This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 13:23) Sexual Liberation Requires a New Religion: The Free Fall of the Liberal Churches from Historic, Orthodox Christianity Frank T. Griswold III, Bridge-Building Bishop, Dies at 85 by New York Times (Sam Roberts) Part II (13:23 - 18:49) The Push For Religious LGBTQ Allies: The Big Tent of the Sexual Revolution Vies for Support – Unless You Hold to Biblical Christianity Ancient Judaism Recogniz...
Mar 21, 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 - 14:02) Lessons From Two Decades of Conflicted History: Christian Realist Considerations of the Iraq War 20 Years Later 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One by New York Times (Alissa J. Rubin) Part II (14:02 - 19:46) “I Am the State?”: Emmanuel Macron Invokes Article 49.3 For Pension Reforms Part III (19:46 - 24:15) A Parable of the Human Spectacle: Silicon V...
Mar 20, 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 - 08:08) The Extraordinary Madness of Crowds: Did Twitter Drive to the Run on the Bank in Silicon Valley? Social-Media Postings Amplify Anxiety Over SVB Collapse by Wall Street Journal (Georgia Wells and Alexa Corse) Was the SVB Collapse a Twitter Panic? by Wall Street Journal (Daniel Henninger) Part II (08:08 - 14:46) The Black Sea and its Long History: Russia Destroys U.S. Drone, Sparking Bigger...
Mar 17, 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 - 10:35) How Do You Have a Woman’s College If You Do Not Know What a Woman Is?: Historic Seven Sisters Colleges Reckon with the ‘T’ of the LGBTQ Revolution Part II (10:35 - 17:34) Proximate Sin, Proximate Confusion: Understanding the Scale (And Self-Delusion) of the Transgender Revolution Taking Over Our Culture At Wellesley College, Students Vote to Admit Trans Men by New York Times (Vimal Patel)...
Mar 16, 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 - 15:28) ‘Bewildering Ambiguity’: The Legacy and Lessons of Pope Francis as He Marks Ten Years. 10 Years On, Pope Francis Faces Challenges From the Right and the Left by New York Times (Jason Horowitz) Ten Years of Pope Francis by First Things (Dan Hitchens) Women’s Ordination, Transgender Ideology Move Forward at German Synodal Way by National Catholic Register (Jonathan Liedl) Part II (15:28 - ...
Mar 15, 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 - 10:20) Who’s Going to Pay the Bills in France?: Millions of People Protest in Response to President Macron’s Increase of Retirement Age Part II (10:20 - 15:38) France Has a Huge Moral Problem, Abortion: President Macron Seeks to Enshrine Abortion into the French Constitution Macron Calls for Enshrining Right to Abortion in French Constitution by New York Times (Roger Cohen) Part III (15:38 - 22:...
Mar 14, 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 - 18:15) A Failed Bank, A Breach in Trust: Nation’s Second Largest Bank Failure Provokes Massive Worldview Questions Part II (18:15 - 19:52) Farmgate Avoided? South African President Cleared of Corruption Accusations After the Theft of Money from His Sofa Stash Corruption Watchdog Moves to Clear South African President in Cash-in-Couch Incident by New York Times (John Eligon) Part III (19:52 - 23:...
Mar 13, 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 - 13:13) Colors Tell a Story About the Culture: What the Color (Sometimes) Tells Us About Worldview, Taste, and Trends What’s happening to the color of L.A. cars? Inside the obsession with muted earth tones by LA Times (Daniel Miller) Part II (13:13 - 14:31) The Stinking City: New York City’s Marijuana Stench Problem New York Smells Like a Declining City by Wall Street Journal (Jason De Sena Trenn...
Mar 10, 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 - 12:30) Too Christian to Teach in Arizona?: Public School District Ends Relationship with Arizona Christian University For Christian Convictions on Marriage, Gender and Sexuality School board targets Christian student teachers to protect LGBTQ students by Arizona Republic (Laurie Roberts) Part II (12:30 - 21:05) Walgreens Sets Off Bomb in the Abortion Culture War: Company Outrages Pro-Abortion Po...
Mar 09, 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 - 14:16) If You Want to Reach the Next Generation, Target the Young: Why the Schools Are the Hot Spot of Controversy Part II (14:16 - 23:45) In Defense of the Detransitioner: Dissenters of the Transgender Revolution Confront the Worldview of Progressive Secularism A transgender patient’s lawsuit against Kaiser is a front for the conservative war on LGBTQ rights by LA Times (Michael Hiltzik) Part I...
