This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:05 - 10:06) SCOTUS Takes Up Conversion Therapy Case from Colorado: There is More to the Case Than Many Admit — Including a Word Game to Target Christian Conviction Supreme Court to review Colorado law barring conversion therapy for minors by CNN (John Fritze) Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law Banning Conversion Therapy by The New York Times (Adam Liptak) Part II (10:06 - 18:57) ‘My Passport Deni...
Mar 11, 2025•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 16:33) Canada’s New Prime Minister: Mark Carney Will Take Over in Place of Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada Part II (16:33 - 17:50) President Trump is Raising Legitimate Concerns About Canada – But as Legitimate as Those Concerns Are, Americans Should Be Thankful for Our Neighbors to the North Part III (17:50 - 25:59) Crime, Punishment, and a Firing Squad: The Demand of Justice Falls o...
Mar 10, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 15:00) Gov. Gavin Newsom Drops a Bombshell: Liberal Governor of California Suddenly Says Male Participation in Female Sports is Unfair And, This Is Charlie Kirk by This is Gavin Newsom (Gavin Newsom and Charlie Kirk) Part II (15:00 - 18:50) How Do I Put the Sin of Emotional Infidelity to Death? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part III (18:43 - 20:43) Would You Ela...
Mar 07, 2025•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 09:27) Why are U.S. Tax Dollars Supporting Homosexual Practices in Uganda? The Pull of U.S.A.I.D. Reveals Major LGBTQ Support by U.S. Federal Funds Where Being Gay Is Punishable by Death, Aid Cuts Are ‘Heartbreaking’ by The New York Times (Abdi Latif Dahir) Part II (09:27 - 17:48) The Moral Discourse of Hollywood Becomes Even Clearer: Hollywood Claims the Big Loser of the Oscars was Climate Chan...
Mar 06, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 17:03) Politics, Partisanship, and Performance Art in a Social Media Age: President Trump’s Historic Joint Address to Congress Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech to Congress by The New York Times Part II (17:03 - 23:18) Neon Tape, a Padlock, and a Little Library: 4 College Students in California Turn a A Little Library into Performance Art over Book Bans – Book Bans That Don’t Even Exis...
Mar 05, 2025•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 09:05) The Share of Christians in the U.S. Has Stabilized? – Pew Releases Updated Findings of Its Religious Landscape Study After years of decline, share of Christians in U.S. has stabilized by The Washington Post (Emily Guskin) Part II (09:05 - 16:04) Religious People Trend Toward Conservatism: Pew Research Center Affirms Influence of Theology on Political Beliefs Part III (16:04 - 18:28) Can C...
Mar 04, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 10:58) A Showdown of Epic Diplomatic Proportions: President Trump and VP Vance Clash with Ukrainian President Zelensky Part II (10:58 - 14:08) ‘President Zelensky, What is Your Plan?’ – The U.S. Presses Ukraine for Realism in Settlement Talks Between Ukraine and Russia Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos says opinion pages will defend free market and 'personal liberties' by The Washington Post (Lau...
Mar 03, 2025•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 08:04) Why Don't We Trust Professionals Anymore? Christians Need to Rethink Our Cultural Distrust of Authority Why We Don’t Trust Doctors Like We Used To by The Wall Street Journal (Clare Ansberry) Part II (08:04 - 13:22) Fear Not Asteroid 2024 YR4: NASA Reports Earth Will ‘Most Likely’ Avoid Collision with Catastrophic Asteroid NASA Gives ‘All Clear’ for Asteroid That Seemed to Threaten Earth b...
Feb 28, 2025•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:15 - 17:30) New Political Leadership in Germany: Conservative Reset and Electoral Shift in Germany The Iron Curtain Casts a Long Shadow Over Germany’s Election by The New York Times (Christopher F. Schuetze) Part II (17:30 - 22:29) Target Faces More Consumer Backlash: Now, the Left is Infuriated at Target’s Backing Away from DEI Initiatives Target hit by consumer anger at its retreat from diversity p...
Feb 27, 2025•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 09:33) The Deadly Truth About the Culture of Death: Major Report Unveils a Scandal at Planned Parenthood of Prioritizing Abortion Political Agenda Over Healthcare Botched Care and Tired Staff: Planned Parenthood in Crisis by The New York Times (Katie Benner) Part II (09:33 - 15:22) A Major Cultural Collision in the Making: It Appears a Crisis is Brewing Over DC Hosting WorldPride 2025 Now That D...
