This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 17:15) Are Morals Just Values? Does Moral Truth Change by Consensus? Confronting the Political and Moral Challenge of Communitarianism GOP’s Presidential Candidate Must Find America’s Moral Center by Wall Street Journal (William A. Galston) Part II (17:15 - 24:01) Let’s Test the Theory of the Middle Ground: Case Study Number One, Bud Light How Bud Light Blew It by Wall Street Journal (Jennifer M...
May 23, 2023•29 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 04:20) Political Impasse Broken in Nebraska: Historic Legislative Session Leads to Double Issue Bill on Abortion and Transgender Questions Nebraska Passes Restrictions on Abortion, Gender-Affirming Care for Minors by Wall Street Journal (Jennifer Calphas) Part II (04:20 - 16:10) Human Work and Human Dignity: The Political and Moral Disagreement Over Welfare Work Requirements Exposed Part III (16...
May 22, 2023•28 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 08:16) So They Knew He Was Abusing National Secrets? Revelations About the Airman Who Posted Top Secret Documents Online Military Caught Airman Mishandling Secrets Before Arrest but Left Him in Job by New York Times (Glenn Thrush and Robin Stein) Part II (08:16 - 15:20) Big Questions About the Big Heist: German Court Convicts $100 Million Jewel Thieves, But Leaves Questions Unanswered German Cou...
May 19, 2023•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 10:09) Political Drama in North Carolina Over Abortion: State Senate Overrides Democratic Governor’s Veto of Abortion Ban in Strategic Win for Pro-Life Movement Part II (10:09 - 15:33) Family Lines Drawn Over Abortion: Granddaughter of Senator Jesse Helms Fights to Undo Grandfather’s Legacy NC abortion ban is an extreme extension of my grandfather's legacy. I'm working to undo it. by USA Today (...
May 18, 2023•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 14:30) The Argument Over Debt Ceiling: President Biden Has No Choice But to Deal With Congress The Case for Violating the Debt Limit Is Dangerous Nonsense by New York Times (Michael W. McConnell) Part II (14:30 - 18:15) The Pill Becomes Available Over the Counter? The FDA Appears to Allow Over-the-Counter Sales of Birth Control Pill FDA panel recommends allowing birth control pill to be sold ove...
May 17, 2023•23 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 06:34) Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: George Santos and Our Postmodern Identity Crisis Part II (06:34 - 12:08) An Athletic Phenom, Chivalry, and the Gender Binary: The Track Event That Wrought Mia Brahe-Pedersen’s Blazing 100-meter Dash The High School Sprint Phenom Who Beat Her Prom Date by Wall Street Journal (Rachel Bachman) Part III (12:08 - 20:47) A Diet of Darkness: The Corrosive Nature o...
May 16, 2023•24 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 11:23) The Subway Tragedy? Crime? Only Time and the Rule of Law Will Tell — Some Christian Considerations on the Death of Jordan Neely Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning. Follow Dr. Mohler: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu . For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceC...
May 15, 2023•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 12:34) Disney’s Super Fans with Super Fortunes: Golden Oak and Attempted Escape From Reality The Disney-Obsessed Shell Out Millions for Homes Inside This Exclusive Florida Community by Wall Street Journal (Katherine Clarke) Part II (12:34 - 16:09) ‘We Worship the Mouse’: Secularization Does Not Mean an End to Worship Part III (16:09 - 25:54) What Do You Do When a Same-Sex Couple Invites You to J...
May 12, 2023•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 17:35) Failed Cities, Failed Policies, Failed Ideologies: There Is a Reason Our Big Cities Are Failing Nordstrom leaves downtown San Francisco, joining big-city retail exodus by Washington Post (Jaclyn Peiser) Oakland Teachers Strike for Climate Justice by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Part II (17:35 - 22:22) How to Light Your Brand on Fire: Anheuser-Busch Becomes a Case Study in How...
May 11, 2023•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 13:34) Trust the Experts, Disregard Parents: “Book Bans” and the Battle Over the Public Schools Book Bans Rising Rapidly in the U.S., Free Speech Groups Find by New York Times (Alexandra Alter) Part II (13:34 - 21:52) Grading with Equity or Equality?: The Problem of an “Equity-Based” Approach to Grading and Classwork Schools Are Ditching Homework, Deadlines in Favor of ‘Equitable Grading’ by Wal...
