This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 12:26) A.I. Chatbots are Sociopaths? Christians Must Keep Categories Straight Why AI Chatbots Can’t Be Trusted for Financial Advice: They’re Sociopaths by The Wall Street Journal (Peter Coy) Part II (12:26 – 18:10) A.I. Chatbots Cannot Have a True Conscience: Our Human Conscience is God’s Gift and Grounded in His Image The Sin of Empathy — A Conversation with Joe Rigney by Thinking In Public The...
Feb 19, 2026•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 11:52) How Moral Revolutions Happen, Part One: Brazil Experiments With Polyamory Love Without Limits: Brazil Flirts With Polyamory by The Wall Street Journal (Ana Ionova) Part II (11:52 – 19:24) How Moral Revolutions Happen, Part Two: The Wall Street Journal is Promoting a Homosexual ‘Throuple’ Packaged in an Article About Condo Renovation One Throuple Had Three Separate Design Tastes. How Did T...
Feb 18, 2026•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 09:27) The Church of England Says No to Stand-Alone Same-Sex Ceremonies, for Now: Debate Reveals Massive Theological Rifts Church of England abandons proposals for same-sex blessing ceremonies by BBC News (Aleem Maqbool) Part II (09:27 – 10:57) LGBTQ Activists Say They Will Go for Broke: LGBTQ-Affirming Group Commits to Increase Pressure on Church of England for Full LGBTQ Inclusion Update on Li...
Feb 17, 2026•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, I discuss the Munich Security Conference and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech there, if ‘western civilization’ is past tense, why a country’s moral principles will always be religious, and Russia’s return to poison warfare. Part I (00:14 – 11:43) “It’s Like Davos, But With Guns” — Another Historic Meeting for the Munich Security Conference and Another Historic Speech f...
Feb 16, 2026•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the U.S. housing shortage, and he answers questions about sin in babies, where believers go when they die, how young is too young to get married, if sin destroys the image of God, and more. Part I (00:14 – 14:07) The U.S. Has a Major Housing Shortage: If the U.S. Does Not Address This Problem, It Will Destabilize Our Society Peter Thiel warns of ‘catastro...
Feb 13, 2026•28 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the unspeakable heartbreak in Canada as it is reeling from one of the deadliest mass shooting tragedies in its history, the pattern of transgender identity in mass shootings, and the rainbow Pride flag and what it reveals. Part I (00:14 – 03:34) Unspeakable Heartbreak: Canada is Reeling From One of the Most Deadly Mass Shooter Tragedies In Its History Par...
Feb 12, 2026•24 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 13:21) Gambling and the Corruption of Sports: We are Looking at a Moral Crisis in Sports Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling by Simon and Schuster (Danny Funt) Basketball’s Game-Fixing Scandal Now Includes 17 U.S. Colleges—and China’s Pro League by The Wall Street Journal (Jared Diamond and Louise Radnofsky) Part II (13:21 – 16:37) ‘This is Gambling’: The Prediction ...
Feb 11, 2026•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 10:51) What Happens in Brazil Won’t Stay in Brazil: Brazil Criminalizes Those Speak Against Transgender Ideology Brazil Criminalizes Transgender Dissent by The Wall Street Journal (Mary Anastasia O’Grady) Part II (10:51 – 21:12) A Wave of Detransitioners is Coming: Woman Wins Lawsuit Over So-Called Transgender Procedure as Minor Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor by The N...
Feb 10, 2026•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 09:21) A Crisis of Dignity: Leaders Must See Dignity as Vital and Essential Part II (09:21 – 15:55) Dignity and the American Presidency: Our Constitutional Order Depends on It Part III (15:55 – 22:10) The Olympics, the Super Bowl, and the Divide of Red and Blue America: How the Polarization of Politics is Affecting Sports If You Hate Bad Bunny, I Have Bad News for You by The New York Times (Noah...
Feb 09, 2026•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 06:15) News Alert, Dads Matter: Important New Research Confirms the Importance of the Father in the Home on Their Children’s Physical Health Research Finds Interaction With Father, Not Mother, Affects Child Health by The New York Times (Ellen Barry) Longitudinal associations between father– and mother–child interactions, coparenting, and child cardiometabolic health. by American Psychological As...
