This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 10:13) Is Divorce Still a Big Deal for Political Leaders? Some Say No, and Point to Muted Response to Canadian Prime Minister’s Breakup Does Anyone Care About Justin Trudeau’s Separation? by New York Times (Elizabeth Paton) Part II (10:13 - 17:15) How Should I, as a Christian, Handle Government, Corporate, or Other Institutional Pressures to Affirm Our Society’s Cultural Revolutions? — Dr. Mohle...
Aug 18, 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 - 08:05) What’s in a Name?: The Kennedy Family Makes the Headlines Yet Again Part II (08:05 - 16:55) The Kennedys, Democrats, Catholicism, and Abortion: What the Religious and Political History of the Kennedys Tell Us About Cultural and Moral Change Part III (16:55 - 25:32) What Happens in Afghanistan Doesn’t Stay in Afghanistan: The Taliban Fighters Seek Jihad Across the Globe Sign up to receive ...
Aug 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 - 17:02) A Fourth Indictment and Endless Questions: RICO, Criminal Conspiracy and the Law of Unintended Consequences Part II (17:02 - 21:49) Is This One Indictment Too Far?: Big Issues Come to the Surface When Considering the State Charges Brought Against Former President Trump Is Georgia’s case against Trump one case too many? by Washington Post (Ruth Marcus) Part III (21:49 - 25:14) Zoom Require...
Aug 16, 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 - 12:22) The Left’s New Political Strategy is Silencing Speech?: Illinois Governor Pritzker and Allies Target Free Speech of Crisis Pregnancy Centers A Free-Speech Lesson for J.B. Pritzker by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Part II (12:22 - 20:22) A Parable of the Problems with Big Government: The Unmitigated Transportation Disaster of the JCPS Busing System in Louisville Part III (20:22...
Aug 15, 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 - 15:34) The Horrifying Fires that Killed in Lahaina — How Should Christians Think About Such a Disaster? Part II (15:34 - 21:44) It’s Narco Traffickers versus Civilization and a Battle Against Anarchy: Ecuador Shaken After Presidential Candidate Assassinated After Squaring Off with Illegal Drug Industry Ecuador, Reeling From a Candidate’s Assassination, Is Forever Changed by New York Times (Julie...
Aug 14, 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 - 08:12) Facebook Bowed to White House Pressure on Covid-19? Reports Show the Biden Administration Pressured Social Media Messaging During the Pandemic, Big Time Facebook Bowed to White House Pressure, Removed Covid Posts by Wall Street Journal (Ryan Tracy) Part II (08:12 - 12:44) Can We Know If King Solomon Was Truly Saved? Can We Expect to See Angels, Even If We Don’t Recognize Them As Such? How...
Aug 11, 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 - 13:51) Hollywood’s Big Pause: Strike Action by Writers and Actors Pulls Back the Curtain On Big Issues In the Entertainment Industry Part II (13:51 - 17:12) Disney’s Streaming Woes and Bleeding Pocketbooks — The Company’s Recent Data Tell a Big Story Disney to Significantly Raise Prices of Disney+, Hulu Streaming Services by Wall Street Journal (Robbie Whelan) The Man Reimagining Disney Classics...
Aug 10, 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 - 11:10) The Abortion Battle Rages On, But Is the Pro-Life Movement Ready? Pro-Abortion Movement Gains Huge Momentum as Ohio Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Constitutional Proposal Part II (11:10 - 16:46) Ideology and Political Power Play in Wisconsin Headlines: Justice Janet Protasiewicz and the New Rules of Political Engagement by The Left New Justice Swings Wisconsin Supreme Court to the Left by N...
Aug 09, 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 - 16:40) Medicine and Politics Collide In Transgender Revolution: American Academy of Pediatrics Doubles Down on Support for Transgender Procedures — But Is the Group Hedging its Bets? Medical Group Backs Youth Gender Treatments, but Calls for Research Review by New York Times (Azeen Ghorayshi) Part II (16:40 - 24:19) Pope Francis’s Journey to Portugal: ‘Non-Judgmentalism’ and the Pope’s Strategy ...
