This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 15:35) Unspeakable Moral Evil in Georgia School: Massive Questions Raised in Aftermath of Mass Shooting Part II (15:35 - 23:44) Yet Another Orchestrated Political Game: A Republican Dynasty, the Cheneys, Announce Support for Harris/Walz Campaign Part III (23:44 - 26:27) Love of Neighbor Does Not Mean Support for ‘Queer Joy’: Politics and the Confusion of Creation Order Sign up to receive The Bri...
Sep 09, 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 - 09:35) New York’s Bus System as a Modern Parable: What One Million People Per Day Stealing Bus Fares Teaches about Sin and the Fragility of Civilization Why the M.T.A. Is Worried About Fare Evaders on Buses by The New York Times (Claire Fahy) Part II (09:35 - 15:38) What is the Difference Between Democracy and a Constitutional Republic? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Brie...
Sep 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 - 12:08) ‘Amendment 4 Would Be the Death of the Pro-Life Movement in Florida’: Governor Ron DeSantis Makes Powerful Argument on Importance of State Abortion Referendum DeSantis: Florida abortion Amendment 4 means ‘end of the pro-life movement’ by Tampa Bay Times (Kirby Wilson) Amendment 4: "Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion" by Florida Division of Elections Part II (12:08 - ...
Sep 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 - 14:00) Mormons Take on the Transgender Issue: LDS Church Clarifies Participation of Transgender Persons in Church Services and Activities LGBTQ advocates say Mormon church’s new transgender policies marginalize trans members by The Associated Press (Deepa Bharath) Part II (14:00 - 17:40) Transgenderism Collides with Mormonism’s Doctrine of God: The Clash of the LGBTQ Revolution with Mormonism Go...
Sep 04, 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 - 12:51) Hamas Attacks Israel and Now Kills More Hostages, While Israel Faces World Pressure: The Moral Reality in Gaza is Being Turned Upside Down Before Our Eyes Hamas Murders Six Hostages, Israel Is Blamed by The Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Part II (12:51 - 24:15) A Realist and Honest Approach to Donald Trump on Abortion: We Need to Compare the Political and Moral Terms of the Pol...
Sep 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 - 06:00) Not Even Penguins are Safe From the LGBTQ Revolution: So-Called ‘Queer Icon’ Penguin Dies, But It’s Not Just the Penguins Who Were Confused Sphen, Penguin Whose Gay Love Story Earned Global Fame, Dies by The New York Times (Isabella Kwai) Part II (06:00 - 10:12) No, a Parrot Does Not Have the Intelligence of a Human Child: Animal Rights Movement Makes Insane Claim About Animal and Human C...
Aug 30, 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 - 14:05) Is This About Free Speech or Serious Crimes? Arrest of Eccentric Telegram Founder in France Raises Major Issues A Russian Elon Musk with 100 biological children: Meet Pavel Durov by CNN (Joshua Berlinger and Anna Chernova) How Telegram’s Founder Went From Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg to Wanted Man by The New York Times (Paul Mozur and Adam Satariano) Part II (14:05 - 22:12) You Love Your Anim...
Aug 29, 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 - 17:36) “Government Pressure Was Wrong” — Letter by Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Biden Administration Effort to Suppress Speech on Social Media Platforms Letter to the House Judiciary Committee by Mark Zuckerberg by House Judiciary GOP Biden-Harris Administration: No Remorse for Free-Speech Abuses by The Wall Street Journal (James Freeman) Part II (17:36 - 24:25) Vast Majority of Climate Change Polici...
Aug 28, 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 - 14:21) Autocracies are Aiming at the West: The World is a Dangerous Place for the U.S., and It Isn’t Getting Any Safer The West’s Next Challenge Is the Rising Axis of Autocracies by The Wall Street Journal (Yaroslav Trofimov) Part II (14:21 - 20:06) Totalitarian Population Control Loses a Battle Against Creation Order: China Faces Tragic Gender Imbalance in Aftermath of One-Child Policy China de...
Aug 27, 2024•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 - 15:57) The DNC and Harris Campaign Try Major Rebrand: Democrats Embrace Lack of Specificity on Major Policy Issues, Abortion on Demand, and Much More Kamala Harris Offers a ‘New Way Forward’ of Platitudes by The Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Democrats fully embrace abortion rights at convention and beyond by The Washington Post (Amy B. Wang) Beyond Restoring Roe: Democrats See Moment...
