The Briefing with Albert Mohler (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

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 Specia)

Part II (10:42 - 18:34)
Being Radically Pro-Abortion Isn’t Enough? President Biden Criticized by Pro-Abortion Activists for Not Using Word ‘Abortion’

• Biden leaned into reproductive freedom in his State of the Union speech — but he didn’t say the word 'abortion' by NBC News (Alexandra Marquez)

Part III (18:34 - 21:56)
Say What? Actress/Singer Makes Odd Feminist Argument at Awards Ceremony

• Halle Bailey tearfully calls out invasive baby rumors: 'I had no obligation to expose him' by USA Today (Patrick Ryan)

Part IV (21:56 - 27:46)
A Real Royal Mess: British Royal Family Released Photo Intentionally Altered by Princess of Wales? What is Going Here?




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Part I (00:13 - 07:40)
Garland v. Cargill is About Much More Than Bump Stocks: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Case That Is Really About the Overreach of Administrative State

• Gun ‘Bump Stocks’ at the Supreme Court by The Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

Part II (07:40 - 14:01)
Government’s Proper Role Made Clear: FDA Rightly Responds to Lead Exposure in Children

• What to Know about Lead Exposure in Children by The New York Times (Christina Jewett)

Part III (14:01 - 18:15)
Words Matter: French President Macron Goes Out of Bounds With NATO Allies — Contra France’s President, NATO Does Not Need to Put Ground Troops in Ukraine

Part IV (18:15 - 22:11)
Germany Decriminalizes Cannabis: The Liberal Legal Move Preceded by Generational and Political Shift

• Germany legalises cannabis for personal use by Financial Times (Sam Jones)

Part V (22:11 - 24:52)
Senator Mitch McConnell Announces Forthcoming Step Down: November 2024 Will Bring a New Party Leader for Republicans




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Part I (00:13 - 11:32)
Mothers Endangering Their Daughters? Front Page Report from The New York Times Reveals Dangers of Predators on Social Media

• A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men by The New York Times (Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Michael H. Keller)

Part II (11:32 - 13:18)
When Did God Build Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 3-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part III (13:18 - 14:42)
If We Are So Sinful, Why Does God Love Us? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from an 8-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part IV (14:42 - 17:14)
Am I Called to Celibacy? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 15-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part V (17:14 - 19:42)
Is It Wrong Not to Implant Frozen Embryos That Are Not Viable for Pregnancy? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (19:42 - 23:12)
What Are Your Thoughts on Sperm Donation? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VII (23:12 - 26:19)
As a Wedding Photographer, What is the Moral Dimension Behind How I Choose Which Weddings to Shoot? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 06:22)
France Moves to Enshrine Abortion in Its Constitution: Deadly, Dark News Coming from France, Citing Dobbs Decision

Part II (06:22 - 13:53)
Walgreens and CVS Join the Culture of Death: Two Giant Chains Announce They Will Carry Mifepristone

• Abortions by Telemedicine and Mailed Pills Are Safe and Effective, Study Finds by The New York Times (Pam Belluck)
• Abortion Shield Laws: A New War Between the States by The New York Times (Pam Belluck)

Part III (13:53 - 24:43)
The Sexual Revolution Hits Legislative Roadblocks: States are Pushing Back Against the ‘T’

• As anti-trans legislation proliferates in 2024, community fears erasure from public view by USA Today (Marc Ramirez)
• N.Y. County Order Targets Transgender Women and Girls in Sports by The New York Times (Claire Fahy)
• Utah Sets Restrictions on Transgender People’s Bathroom Use by The New York Times (Colbi Edmonds)

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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 Candidate

Part IV (16:20 - 20:11)
Politics of Representation on Display in California: Moral Revolutionaries Celebrate Placing Vote Center in ‘Transgender Support Facility’

• L.A. makes history, the first vote center at a transgender support facility by Pasadena Star News (City News Service)

Part V (20:11 - 22:39)
Is Governor Newsom Even Governing? Are His Presidential Aspirations (and Pro-Abortion Activism) Overshadowing His Governing Responsibilities?

Part VI (22:39 - 26:04)
Small Town of 7,500 Has Foreign Policy on Gaza? No, Municipalities Do Not Have Foreign Policies (Be Thankful)

• After weeks of protest, tiny Ojai passes Gaza cease-fire resolution by The LA Times (Hailey Branson-Potts)

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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 Revolution’s Pill Becomes More Available: Opill, A Birth Control Drug, Will Now Be Sold Without a Prescription

Part IV (22:16 - 25:46)
The Last of the Political Giants of the 1980s: The Death of Brian Mulroney




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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 Different Kind of Mayor? by The New York Times (Heather Knight)

Part II (10:51 - 15:41)
A Sad, Telling Story in Oregon: State Reckons with Increased Death and Devastation in the Aftermath of Drug Decriminalization

• Oregon Rethinks Drug Decriminalization by The Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

Part III (15:41 - 25:25)
‘All the Lonely People’: New Friendship App Highlights Loneliness Epidemic

• Can a friendship app cure loneliness? by The Financial Times (Bethan Staton)

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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 Reformation? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part III (25:17 - 27:22)
If a Child Dies, Will They Be a Child or Adult in Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 5-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing




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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 to drug-screening, boosts police powers in stunning tough-on-crime shift by LA Times (Hannah Wiley)
• Why National Guard troops are being deployed in New York’s subways by The Washington Post (Emmanuel Felton and Ian Duncan)

Part III (18:30 - 25:50)
Gang Members are Running the Prison? Latin American Prisons Become New Major Headquarters for Gang Activity There

• In Latin America, Guards Don’t Control Prisons, Gangs Do by The New York Times (Maria Abi-Habib, Annie Correal and Jack Nicas)

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Part I (00:13 - 10:22)
Join the Revolution, Or Else: The LGBTQ Message Our Government is Preaching Internationally

• Pride month: Kuwait Criticises US Embassy Over Pro-LGBT Tweets by BBC News (Leo Sands)

Part II (10:22 - 16:55)
If You Lead the Moral Revolution, It Just Might Come Back to Bite You: ECLA Denomination Calls for Resignation of First Transgender Bishop

• ELCA Presiding Bishop Releases Report Examining Removal of Latino Pastor by Bishop Rohrer by Religion News Service (Alejandra Molina)

Part III (16:55 - 23:57)
The Moral Revolution Barreling Towards Your Children: Eighth Grade Boys Accused of Hate Crimes for ‘Mispronouning’ Classmate

• The Progressive Pronoun Police Come for Middle Schoolers by Wall Street Journal (Rick Esenberg and Luke Berg)

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Part I (00:13 - 03:57)
Are There Varying Degrees of Rewards for Saints in Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part II (03:57 - 10:13)
How Do Christians Uphold Christian Doctrines with an Intersex Child? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part III (10:13 - 15:39)
Is It Discriminatory Towards Homosexual Couples If We Do Not Allow Them to Marry Like Heterosexual Couples? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (15:39 - 22:36)
Should Married Couples Use Forms of Birth Control or Contraception? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (22:36 - 26:25)
Should Secularism Be Considered a Religion Under the Constitution? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 08:37)
‘Go to a Playground. There Are 20% Less Children Than There Should Have Been.’: New Statistics Show 1 Out of Every 5 Pregnancies in the U.S. Ends in Abortion

• Abortions Increase in the U.S., Reversing a 30-Year Decline, Report Finds by New York Times (Pam Belluck)

Part II (08:37 - 16:14)
Radicalism of the Biden Administration on Display as It Weighs Even Unconstitutional Options in Anticipation of the Reversal of Roe v. Wade

• Bracing for the End of Roe v. Wade, the White House Weighs Executive Actions by New York Times (Charlie Savage)

Part III (16:14 - 26:15)
‘Instead of Election Day, We Should Call It Election Month’: Californians Wrestle with Issues of Mail-In Voting — With Major Risk to the Voter Confidence

• Election Night Results are a Thing of the Past by LA Times (Editorial Board)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:30)
From ‘Til Death Do Us Part’ to ‘As Long As We Agree to Be Married’: The Radical Redefinition of Marriage Triggering the Avalanche of Our Current Cultural Crisis

• Divorce in the Rich World is Getting Less Nasty by The Economist

Part II (12:30 - 21:27)
‘Scromiting’, Increased Risk of Schizophrenia, and Violent Behavior: Maybe Marijuana Isn’t So Safe After All

• Cannabis and the Violent Crime Surge by Wall Street Journal (Allysia Finley)

Part III (21:27 - 24:43)
A Parable of Modern Technology: Internet Explorer Dies After 27 Years

• So Long, Internet Explorer. The Browser Retires Today by Associated Press (Richard Jacobsen)

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Part I (00:13 - 10:57)
Big Affirmation of the Free Exercise of Religion: Supreme Court of the United States Rules in Favor of Christian Parents in Maine

• Carson v. Makin by Supreme Court of the United States

Part II (10:57 - 19:16)
‘The Court is Leading Us to a Place Where Separation of Church and State is a Constitutional Slogan, Not A Constitutional Commitment.’: A Closer Look at the Dissenting Opinions from Carson v. Makin

Part III (19:16 - 26:28)
Colombia, France, and Israel All Rocked by Political Upheavals — And Big issues are at Stake in All Three

• Gustavo Petro Wins the Election, Becoming Colombia’s First Leftist Leader by New York Times (Julie Turkewitz)

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Part I (00:13 - 04:14)
When Will SCOTUS Drop Its Remaining Major Decisions? — A Look at the Landscape as the Big Abortion Decision Nears

Part II (04:14 - 15:42)
Morality, Public Opinion, and Constitutionality: Important Distinctions in the Abortion Debate

• 'Pro-Choice' Identification Rises to Near Record High in U.S. by Gallup (Lydia Saad)
• Record-High 47% in U.S. Think Abortion Is Morally Acceptable by Gallup (Megan Brenan)

