The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 15:12) Ukraine’s Surprise Drone Attack: Ukraine Launches Devastating Drone Attack on Russia’s Bomber Fleet – We are in a New Age of Asymmetrical Warfare Part II (15:12 - 18:29) America, You’ve Been Warned: The U.S. Needs to Take Ukraine’s Drone Attack on Russia as an Exposure of Our Own Vulnerabilities Ukraine’s Drone Strike Is a Warning—for the U.S. by The Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Boa...

Jun 05, 2025•26 min

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 08:13) Europe Has a Huge Free Speech Problem: Europe is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Saving Democracy Europe’s free-speech problem: J.D. Vance was Right by The Economist Part II (08:13 - 12:31) What is Happening in Finland Will Not Stay in Finland: Americans Need to Closely Watch the Free Speech Case of Paivi Rasanen in Finland Europeans are becoming less free to say what they think by T...

Jun 04, 2025•28 min

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 14:39) What’s Going On Between the U.S. and Europe? Europe Appears to Be Rethinking Its Relationship with the U.S. and Its Attraction to ‘Traditional Values’ For Europe, America was the future. Now what? by The Financial Times (Mark Mazower) Part II (14:39 - 21:32) How Do You Get Rid of a Party Which Came in Second in a Recent Election? Germany’s Attempt to Squelch AfD For Being Too ‘Far Right’ ...

Jun 03, 2025•29 min

Monday, June 2, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 09:09) Prisoners Should Not Be Able to Choose Their Gender: Allowing Biological Men in Women’s Prison Leads to Even More Harm for Women in Prison Says UN Official Don’t let trans rapists choose gender, UN warns police by The Telegraph (Daniel Martin) Part II (09:09 - 14:04) No, Don’t Give Staff Extra Breaks to Hide Their Biology: The Massive Problem in Suggested Transgender Guidelines from UK Gi...

Jun 02, 2025•26 min

Friday, May 30, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 10:00) The Moral Significance of Bricks: The Dark and Weighty Reality of Living in a Town Built for Nazis ‘Are the Bricks Evil?’ In a Village Built for Nazis, Darkness Lingers. by The New York Times (Sally McGrane) Part II (10:00 - 14:01) Ed Smylie, Who Saved Apollo 13 Crew, Dies at 95 – And Duct Tape Was Crucial for the Success of His Heroic Act Ed Smylie knew this stick-fast wonder could fix a...

May 30, 2025•27 min

Thursday, May 29, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 06:50) Why Has President Trump Has Declared War on Harvard? An Open Challenge to a Bastion of the Educational Elites Does the President Want to Fix Harvard or Destroy It? by The Wall Street Journal (Jason L. Riley) Part II (06:50 - 10:16) ‘Trust Us, We Won the Johan Skytte Award’: The Self-Congratulatory Condescension of the Academic Elites Letter: Prize-winning political scientists speak out by...

May 29, 2025•26 min

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 17:10) So Who Knew What When About Biden’s Cognitive Decline? ‘Original Sin’ Has Revised History and Is Raising Big Questions About Who’s Responsible for This Cover-Up Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by Penguin Random House (Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson) Jake Tapper Uncovers Startling Evidence That Biden’s Decline Was Covered Up By J...

May 28, 2025•25 min

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 09:07) Evil Seized an Opportunity in the U.S. Embassy: A Horrific Attack in the Name of ‘Free Palestine’ Leads to the Murder of Two Israeli Diplomats How Israel tries to shield its diplomats from attack by Financial Times (James Shotter and Neri Zilber and Mehul Srivastava) Days Before a Marriage Proposal, They Were Killed in D.C. by The New York Times (John YoonIsabel Kershner and Natan Odenhei...

May 27, 2025•27 min

Friday, May 23, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 04:32) Religious Liberty Was Hamstrung Yesterday: The 4-4 Split Led to a Major Religious Liberty Loss in Oklahoma OK Charter School Board v. Drummond by The U.S. Supreme Court Part II (04:32 - 10:45) The Left is Now Furious with Target: The Company Offended Many Christians With LGBTQ Advocacy, Now Target Backs Off DEI, and the Left is Losing Their Minds Target shares fall after hit from tariffs ...

May 23, 2025•26 min

Thursday, May 22, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 12:47) Feminism and Transgenderism at Odds: Lesbians Want to Be Liberated from the LBGT Revolution Why lesbians want out of the LGBT Movement by The Spectator (Julie Bindel) Part II (12:47 - 16:19) Creation Order Asserts Itself: Creation Order Breaks Through Everywhere, Even in the Wake of the Sexual Liberation Movement Why the trans debacle matters by The Spectator (Lionel Shriver) Part III (16...

May 22, 2025•27 min

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 14:32) Is the U.S. Fighting the Wrong War? The Complicated Nature of the U.S. Response to the Houthis The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn’t Find on a Map by The New York Times (Nicholas Kristof) Part II (14:32 - 21:57) Austin is a New Kind of Weird? Is the Texas Capital, A Blue Dot in a Red State, Changing its Color? Austin Welcomed Musk. Now It’s Weird (in a New Way). by The Ne...

May 21, 2025•25 min

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 00:42) Former President Biden Has Cancer - We are Praying for the Former President in Light of His Diagnosis Part II (00:42 - 08:09) Why Is Travel Not Producing World Peace? Cosmopolitanism Isn't Bringing People Together Why travel didn’t bring the world together by Financial Times (Janan Ganesh) Part III (08:09 - 14:39) Global Peace Through International Law? No, Reason and Rules Are Not Enough...

May 20, 2025•26 min

Monday, May 19, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 11:36) A Massive Cover-Up from the White House: New Book Details the Cover-Up of Former President Joe Biden’s Cognitive Decline Joe Biden ‘redemption tour’ backfires as cognitive doubts resurface by Financial Times (Myles McCormick) Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by Penguin Random House (Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson) Joe Biden Was U...

May 19, 2025•27 min

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