Aug 26, 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 - 10:03) A Titan of Daytime Television and Moral Provocateur Dies at 88: The Life and Legacy of Phil Donahue Part II (10:03 - 20:18) Is An Investigative Role as a Child Sex Crime Detective Incongruent with Christian Faith? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Spycraft and Soulcraft on the Front Lines of History: A Conversation with Former CIA Chief of Counterintelligence...
Aug 23, 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 - 16:34) President Biden Continues Pushing for Ceasefire in Israel — But Neither Israel Nor the Palestinians Want a Two-State Solution The Way to Fix the Middle East Conflict Looks Obvious—Except to Israelis and Palestinians by The Wall Street Journal (Marcus Walker, Fatima AbdulKarim, and Anat Peled) Part II (16:34 - 22:04) Ukraine is Being Redefined Right Before Our Eyes: Big Questions Loom Abou...
Aug 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 - 13:55) President Biden’s Long Goodbye: A Look at Biden’s DNC Swan Song and its Place in History The Speech Biden Never Wanted to Give by The New York Times (Peter Baker) Part II (13:55 - 17:33) Let’s Not Forget the Biden Scandal: Democratic Party Leaders and Biden Administration Officials Orchestrated Covered Up of President Biden’s Decline – And That Includes Vice President Harris Robert K. Hur...
Aug 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 - 13:39) Show Time: It’s Time for Kamala Harris to Tell Voters the Truth About Her Radical Policy Positions Joe Manchin Has Some Unsolicited Advice for Kamala Harris and the Democrats by The New York Times Part II (13:39 - 18:25) SCOTUS Hits Pause Button: SCOTUS Prevents Biden Administration’s Enforcement of Changes to Title IX in Schools 24A78 Department of Education v. Louisiana by SCOTUS Part I...
Aug 20, 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 - 08:20) Columbia University Becomes a Postmodern Parable: Minouche Shafik Resigns in Wake of the Mishandling of Protests on Campus and Other Issues Part II (08:20 - 20:18) Exit, Stage Left: President Biden, the DNC, and the Coup That Removed Him from the 2024 General Election Part III (20:18 - 24:39) The DNC Has Become a Parody Unto Itself: The Immoral and Strange (And Just Plain Weird) Plan for ...
Aug 19, 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 - 10:38) Over the Top? Big Developments With a $600 Million Wedding in India and a Shrinking Number of Weddings in the United States A Billionaire Wedding in India Has Everyone Wondering: How Much Did It Cost? by The Wall Street Journal (Ashley Wong) A Billionaire Wedding Puts ‘Crazy Rich Indians’ in the Spotlight by The Wall Street Journal (Tripti Lahiri) What a $600m wedding says about India’s a...
Aug 16, 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 - 11:20) In Some Sense, Abortion is on the Ballot in Every State in the 2024 Election, But Some States Will Vote Abortion Directly — Let’s Look at the Landscape Arizona and Missouri join states with abortion amendments on the ballot. What would the measures do? by The Associated Press (Geoff Mulvihill and Kimberlee Kruesi) Part II (11:20 - 14:22) The Deadly Logic of the Reproductive Movement Falls...
Aug 15, 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 - 13:41) Tim Walz Legalized Infanticide in Minnesota: Christians Must Reckon With Minnesota’s Revised Born Alive Statute VP Nominee Tim Walz Supports the Right to Infanticide by First Things (Charles C. Camosy) 2022 Minnesota Statutes - 145.423 Abortion; Live Births by Minnesota Legislature 2023 Minnesota Statutes - 145.423 Recognition of Infant Who is Born Alive by Minnesota Legislature Part II (...
Aug 14, 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 - 09:58) We Live in Trying Times for the Christian Conscience — How Should Christians Think About the 2024 Presidential Election? To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris by The New York Times (David French) The Impotence of Secular Conservatism by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) “Your God Will Have Been Supplanted by an Idol” – The Dangerous Illusion of a ‘Secular’ State ...
Aug 13, 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 - 11:36) The Olympics and the Religion of Internationalism: There Is A Lot Going On That Most Will Not See Part II (11:36 - 14:23) A New Babylon with a Drag Queen Behind the Altar: The Theological Signals Sent at the Very Beginning of the 2024 Olympics Part III (14:23 - 23:36) ‘The Term “Biologically Male” is Problematic’: Newsflash, IOC, If You Want Separate Competition For Women Athletes You Hav...