May 10, 2023•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 11:44) A Deadly and Undeniable Past: Eugenics Denies the Dignity of Every Human Life Part II (11:44 - 16:32) Yes, Abortion and Eugenics Are Inextricably Linked: A Revisionist Moral Argument Seeks to Detach Abortion From Eugenics Commentary: Opponents need to stop equating abortion with eugenics by LA Times (Carla Hall) Part III (16:32 - 24:38) Why Did Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor Write to the Mayor o...
May 09, 2023•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 07:20) Long Live the King: The Coronation of King Charles III in All of Its Continuity and Discontinuity Part II (07:20 - 19:40) Defender of Faith and Dissenter of Marriage? The Moral Discontinuity of King Charles III and Queen Camilla Part III (19:40 - 24:40) Seriously? WHO Declares End of Pandemic and CDC Meeting Leads to Coronavirus Outbreak WHO Declares Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency Over by Wa...
May 08, 2023•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 15:00) Preparing for the Coronation of King Charles III: Some Christian Considerations Before the Crowning of Britain’s King Tomorrow Part II (15:00 - 24:00) If Gene Therapy Was Able to Eliminate Such Genetic Disorders as Down Syndrome, Would That Be Seen as a Morally Acceptable Procedure? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part III (24:00 - 26:58) Genetic Screenings...
May 05, 2023•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 10:42) Battle Over Religious Charter Schools: Why the Battle Against School Choice? How school choice drives America’s people of faith apart by Religion News Service (Amy Laura Hall) Part II (10:42 - 19:47) The American Religious Intuition: Are U.S. Lawmakers More Religious Than Their Voters? Our lawmakers are more religious than we are by Axios (Russell Contreras) Part III (19:47 - 25:45) Discr...
May 04, 2023•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 15:45) What has Caused this Epidemic of Loneliness?: U.S. Surgeon General Declares Nationwide Emergency Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation 2023 by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Vivek H. Murphy) Part II (15:45 - 21:15) A Moral Breakdown Caused This: Many Factors Have Led to Our Crisis of Loneliness. History Shows the Solution Will Not Come from More Isolation Loneliness pose...
May 03, 2023•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 08:44) Medical Elites Serving the Moral Revolutionaries: Journal of the American Medical Association Publishes Article Addressing Prostate Cancer in Transgender Women Prostate Cancer in Transgender Women in the Veterans Affairs Health System, 2000-2022 by Journal of the American Medical Association (Farnoosh Nik-Ahd, Amanda De Hoedt, and Christi Butler) Part II (08:44 - 16:00) Conservative Ameri...
May 02, 2023•28 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 11:53) A Major Debate in the Pro-Life Movement Right Now: Should Pro-Life Efforts Target Federal Legislation, or Should It Focus on Legislation in the States, or Both? What comes now in the great battle for life? by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) Part II (11:53 - 19:12) The Temptation of Evangelical Moral Relativism: Holding the Line When Members of Christian Families Face Sin and Disord...
May 01, 2023•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 06:46) ‘My Best Day in the Navy is When I Survived Dec. 7, 1941. It Was Also My Worst Day.’: The Oldest Survivor of the U.S.S. Arizona Sinking Dies at 102 Ken Potts, Oldest Survivor of U.S.S. Arizona Sinking, Dies at 102 by New York Times (Sam Roberts) Part II (06:46 - 15:48) The Quest for Justice Must Not End: The Last Remaining Nuremberg Prosecutor Dies at 103 Benjamin B. Ferencz, Last Survivi...
Apr 28, 2023•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 11:06) Commercial Opportunity Meets Temptation in Sport: Professional and Collegiate Sports Reckon with Corruption of Sports Betting NFL Suspends Five Players for Sports Gambling by Wall Street Journal (Andrew Beaton) Part II (11:06 - 17:04) A Sticky Standard Over ‘Sticky Stuff’: MLB’s Recent Rosin Controversy Highlights the Pervasiveness of Sin and Both the Necessity and Limitation of Rules in ...
Apr 27, 2023•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 10:08) Here We Go Again? Campaign 2024 Takes Shape as President Biden Announces Campaign for Second Term Biden Has Held the Fewest News Conferences Since Reagan. Any Questions? by New York Times (Michael D. Shear) Part II (10:08 - 15:12) A Campaign Built on a Radical Redefinition of Freedom: President Joe Biden’s Presidential Campaign Reveal Shows His Evolution on Some of Our Culture’s Biggest M...