Part III (15:42 - 19:43)
‘The Supreme Court Is More Theocratic Than Secular.’: Evaluating Left's Response to the Supreme Court’s Decision on Religious Schools

• Supreme Court Rules Maine's Tuition Assistance Program Must Cover Religious Schools by NPR (Nina Totenberg)

Part IV (19:43 - 25:38)
‘They Are Idiots to be Disregarded’: Lead ‘Lightyear’ Actor Reacts to the ‘Dinosaurs’ Who View Same-Sex Kiss In Newest Film as Negative

• 'Lightyear' Star Chris Evans Calls Critics of On-Screen Representation 'Idiots' by Reuters (Rollo Ross)

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Part I (00:13 - 08:02)
The U.S. Hits a New Low: Gallup Reports Number of Americans Who Believe in God Has Dropped to Lowest Number Ever

• Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low by Gallup (Jeffrey M. Jones)

Part II (08:02 - 15:41)
Seismic Political and Theological Change in New York City as City’s Congressional Delegation is Down to Last Jewish House Member, Running in a Tight Democratic Party Primary

• Could New York City Lose Its Last Remaining Jewish Congressman? by New York Times (Nicholas Fandos)
• Protestant--Catholic--Jew by The University of Chicago Press (Will Herberg)

Part III (15:41 - 18:20)
What a Revolutionary Thought — A Catholic Bishop Denies School’s Right to Call Itself Catholic Over Moral and Theological Dispute

• School Flying BLM, LGBTQ Flags Can’t Call Itself Catholic, Bishop Says by Washington Post (Marisa Iati)

Part IV (18:20 - 22:13)
Can Women Be Deacons? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (22:13 - 24:53)
What Issues are the Most Important to Think about as a Christian Teen Preparing to Vote? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (24:53 - 26:50)
Would You Explain Why Many Evangelicals Were Confused About Abortion When Roe Was Handed Down? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VII (26:50 - 28:31)
Dobbs Is Rapidly Approaching, and Our Nation is in Tumult: A Call to Christian Prayer




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Part I (00:13 - 31:25)
'This is the Day the Lord has Made': A Monumental Victory for Life at the Supreme Court




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Part I (00:13 - 09:45)
‘Horrific,’ ‘Appalling,’ and ‘A Big Step Backwards’: World Leaders Respond to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade — Hypocrisy, Contradiction, and Cosmopolitan Liberalism on Display

• US Allies Express Dismay at 'Appalling' Supreme Court Decision to Scrap Abortion Rights by CNN (Rob Picheta and Arnaud Siad)

Part II (09:45 - 16:29)
‘The Court Sends Women Back to the Dark Ages?’ Hyperbolic Fallout from the Left over the Dobbs Decision

• The Radical Reign of Clarence Thomas by New York Times (Maureen Dowd)

Part III (16:29 - 20:51)
The Appointment of Conservative Justices and the Correction of Judicial Progressivism: The Political Legacies of Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell

• For the Fall of Roe v. Wade, Thank Donald Trump by Washington Post (Marc A. Thiessen)

Part IV (20:51 - 23:22)
How Did the Dobbs Decision Come to Be?: The Unsung Heroes of the Pro-Life Movement




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Part I (00:13 - 06:19)
A Win for Coach Kennedy, and for Religious Liberty: The Supreme Court Again Defends Free Exercise of Religion and Free Speech

• Kennedy v. Bremerton School District by Supreme Court of the United States

Part II (06:19 - 16:26)
‘The Constitution Neither Mandates Nor Tolerates That Kind of Discrimination’: The "Lemon Test" is Gone, and That’s a Good Thing

Part III (16:26 - 25:14)
Habeas Corpus and ‘Happy the Elephant’: Why Happy Did Not Get Her Day in Court — And What Was at Stake

• Happy the Elephant Had Her Day in Court. We Humans are Better for It. by Washington Post (Vicki Constantine Croke)

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Part I (00:13 - 15:18)
The Irreducible and Unavoidable Question in Abortions Is This: Does the Inhabitant of the Womb Deserve Protection?

• The Heart of the Abortion Debate: What is Human Life? by Washington Post (Henry Olsen)
• Ending Roe is a Pure Exercise of Republican Power, Wielded to Reduce Women’s Freedom and Equality by LA Times (Erwin Chemerinsky)
• Requiem for the Supreme Court by New York Times (Linda Greenhouse)

Part II (15:18 - 20:12)
With Roe Reversed, I’m Leaving! (Maybe): The Moral Absurdity of Threats to Leave the U.S. in the Wake of Dobbs

• Green Day Lead Singer Says He’ll Renounce Citizenship Over Abortion Ruling by Washington Post (Samantha Chery)
• When Is It Time to Leave America? by Religion News Service (Jeffrey Salkin)

Part III (20:12 - 25:14)
The Reckoning of History: New U.S. Ambassador to Germany Visits Her Father’s Boyhood Home — Her Father Had Fled the Nazis in Fear of His Life

• Her Father Fled the Nazis. She’s the New U.S. Ambassador to Germany. by New York Times (Katrin Bennhold)

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Part I (00:13 - 04:40)
Looking Back and Looking Forward as This Season of The Briefing Comes to a Close — What To Watch for In the War of Ukraine

Part II (04:40 - 09:00)
Japan Understands What Marriage Is and Legislates Accordingly: Court Upholds Ban on Same-Sex Marriage and Affirms Procreation

• Japan Court Says Ban on Same-Sex Marriage is Constitutional by NPR

Part III (09:00 - 19:16)
Two Reformed Denominations Make Important Moves to Defend Biblical Teaching on Homosexuality

• Christian Reformed Church Codifies Homosexual Sex As Sin in its Declaration of Faith by Religion News Service (Yonat Shimron)
• Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave National Association of Evangelicals by Religion News Service (Emily McFarlan Miller)

Part IV (19:16 - 23:15)
‘I’m Up for Some Pride Bocce.’: Former Bush Speech Writer Celebrates Pride Month, Questions Bible’s Teaching on Sexuality

• How the Gay Rights Movement Found Such Stunning Success by Washington Post (Michael Gerson)

Part V (23:15 - 24:32)
Watch the White House: Biden Administration Scrambles in Wake of Roe Reversal

Part VI (24:32 - 29:28)
New Zealand Moves to Tax Cow Burps. Seriously.

• New Zealand Announces World-First Plan to Tax Cow and Sheep Burps by NPR (Ayen Bior and Ashley Brown)

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Part I (00:13 - 14:45)
Will Republicans Join the Revolution on Same-Sex Marriage? 47 Republicans in House Voted Yes. Now, Watch the Senate. How Did This Happen?

• Republicans get on board the same-sex marriage train by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)
• Republicans Show Political Evolution with Same-Sex Marriage Vote by The Hill (Emily Brooks)

Part II (14:45 - 20:26)
Senator, Can a Man Be Pregnant? Two Worlds Collide as Berkeley Law Testifies Before Senate Committee

• “No, I don’t think men can get pregnant” by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Part III (20:26 - 25:06)
The Great Divide in the American Moral Landscape: Those Who Believe A Baby in the Womb Has Value and Those Who Do Not — Where Will You Stand?




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Part I (00:13 - 14:27)
The Moral Evasions of Monkeypox: A Parable of Our Times

• The parable of monkeypox by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)
• How We Talk About Monkeypox Matters. Experts Offer Ways to Reduce Stigma by NPR (Juliana Kim)
• ​​Debate Over Monkeypox Messaging Divides N.Y.C. Health Department by New York Times (Joseph Goldstein)

Part II (14:27 - 18:00)
The Undeniable Stigma of Sin: Watch the Morality in the Vocabulary

• Monkeypox Catches New York City Off Guard (Again) by New York Times (Ginia Bellafante)
• Addressing Myths About Monkeypox: A Look at Symptoms, Treatment and Other Common Questions by USA Today (Karen Weintraub)

Part III (18:00 - 23:55)
‘Medical Education Goes Woke’: Critical Theory, Intersectionality, and the Age of Ideological Medicine

• Medical Education Goes Woke by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Competencies Across the Learning Continuum by AAMC

Part IV (23:55 - 26:05)
Is “Monkeypox” Discriminatory? Will Monkeys Now Suffer Stigma? Major Media Tackle the Biggest Questions of the Current Health Crisis

• Critics Say 'Monkeypox' is a Racist Name. But It's Not Going Away Anytime Soon by NPR (Bill Chappell)

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Part I (00:13 - 13:48)
Death from “Over the Horizon” — Top Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Killed by U.S. Drone Attack in Afghanistan

Part II (13:48 - 25:32)
Just War Theory and Modern (Fallen) Realities of Warfare: The Morality of Targeting Terrorists

Part III (25:32 - 28:22)
Nancy Pelosi Visit to Taiwan, Right or Wrong? ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ in a Fallen World




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Part I (00:13 - 03:31)
Kansas Votes Down Constitutional Amendment to Defend Unborn Life — Is This a Foreshadowing of Things to Come? How did this happen?