Aug 12, 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 - 08:27) Teenagers are Discovering a Good of Work: Friendship – Teens Find Reprieve from Loneliness Epidemic in Summer Jobs After the Lockdown Years, Teens Want One Thing From Their Jobs: Friends by The Wall Street Journal (Terell Wright) Part II (08:27 - 12:33) Do Expensive Toilet Paper and Cheetos Make It in Your Grocery Cart? Economists Hope So: Investors Look to Unexpected Data to Determine He...
Aug 09, 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 - 11:34) Important PSA, Joe Biden is Still President: President Biden is Still Attempting Major (And Even Unconstitutional) Changes in the Last Months of His Presidency Biden: Forgotten but Not Gone by The Wall Street Journal (Kimberley A. Strassel) Part II (11:34 - 17:37) Petty Politics Guised as a Proposed Constitutional Amendment: President Biden’s Proposed Supreme Court “Reform” Part III (17:3...
Aug 08, 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 - 07:33) Kamala Harris Chooses Governor Tim Walz as Running Mate – Let’s Look at the Walz Narratives the Harris Campaign is Falsely Pushing Part II (07:33 - 13:25) Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Make for Deadly Abortion Ticket: We are Looking at the Most Pro-Abortion Presidential Ticket in U.S. History Part III (13:25 - 20:14) Tim Walz Proudly Signed One of the Most Radical Abortion Laws in the US: Re...
Aug 07, 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 - 08:11) Tropical Storm Debby Is a ‘Once Every Thousand Years’ Storm? "Acts of God" and the Remnants of Theological Language in a Secular Age Part II (08:11 - 14:00) Why Would Israel Assassinate the Leaders of Its Enemies? Deterrence and Israel’s Great Challenge Why Israel Escalates: Risky Assassinations Are a Desperate Bid to Restore Deterrence by Foreign Affairs (Dalia Dassa Kaye) Part III (14:0...
Aug 06, 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 - 17:28) Who is the Future of the Democratic Party? Identity Politics, a Harder Push Left, and Who Kamala Harris Could Choose as Her Running Mate This Week Part II (17:28 - 24:25) The Prisoner Swap was Not an Equivalent Moral Transaction: The Massive Issues Behind the Hostage Game Being Played by the Biden Administration Part III (24:25 - 28:40) Spycraft, Espionage, and Russia: The KGB Didn’t Go A...
Aug 05, 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 - 09:53) Sex Education, A Major Conflict of Our Cultural Debate: Abstinence Based Approaches and Their Enemies 30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education by NPR (Magnolia McKay) Part II (09:53 - 13:45) How Just One Woman Became a Major Engine of the Sexual Revolution: The Legacy of ‘Dr. Ruth’ Ruth Westheimer, the Sex Guru Known as Dr. Ruth, Dies at 96 by The New Yo...
Aug 02, 2024•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:15 - 06:34) Democrats Utterly Reshape the Political Landscape: A Look at the Looming Reset of the 2024 Election Special Edition: President Biden Drops a Political Bomb: President Biden Makes History as He Withdraws from Presidential Race Just 100 Days Before the 2024 General Election by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) Part II (06:34 - 11:37) Watch the Media Narratives: How the Control by Pro...
Aug 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 - 13:52) President Biden Drops a Political Bomb: President Biden Makes History as He Withdraws from Presidential Race Just 100 Days Before the 2024 General Election Exit, stage left: In a stunning development President Biden leaves the race, but huge questions loom by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) Part II (13:52 - 18:00) Can Democrats Come Up with a Winning Campaign in 100 Days? Kamala Ha...
Jul 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 - 15:05) God’s Sovereignty, Moral Evil, and the Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump: The Theological, Historical, and Political Issues Providence and presidents: The attempted assassination of President Trump raises the deepest of all questions by World Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) Part II (15:05 - 19:26) Is Human Responsibility Real? (Yes) Is God Truly Sovereign? (Yes) — When Th...
Jul 15, 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 - 11:01) A Human and Political Tragedy: President Joe Biden’s Calamitous Performance in the First Presidential Debate Last Night Part II (11:01 - 16:43) ‘Aggressive Panic’: Democrats Respond to President Biden’s Debate Performance — The Democrats are in Major (And Complicated) Crisis Part III (16:43 - 22:17) Both Candidates Failed on Abortion, But They Didn’t Fail Evenly — Joe Biden and Donald Tru...
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