This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 14:19) Iran Launches Massive Attack at Israel: We are Living in a World That is Increasingly Hostile to Israel and to the U.S. Part II (14:19 - 19:47) Communist China’s Aggression is Pushing Japan into the Arms of the U.S.: We are Looking at a New Epoch of World History Part III (19:47 - 25:54) Murder is Always a Morality Tale: The Death of O.J. Simpson and How Moral Judgment Happens Across a So...
Apr 15, 2024•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 - 10:16) Do Animals Play? The Christian Worldview Presents a Much More Satisfying Answer Than the Evolutionary Worldview — And It’s True Do Animals Have Fun? by The Atlantic (Sallie Tisdale) Part II (10:16 - 12:59) Is Judas in Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from a Listener of a 6-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing Part III (12:59 - 14:44) Given That There is No Identifiable Ethnic Group W...
Apr 12, 2024•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 - 16:44) War in Ukraine Becomes Political Crisis in the USA: What Are We to Think? Part II (16:44 - 21:49) An Open Admission and an Urgent Warning: UK Study Openly Warns of Danger to Children and Youth Posed by Puberty Blockers and Hormonal Treatments Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people: Final report by The Cass Review America should follow England’s lead o...
Apr 11, 2024•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 - 08:48) Back to the Future on Abortion in Arizona: 1864 Law is Back. What Does This Mean? Arizona Reinstates 160-Year-Old Abortion Ban by The New York Times (Jack Healy and Kellen Browning) Biden Condemns Arizona’s Abortion Ban as ‘Cruel’ and ‘Extreme’ by The New York Times (Aishvarya Kavi) Trump fumbles badly on abortion by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) Part II (08:48 - 17:54) The Roman...
Apr 10, 2024•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 - 07:55) The Threat of Losing an Election Does Not Justify an Immoral Position: Former President Trump Reveals Political Expediency Position on Abortion Part II (07:55 - 17:23) ‘That Law Can’t Still Be on the Books, Right?’ — The Left Responds to the Comstock Act Repeal the Comstock Act before the GOP tries using it to ban abortion by The Washington Post (The Editorial Board) I Hope to Repeal an A...
Apr 09, 2024•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 - 13:20) Massive Moral Questions Surround the Killing of World Central Kitchen Workers in Gaza: Considering the Issues Beyond the Headlines Part II (13:20 - 20:06) The Announcement Is That No Announcement is Coming: ‘No Labels’ Attempt to Establish Major Third Party Fails — Why? Part III (20:06 - 24:50) If You Don’t Worship the Creator, You’ll Worship Creation: The Confusion Behind Today’s Solar E...
Apr 08, 2024•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 - 07:59) The Finitude of Human Scale: What the Ship Crash into the Francis Scott Key Bridge Reminds Us About Theology and the Limits of Humanity Part II (07:59 - 11:14) Artificial Intelligence Has an Insatiable Appetite: Even the Internet is Not Big Enough to Feed AI Demands For Data-Guzzling AI Companies, the Internet Is Too Small by The Wall Street Journal (Deepa Seetharaman) Part III (11:14 - 1...
Apr 05, 2024•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 - 13:40) J.K. Rowling Dares the Scottish Government to Arrest Her: Scotland’s New Hate Speech Law Is an Atrocity Part II (13:40 - 18:34) Two Scientists Make a Brave Argument on Language and Reality: The Big Problem With ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’ The Problem With Saying ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’ by The New York Times (Alex Byrne and Carole K. Hooven) Part III (18:34 - 27:18) A New Ministry Vocation of ...
Apr 04, 2024•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 - 10:17) A Big Win for Life in Florida, For Now: State Moves to Enact 6-Week Abortion Ban, But Will It Be Overturned by a Pro-Abortion Constitutional Amendment in November? Part II (10:17 - 16:25) Your Position on Abortion is Tied to Your Position on LBGTQ Issues — Just Take It from the Words of Planned Parenthood’s President and Commentators at CNN Part III (16:25 - 20:20) No, Adultery is Never a...
Apr 03, 2024•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 - 13:37) Two Bishops Face the Nation: Catholic and Episcopalian Bishops Square Off Over President Joe Biden’s ‘Pick-and-Choose’ Catholicism It’s not working, Mr. President: The White House declaration of Transgender Day of Visibility backfires by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) "Face the Nation" Full Broadcast | March 31, 2024 by Face the Nation Full transcript of "Face the Nation," March 3...
