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•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) 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 08:18) A Dark Day in American History, But What Does it Mean? Former President Donald J. Trump Arraigned in New York Court on 34 Felony Charges Five takeaways from the Trump indictment in New York by Washington Post (Philip Bump) The Trump indictment is a dangerous leap on the highest of wires by Washington Post (Ruth Marcus) Part II (08:18 - 15:34) Lord, Please Save Us From Ourselves: The Dange...
Apr 05, 2023•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 - 02:05) A Seismic Moment in U.S. History As Future Hangs in the Balance: The Rule of Law on Trial in New York and the Battle Over Wisconsin’s Supreme Court The Trump indictment and the rule of law on trial by WORLD Opinons (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) Part II (02:05 - 15:18) Parents Dare to Challenge Books? Librarians Complain About Parents Disrupting Moral Revolution Attempts to Ban Books Doubled in ...
Apr 04, 2023•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 - 13:37) Morally Bankrupt Regimes Act Repressively: Why Russia Arrested a Reporter from the Wall Street Journal Last Week Journalist’s arrest threatens reporting from Russia by Associated Press (David Bauder) Russia Takes a Journalist Hostage by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Part II (13:37 - 17:44) Echoes of the Great Terror of the Stalin Era: Russian Father Arrested for Thought Crimes...
Apr 03, 2023•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 - 09:25) A Momentous Act in American History: Former President Trump to Be First President or Former President Indicted on Criminal Charges – What Does This Mean? Part II (09:25 - 14:12) Is There A Predictable, Historical Progression in the Modern Era That Leads to a Liberal Free Fall? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part III (14:12 - 18:14) If Jesus is God, Why D...
Mar 31, 2023•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 - 14:53) A Heroic Testimony to the Goodness of God’s Assignment to Government: The Courageous Response of the Officers in Nashville Experts say police response in Nashville was ‘exact opposite’ to Uvalde by Washington Post (Robert Klemko) Part II (14:53 - 16:50) Vestiges of God’s Glory: Christians Show Courage and Faith in the Face of Unspeakable Evil A Place of Sanctuary Is Punctured by the Reali...
Mar 30, 2023•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 - 15:24) A Search for Motive and Explanation in a Deeply Divided America: The Transforming Narrative of the Nashville Shooting Most mass shooting suspects are male. by New York Times (Emily Schmall) Police seek motive as Nashville school shooting captures the attention of a divided nation by LA Times (Terry Castleman, Alexandra E. Petri, and Kevin Rector) Part II (15:24 - 16:51) ‘Take Heart, I Hav...
Mar 29, 2023•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 - 07:47) Heartbreak in Nashville: Horrific Tragedy as Shooter Takes the Lives of 3 Children and 3 Adults at the Christian School Part II (07:47 - 15:25) Is Reality Dawning in Elite Sports?: World Athletics Council Restrict Transgender Women from Competition as Women Transgender track and field athletes can't compete in women's international events by NPR (Juliana Kim) World Athletics votes to ban ...
Mar 28, 2023•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 - 13:43) Parents Over Politics or Politics Over Parents?: The Fight for the Future of Public Education in America Divided House Passes G.O.P. Bill on Hot-Button Schools Issues by New York Times (Annie Karni) Part II (13:43 - 21:05) President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau Hold Summit: Interesting Worldview and Histories on Display Part III (21:05 - 23:59) Natural Disaster and Human Fragility in ...
Mar 27, 2023•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 - 14:56) Marriage, the Keystone and Primeval Institution of Society: The Benefits of God’s Good Gift of Marriage Appears in an Unexpected Place Marital transitions during earlier adulthood and subsequent health and well-being in mid- to late-life among female nurses: An outcome-wide analysis by Global Epidemiology (Ying Chen, Maya B. Arthur, Brendan W. Case, and Tyler J. VanderWeele) For Long-Term...
Mar 24, 2023•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 - 11:36) President Biden’s First Veto: White House Targets Pension Funds in Protection of ESG Biden Issues First Veto to Protect Socially Conscious Investing by New York Times (Katie Rogers) Part II (11:36 - 20:45) Banking and the Centrality of Trust: Recent Bank Downfalls Highlight the Necessity of Trust for a Healthy, Functioning Society Credit Suisse’s Death Gives Birth to New Type of Bank Cris...
Mar 23, 2023•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 - 08:54) A Major Realignment on the World Stage: Vladimir Putin’s Developing Friendship with Xi Jinping Part II (08:54 - 20:25) The Limitations of International Criminal Court: Why Vladimir Putin Will Not Be Dealt Justice for His War Crimes by the ICC Part III (20:25 - 24:44) Russia’s Diabolical Spoils of War, Children: Only the Vilest of Regimes Would Openly Abduct Children and Put Them Up for Ad...
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