Aug 08, 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 - 11:45) Sell Us Beverages, Not the LGBTQ Revolution? Bud Light Tells of Survey Results As It Distances Itself from Fallout of Failed Marketing Campaign with Dylan Mulvaney Bud Light’s Plan to Win Back Drinkers: Stick to Beer by Wall Street Journal (Saabira Chaudhuri) Bud Light Boycott Can’t Douse Anheuser-Busch InBev by Wall Street Journal (Aaron Back) Bud Light’s Struggles Cast a Shadow Over Its...
Aug 07, 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 - 11:09) Turns Out Kids Don’t Care If a TV Program is Produced by a Duchess: Harry and Megan Discover the Limits of Celebrity Culture Harry and Meghan Produce a Hollywood Flop: Themselves by Wall Street Journal (Erich Schwartzel and Sarah Krouse) Part II (11:09 - 17:57) What is the Relationship Between Human Dignity and Human Rights? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing ...
Aug 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 - 14:50) Former President Trump Indicted Again. And Again: The U.S. Is Headed Toward Uncharted Legal and Political Territory Part II (14:50 - 21:02) A Measure of Justice in Pennsylvania: Jury Recommends Death Penalty for Tree of Life Shooter Part III (21:02 - 25:37) A Just Society Executes True Justice: Capital Punishment and the Case of Adolf Eichmann Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox...
Aug 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 - 15:43) The Big Sort: Our Unprecedented Polarization That’s Being Mapped Out State by State, Often Sharing a State Line Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized by Associated Press (Nicholas Riccardi) Nearly half of California residents are considering leaving the state, a poll finds. Many cite the cost of living as the main reason why. by USA Tod...
Aug 02, 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 - 13:38) Israel’s Great Crisis: The Supreme Court, the Prime Minister, the ’Reasonable’ Standard, and Israel’s Future Part II (13:38 - 19:33) An Ark and a Covenant: The Relationship of American Evangelicals and the State of Israel Part III (19:33 - 21:16) Judicial Supremacy? The Progressivist Legal Argument Undergirding the Current Controversy in Israel Part IV (21:16 - 25:46) No, Morality Is Not ...
Aug 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 - 13:11) ‘The Way to Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race is to Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race’: SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action in 6-3 Decision Students For Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College by Supreme Court of the United States Part II (13:11 - 17:50) Two Moral Worlds Respond to SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decision: Dueling Definitions of Justi...
Jun 30, 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 - 15:17) Falling Birth Rates, the Biggest Issue of Our Time: We Are Looking at a Looming Catastrophe — And Few Are Talking About It The baby-bust economy: How declining birth rates will change the world by The Economist Part II (15:17 - 19:23) ‘No One Owes It to Others to Bring Up Children’: The Astounding Argument Behind Falling Number of Births Part III (19:23 - 25:08) ‘Be Fruitful, and Multiply...
Jun 29, 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 - 11:13) Vice President Harris Visits NYC for Pride Month: The Political Strategy of the Biden Administration and the Celebration of the LGBTQ Revolution Kamala Harris, at Stonewall, Seeks to Reassure L.G.B.T.Q. Community by New York Times (Liam Stack) Report Cites More Than 350 Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Incidents Over 11 Months by New York Times (Maggie Astor) Part II (11:13 - 15:19) We Can’t Lose the War ...
Jun 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 - 13:29) Theory, Movement, Politics? How Did Dobbs (And Roe’s Reversal) Arise?: The Conservative Legal Movement Behind the Decision and the Left’s New Response Why the Supreme Court Really Killed Roe v. Wade by Politico (Robert L. Tsai and Mary Ziegler) Part II (13:29 - 20:10) SCOTUS Should Be More Political?: Arguments Over the Role of the Supreme Court in America Abound We Need to Talk About Ove...
Jun 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 - 12:06) A Coup Against Putin, a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma: What We Can and Cannot Know About the Moves of the Wagner Group Over the Weekend Part II (12:06 - 20:48) The Staggering Challenge Before the Pro-Life Movement: One Year Post-Dobbs and the Future of the Fight for Life How a Year Without Roe Shifted American Views on Abortion by New York Times (Kate Zernike) Part III (20:...
Jun 26, 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 - 13:17) Controversies, Theological Debates, and the Need for Denominational Faithfulness: Considerations of the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting Part II (13:17 - 17:35) Will Our Daughters With Severe Intellectual Disabilities Go to Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing The Salvation of the 'Little Ones': Do Infants who Die Go to Heaven? by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohl...