Apr 02, 2024•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 - 13:37) Transgender Day of Visibility Proclamation on Resurrection Sunday? President Joe Biden, We Get Your Message — But Visibility is Not Working A Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility by The White House Statement from President Joe Biden on Easter by The White House White House bashes 'dishonest' Republican criticism of Biden's transgender proclamation on Easter by ABC News (Fritz Far...
Apr 01, 2024•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 - 09:04) ‘Social Media Harms Children in a Variety of Ways’: Governor DeSantis Signs Bill Prohibiting Social Media Accounts for Children Under 14 DeSantis Signs Social Media Bill Barring Accounts for Children Under 14 by The New York Times (Natasha Singer) Part II (09:04 - 11:12) Why Did God Wait So Long to Raise Jesus From the Dead? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 5-Year-Old Listener of ...
Mar 29, 2024•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 - 10:25) A Political Type That No Longer Exists: The Life and Legacy of Senator Joseph Lieberman — Last of the Old Style Political Centrists Part II (10:25 - 19:49) Religion is Losing Influence, and Americans Aren’t Happy About It: Examining the Complicated (and Conflicting) Numbers from Recent Research 8 in 10 Americans Say Religion Is Losing Influence in Public Life by Pew Research Center (Micha...
Mar 28, 2024•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 - 08:05) SCOTUS to Decide Fate of Abortion Pill? Oral Arguments Over Mifepristone Go Before SCOTUS — With the Looming Question of Standing in the Forefront Part II (08:05 - 14:59) Abortion in a Pill: The Constitutional and Moral Challenges Behind the Mifepristone Oral Arguments Part III (14:59 - 20:04) Let’s Remember the Comstock Act: Why the Left is Looking to the Courts for Rescue Abortion pill ...
Mar 27, 2024•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 - 10:14) A Dark Day in US Diplomacy: The U.S. ‘Abstains’ on UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Explanation of Vote Delivered by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Following the Adoption of a UNSC Resolution on the Situation in the Middle East by United States Mission to the United Nations Part II (10:14 - 18:58) Biden Looks Left as Netanyahu Looks Right: The Political and Global Pressures Pulling the U....
Mar 26, 2024•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 - 10:15) Deadly Terrorist Attack in Russia — Who Was Behind It and Why? ISIS Claims Responsibility Part II (10:15 - 14:48) Islam Versus Order Across the Globe: The Religious Agenda Behind the Terrorist Attack in Russia In the Conflict Between the West and Authoritarian Foes, Islamic State Sees All Sides as Targets by The Wall Street Journal (Yaroslav Trofimov) Part III (14:48 - 19:48) What Did He ...
Mar 25, 2024•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 - 07:56) Social Contagion and the Limits of ‘Happy’: U.S. Drastically Falls on UN Happiness Scale — What Moral Points Should Be Considered Here? U.S. No Longer Ranks Among World’s 20 Happiest Countries by The Wall Street Journal (Clare Ansberry) Part II (07:56 - 12:23) What is the Difference Between Sex and Gender? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part III (12:23 - 1...
Mar 22, 2024•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 - 14:24) So Much for the ‘Special Autonomous Region’ — Hong Kong as a Test Case for What Totalitarianism Does Hong Kong Approves New National-Security Law That Worries Foreign Executives by The Wall Street Journal (Selina Cheng and Elaine Yu) Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing by The New York Times (Tiffany May and David Pierson) Part II (14:24 - 20:38) Too Much Virtue Sign...
Mar 21, 2024•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 - 11:48) Senator Schumer’s Breach of Political Decorum: Majority Leader Calls for New Election and Replacement of Israeli Prime Minister Part II (11:48 - 19:57) Do We Really Want to Live in an Economy Where People Only Work 30 Hours a Week? Examining Senator Sanders’s 32-Hour Work Week Bill The case for a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay by The Washington Post (Bernie Sanders and Shawn Fain) P...
Mar 20, 2024•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 - 10:46) Why All the Drama for Russia’s Staged Election? Pomp, Circumstance, and Putin’s Version of Political Legitimacy Part II (10:46 - 15:36) Kamala Visits the Culture of Death: She Becomes First U.S. President or Vice President to Visit an Abortion Clinic — As a Campaign Stop Remarks by Vice President Harris and Doctor Sarah Traxler During the Nationwide “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” Tour ...