Mar 08, 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 - 15:16) Moral Clarity in a Morally Confused Age: Alex Murdaugh Sentenced to Life in Prison Part II (15:16 - 22:54) Join Us On the Way of the Dodo: Episcopalian Priest Encourages Church of England to Embrace Full LGBTQ Inclusion The Church of England can learn from Episcopalians on same-sex marriage by The Financial Times (Steven Paulikas) Part III (22:54 - 28:28) A Parable of the Transience of Hu...
Mar 06, 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 - 08:38) A Once-Religious Society Falls Deeper Into Secularism: Spain Expands Abortion Rights and Trans Rights for Teenagers Spain approves menstrual leave, teen abortion and trans laws by LA Times (Jennifer O’Mahony and Ciarán Giles) Part II (08:38 - 17:28) Some Moral Sanity Preserved in California: Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole Yet Again Board Denies Parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the Assassin of Rober...
Mar 03, 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 - 13:55) New College Set on a New Course: The New York Times Calls It a Higher Education Apocalypse — Is It? Florida Could Start Looking a Lot Like Hungary by New York Times (Michelle Goldberg) Ron DeSantis, Black History and CRT by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Part II (13:55 - 20:58) A Sign of the Confusion of Our Times: LA Prosecutor Suspended For ‘Misgendering’ and ‘Deadnaming’ Def...
Mar 02, 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 - 14:30) How Did Roald Dahl End Up on the Wrong Side of Published History?: The Velocity and the Comprehensiveness of the Moral Revolution Roald Dahl’s Children’s Books Changed to Make Them More Inclusive by Wall Street Journal (David Luhnow and Max Colchester) The case against rewriting Roald Dahl by The Financial Times (Nilanjana Roy) Part II (14:30 - 21:18) ‘Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power C...
Mar 01, 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 - 12:06) The New Morality Collides with Religious Freedom: San Diego Evangelical Church Under Fire for LGBTQ Comments While Renting Public School Space A Scripps Ranch church hosted a controversial LGBTQ talk at a public school. Could the school say no? by LA Times (Kristen Taketa) Part II (12:06 - 16:43) Hard Coercion and Soft Coercion Are Both Forms of Coercion: Considerations on Possible Outcom...
Feb 28, 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 - 11:15) Identity Politics Spreads Like a Wildfire Through the Cultural Elites: DEI Ideology and Its Effects on Higher Education American universities are hiring based on devotion to diversity by The Economist Part II (11:15 - 21:22) DEI Requirements Are Coming to a University Near You — Yes, Even To You, Texas How ‘Diversity’ Policing Fails Science by Wall Street Journal (John D. Sailer) Part III...
Feb 27, 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 - 07:50) Power to Parents: States Weigh Allowing Use of Education Vouchers for School Choice Part II (07:50 - 15:38) What About the ‘He Gets Us’ Campaign? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part III (15:38 - 19:57) Are Gender-neutral Hymns A Subversion of God and His Word? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part IV (19:57 - 23:33) Can You G...
Feb 24, 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 - 07:46) More Big Battles Erupt in the States: Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Heads to a Run-Off — With Huge Issues at Stake Money pours into Wisconsin Supreme Court race ahead of Feb. 21 primary by Wisconsin Public Radio (Shawn Johnson) Part II (07:46 - 12:41) The Administrative State Wins Again: The Courts Are Still Ruling by a Badly Mistaken Precedent, and Constitutional Order is Undermined P...
Feb 23, 2023•22 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) Message Sent: President Biden Makes History with Surprise Appearance in Kyiv Biden’s Kyiv Visit Lifts Spirits of War-Weary Ukrainians by New York Times (Marc Santora) Part II (09:41 - 19:56) The Clash of Idealism and Realism in American Political Policy: The Conflict Under the Headlines Will the Ukraine War Push the West Toward a New Realism? by Wall Street Journal (Gerard Baker) Part III...
Feb 22, 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 - 12:20) Guilty of ‘Targeting’?: The Cultural Rhetoric Surrounding Those Resisting the Sexual Revolution and LGBTQ Ideology When Parents Hear That Their Child ‘Is Not Normal and Should Not Exist’ by New York Times (Megan K. Stack) Part II (12:20 - 19:00) Drag Queens Halted in Tennessee? Red State America and Bans on “Male and Female Impersonators” Rural Tennessee county jumps into drag show debate...