• After Kansas, is the pro-life movement stalled? by WORLD Opinions (Eric Teetsel)

Part II (03:31 - 15:12)
The Strange and Unpredictable Political Behavior of Kansas: It Has a Long History

Part III (15:12 - 23:55)
“Assisted Appointment” as an Insider’s Game — Tracing How the Kansas State Bar Dominates Supreme Court Appointments

• What’s the Matter with Kansas? by The Emporia Gazette (William Alan White)

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Part I (00:13 - 09:55)
We’re Living in Norman Lear’s America Now. But How Did We Get Here? — One Laugh, and Cringe, at a Time

• Television’s boundary-smashing pioneer turns 100 by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Part II (09:55 - 20:35)
Prophet of the Evangelical Left: The Life and Legacy of Ron Sider

• The evangelical left loses its prophet by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Part III (20:35 - 25:34)
Does Premillennialism Dissuade Christians from Political and Cultural Engagement? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (25:34 - 26:38)
Can a Christian Young Man Join the Military and Serve Under Our Current Commander-in-Chief? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (26:38 - 27:33)
Should Pastors Address the Dobbs Decision from the Pulpit? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (27:33 - 29:47)
What Kind of Books Do You Like to Read? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Young Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 11:24)
Is Corporate America Lining Up Against Pro-Life Efforts? Big Business Pushes Back Against Pro-Life Momentum as the Fault Lines of U.S. Politics are Being Redrawn State by State

• Abortion Law in Indiana Leads to Fallout for State, Politics by Washington Post (Amber Phillips and Tom Hamburger)
• Youngkin’s Culture Wars are Good for Him but Bad for Virginia Business by Washington Post (Don L. Scott Jr.)

Part II (11:24 - 19:44)
The Most Pro-Abortion President in U.S. History is Not Pro-Abortion Enough for His Party? They Also Complain He Doesn’t Like to Use the Word ‘Abortion'

• A Profile of Moral Collapse: President Biden, Abortion, and the Culture of Death by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler Jr.)
• Biden Is an Uneasy Champion on Abortion. Can He Lead the Fight in Post-Roe America? by New York Times (Michael D. Shear)

Part III (19:44 - 25:07)
It’s Monkey vs. Humans in Japan: The Nation Wrestles with a Macaque Problem—and the Macaques Are Getting Smarter

• A Marauding Monkey Was Killed in Japan. Others Will Take Its Place. by New York Times (Hisako Ueno and Mike Ives)

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Part I (00:13 - 16:13)
Dangerous Precedent Raises Big Questions: What Justified Raid of Former President’s Residence? Is There A Good Answer? The Proof Better Come Fast

Part II (16:13 - 23:36)
Even Liberal Media Acknowledge the Inflation Reduction Act Will Not Actually Reduce Inflation: So Why Are Democrats Touting This as a Legislative Victory?

• What the Inflation Reduction Act Will and Won’t Accomplish by Washington Post (Editorial Board)
• Did Democrats Just Save Civilization? by New York Times (Paul Krugman)

Part III (23:36 - 26:52)
‘I’ve Kept the Most Interesting Company Imaginable with People Long Gone’: Prolific American Historian and Storyteller, David McCullough, Dies at 89

• David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, Dies at 89 by New York Times (Daniel Lewis)

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Part I (00:13 - 16:01)
Are Americans Abandoning Religious Belief? Rethinking the Research on the Rise of Religious ‘Nones’ — It’s More Complex Than You Think

• Religion Is Dying? Don’t Believe It by Wall Street Journal (Byron R. Johnson and Jeff Levin)
• The Decline of Non-Orthodox American Judaism by Wall Street Journal (Roberta Rosenthal Kwall)
• False Hope on the Future of American Religion? by Wall Street Journal (David Spadafora)

Part II (16:01 - 21:37)
Does Freud Explain Cancel Culture? A Steady State Understanding of Moral Judgments in a Secularizing World

• Freud Explains Cancel Culture by Wall Street Journal (Andrew Hartz)

Part III (21:37 - 26:29)
60 Years Of the New Left: The Port Huron Statement and the Transformation of America — (And the Newer Left Leaving It Behind)

• The New Left and the radical transformation of America by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)
• Port Huron Statement by Students for a Democratic Society

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Part I (00:13 - 15:09)
From ‘The Birds and the Bees’ to ‘Comprehensive Sex Education’: How Gender Theorists and Sexual Ideologues are Taking Aim at Parental Rights and Your Children in Public Schools

• After Roe, Sex Ed Is Even More Vital by New York Times (Eva Goldfarb and Lisa Lieberman)

Part II (15:09 - 20:35)
In the Pronoun War, the Moral Revolutionaries Take No Prisoners — Even If the Offender is One of Their Own

• Democrats Need to Become the Party of Building Things by Washington Post (Fareed Zakaria)

Part III (20:35 - 24:03)
‘Friends’ Producer Apologizes for ‘Misgendering’ Trans TV Character 21 Years Ago — Back When She Was Yet Unenlightened

• ‘Friends’ Co-Creator Apologizes For Treatment Of Trans Character by Forbes (Marisa Dellatto)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:10)
‘In Short, People are Exhausting’: The Relationship Deficit of the Digital Age

• The Price We Pay for Being Less Social by Wall Street Journal (Jeffrey A. Hall)

Part II (12:10 - 16:17)
Research on Social Media Use Among Teens Reveals the Seemingly Impossible: They Are Spending Even More Time On Apps — With Perilous Results

• Does Gen Z Spend Too Much Time on Social Media? by The Economist
• TikTok Isn't Just a Threat to Our National Security – It’s Endangering Our Children's Health by The Telegraph (Stephen Armstrong)

Part III (16:17 - 24:49)
Is Natural Law Theory Useful to Christians? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners to The Briefing

Part IV (24:49 - 27:28)
I’m Getting Married Today. Can You Give Me Advice For Our Future Together? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners to The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 09:26)
Decades of Fatwa and Last Week’s Attack on Author Salman Rushdie: Theology, Honor Religion, and the Headlines

Part II (09:26 - 16:25)
‘Intellectual Improvement Should Lead to Moral Improvement’: The Significance of the The Chautauqua Institution and Its Movement

Part III (16:25 - 22:45)
Where Has News Reporting Gone?: Study Shows CNN and MSNBC Make Big Move Left Since 2016

• Study: CNN, MSNBC Took Sharp Left Turns During Trump’s Presidency by Washington Post (Erik Wemple)

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Part I (00:13 - 09:50)
An Assault on Creation, Moral Order, and Common Sense: Boston Children’s Hospital’s' Gender-Affirming' Surgery Program for Adolescents

• No, Boston Children's Hospital Doesn't Provide Hysterectomies for Children by PolitiFact (Yacob Reyes)
• Children's Hospital Offers 'Gender-Affirming Hysterectomies' to 'Eligible' Teenagers by CBS News (Alec Schemmel)
• Treatments by Boston Children's Hospital

Part II (09:50 - 16:32)
‘They Don’t Have to Let You Change Your Pronouns or Call Yourself a Girl’s Name’: Britain Moves Away from the U.S. (and Towards Sanity) on Issues Related to Transgenderism, Children, and Youth

• Questioning America’s Approach to Transgender Health Care by The Economist
• Attorney General Says Schools Do Not Have to Accommodate Children’s Gender Wishes by The Guardian (Nadeem Badshah)

Part III (16:32 - 28:23)
When a Human Baby is Rejected as a Consumer Defect: Gay Couple Sues Fertility Clinic Over the Birth of Baby Girl

• Same-Sex Couple Sues Fertility Clinic Over Alleged Wrong Sex Embryo Implant by NBC News
• Gay Couple Sues Fertility Clinic Because Their Child is a Girl When They Wanted Boys by LGBTQ Nation (Nic Austin)
• Queer & Trans Interest Mag Faces Backlash for Gender Identity Self-Contradiction by Women are Human (Diana Shaw)

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Part I (00:13 - 05:36)
Running on Abortion: The Partisan Reality of the Moral Divide Is Clear as Democrats Run Hard for Abortion

• Why Abortion Has Become a Centerpiece of Democratic TV Ads in 2022 by New York Times (Shane Goldmacher and Katie Glueck)

Part II (05:36 - 19:17)
The Disappearance and Moral Confusion of Middle Ground on Abortion Made Clear: Where Will the American Voter Land?

Part III (19:17 - 22:06)
Abortion by Pill: The New Pro-Abortion Strategy

Part IV (22:06 - 24:56)
‘Jezebel’ is Raging With Them: Feminist Publication Sees Increase in Readership in Aftermath of the Dobbs Decision — Ironically, They Don’t Acknowledge the Jezebel of Scripture

• After Roe v. Wade Reversal, Readers Flock to Publications Aimed at Women by New York Times (Katie Robertson)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:11)
It’s a Last Resort But They Save Precious Lives: Safe Haven Drop Boxes as a Parable of Our Age

• Drop Box for Babies: Conservatives Promote a Way to Give Up Newborns Anonymously by New York Times (Dana Goldstein)

Part II (12:11 - 19:10)
Killing the Baby is Less Heartless than a Mother Giving Her Child a Chance at Life? An Astonishing Argument From the Culture of Death

• Drop Boxes for Unwanted Babies: ‘Cruel’ and ‘Traumatizing’ by New York Times

Part III (19:10 - 24:42)
China’s Communist Party Wants to Limit Abortion? It’s All About Demographics, Not About Human Dignity

• China Set to Discourage Abortion Amid Concern over Birthrates by Washington Post (Karina Tsui)

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Part I (00:13 - 15:26)
The Power of the Liberal Arts: The Promise of Understanding the World Around Us and the World Within Us — And How Modern Higher Education Has Lost Its Mind and Soul

• The Art of Choosing What to Do With Your Life by New York Times (Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey)

Part II (15:26 - 19:53)
What Should I Study to Prepare for Service to Christ for the Rest of My Life? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a High School Student Listener of The Briefing

Part III (19:53 - 24:34)
How Should I Manage My Time So That I Don’t Waste It? By the Way, Where Do I Find the Time to Sleep? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a High School Student Listener of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 10:56)
Elections are a Barometer of National Moral Change — So What Does It Mean that Democrats are Platforming on Abortion for Upcoming Midterm Elections?