Mar 19, 2024•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 - 12:22) France Proposes Further Diminishing of Human Dignity: French President Emmanuel Macron Announce Euthanasia ‘Aid in Dying’ Bill Macron announces bill allowing 'aid in dying,' under 'strict conditions' by Le Monde Part II (12:24 - 17:34) A Growing Rift Between France and Germany: Why Tension Between These Two Nations Does Not Bode Well for Europe Part III (17:39 - 24:56) 'Overdose' or 'Fent...
Mar 18, 2024•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 - 10:00) What Happened to Hell? Pope Francis’s (Typically) Confusing Comments About Hell Raise Questions About Hell in Doctrine and in the Culture How We Think About Hell by The Wall Street Journal (Lance Morrow) Even in Hell on Earth, We Have One Another by The Wall Street Journal Saints and the Bible Tell the Truth About Hell by The Wall Street Journal Part II (10:00 - 15:31) What Does Natural D...
Mar 15, 2024•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 - 12:10) Was This Inevitable? Former President Donald Trump and Incumbent President Joe Biden Win Enough Delegates to Claim Presidential Nominations Part II (12:12 - 17:48) A Rigged or Stolen Election in California? The Game Democrat Adam Schiff Played to Defeat Katie Porter The California Senate race wasn’t ‘rigged’ either by The Washington Post (Philip Bump) Part III (17:51 - 21:26) President Bi...
Mar 14, 2024•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 - 16:14) The Moral Case for Letting Kids Change Their Bodies? Trans Activist Presents Radical Argument, Directed at Our Children Freedom of Sex: The moral case for letting trans kids change their bodies. by New York Magazine (Andrea Long Chu) This is where the transgender movement is going: A prominent magazine makes “the moral case for letting trans kids change their bodies”—and makes it the cove...
Mar 13, 2024•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 - 10:42) Ireland Votes ‘No’ to Redefine Family: Traditional Constitutional Language Respecting Family and Motherhood Prevails (For Now) in Otherwise Progressive Society Taoiseach says No vote in referendums would be ‘setback for Ireland’ by The Irish Times (Jennifer Bray and Shauna Bowers) Ireland Rejects Constitution Changes, Keeping ‘Women in the Home’ Language by The New York Times (Megan Speci...
Mar 12, 2024•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 - 12:56) On the Precipice of Collapse — The Preconditions of Order and the Crashing Breakdown of Haiti’s Social Systems Chaos in Haiti Leaves U.S. With Few Options by The Wall Street Journal (Juan Forero and Ryan Dubé) Part II (12:56 - 18:30) The Re-Establishment of Order in Liberal Cities: San Francisco and New York City Take More Conservative Measures in Name of Order San Francisco ties welfare ...
Mar 11, 2024•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 - 16:35) A Pathetic State of the Union Address: President Biden Delivers the Most Challenging and Concerning Speech of His Political Life Remarks of President Joe Biden — State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery by The White House Part II (16:35 - 25:17) What is Catholicism in the Lens of Biblical Christianity and Church History? Was Catholicism Still Christianity Before the Protestant ...
Mar 08, 2024•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 - 10:51) Liberal San Francisco Considers Murder Charges for Drug Dealers? What Has Happened? Reality Sets In as Death Toll Mounts Some D.A.s are fighting fentanyl with murder charges. Why San Francisco will join them by LA Times (Hannah Wiley) Ads were supposed to make Gascón’s challengers stand out. So why do they all look the same? by LA Times (Sonja Sharp) Will Voters in San Francisco Go for a ...
Mar 07, 2024•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 - 13:00) A Dark Day for Life in France: France Enshrines Abortion in Its Constitution Part II (13:00 - 20:08) The Law as Teacher: Why Legalizing Euthanasia IS a Moral Endorsement Assisted suicide must not be legalised through the back door by The Telegraph (John Keown) Those who are dying should have the right to avoid needless suffering by The Telegraph Part III (20:08 - 22:16) The Moral Revoluti...
Mar 06, 2024•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 - 05:37) SCOTUS’ Major 9-0 Ruling: Supreme Court Unified as It Rules Colorado Cannot Bar Former President Trump From Its Ballot Part II (05:37 - 11:06) The Already-Clear Political Lines Will Become Even Clearer: What to Expect From Super Tuesday Part III (11:06 - 16:20) The Story of Democratic Support for Steve Garvey: Why Democrats in California are Putting Loads of Money Behind a Republican Cand...
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