Feb 21, 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 - 07:30) Gender-Neutral Language for God?: Church of England Deliberates Shift in Use of Language for God in Worship Services Church of England Considers Gender-Neutral Language for God by New York Times (Amanda Holpuch) Part II (07:30 - 14:04) ‘Feminism Cannot Be Done from the Existing Base of the Christian Bible’: The Background to Feminist Reconsiderations of Terms Used for God Part III (14:04 ...
Feb 20, 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 - 18:33) A Crisis of ‘Belonging?’ A Clash of Worldviews Reveals a Deep Human Longing on College Campuses Everyone Is Talking About ‘Belonging,’ but What Does It Really Mean? by Chronicle of Higher Ed (Adrienne Lu) Part II (18:33 - 14:03) Is a Public Profession of Faith Necessary for Salvation? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part III (14:03 - 18:45) How Can Jesus Sy...
Feb 17, 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 - 08:03) Mourning with MSU: A Christian Response to the Horror and Riddle of Evil Part II (08:03 - 17:01) The New York Times is Not Sufficiently LGBTQ?: Contributors Write Letter Chastising Paper for Insufficient Support of “Transgender Care” for Children New York Times Contributors' Letter by New York Times The Battle Over Gender Therapy by New York Times (Emily Bazelon) Part III (17:01 - 22:26) ...
Feb 16, 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 - 12:08) A Massive Cry for Help: Teen Girls Wrestle With Record Levels of Sadness and Depression. Why? Teen Girls Report Record Levels of Sadness, C.D.C. Finds by New York Times (Azeen Ghorayshi and Roni Caryn Rabin) Teen Girls Experiencing Record Levels of Sadness and Suicide Risk, CDC Says by Wall Street Journal (Sarah Toy) Part II (12:08 - 21:40) The Story Behind the Headlines: Our Society is M...
Feb 15, 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 - 12:55) Both Natural and Moral Evil: Death Toll from Turkey-Syria Earthquake Raises Above 36,000 — And Those Governments Bear Some Responsibility for That Staggering Tragedy Part II (12:55 - 20:02) What Is Going On Up There?: The U.S. Government Shoots Down More Airborne Objects What’s Going On Up There, Mr. President? by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Part III (20:02 - 26:00) ‘The Tru...
Feb 14, 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 - 09:24) What the Great Spectacle Shows: A Look at What Super Bowl LVII Reveals About Our Culture Severely understaffed hospitals shouldn’t be buying Super Bowl ads by Washington Post (Farzon A. Nahvi) Part II (09:24 - 19:22) Incentivizing Vice: One of the Many Problems of Sports Gambling Part III (19:22 - 25:56) You Will Know It By Its Fruit: The Devastation Left in the Wake of the Gambling Indus...
Feb 13, 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 - 16:19) Friendly Fire? How Big Business Is Subverting the Family Child care crisis: What costly daycare and fewer workers mean for US economy and taxpayers by USA Today (Alia Wong) Part II (16:19 - 19:32) Are the Pizzas Here Yet?: 6-Year-Old Uses Dad’s Phone to Order $1000 Worth of Food from Grubhub A 6-year-old ordered $1,000 in takeout. The reason: He was hungry. by Washington Post (Andrea Salc...
Feb 10, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 15:47) Expand the Government. Extend Radical Abortion Rights.: President Biden’s State of the Union Address Part II (15:47 - 22:00) Politics is the Arena of the Performative — But How Do We Discern What Political Actions Are Genuine and Not Just for Show? Part III (22:00 - 24:02) Performativity is Never Enough: God’s Desire for Sincere Devotion From HIs People Sign up to receive The Briefing in ...
Feb 09, 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 - 07:28) ‘A Domain Awareness Gap’: U.S. Military Acknowledges Chinese Spy Airships Have Previously Gone Undetected Over U.S. Airspace Domain Awareness Superiority Is the Future of Military Intelligence by Army University Press (Chief Warrant Officer 4 Robert M. Ryder, U.S. Army Reserve) Part II (07:28 - 12:15) A Direct Assault on the Cause of Life: Minnesota Passes the “Protect Reproduction Option...
Feb 08, 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 - 06:46) Horrifying Tragedy as Earthquake Kills Thousands in Turkey and Syria — What Disasters and Response Reveals About Civilization Part II (06:46 - 19:57) The Commercialization of Transgression: The 65th Annual Grammy Awards Part III (19:57 - 21:32) Yes, Christians Certainly Do Believe in Satan — But Where is the Outrage from Our Culture When Satan is Worshiped on Stage at the Grammys? Part IV...
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