Feb 26, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 09:53) The Power of the Natural Family: New Research Shows Importance of the Two-Parent Family and Quality Time Dads and Moms Spend Together with Their Children The Family Way by Hoover Digest (Paul E. Peterson) Part II (09:53 - 19:06) What About Marriage in Rural America? Falling Marriage Rates Make It to Rural America In rural America, more women are saying ‘I don’t’ by The Washington Post (Sh...
Feb 25, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 12:38) A Classic Case of Theological Collapse: How A Pastor-Father’s Acceptance of His Son’s Homosexual Lifestyle Led to the Eventual Abandonment of Biblical Christianity How My Dad Reconciled His God and His Gay Son by The New York Times (Timothy White) Part II (12:39 - 18:50) The Bible is a Major Problem for the LGBTQ Revolution – And the Left Knows It Losing My Religion, Finding Jesus (Does t...
Feb 24, 2025•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 05:39) The Plane Didn’t Survive, But the Passengers Did: In Light of the Plane Crash in Toronto, We Must Learn from What Goes Right, and Not Just What Goes Wrong Part II (05:39 - 09:30) Does Genesis 3:24 Point to God’s Creation of the First Weapon? If So, What Does That Tell Us About Humans Advancing Weapons Technology? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 17-Year-Old Listener of The Briefin...
Feb 21, 2025•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 11:08) The Culture of Death and Dementia—In the Netherlands, Some With Alzheimer’s are Trying to Make Plans for Assisted Suicide Before Their Decline She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death by The New York Times (Stephanie Nolen) Part II (11:08 - 18:53) Euthanasia Goes Far Beyond Assisted Suicide – The Culture of Death is an All-Encompassing Worldview, From Death Before...
Feb 20, 2025•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 05:24) “Because We Want More Babies” — President Trump Announces IVF Expansion, But the End Does Not Justify the Means President Donald J. Trump Expands Access to In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) by The White House Part II (05:24 - 18:47) The Moral Risk and Moral Wrong Behind IVF: The Problem of Abstracting Sex From Reproduction Trump signs executive order expanding access to IVF, says White House b...
Feb 19, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 13:51) The New York Times Editorial Board Takes Aim at Trump over Transgender Issue: The New York Times Presents Alternative Morality and Worldview Contrary to Creation Order Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans by The New York Times (The Editorial Board) Part II (13:51 - 18:32) Even More Radical Revolutionaries are Coming: The LGBTQ Revolution Seeks to Press Agenda Even Furth...
Feb 18, 2025•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 17:17) Far Right? Hard Right? Radical Right? Media Confusion After Vice President Vance Delivers Message in Munich Vance Shocks Europe With a Message That He Has Long Promoted at Home by The New York Times (Michael C. Bender) Part II (17:17 - 22:05) A Huge Moral Imbalance Exchange Between Israel and Hamas: Israel Receives Back 3 Hostages in Exchange for 369 Palestinian Prisoners Hamas Postpones ...
Feb 17, 2025•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 11:14) What Does the Super Bowl Say about the Culture? Objective Truth, the Spectacle of Sport, the Power of Advertising, the American Draw to Nostalgia, and Gambling Super Bowls Have More Than One Loser by The Wall Street Journal (Matthew Hennessey) Part II (11:14 - 14:50) The Right Kind of Sentimentality of Valentine’s Day: In a Culture with a Twisted Definition of Love, It’s Important to Reco...
Feb 14, 2025•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 11:07) Is the Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas About to Fall Apart? Hamas Threatens to Halt Hostage Returns Remains Committed to the Non-Existence of Israel Part II (11:07 - 17:57) Climate Change Hypocrisy or Something Deeper? Has Silicon Valley Changed its Stripes? Under Trump, Billionaire Climate Champions Have Gone Quiet by The New York Times (David Gelles) Part III (17:57 - 23:20) Celebrit...
Feb 13, 2025•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 12:44) The Ideological Capture of the Left: The Left is Increasingly Committed to Theory Rather Than Reality Still Crazy… by Substack (Joe Klein) The Democrats Show Why They Lost by The Atlantic (Jonathan Chait) Democrats Have a New Leader but Haven’t Come to Grips With Failure by The Wall Street Journal (Molly Ball) Part II (12:45 - 20:31) Are We 89 Seconds to Midnight? The Scientific Community...