Jun 23, 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 - 07:23) A Federal Judge Plays Medical Authority: Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors, Citing Medical Arguments Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors by New York Times (Rick Rojas and Emily Cochrane) Part II (07:23 - 14:41) When it Comes to Adolescents, the U.S. is a ‘Transgender-Care Outlier’ — European Countries Have Pulle...
Jun 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 - 13:36) The (Failed) Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention: A Forced Rethinking of Globalization — And Its Clash with the Christian Worldview Failures of Globalization Shatter Long-Held Beliefs by New York Times (Patricia Cohen) Part II (13:36 - 19:18) The World Map is Changing Before Our Eyes: How New Enemies and New Allies Are Reshaping Global Alliances Part III (19:18 - 26:22) From Socce...
Jun 21, 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 - 16:40) What Punishment Fits the Crime? The Pittsburgh Tree of Life Shooter Found Guilty of Horrific Crimes, Raising Debate Over Capital Punishment Gunman guilty in shooting deaths of 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue by USA Today (Jeanine Santucci) Almost all Louisiana death row prisoners ask John Bel Edwards to spare their lives by Picayune Times (James Finn) Part II (16:40 - ...
Jun 20, 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 - 07:15) A Massive Revolution on the Moral Landscape: USA Today Publishes Story Arguing That High Financial Cost of “Having a Baby” For LGBTQ Couples Is Discriminatory and Unjust 'Still a lot of hurdles': For LGBTQ+ couples, the path to in vitro fertilization is harder by USA Today (Bailey Schulz) Part II (07:15 - 19:28) Will the American Insurance Payer Subsidize the Moral Revolution?: The Rising...
Jun 19, 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 - 05:56) Is the Transgender Movement More Than Just Ideology? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part II (05:56 - 13:26) How Should Christians Think About Working For a Company That Hosts and Promotes LGBTQ Events? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part III (13:26 - 19:38) Does the U.S. Intelligence Whistleblower’s Potential Confirmation o...
Jun 16, 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 - 12:16) Who Will Win the Republican Presidential Nomination?: The Unprecedented Republican Presidential Race Ahead of the 2024 Primary Election The G.O.P. Has Drifted, but Mike Pence Is as Conservative as Ever by New York Times (Jonathan Swan) Part II (12:16 - 19:46) From Conservative Conduct to Conservative Confrontation: Ron Desantis and His Political Strategy in the Fight for the Republican Pr...
Jun 15, 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 - 13:14) Don’t Buy the Book Bans Propaganda: The Issue is More Complicated Than the Revolutionaries Want You to Think Republican lawmaker warns Broward libraries’ ‘I read banned books’ effort could prompt retaliation by Sun Sentinel (Anthony Man) Part II (13:14 - 18:45) The Bible is Pornographic Now?: Utah School Board Pulls Bible from Elementary School Libraries Protester opposed to book bans get...
Jun 14, 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 - 13:59) How the LGBTQ Revolution Game is Being Played: Human Rights Campaign Declares State of Emergency over LGBTQ Issues For the First Time Ever, Human Rights Campaign Officially Declares ‘State of Emergency’ for LGBTQ+ Americans; Issues National Warning and Guidebook to Ensure Safety for LGBTQ+ Residents and Travelers by Human Rights Campaign (HRC Staff) 'State of emergency': LGBTQ Americans g...
Jun 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 - 10:18) America on Trial: The Trump Indictment and the Trial of the Rule of Law and the American Order Trump’s Case Puts the Justice System on Trial, in a Test of Public Credibility by New York Times (Peter Baker) A Destructive Trump Indictment by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Part II (10:18 - 14:57) An Engagement Ring Recession and Future of Marriage: A Decline in the Purchase of Eng...
Jun 12, 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 - 11:41) A Big Life on the Screen of the 20th Century: The Life and Legacy of Pat Robertson, Dead at 93 Part II (11:41 - 16:56) Smoke Like the Eruption of a Major Volcano Hangs Over US East Coast: Worldview Arguments Rage in the Midst of the Fallout of Dangerous Wildfires in Canada Wildfires and Progressive Climate-Change Deniers by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Part III (16:56 - 21:34...
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