• Why Abortion Has Become a Centerpiece of Democratic TV Ads in 2022 by New York Times (Shane Goldmacher and Katie Glueck)
• Progressives Push Democrats to Make Their Fight About Freedom, Too by New York Times (Katie Glueck)

Part II (10:56 - 18:31)
A Parable Our Political Moment: Abrams “Evolves” on Issue and Makes Abortion Support Central to Campaign

• Stacey Abrams, a Prominent Champion of Choice, Once Opposed Abortion by Washington Post (Vanessa Williams)
• Stacey Abrams’s Personal Evolution on Abortion Rights by New York Times (Maya King)

Part III (18:31 - 23:50)
A New Political Issue in 2022: Democrats Give Millions of Dollars to Advance Republican Primary Candidates Who They Think Will Be Easier to Defeat in Elections




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Part I (00:13 - 13:50)
Christians Did Not Start the Culture Wars, But We Cannot Evade Them: The Imperative of Christian Engagement for the Good of Society

• The God I Know Is Not a Culture Warrior by New York Times (Tish Harrison Warren)

Part II (13:50 - 19:20)
Yes, Christians Should Be on the School Board: Why Christians Cannot Abandon Responsibility for the Larger Society

• Don’t Run for the School Board by Christianity Today (Bonnie Kristian)

Part III (19:20 - 24:10)
The Secular Shock: Christian Schools, There is a Price to Be Paid

• Florida Christian School Says It Will Refer to Students Only by 'Biological Gender,' Asks Gay and Transgender Students to Leave by NBC News (Antonio Planas)
• Kindergartner in Louisiana Allegedly Forced Out of School Because Her Parents are a Same-Sex Couple by NBC News (Antonio Planas)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:10)
A House Divided Against Itself: A New Collision of Worldviews Emerges in France Between Feminists on The Left and Transgender Revolutionaries

• French Feminists Split Over Help for Pregnant Trans Men by The Times (Adam Sage)

Part II (12:10 - 22:08)
‘Will Future Canadians Owe the Disabled an Apology for Euthanasia?’: Dark Realities from Canada (And Beyond) as ‘Right to Die’ for the Disabled Becomes Clear

• Will Future Canadians Owe the Disabled an Apology for Euthanasia? by Washington Post (Charles Lane)

Part III (22:08 - 24:57)
Walmart Takes a Stand Against the Sanctity of Human Life: Company Expands Support for Abortion Coverage for Employees

• Walmart Expands Abortion Coverage for Employees by Associated Press (Haleluya Hadero)

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Part I (00:13 - 10:39)
A Financial, Constitutional, and Moral Disaster: President Biden Drives U.S. into National Catastrophe With Vehicle of Student Loan Forgiveness

• FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Student Loan Relief for Borrowers Who Need It Most by The White House

Part II (10:39 - 18:43)
The Perversity of the Higher Education Problem: The Government and Universities Created a Problem They Do Not Intend to Fix

• Biden’s Student-Debt Bonfire Is a Classist Message to the Uncredentialed by National Review (Charles C. W. Cook)

Part III (18:43 - 24:09)
Conservative Parents in Florida Take a Stand: Multiple School Boards Flip from Liberal to Conservative Majorities




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Part I (00:13 - 14:17)
A Looming Disaster: South Korea Tops Its Own Record for Lowest Fertility Rate — And Is Still Trending Downward

• South Korea Breaks Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate, Again by New York Times (John Yoon)

Part II (14:17 - 19:53)
What are the Succinct Elements of a Biblical Worldview? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part III (19:53 - 22:19)
What Conservative and Liberal News Sources Should I Use to Help My Daughter Learn How to Evaluate the News? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (22:19 - 26:38)
I’m a Christian Who Qualifies for President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness. Should I Accept It? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 07:28)
Orwell Put on Hold? Department of Homeland Security Disbands "Governance Disinformation Board"

• DHS Folds Disinformation Board After Criticism Over Threat to Free Speech by Wall Street Journal (Dustin Volz)

Part II (07:28 - 11:38)
Google Takes Sides on Abortion: Company Says It Will Label Abortion Providers in Search Functions — And That Means Leading Users Away from Crisis Pregnancy Centers

• Google Says Maps, Searches Will Identify Clinics That Provide Abortions by Wall Street Journal (Meghan Bobrowsky)

Part III (11:38 - 25:40)
A Parable of the Liberal Ethos and Postmodern Party Culture: Finland’s Prime Minister in Controversy after Videos Emerge of Her Participation in Partying Scandal

• What the Controversy over Finnish Prime Minister's Dancing Videos Reveals about Women Leaders by USA Today (Alia E. Dastagir)
• In Finland, a Partying Prime Minister Draws Tuts, and Cheers by New York Times (Katrin Bennhold)

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Part I (00:13 - 10:45)
Ground Zero for the Battle over Education in Public Schools: Florida and Public School Libraries — And There We Watch the Shaping of the Future of Education in the U.S.

• Back to School in DeSantis’s Florida, as Teachers Look Over Their Shoulders by New York Times (Sarah Mervosh)

Part II (10:45 - 18:08)
From Early American Classrooms to the Common School to Massive Public School Systems: Big Questions Now Loom

Part III (18:08 - 24:39)
The Big Question in the Public School System Debate: ‘How Much Say Should Parents Have in the Education of Their Children?’ — And So Much Rests on Who Presents the Winning Argument

• 'The Perfect Target'? Movement to Ban Books from Schools Brings Vitriol Toward Librarians by USA Today (Alia Wong)

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Part I (00:13 - 03:21)
One of the 20th Century’s Most Influential Lives in World Politics Comes to An End: Mikhail Gorbachev Dies at 91 — And We Await Russia’s Response

Part II (03:21 - 15:27)
EuroPride Festival Brought to Screeching Halt in Serbia — Where You Find Historic, Orthodox Christianity, You Find a Society That Knows God’s Intention for Gender, Sexuality, and Family

Part III (15:27 - 20:42)
What Happens When Identity Politics Turns on the Sexual Revolution? Harry Styles Gets Accused of ‘Queerbaiting’

• Harry Styles Accused of 'Queerbaiting.' What is That – and Why Does It Matter? by USA Today (David Oliver)

Part IV (20:42 - 23:25)
‘We’re a Part of the Abortion Movement Too’: Trans Men Meet Ontological Obstacles as They Demand Recognition from Abortion Movement

• 'We're a Part of This Movement, Too.' Transgender and Nonbinary People Say They Feel Excluded from the Abortion Fight by CNN (Jacquelyne Germain)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:31)
The Legacy of the Last in Line of USSR Leaders: The Significance of Mikhail Gorbachev

Part II (12:31 - 21:08)
The Collapse of the USSR and the Loss of Russian Glory: The Mixed Legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev

Part III (21:08 - 25:50)
Tragic Moral Parable and Symbol of the Media Age: The Life and Legacy of Princess Diana 25 Years After Her Death




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Part I (00:13 - 11:10)
Don’t Ask Caesar to Set Your Salary: California Seeks Even More Government Overreach—This Time on Restaurant Wages

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Part II (11:10 - 13:28)
France Seeks Tax on Private Jet Use — Does Anyone Believe that Hollywood is Going to Ride in Coach?

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Part III (13:28 - 16:27)
Why Was Satan Allowed to Torment Job? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a Young Listener of The Briefing

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Part IV (16:27 - 18:38)
Why Didn’t the Identity of Orthodox Christianity Prevent Serbia’s Atrocities in the Bosnian War? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (18:38 - 21:10)
Why Do Local Elections Matter? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (21:10 - 24:43)
Does the Year of Jubilee in the Old Testament Justify President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VII (24:43 - 28:45)
A Clarification and Apology on the Use of ‘Hobby Child’ — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 11:47)
What Happens Across the Atlantic Matters: Britain Gets New Prime Minister in the Midst of Much Tumult — The U.S. Better Watch Closely

Part II (11:47 - 19:38)
Not Even a Close Count: Chile Overwhelmingly Votes Down Proposed New (And Leftist) Constitution

• The Founders of a Nation Should Not Have the Last Word by New York Times (Binyamin Applebaum)

Part III (19:38 - 26:12)
President Biden Plays with Political Dynamite: Remarks that Includes Republicans Who are Pro-Life and Who Know What Marriage as a Threat to Democracy

• Joe Biden Holds a Trump Rally by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)
• Biden’s MAGA Speech was Designed to Protect Democrats, Not Democracy by Washington Post (Henry Olsen)
• Democracy is in Danger. Biden Should Invoke Patriotism, Not Partisanship, to Make That Point. by Washington Post (The Editorial Board)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:26)
Pro-Abortion California May Enshrine Abortion in Its Constitution in November: It’s a Sign of Abortion Extremism in Nation’s Most Populous State

• Endorsement: Yes on Prop 1. Even in Progressive California, Abortion Rights Need Constitutional Protection by LA Times (The Editorial Board)

Part II (12:26 - 18:18)
‘You Give A Lot of Your Prime Reproductive Years to Being the Best Athlete in the Building’: Women’s Sports Collide with Reproductive Reality

• As Women Athletes Compete Later into their Lives, Family Planning and Fertility Take Center Stage by USA Today (Lindsey Schnell)

Part III (18:18 - 24:25)
‘If You Played at a Top 10 University, You Didn't Have Babies’: USA Today Contends Abortion is Key to Women’s Success in Collegiate Sports — But What’s Really Going On Here?

• Uncertainty for College Women’s Coaches, Athletic Departments after Roe v. Wade’s Reversal by USA Today (Nancy Armour, Lindsay Schnell, and Steve Berkowitz)

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Part I (00:13 - 10:41)
Big Question Now More Urgent: How Long Will Christians Let Their Children Stay in Public Schools?