Apr 26, 2023•26 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 13:04) A Bet on the Transgressive Trajectory of the Culture: Bud Light, Ulta, and Nike Go Public with Sponsorship of the Transgender Revolution Part II (13:04 - 17:23) A Vote for Sanity and Honesty to Save Women’s Sports: GOP House Votes That Restrictions of Biological Males from Competing as Females Falls Under Title IX Regulations GOP lawmakers don't care about women's sports or the athletes w...
Apr 25, 2023•24 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 09:32) The Abortion Fight Thrown Back to Lower Courts: SCOTUS Issues Order in Fight Over Mail-in Abortion Pill Part II (09:32 - 15:05) A Human Pesticide or Method of Liberation?: The Worldview Divide Over Mifepristone—and Abortion by Any Means Part III (15:05 - 22:12) Who are the Good Guys in Sudan?: The Country’s Civil War Sheds Light on the Complexity of Its Current Conflict Part IV (22:12 - 2...
Apr 24, 2023•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 01:41) A Word from the Heart: My Sincerest Thanks to Listeners for Prayer and Encouragement Part II (01:41 - 11:46) Once a Technological Innovation Now a Bygone Artifact: Netflix Ditches DVD Rental Business Netflix Will End Its DVD Service, 5.2 Billion Discs Later by New York Times (Nicole Sperling) Part III (11:46 - 14:39) A Parable of the Decline of the Value of Weddings?: David’s Bridal Files...
Apr 21, 2023•30 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 08:19) Moore’s Law and Our Brave New World: Gordon E. Moore Dies at 94 Gordon E. Moore, Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore’s Law, Dies at 94 by New York Times (Holcomb B. Noble and Katie Hafner) Part II (08:19 - 11:23) Why Weren’t Comstock Laws Recognized in Connection to the Abortion Pill Long Ago? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part III (11:23 - 12:41) Why is the LG...
Apr 14, 2023•25 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 09:47) Abortion Brings College Students to the Polls: How Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Election Was Highly Affected by Young Liberal Turnout How Wisconsin liberals set record campus turnout in court election by Washington Post (Dan Balz and Dylan Wells) Part II (09:47 - 17:25) ‘Unpopular in France and Untrusted Beyond It’: Macron Further Complicates Allyship to the West After Trip to China France’s...
Apr 13, 2023•24 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 11:34) “I’ll Affirm Your Lifestyle If You’ll Affirm Mine”: A Powerful Engine of Change in Our Cultural Moment US support for LGBTQ rights grows even as gap widens between Democrats and Republicans, survey says by USA Today (Marc Ramirez) Part II (11:34 - 15:25) Further From Scriptural Revelation So More Immoral?: PRRI Study Reveals Theology Matters Part III (15:25 - 19:47) State Governors Partak...
Apr 12, 2023•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 15:31) A Political Parable of Our Cultural Age: Chicago’s Mayoral Election You Can’t Throw the Bums Out if You’ve Voted With Your Feet by Wall Street Journal (Allysia Finley) As ominous clouds gather over Chicago, progressivism marches on by Washington Post (Jim Geraghty) Chicago Gets What It Voted For by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Part II (15:31 - 21:05) (Some) Comstock Laws Are ...
Apr 11, 2023•23 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 03:23) Federal Judge Takes a Stand for Unborn Life and Women’s Health: Case Over Mifepristone Sparks Abortion Pill Debate Part II (03:23 - 15:25) Abortion is Reshaping the Political Landscape, and It Poses a Huge Challenge to the Pro-Life Movement — We Are About to Find Out What Pro-Lifers Are Made Of The GOP’s Abortion Flop by Wall Street Journal (Kimberley A. Strassel) Wisconsin Rout Points to...
Apr 10, 2023•24 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 09:25) Good Friday, Indeed: The Centrality of the Cross and Resurrection to Christian Hope Part II (09:25 - 13:42) Did Jesus Have Free Will? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part III (13:42 - 15:32) Did Jesus Sweat Blood in the Garden of Gethsemane, or Were His Tears Merely Like Drops of Blood? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part IV...
Apr 07, 2023•27 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 06:11) Russia Pushes Finland into the Arms of NATO: How Putin is Reshaping of the Global Geo-Political Map Part II (06:11 - 15:37) A Long Commitment Based in a Fascinating History: Finland’s Neutrality Comes to an End Part III (15:37 - 21:52) President Biden Will Skip the Coronation of Britain’s King Charles III — And There Is a Long History Behind That Decision Part IV (21:52 - 28:55) The ‘Spec...
Apr 06, 2023•29 min