Feb 12, 2025•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 09:14) Combine Energy in the Executive and the Theory of the Unitary Executive: President Trump Aims to Define the Role of the President of the United States by Part II (09:14 - 21:56) We Now Have a Fourth Branch of Government? – The U.S. Has an Ever-Growing Administrative State, and It’s a Threat to Our Constitutional Order Part III (21:56 - 27:16) The Reality of the Deep State: There Circle Wi...
Feb 11, 2025•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 08:46) ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports’: President Trump Signs Executive Order for Transgender Women in Sports Ban Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports by The White House Executive Order Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism by The White House Executive Order Part II (08:46 - 12:48) State Bans on Hormone Therapy and Puberty Blockers on Minors are Constitutional: Trump Reverses Important...
Feb 10, 2025•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 10:57) An Executive Order Against Anti-Christian Bias? Why This Move by President Trump Is Sadly Necessary—And Serious Part II (10:57 - 16:04) Is Inerrancy a Modern Word and Concept? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners to The Briefing Part III (16:04 - 18:30) What Do We Make of the Reference to ‘Other Gods’ in Exodus 12? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners to The Briefing...
Feb 07, 2025•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 12:50) To Whom Does the Gaza Strip Belong? The Contentious History of the Conflict in Gaza Part II (12:50 - 20:39) What About President Trump’s Comments on Gaza? The President’s Comments May Have Sent a Subtle Message to Nations in the Entire Region Part III (20:39 - 24:15) These Two Things are True of the Conflict in the Middle East: Israel Has Every Right to Defend Itself, and Christians Need ...
Feb 06, 2025•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 09:41) A Generation of Young Adults That Never Grows Up: The Reaping of the World of Modernity is the Fall of Western Civilization as We Know It What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up? by The Wall Street Journal (Rachel Wolfe) Part II (09:41 - 16:56) The Church is A Counter Culture: The Hope for the Restoration of Society is Only Found Through the Obedience to the Gospel by Local Ch...
Feb 05, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 09:40) Trump is Shaking Things Up: President Trump’s Tariff Regulations, USAID Changes, and the Difference Between His First and Second Administrations Part II (09:40 - 15:14) Here’s a Surprise, Chinese A.I. Chip Sounds Like a Communist – DeepSeek Technology Found to Deliver Chinese Communist Propaganda DeepSeek’s Answers Include Chinese Propaganda, Researchers Say by The New York Times (Steven ...
Feb 04, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 12:06) A Parable of the Exceeding Sinfulness of Sin: Former Senator Bob Menendez Indicted on Felony Charges for Bribery, Fraud, and Foreign Agency Offenses How Menendez Destroyed His Legacy With Gold Bars and a Halal Hustle by The New York Times (Nicholas Fandos) Part II (12:06 - 18:56) Trump is Following Through on DEI Promises – But What Policies Will President Trump Enact to Institute Lasting...
Feb 03, 2025•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 12:47) Liberal Parents, Conservative Sons: Young Men Want a Cause and Convictions Worth Fighting For – And They are not Buying into Liberal Ideology When Your Son Goes MAGA by The New York Times (Callie Holtermann) Part II (12:47 - 14:09) Why Hasn’t God Defeated Satan Yet? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 7-Year-Old Listener to The Briefing Part III (14:09 - 18:02) How Would You Explain ...
Jan 31, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 07:52) Devastating Tragedy at Reagan National Airport: American Airlines Flight 5342 and Military Black Hawk Helicopter Collide Part II (07:52 - 21:10) It Must Never Happen Again — Reflecting on the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism by The New York Times (Andrew Higgins) Part III (21:10 - 24:54) ‘How Could We Let This ...
Jan 30, 2025•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:09 - 11:34) A New A.I. Technology is Throwing the Market Into a Frenzy: China’s New A.I. Model Chip is Changing the Production of A.I. Silicon Valley Is Raving About a Made-in-China AI Model by The Wall Street Journal (Raffaele Huang) The Day DeepSeek Turned Tech and Wall Street Upside Down by The Wall Street Journal (Gunjan Banerji, Asa Fitch, Karen Langley) Part II (11:34 - 18:07) The Ethics of Sim...
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