• School Is for Everyone by New York Times (Anya Kamenetz)

Part II (10:41 - 19:48)
How Long Before Your School Defies Creation With New Pronoun Rules? Big Developments as the Sexual Revolution Comes to a School Near You

Part III (19:48 - 25:20)
The Public School Idea in America: How Did it Happen? Who Was Driving It?




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Part I (00:13 - 12:22)
Special Edition of The Briefing in Honor of Queen Elizabeth II and the End of Britain’s Second Elizabethan Age to an End

• “Whether it be long or short”: The death of Queen Elizabeth II brings Britain’s second Elizabethan age to an end by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Part II (12:22 - 15:49)
What Sustains the Legitimacy of the State? A Hereditary Monarchy Is One of the Most Influential Ideas in World History

Part III (15:49 - 24:34)
Moral Revolution and Cultural Convulsion But One Great Symbol of Stability: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy




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Part I (00:13 - 13:01)
Senate Soon to Vote on ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ — A Twisted Label that Might Shock Even Orwell

• Senate to Vote on Same-Sex Marriage in Coming Weeks by Associated Press (Mary Clare Jalonick)

Part II (13:01 - 18:29)
A Direct Assault on Religious Liberty: The Respect for Marriage Act — It’s Time to Take Names and Recognize Which Senate Republicans Suddenly Support Same-Sex Marriage

• The Senate Must Stand Together on Marriage Equality by Washington Post (Tammy Baldwin and Susan Collins)

Part III (18:29 - 24:20)
‘When Did Religious Belief Become an Excuse to Discriminate?’: ACLU Officer Argues for the Undermining of Religious Liberty in the Name of ‘Equality’

• When Did Religious Belief Become an Excuse to Discriminate? by Washington Post (Louise Melling)

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Part I (00:13 - 09:51)
Is Belief in the Humanity of the Fetus Just “Medieval Superstition?” We Must Confront the Denial of Fetal Personhood and Recognize the Fervor to Deny Personhood as a Denial of All Human Dignity

• ‘Fetal Personhood’ Has a Whiff of Medieval Theology by LA Times (Margaret Wertheim)
• Is a Fetus a ‘Person’? A Fringe Idea Could Be the Next Post-Roe v. Wade Chapter by Miami Herald (The Editorial Board)

Part II (09:51 - 19:58)
‘For You Formed My Inward Parts; You Knitted Me Together in My Mother's Womb.’: The Most Conclusive Refutation of the Culture of Death Comes from the Word of God

Part III (19:58 - 27:18)
This is How Evil Defends Itself: Chinese Communist Leaders Learned Exactly the Wrong Lessons from the Life and Legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev

• For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do by The New York Times (Hannah Beech)

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Part I (00:13 - 16:15)
So, Who Gets to Decide if a Jewish University is Jewish? Hint: It’s Not Up to a New York State Judge or LGBT Activists

• Yeshiva University Must Recognize L.G.B.T.Q. Club, Judge Says by New York Times (Liam Stack)

Part II (16:15 - 20:11)
‘We’re All Jews Now’: The Story of Yeshiva University Could Be the Story of Any Religious Institution

• Yeshiva University Can Bar L.G.B.T. Club for Now, Justice Rules by New York Times (Liam Stack)
• In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money by New York Times (Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal)
• Yeshiva University Case Means We’re All Jews Now by Wall Street Journal (William McGurn)

Part III (20:11 - 26:51)
Media Don’t Like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Using Biblical Language: The Response Tells Us A Lot About Our Times

• DeSantis’ ‘Full Armor of God’ Rhetoric Reaches Republicans. But Is He Playing with Fire? by Miami Herald (Ana Ceballos)

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Part I (00:13 - 14:21)
Nonsense of the Quintessential Sort: MSNBC Host Argues ‘Jesus Never Once Talked About Abortion’ — And That the Pro-Life Position is Heresy

Part II (14:21 - 22:16)
‘Being Trans Is A Medical Condition’ — But Wait, There’s More.

• Is Being Transgender a Medical Condition? by Washington Post (Jennifer Finney Boylan)

Part III (22:16 - 27:18)
Reality Trumps Political Theory: Sweden—That Bastion of Liberal Social Experiment—Shifts Right Amidst Rising Crime Rates

• Sweden Democrats Reflect Europe’s Rightward Trend by Wall Street Journal (Dominic Green)

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Part I (00:13 - 09:05)
‘A State’s Imposition of Its Own Interpretation of Scripture Calls Out for Review’: The Supreme Court Declines to Defend Religious Liberty at Yeshiva University

Part II (09:05 - 13:20)
A New Category Comes to the Boston Marathon: Non-Binary Runners Get Their Own Field of Competition in 2023 — But Details Still Need to Be Settled

• Boston Marathon Adds Option for Nonbinary Runners Next Year by New York Times (Amanda Holpuch)

Part III (13:20 - 17:51)
When I Sin Against God and He is Upset, Does He Leave Me? Does God Hear My Prayers in Those Moments? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 12-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part IV (17:51 - 20:23)
Do Animals Go to Heaven? Did Animals Talk Before the Fall of Adam and Eve? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from Two Brothers Who Listen to The Briefing

Part V (20:23 - 25:19)
How Do I Lovingly Make Clear to My Unbelieving Brother That My Beliefs are My Own and Not Just Pushed On Me By My Parents? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 15-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 08:38)
A University Acts to Defend its Convictions; Yeshiva University Shuts Down All Student Groups After SCOTUS Sends Case Back to Lower Courts in NYC

Part II (08:38 - 19:20)
‘Extreme Religious Liberty’: Note the Language — Religious Liberty Is About to Be Sacrificed on the Altar of Personal Autonomy

• When Did Religious Belief Become an Excuse to Discriminate? by Washington Post (Louise Melling)
• Extreme Religious Liberty Is Undermining Public Health by New York Times (Lindsay F. Wiley)

Part III (19:20 - 25:45)
Democrats in the Senate Announce Vote to Codify Same-Sex Marriage Likely to be Deferred Until After Midterm Elections — But Why? What is the Strategy Here?




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Part I (00:13 - 10:01)
The Meaning of Funerals and the Making of History: The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and History on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Part II (10:01 - 15:39)
The History of State Funerals: And Looking Back to the State Funeral of Winston Churchill in 1965

Part III (15:39 - 27:31)
‘Let Us Commend Queen Elizabeth to the Care and Keeping of Almighty God’: The World Hears Scripture and Christian Doctrine in the Order of Service of Britain’s State Funeral for Queen Elizabeth II




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Part I (00:13 - 12:06)
What’s Missing from Banned Books Week in the US? Banned Books, Of Course — So What’s Behind All This?

• Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools by PEN America

Part II (12:06 - 16:16)
The Bottom Line of Banned Books Week: A Progressivist Agenda to Nullify Parental Rights

Part III (16:16 - 20:51)
Professions and Professional Associations Pushing Left Together: How the Media and Education Elites Influence Culture and Shape Morality

• Attempts to Ban Books Are Accelerating and Becoming More Divisive by New York Times (Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris)

Part IV (20:51 - 26:02)
A Campaign Promise Fulfilled and a Win for Parents in Virginia: Glenn Youngkin Ends Policy that Allowed Schools to Conceal Transgender Transition of Students from Parents

• Virginia Reverses School Protections for Transgender Students by New York Times (Ava Sasani)

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Part I (00:13 - 16:31)
President Biden Says Pandemic is Over. The Left Cries NO: As President Biden Declares the End of the Pandemic, Why Isn’t His Own Administration Backing Him?

• Biden Says the Pandemic Is Over. But at Least 400 People Are Dying Daily. by New York Times (Sheryl Gay Stolberg)
• No, President Biden, the Pandemic is Not Over by Washington Post (The Editorial Board)
• Is the Pandemic ‘Over,’ or Not? by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)
• No, Mr. President, the Pandemic Isn’t Over by LA Times (Eric J. Topol)

Part II (16:31 - 22:32)
Watch Out for the Moral Agenda of “Public Health” — Just Look at the Influence of Anthony Fauci

Part III (22:32 - 25:18)
New Data from the CDC Suggest Highest STI Rates in Years: But the Moral Dimension of Sex is Deliberately Excluded from Discussion

• New CDC Data: STD Rates Shot Up in 2021 by Politico (Alice Miranda Ollstein)

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Part I (00:13 - 13:36)
‘We Live in a Society of Unfiltered Liberalism, and It Functions Like a Religion’: The Religious Shape of Secularism

• The Dangers of Liberalism and Why YU Should Change Its Charter by The Communicator (Rabbi Rafi Eis)

Part II (13:36 - 17:14)
Beaver Dams and the Glory of God: Some Farmers and Ranchers Change Their Minds About Beavers

• It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off. by New York Times (Catrin Einhorn)

Part III (17:14 - 20:22)
What Bible Verses Should Be the Basis of Law and Applicable to All People? What Commands are Applicable for Only Christians? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (20:22 - 22:30)
Do We Concede the Point to the LGBTQ Agenda If We Use the Phrase "Biological Male?” — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (22:30 - 28:01)
Do You Think That We Rely Too Much on the Simple Reading of the Text in our Bible Studies and Church Services? Should We Return to the Use of Art? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 08:42)
An Ominous Turn in the War of Ukraine: Russia Threatens Use of ‘Tactical Nuclear Weapons’ — How Far is the US Willing to Go to Aid Ukraine?