Feb 06, 2026•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 12:05) Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies Major: Texas A&M Cuts Women’s Studies Major, But the Ideology May Still Remain Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender by The New York Times (Alan Blinder) Part II (12:05 – 18:55) The Ideological Echo Chamber of Higher Education: A New Study Shows That an American Studies Journal Ran Zero Positive Articles About ...
Feb 05, 2026•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 17:44) President Trump Said the Silent Thing Out Loud: The Strange World of International Law Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’ by The New York Times (David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Katie Rogers, and Zolan Kanno-Youngs) Part II (17:44 – 20:24) Do You Remember When the Obama Administration Walked Back on the Monroe Doctrine? Even Liberal Administrations are Fuzz...
Feb 04, 2026•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 10:47) Many of the Rich and Powerful are Running Scared and Embarrassed: The DOJ Released Another 3 Million Epstein Files – And A Lot of People Were Involved with Epstein Part II (10:47 – 13:50) The Horrifying and Humiliating Nature of Sin: The Epstein Files From a Christian Framework They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise. by The New York Times (Nicholas Confessor...
Feb 03, 2026•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 13:50) The Arrest of Don Lemon: There are Massive Religious Liberty and Constitutional Issues at Stake in This Case Don Lemon Released Without Bond Over Minnesota Protest Charge by The New York Times (Hamed AleazizDevlin BarrettAlan Feuer and Jesus Jiménez) Case 0:26-cr-00025-LMP-DLM by United States District Court District of Minnesota Part II (13:50 – 16:16) Your Faithful Church Might Be Next:...
Feb 02, 2026•29 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 14:55) Is Human Civilization the Product of Alien Visitation? “Chariots of the Gods”Author, Erich von Däniken, Dies Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90 by The New York Times (Mike Peed) Part II (14:55 – 20:01) Were the Books of the Bible Picked or Recognized? What About the Apocrypha? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing Part III (20:01 – 23...
Jan 30, 2026•28 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 13:12) The Morality of Taxes: California’s Proposed Wealth Tax on Billionaires Raises Big Questions About the Morality and Pragmatic Limitations of Taxation What to Know About California’s Proposed Tax on Billionaires by The New York Times (Laurel Rosenhall) California will miss billionaires when they’re gone by The Washington Post (The Editorial Board) Part II (13:12 – 20:41) Once Upon a Time i...
Jan 29, 2026•28 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 11:13) The Dead End of ESG: It Was Big Talk, But the Big Players Never Lived Up to Their Own Pledges, and It’s a Big Story How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change by The New York Times (David Gelles) Part II (11:13 – 13:00) Wall Street’s Climate Change Pledges Were Fake: The Financiers of Climate Change Activism Had No Intention of Following Through on Their Promises Part III (13:00 – ...
Jan 28, 2026•28 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 15:31) The Instability of Progressivism: There Can Be No Stable Moral Framework in a Worldview Apart from God Americans Are Turning Against Gay People by The New York Times (Tessa E.S. Charlesworth and Eli J. Finkel) Part II (15:31 – 21:10) What’s Your Definition? The Attorney Arguing for So-Called Transgender Rights Before SCOTUS Could Not Define Man, Woman, Boy, or Girl The gaping hole in the ...
Jan 27, 2026•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 07:29) Respect for the Rule of Law: Leftist Maximum Confusion is Colliding with Law Enforcement in Minnesota – We Either Believe in the Rule of Law Or Face Mayhem Part II (07:29 – 15:31) Sanctuary Cities and Nullification: The Radicalization of Sanctuary Cities Against the Federal Government is Not New and It’s Dangerous Part III (15:31 – 17:13) Both Sides Often Rush to Judgement: But Christians...
Jan 26, 2026•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses how parents are contributing to the social media problem in children, why children need the 10 Commandments, and he answers questions about getting married, holding a baby shower for a child conceived out of wedlock, demons and illicit dreams, the deathbed conversion of Scott Adams, and if Jesus descended into hell after he died. Part I (00:14 – 06:06) Au...
