution? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, June 16, 2022

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

PART I (10:23 - 10:23) Join the Revolution, Or Else: The LGBTQ Message Our Government is Preaching Internationally
Pride month: Kuwait Criticises US Embassy Over Pro-LGBT Tweets by BBC News (Leo Sands)

PART II (16:56 - 16:56) If You Lead the Moral Revolution, It Just Might Come Back to Bite You: ECLA Denomination Calls for Resignation of First Transgender Bishop
ELCA Presiding Bishop Releases Report Examining Removal of Latino Pastor by Bishop Rohrer by Religion News Service (Alejandra Molina)

PART III (23:58 - 23:58) The Moral Revolution Barreling Towards Your Children: Eighth Grade Boys Accused of Hate Crimes for ‘Mispronouning’ Classmate
The Progressive Pronoun Police Come for Middle Schoolers by Wall Street Journal (Rick Esenberg and Luke Berg)

Conservatism, Religion, Nationalism, and the Current Cultural Crisis — A Conversation with Yoram Hazony

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

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

PART I (7:35 - 7:35) The Birth of the New Left in the United States: 60 Years After the Port Huron Statement
Port Huron Statement by Students for a Democratic Society

PART II (14:15 - 14:15) The Long March Through the Institutions and Hollywood: Tom Hayden, Jane Fonda, and Cultural Marxism’s Trickle Down from Port Huron into the Culture

PART III (19:31 - 19:31) ‘We Want the Universe to Hold Our Hand — Without Bossing Us Around Too Much’: The Loony Theological Left and the Shift from Witches to Life Coaches in America
400 Years Ago, They Would Be Witches. Today, They Can Be Your Coach. by New York Times (Molly Worthen)

PART IV (25:50 - 25:50) Nancy Brophy and Agatha Christie: Murder Mysteries, the Christian Worldview, and Vexing Questions
‘How to Murder Your Husband’ Writer Convicted of Murdering Husband by New York Times (Mike Baker)

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

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

PART I (9:38 - 9:38) Where Do We Look Find the America’s Continental Divide on Abortion? Just Compare California and Oklahoma — Whose Argument Will Win in the End?
California Leaders Move to Enshrine Abortion, Contraceptive Rights in State Constitution by LA Times (Melody Gutierrez)

PART II (18:16 - 18:16) The Awkward Pinch of the N.C.A.A.: Should It Virtue Signal Over Abortion As It Has LGBTQ Issues?
Oklahoma’s Abortion Law Raises Questions About N.C.A.A.’s Softball World Series by New York Times (Billy Witz)

PART III (23:36 - 23:36) Report Announces Major Rise in Transgender Youth: Evaluating the Sexual Revolution’s Influence on Young People in the U.S.
Report Reveals Sharp Rise in Transgender Young People in the U.S. by New York Times (Azeen Ghorayshi)

PART IV (26:9 - 26:9) Two Affirmations for Christians in the Wake of the Transgender Revolution: The Importance of Parents and the Church in the Raising of Faithful Young People

Monday, June 13, 2022

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

PART I (14:29 - 14:29) ‘The Enlightenment Consigned Religion in America to the Private Realm of the Individual’: The Secular Arguments Banishing Religion from the Public Square
Should Religion Influence Abortion Policy? by Religion News Service (Jeffrey Salkin)

PART II (20:23 - 20:23) ‘China Harvests Organs from Death-Row Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience’: Wall Street Journal Study Reveals Chinese Surgeons Turned Executioners
In China, New Evidence That Surgeons Became Executioners by Wall Street Journal (Jacob Lavee and Matthew P. Robertson)

PART III (24:10 - 24:10) Could the Unethical Organ Procurement in China Come to the United States?: That Reality Lies Closer Than What Might Seem Possible to Americans

Friday, June 10, 2022

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

PART I (12:3 - 12:3) Where Did All the ‘Women’ Go?: The Cultural Disappearance of Women in the Wake of Language Shift Towards ‘Pregnant People’
A Vanishing Word in Abortion Debate: ‘Women’ by New York Times (Michael Powell)