Part II (08:42 - 15:58)
‘Then the Eyes of Both were Opened, and They Knew That They Were Naked’: The Morality of Knowledge After the Fall — You Can’t Unknow What You Now Know

Part III (15:58 - 18:13)
‘The History of the World Includes Very Few Retired Dictators’: The Predicament of Vladimir Putin and Danger of an Autocrat Backed into a Corner

• How Seriously Should We Take Putin’s Nuclear Threat in Ukraine? by New York Times (Ross Douthat)

Part IV (18:13 - 22:08)
Who Would Globally Police Russia and Hold It Accountable for Its Crimes? The Failure of the United Nations Was There from the Beginning

Part V (22:08 - 26:10)
The Shifting Political Tectonic Plates in Europe: Conservatives Win Italian Elections Likely Resulting in First Woman to Lead Italy’s Government




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Part I (00:13 - 09:57)
Cuba Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage—A Big Story Behind the Headlines in the Communist Nation

• Cubans Vote in Favour of Family Law Reform That Will Allow Same-Sex Marriage by The Guardian

Part II (09:57 - 15:27)
‘The Book’s Literary Value Overrides Scenes Involving Nudity and Sex’: Pornographic LGBTQ Book Stays on the Shelves in Kentucky School District — So Who Determines Literary Value?

• JCPS Panel Votes to Keep 'Gender Queer' on Library Shelves by Courier Journal (Olivia Krauth)

Part III (15:27 - 23:05)
Parents, Don’t Leave it to the Professionals: Moral Knowledge In Literature and the Responsibility of Christian Parents to Faithfully Steward What Their Children Read

• I Read ‘Gender Queer,’ the Most Banned Book in America. And So Should You by LA Times (Robin Abcarian)

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Part I (00:13 - 08:42)
Can California Become Even More Pro-Abortion? Governor Newsom Signs 13 New Bills to Increase Access to Abortion

• Newsom Signs 13 Abortion Protection and Reproductive Health Bills by LA Times (Melody Gutierrez)

Part II (08:42 - 18:10)
‘I Don’t Want Your God in Charge of My Health Care’: The Secular Left Hates Catholic Hospital Systems — A Warning to Us All

• I Don’t Want Your God in Charge of My Health Care by Washington Post (Kate Cohen)

Part III (18:10 - 25:35)
‘A Woman Should Have the Same Right as a Man to Not Be Pregnant’: The Argument of Roe v. Wade Makes It to the Front Page of the Sports Section of USA Today

• Women’s Professional Sports Grapple with Eroding Rights by USA Today (Lindsay Schnell, Nancy Armour, and Chris Bumbaca)

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Part I (00:13 - 08:28)
A Massive Storm of Catastrophic Proportions: Hurricane Ian Hits Florida

Part II (08:28 - 18:31)
A Bloodthirsty (And Strange) Form of Works Righteousness: Patriarch Kirill Argues a Russian Soldier’s Death on the Ukrainian Battlefield Washes Away His Sins

Part III (18:31 - 24:15)
‘Lord, in My Luggage I Have Scripture That I Want to Take to Your Children Across This Border’: Brother Andrew, ‘God’s Smuggler,’ Dies at 94

• Died: Brother Andrew, Who Smuggled Bibles into Communist Countries by Christianity Today (Daniel Silliman)

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Part I (00:13 - 10:41)
Amendment 2 Brings an Urgent Vote for Life to Kentucky Ballots — We are About to Find Out How Serious Kentuckians are About the Sanctity and Dignity of Human Life

• On Election Day, You'll Decide Whether to ban Abortion in Kentucky. Here's What to Know by Courier Journal (Deborah Yetter)

Part II (10:41 - 15:03)
The Warnings about Hurricane Ian were Justified and Horrifyingly Actualized: A Call to Prayer for Florida

Part III (15:03 - 21:35)
Can You Explain the Schisms We See Between Conservatives Right Now? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (21:35 - 23:39)
How Can I Be a Responsible Voter? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (23:39 - 28:33)
What is our Soul? And How Do We Love God with All of Our Soul?— Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 5-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 11:48)
When Doctrine Collides With Politicians—California Seems to Be Ground Zero

Part II (11:48 - 20:34)
Blasphemy on a Billboard: Governor Gavin Newsom Manages to Reach a New Low

• An Open Letter to Governor Gavin Newsom by Grace Community Church (John MacArthur)

Part III (20:34 - 25:19)
‘Please Respond to the Gospel, Turn to Christ, and Use Your Office to Advance the Cause of Righteousness Instead of Undermining It’: Pastor John MacArthur’s Message to California Governor Newsom




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Part I (00:13 - 15:51)
Rebuilding Challenges and Costs, Opportunism and Moral Corruption, Big Government and Bi-Partisan Political Cooperation: The Paradoxical (And Urgently Important) Aftermath of Hurricane Ian

Part II (15:51 - 20:22)
Why Don’t Humans Evacuate When They are Warned of a Natural Disaster?: Human Nature, ‘Anchoring,’ and Our False Sense of Security in a Fallen World

• How Hurricane Ian Caught So Many Off Guard by Axios (Andrew Freedman)

Part III (20:22 - 24:37)
A Russian Czar with Nuclear Weapons Backed into a Corner: Vladimir Putin in Vulnerable State as War in Ukraine Slips Through His Fingers

Part IV (24:37 - 28:33)
125 People Killed During Indonesian Soccer Match: Why Do Sporting Events Spark Such Violent Riots? — The Answer Can Never Be Merely Anthropological




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Part I (00:13 - 16:19)
What Will It Profit a Man to Retain His Job but Forfeit His Soul?: Australian Football Club CEO Fired (After One Day) for His Church Membership

Part II (16:19 - 23:32)
‘Everyone Who Isn’t a Homophobic Weirdo Should Go See Bros’: Producer of First Major Homosexual Rom-Com Upset About Its Box Office Bomb

• When ‘Bros’ Bombed, Star Billy Eichner Put the Blame on the Audience by The Hollywood Reporter (Richard Newby)
• Yes, 'Bros' Flopped at the Box Office. But Hollywood Must Keep Making LGBTQ Movies, Anyway. by USA Today (David Oliver)
• Will Straight People Go See “Bros”? by The New Yorker (Michael Schulman)
• ‘Bros’ Review: A Different Kind of Rom-Com by Wall Street Journal (Kyle Smith)

Part III (23:32 - 27:21)
‘The Yuck Factor’: Why Americans Didn’t Show Up to See ‘Bros’ — And Why That Moral Knowledge is a Good Thing




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Part I (00:13 - 19:19)
Affirmative Action, Christian Conscience and Same-Sex Weddings, Andy Warhol’s Estate, and More: SCOTUS Returns to Term with Major (And Interesting) Issues on the Docket

• Here are the Major Cases Before the Supreme Court This Fall by LA Times (David G. Savage)

Part II (19:19 - 21:35)
Historic Moment as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Joins SCOTUS for Her First Full Term — What Dynamics Will She Add to the Court and the Important Cases Before It?

Part III (21:34 - 29:36)
Fat is Back — Fat Bear Week, That Is: Watch and Vote for Your Favorite Fattest Bear, to the Glory of God

• Fat Bear Week 2022 by National Park Service

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Part I (00:13 - 02:55)
Should My 5-Year-Old Listen to The Briefing? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part II (02:55 - 07:22)
Does God Love Bad Guys Who Go to Hell? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 5-Year-Old Listener (And His Brothers) of The Briefing

Part III (07:22 - 11:22)
Can You Shed Light on the Prevalence of Supernatural Events in the World Today? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (11:22 - 15:16)
Where in the Bible Does It Say What Rights We Have? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (15:16 - 17:14)
What is the Distinction Between the Preaching and Teaching of the Word of God? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (17:14 - 23:25)
Am I, as a Paramedic, Complicit in the Culture of Death If I Am On an Assisted Suicide Call and Do Not Stop It? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VII (23:25 - 26:58)
What is the Appropriateness of State and National Pride for Christians? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 07:06)
It’s a Bigger Story Than the Media Are Telling: President Biden Announces Federal Pardon of All Persons Convicted for Simple Marijuana Possession

• A Proclamation on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana by The White House

Part II (07:06 - 16:31)
Conveniently Timed For the Midterm Elections: President Biden’s Evolution on Marijuana

• Biden’s Marijuana Pardon Will Drive Crime Higher by Wall Street Journal (William J. Bennett and Seth Leibsohn)

Part III (16:31 - 25:46)
National Institute on Drug Abuse Released Study on Dangers of Marijuana — So Why is the Biden Administration Making Strides that Normalize It Further Among Young People?

• Use of Marijuana and Psychedelics Is Soaring Among Young Adults, Study Finds by New York Times (Andrew Jacobs)
• Cannabis and the Violent Crime Surge by Wall Street Journal (Allysia Finley)
• California Promised ‘Social Equity’ after Pot Legalization. Those Hit Hardest Feel Betrayed by LA Times (Marisa Gerber)
• Marijuana Retail Licenses in New York Are Going First to Those Convicted of Drug Crimes by Wall Street Journal (Jimmy Vielkind and Zusha Elinson)

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Part I (00:13 - 09:36)
A Crushing Blow to Russia and it’s Claims: Attack Damages the Kerch Strait Bridge

• Blast on Crimean Bridge Deals Blow to Russian War Effort in Ukraine by New York Times (Michael Schwirtz and Andrew E. Kramer)

Part II (09:36 - 17:27)
‘A Sinkhole of Moral Equivalence’: The U.N. Human Rights Council Votes to Ignore Abuses of Uyghur People in China

• China Turns Back Move for U.N. Debate on Abuse of Uyghurs by New York Times (Nick Cummings-Bruce)
• Why China’s Crimes in Xinjiang Cannot Go Unpunished by New York Times (Nicholas Bequelin)
• The U.N. Abandons the Uyghurs by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

Part III (17:27 - 25:16)
Cheating Scandals in Chess, Fishing, and Professional Poker — Sin Has a Way of Invading Every Human Endeavor

• Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times by Wall Street Journal (Andrew Beaton and Joshua Robinson)
• If Chess Players Cheat, Is any Game Safe? by Wall Street Journal (Joe Queenan)
• Fishy Fish, Messy Chess, and Poker J’accuse: Sports Scandals Take a Turn by Wall Street Journal (Jason Gay)

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Part I (00:13 - 11:35)
President Biden Rhetoric Gaffe Errs Towards Nuclear Proportions, Claims We Are Reaching the Point of Armageddon — Are We?