Jan 23, 2026•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 11:27) An Agreement on Greenland? Greenland is Central to American Interests and Its National Defense, But President Trump Backs Off Threats of Invasion and Tariffs Trump’s Greenland offramp by The Washington Post (The Editorial Board) Part II (11:27 – 18:10) The Annual Gathering of the Global Elite: The World Economic Forum Meets at Davos Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite ...
Jan 22, 2026•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 15:51) China’s Is Facing a Demographic Catastrophe: China’s Birthrate Is Dropping Fast China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949 by The New York Times (Alexandra Stevenson) China’s Birthrate Sinks to Record Low by The Wall Street Journal (Hannah Miao) China’s birth rate fell to a record low last year despite attempts to boost it by NPR (Anthony Kuhn) Part II (15:51 – 19:28) China Puts...
Jan 21, 2026•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 09:23) A New and Ominous Landscape: Looking at the Recent Church Invasion and Public Attention Christian leaders urge protecting worshippers’ rights after protesters interrupt service by The Associated Press (Giovanna Dell’orto) The People of Minneapolis vs. ICE: A Street-Level View by The New York Times (Vivian Yee) Part II (09:23 – 11:05) Minnesota Reveals a Big Political Realignment: These Pr...
Jan 20, 2026•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 06:11) It Happened in Minnesota: ICE Protestors Invaded an Evangelical Church and Interrupted Worship Yesterday Activists interrupt Sunday church service, say pastor works for ICE by The Star Tribune (Kim Hyatt and Kyeland Jackson) Part II (06:11 – 15:23) The Worldview Issues of the ICE Protests: The History of ICE, the Protests Against ICE, and the Leftist Capture of Urban Minnesota by Part III...
Jan 19, 2026•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 06:08) The Ironies of Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of Sexualized French Film Culture, Animal Rights Activist, and Far-Right Sympathizer in Dies at 91 Brigitte Bardot, French femme fatale and cultural phenomenon, dies at 91 by The Washington Post (Adam Bernstein) Part II (06:08 – 11:52) A Jewish Obituary and an Irony of Historic Proportions: The Death of Hessy Levinsons Taft, the Jewish Baby on the ...
Jan 16, 2026•29 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses a simple question at a Senate hearing yesterday that revealed the great battle of our age, girls’ sports before SCOTUS, the morally evasive language of the LGBTQ revolution, and the deadly lie sold to so-called “transgender youth.” Part I (00:14 – 15:18) “Can Men Get Pregnant?”: One Simple Question at a Senate Hearing Yesterday Revealed the Great Battle o...
Jan 15, 2026•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 18:28) Iran’s Leadership is Losing Credibility: The Rise and Fall of the Shia Regime Part II (18:28 – 19:37) What is the Future of Iran? The U.S. Does Not Have the Credibility to Make that Determination Right Now Part III (19:37 – 20:13) Christianity vs. Islam in Society: There are Major Differences in a Society with Christianity as Its Foundation Part IV (20:13 – 27:28) Why Greenland, and Why N...
Jan 14, 2026•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses President Trump’s recent comments on being “flexible” about the Hyde Amendment and the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortions, what to watch as SCOTUS hears oral arguments on so-called “transgender women” competing in women’s sports, and the liberals who are pushing back against the transgender revolution. Part I (00:14 – 10:34) Mr. President, This One ...
Jan 13, 2026•28 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 13:51) Aldrich Ames and His Deadly Betrayal: The Death of CIA Turncoat for Soviets Raises Massive Issues Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84 by The New York Times (Tim Weiner) Part II (13:51 – 20:23) Yet Another Problem with Surrogacy Emerges: Many Surrogate Mothers are Incurring Insurmountable Medical Expenses Surrogacy Is a Multibillion-Dollar Business—but Surrogat...
Jan 12, 2026•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 11:24) Where are the Young Husbands? Even Secularists are Noticing Our Society’s Manhood Crisis America Needs More Husband Material by The Wall Street Journal (William A. Galston) The Power of Marriage: Combatting the Great Lies of Our Secular Age and Recovering the Key to Human Flourishing by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Brad Wilcox) Part II (11:24 – 14:49) Is the Cross Truly t...
Jan 09, 2026•29 min