PART II (15:53 - 15:53) Biomedical Researcher Argues for Usefulness of Term ‘Woman’ in Healthcare — In the Ancient Year of 2020
Do We Need the Word ‘Woman’ in Healthcare? by British Medical Journal (Sara Dahlen) De-sexing the Medical Record? An Examination of Sex Versus Gender Identity in the General Medical Council’s Trans Healthcare Ethical Advice by The New Bioethics (Sara Dahlen)

PART III (20:36 - 20:36) Do Babies Go to Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
The Salvation of the 'Little Ones': Do Infants who Die Go to Heaven? by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Daniel L. Akin)

PART IV (22:55 - 22:55) Should We Have a Burial Service For Baby After Miscarriage? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V (26:31 - 26:31) Is It Okay for Christians to Use and Enjoy Humor? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, June 9, 2022

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

PART I (9:12 - 9:12) Political Earthquake Reverberates Through San Francisco: Very Liberal Voters Recall the Very Progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin — How Did This Even Happen?

PART II (15:44 - 15:44) Who Is Chesa Boudin?: The Weather Underground and the Boudin Family Legacy in American History

PART III (26:51 - 26:51) Higher Education Is Growing Fully Closed to Conservatives Professors and Conservative Voices — Recent Evidence? The Case of Georgetown Law Center and Ilya Shapiro
A Conservative Quits Georgetown’s Law School Amid Free Speech Fight by New York Times (Anemona Hartocollis) Free Speech Can’t Trump Every Other Value On Campus by Washington Post (Alicia Plerhoples) The Battle for the Supreme Court: A Conversation with Constitutional Scholar Ilya Shapiro by Thinking in Public (Albert Mohler)

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

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

PART I (16:29 - 16:29) ‘It’s Just Not A Lifestyle We Want to Encourage If We Believe in Jesus’: Tampa Bay Rays Players Opt Out of Wearing Uniform to Support Pride Month
Welcome to Pride Month, Christian by WORLD Opinions (Carl Trueman) A Proclamation on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, And Intersex Pride Month, 2022 by White House Most, But Not All, Rays Show Their LGBTQ+ Support by Tampa Bay Times (Marc Topkin) An Attempt at Inclusion Proves There Is More Work to Do by New York Times (Tyler Kepner) Carolina Panthers Hire NFL’s First Openly Transgender Cheerleader by New York Post (Joshua Rhett Miller)

PART II (21:37 - 21:37) ‘The Worst Are Those With Religious Connections’: Campus Pride Blacklists Christian Universities for Christian Conviction
'Completely Different from High School': How Colleges are Making Space for LGBTQ Students by USA Today (Chris Quintana)

PART III (26:10 - 26:10) Cobalt Blue Is ‘In’ But Is It Real?: Evaluating the Reality and Significance of Color
Cobalt Blue Is Color Rushing Our Summer by New York Times (Lia Picard)

Monday, June 6, 2022

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

PART I (14:56 - 14:56) Multiple Polls Report Majority of Americans Support Abortion as ‘Morally Acceptable’ — The Big Catalyst? The Supreme Court Leaked Document
'Pro-Choice' Identification Rises to Near Record High in U.S. by Gallup (Lydia Saad) Upholding Roe v. Wade Is Supported by Most Americans, WSJ Poll Finds by Wall Street Journal (Catherine Lucey) Wall Street Gets Forced Into the Abortion Debate by Wall Street Journal (Angel Au-Yeung)

PART II (18:33 - 18:33) No Room Left For You Anymore: How Democrats Put Up Unwelcome Sign for Those Holding to a Pro-Life Position
How the Pro-Life Democrat Went Extinct by Wall Street Journal (Jayd Hendricks)

PART III (24:57 - 24:57) ‘The Moment You Sell More Adult Diapers Than Infant Diapers is a Bad Moment for Society’: Japan Faces Plummeting Fertility Rate
Japan’s New Thinking on Low Birthrate: Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Wall Street Journal (Miho Inada)