Part II (11:35 - 19:20)
The White House Affirms ‘The International Day of the Girl’ Yesterday — But Doesn’t That Transgress the LGBTQIA+ Revolution?

• A Proclamation on International Day Of The Girl, 2022 by The White House
• Our Time is Now—Our Rights, Our Future by United Nations

Part III (19:20 - 26:59)
‘Under Jewish Law, a Fetus Does Not Become a Human Being or Child Until Birth’: Jewish Women File Religious Liberty Lawsuit in Kentucky Against Anti-Abortion Laws

• Jewish Women Sue over Kentucky Abortion Laws, Citing Religious Freedom by Washington Post (Yonat Shimron)

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Part I (00:13 - 11:08)
‘The Power of the World Spirit’: Mexico State Joins the Global Momentum to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage

Part II (11:08 - 19:27)
The State Department’s Gender Agenda: Our Government's Agenda to Advance the Sexual Revolution on the World Stage

• DEIA Strategic Plan 2022-2026 by Millennium Change Corporation

Part III (19:27 - 24:52)
A Parent Reflects on Yet Another Private High School Gone Woke—But Why Send Your Kids There Anyway?

• Girls as . . . Not Necessarily Woke by Wall Street Journal (Bruce Gilley)

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Part I (00:13 - 03:53)
An Urgent Edition of The Briefing: The Parkland Shooter Receives Life Sentence Without the Possibility of Parole

Part II (03:53 - 11:18)
‘Whoever Sheds the Blood of Man, By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed, for God Made Man in His Own Image’: The Imago Dei and the Biblical Foundation for Capital Punishment

Part III (11:18 - 15:04)
The Broward County Courthouse and the Trial of Alvin Ford: My Confrontation with the Issue of Capital Punishment

Part IV (15:04 - 20:40)
‘If This Was Not the Most Perfect Death Penalty Case, Why Do We Even Have the Death Penalty At All?’: The Haunting Question

Part V (20:40 - 23:16)
‘Even So, Lord Come Quickly’: The Sheer Heinousness of Sin and the Crying Out for Ultimate Justice




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Part I (00:13 - 05:31)
Virginia Legislator Proposes Criminalization of Parents Who Do Not Affirm LGBTQ Children

• LGBTQ Bill on Child Abuse Creates Uproar in Virginia and Beyond by Washington Post (Laura Vozzella and Gregory S. Schneider)
• Va. Parents Could Face Abuse Charges for Not Affirming Their LGBTQ Child Under New Bill by WLJA (Nick Minock)
• House Bill No. 580 by Code of Virginia

Part II (05:31 - 15:52)
‘The Bible Tells Us Just to Accept People as They Are’: Virginia Legislator Offers Theological Argument (of a sort) That Contradicts the Bible

Part III (15:52 - 23:46)
Engaging Cultural Vernacular: How ‘Top of Mind’ Jumped into Public Discourse — And How Cultural Influencers and Marketers Are Fighting For Space in Your Brain




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Part I (00:13 - 15:12)
Identity Politics and the Insidious Nature of Racism on Display in LA: President of City Council Steps Down after Racist Remarks

• Los Angeles City Councilwoman Resigns Amid Uproar Over Racist Remarks by New York Times (Jill Cowan and Shawn Hubler)
• Nury Martinez Says Out Loud the Racism and Colorism My Vibrant Oaxacan Community Endures by LA Times (Miriham Antonio)
• Echoes of Latin American Racism Reverberate in the U.S. by New York Times (Miriam Jordan)
• Leaked L.A. City Council Audio Exposes the Racial Underbelly of Local Politics by Wall Street Journal (Will Swaim)

Part II (15:12 - 21:55)
Let the Record Show the Words of Nikolas Cruz — And We Must Recognize as a Society What We Have Decided Does Not Deserve the Death Penalty

• Florida school shooter may have been his own worst witness by Associated Press (Terry Spencer)

Part III (21:55 - 25:28)
‘There is Nothing Texas about Texas Pete’: Man Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Hot Sauce Company after He Discovers Its North Carolina Roots

• Makers of Texas Pete Hot Sauce Face Lawsuit Over Product Being Made in North Carolina by USA Today (Camille Fine)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:25)
We Have Been Warned: President Biden Brazenly Promises that Support for Abortion Will Be His First Priority if Voters Give Him a Democratic Congress

• Remarks by President Biden at a Political Event at the Howard Theatre by The White House

Part II (12:25 - 18:34)
From ‘Abortion is Wrong from the Moment of Conception’ to Abortion on Demand: The Evolution of Joe Biden on Abortion

Part III (18:34 - 26:37)
‘The Fact That We Elect Judges is Idiotic and Utterly Perverse’: The Left Argues We Should Leave the Choosing of Judges to Professionals — Wait, Where Have We Heard That Before?

• Judicial Elections are a Time Bomb That Could Blow Up Our Democracy by Washington Post (Paul Waldman)

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Part I (00:13 - 13:46)
‘Blow on a Rat's Whiskers and the Human Cells on the Opposite Side of its Brain Light Up.’: Stanford University Research Lab Successfully Injects Human Brain Cells into Rats’ Brains

• These Rats Have Human Cells in Their Brains. They May Help Scientists Understand Autism and Schizophrenia. by USA Today (Karen Weintraub)

Part II (13:46 - 18:18)
We Can Inject Human Brain Cells into the Brains of Rats, But Should We? — The Ethical and Theological Dilemmas of Injecting Human Cells Into Other Species

Part III (18:18 - 25:46)
In Red States, Islands of Blue are Growing Larger and Bluer: What the (Older) Californians Moving to Texas and (Younger) Texans to California Could Indicate About the Future of Our Society

• Are Californians Fleeing En Masse to Texas? The Reality is Complicated by LA Times (Richard Parker)

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Part I (00:13 - 10:39)
Why Did You Use the Parkland Shooter’s Name on The Briefing? Should Mental Illness Be Considered Before Administering the Death Penalty? How Would Jesus Think About It? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners about Capital Punishment on The Briefing

Part II (10:39 - 15:05)
Can the United States Survive the Sexual Revolution and the Radical Change We Are Seeing in Its Morality? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part III (15:05 - 18:34)
When Voting, What are Our Guidelines for Increasing Taxation on Others? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (18:34 - 21:48)
Does God Speak to Us in Dreams? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (21:48 - 25:17)
Is It Wrong to Use the ‘Yuck Factor’ Towards Particular Types of Sins? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 10:46)
Britain’s Shortest Term of a Prime Minister Leads to Political Crisis: Liz Truss Resigns as Prime Minister after Only 45 Days in Office

Part II (10:46 - 16:30)
Our Closest Ally Is in a Fight for Political Stability (Without a Written Constitution): Britain and Her Parliamentary System

Part III (16:30 - 24:49)
The One Man at the Very Top of China’s One Party Rule: Xi Jinping Secures Unprecedented Third Five-Year Term and Sets China on Collision Course with the West

• The Thoughts of Chairman Xi by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)
• Biden Views China as a Bigger Challenge than Russia by Washington Post (John Hudson and Karen DeYoung)

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Part I (00:13 - 07:23)
Revenge of the Political Establishment and the Financial Markets: Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak Set to Become Britain’s Newest Prime Minister

Part II (07:23 - 09:47)
Just Ask Napoleon or Hitler: In Russia and Ukraine, Winter is More Powerful Than Any Army

Part III (09:47 - 13:43)
Russia’s Taking of Children and the Strategy of Russification: A War Crime Takes Shape

• Using Adoptions, Russia Turns Ukrainian Children Into Spoils of War by New York Times (Emma Bubola)
• Russian TV Host Who Urged Ukrainian Children be Drowned is Suspended by Kremlin Broadcaster RT by Fortune (Christiaan Hetzner)

Part IV (13:43 - 18:07)
A City Without Men: The Consequences of War Show Up on Russian Streets

• Where Have All the Men in Moscow Gone? by New York Times (Valerie Hopkins)

Part V (18:07 - 25:30)
‘Exploitative, Ethically and Logistically Complex, Even in Peacetime’: Ukraine Revives Surrogacy Industry

• How Ukraine’s Surrogate Mothers Have Survived the War by New York Times (Maria Varenikova and Andrew E. Kramer)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:27)
Enthusiast in Chief for the Transgender Revolution: President Joe Biden Calls Any State Restrictions of ‘Gender-Affirming’ Legally and Morally Wrong

• ‘Devout Catholic’ Biden Invokes God And Morality To Push Genital Mutilation Of Gender-Confused Kids by The Federalist (Evita Duffy)
• Joe Biden: Banning Sex Change Surgery for Children is 'Immoral' by The Telegraph (Josie Ensor)
• Most Children Who Think They’re Transgender are Just Going Through a ‘Phase’, Says NHS by The Telegraph (Hayley Dixon)

Part II (12:27 - 16:53)
Male, Female, or X?: The LGBTQ Revolution Coming to Social Security Administration Gender Boxes Near You

• Social Security Will Now Allow People to Select Their Gender in Records by New York Times (Eduardo Medina)

Part III (16:53 - 24:36)
‘The Term ‘Queer’ is Exclusive’: A Debate within the LGBTQ Community Reveals How Moral Revolutions Require Ongoing Revolutions in Language

• Let’s Say Gay by New York Times (Pamela Paul)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:26)
So, Does a Christian’s Right to Live by Christian Convictions Violate Someone Else’s Religious Liberty? You Need to Watch This Argument

• Same-Sex Marriage Is a Religious Freedom by New York Times (Steven Paulikas)

Part II (12:26 - 19:24)
Anglican Church Comes to Crossroads Over Teaching on Homosexuality (Again): Can Two Completely Incompatible Moralities Exist in One Church?

• The Anglican Church’s ‘Kick in the Guts’ to Gay Parishioners by New York Times (Pete McKenzie)

Part III (19:24 - 26:07)
A Parable of Protestant Liberalism's Hermeneutics: It’s Revealed in an Obituary

• Mary Adelia McLeod, 84, Dies; First Female Bishop of an Episcopal Diocese by New York Times (Ed Shanahan)

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Part I (00:13 - 11:29)
Marriage Delayed and Children Foregone: The Age of People in First-Time Marriages Is Rising, and Fertility Rates are Declining — We Better Watch This Closely

• First-Time Marriages Are on the Rise for People in Their 40s and 50s by Wall Street Journal (Clare Ansberry)

Part II (11:29 - 16:44)
‘Gathering Together for Dinner Can Feel Like an Impossibility’: Families are Now So Busy That Many Children Never Have a Family Meal — And the Children are Suffering

• Family Dinners Are Key to Children’s Health. So Why Don’t We Eat Together More? by Wall Street Journal (Julie Jargon and Andrea Petersen)

Part III (16:44 - 20:45)
When Does Personhood Begin? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (20:45 - 23:03)
Why Did God Put the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 7-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part V (23:03 - 25:21)
What is the Distinction Between Justice and Fairness? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (25:21 - 28:56)
Do Verses 4 and 5 of Proverbs 26 Contradict Each Other? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 09:37)
Lula is Back: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Elected Again as Brazil’s Next President —Revealing Major Issues Between Populism on the Right and Left

Part II (09:37 - 23:28)
Violence within a Political Context: Paul Pelosi Attacked in San Francisco — Does This Mark a New Era of Violence Against Political Leaders in the U.S.?

• Suspect in Assault at Pelosi Home had Posted about QAnon by Associated Press (Michael Biesecker and Bernard Condon)
• How to Respond to the Horrifying Pelosi Attack by Washington Post (The Editorial Board)
• The Assault on Paul Pelosi by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

Part III (23:28 - 26:41)
‘Remember People, Guns and Diet Mountain Dew Don’t Mix’: Woman Objects to Her Father’s Favorite Diet Soda with a Revolver

• “Don’t Dew This!” NC Police Cite Woman Who Didn’t Want Dad Drinking Mountain Dew by Charlotte Observer (Joe Marusak)

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Part I (00:13 - 11:24)
What Can Explain Such Panic and Mayhem? Massive Street Party Turns Deadly in Seoul

• South Korea Halloween Tragedy Claims Mostly Young Revelers by Wall Street Journal (Jiyoung Sohn, Dasl Yoon, and Timothy W. Martin)

Part II (11:24 - 15:14)
‘The Madness of Crowds’: Why Crowds Seem to Have a Mind of Their Own

Part III (15:14 - 27:20)
Is the Way to Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race… to Just Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race? Supreme Court Hears Five Hours of Oral Argument on Affirmative Action




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Part I (00:13 - 15:27)
They Are Trying Out a New Argument for “Gender Affirming” Surgery and Treatments—A Newly Invented Right of Integrity Means the Surrender of Modern Medicine

• Integrity and Rights to Gender-Affirming Healthcare by Journal of Medical Ethics (Richard Rowland)

Part II (15:27 - 18:23)
Public Health Professor urges Medical Doctors to Fight for LGBTQ Rights at the State Level: This is How Morality is Reshaped Before Our Eyes

• Implications of Dobbs for the (Re)Criminalization of Intimacy Among LGBTQ Individuals by JAMA Network (Joanne D. Rosen)

Part III (18:23 - 22:38)
‘Unleash Your Inner (Super) Hero’: Supplement Companies Find Success in Infantilizing Marketing Ploy Directed at American Men

• Using Superheroes to Sell, This Time to Adults by New York Times (Alyson Krueger)

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Part I (00:13 - 06:31)
Is it Even Possible for California to Be More Pro-Abortion? A Proposed Constitutional Amendment and it’s Meaning

• Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. by Legislative Analyst's Office

Part II (06:31 - 14:23)
Abortion, Autonomy, and Moral Insanity Come Together in Vermont’s Abortion Vote — And a Liberal Denomination Tries to Rewrite Christian Theology

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Part I (00:13 - 10:04)
‘American Couples Didn’t Let Pandemic Isolation Go to Waste.’: Fertility Rates in U.S. See First Major Decline Reversal Since 2007

• The Great Pandemic Baby Bump by The Atlantic (Jerusalem Demsas)

Part II (10:04 - 15:51)
New Dad, Does It Feel Like the Birth of Your Firstborn Child Shrank Your Brain? — Turns Out, That’s Exactly What’s Happened (And It’s a Good Thing)

• Becoming A Father Shrinks Your Cerebrum by The Economist

Part III (15:51 - 18:26)
How Do We Consistently Address Hard Issues From the Culture With Our Kids Without Discouraging Them? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (18:26 - 20:51)
Should Adultery Be Illegal? What About Homosexuality? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (20:51 - 26:11)
What Do You Mean When You Refer to Yourself as Augustinian? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (26:11 - 28:15)
What Language Did Adam and Eve Speak? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 9-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 12:00)
With Election Day Looming, What is the Landscape and What Is at Stake?

Part II (12:00 - 24:46)
‘Democratic at Both Ends But Alabama in the Center’: Why a Fraternity of Presidents Made a Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania in the Last Weekend Before Election Day

• 3 Presidents Swoop Into Pennsylvania, in a Clash That Transcends 2022 by New York Times (Lisa Lerer and Michael C. Bender)

Part III (24:46 - 26:51)
Politically Right and Politically Gracious: An Approach for Faithful Voting on Election Day




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Part I (00:13 - 03:24)
Christian Stewardship and Your Ballot Today — It’s Now Up to Voters

Part II (03:24 - 13:47)
A Not So United Climate Meeting: World Leaders Gather for COP27. What Is it About?

• Last Eight Years Were the Warmest in Modern Times, U.N. Body Says by Wall Street Journal (Eric Niiler)
• Global Diplomats are Talking About Climate Change — Again. Does It Do Any Good? by USA Today (Elizabeth Weise)

Part III (13:47 - 18:22)
More Heat Deaths (But Less Deaths from Cold): Deciphering Climate Change Claims

• Climate Change and the Lancet’s ‘Heat Death’ Deception by Wall Street Journal (Bjorn Lomberg)

Part IV (18:22 - 24:40)
A Difficult Case in the Midst of a Dark, Conflicted History: SCOTUS Set to Hear Oral Arguments on Navajo Adoption Case

• Race Question in Supreme Court Adoption Case Unnerves Tribes by New York Times (Jan Hoffman)

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Part I (00:13 - 03:52)
So, Do Voting Patterns Change with the Weather? You Probably Guessed that Political Strategists Have an Answer for That

• Will Rain Affect Turnout Tomorrow? The Answer Is Cloudy. by New York Times (Eve Washington and John Keefe)

Part II (03:52 - 09:49)
The Greater the Opportunity for Mischief, The Greater Likelihood Mischief Might Happen and Suspicions Will Rise: On Preserving the Integrity of Voting (and Counting Votes) on Election Day

Part III (09:49 - 17:11)
Another Casualty of COVID? The Weakening of American Confidence in the Political Process in a Post-Pandemic World?

Part IV (17:09 - 24:04)
Voter ID Law Creates "Unique Obstacles" for Transgender Voters’: USA Today Offers Yet Another Analysis Fueled by Ideology

• As Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric Grows, Voter ID Laws Create Obstacles for Thousands of Transgender Voters by USA Today (Cady Stanton)
• The 2020 LGBT Vote: Preferences and characteristics of LGBT voters in the U.S. by USA Today (Cady Stanton)

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Part I (00:13 - 13:35)
The Red Wave That Did Not Happen: What Caused the Taming of the Projected Republican Tsunami?

Part II (13:35 - 20:05)
An Abject Tragedy and Unmitigated Moral Failure: Citizens in Several States Vote Overwhelmingly in Support of Abortion Rights

• A Predicted ‘Red Wave’ Crashed Into Wall of Abortion Rights Support on Tuesday by Politico (Alice Miranda Ollstein and Megan Messerly)
• American Voters Just Sent a Crystal-Clear Message: They Believe in Abortion Rights by The Guardian (Jill Filipovic)
• Women Remembered to Vote on Abortion by Slate (Dahlia Lithwick)
• Abortion-Rights Supporters Prevail in Midterm Ballot Measures by Wall Street Journal (Laura Kusisto and Jennifer Calfas)

Part III (20:05 - 24:58)
History Is Often Much Closer Than We Think — An Obituary of the (Thought to Be) Last Child of an Enslaved Person Reminds Us of That Fact

• Daniel Smith, 90, Dies; Thought to Be the Last Child of an Enslaved Person by New York Times (Clay Risen)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:01)
In Historic Turn, Benjamin Netanyahu to Lead Israel Again: What Does Bibi’s Return to Power Mean for Israel?

Part II (12:01 - 18:12)
Why Do You Consider Salvation By Grace Alone an Essential Doctrine? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part III (18:12 - 21:24)
If Marriage is Supposed to Be a Monogamous Relationship Between a Man and a Woman, Why Did Many of the Old Testament Patriarchs Practice Polygamy? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (21:24 - 24:25)
Can You Clarify the Distinctions Between The Right and Conservatism (and The Left and Liberalism)? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (24:25 - 26:33)
Why Don’t Muslims in the West Face the Same Religious Liberty Issues as Christians? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 02:00)
Barely a Red Ripple? Democrats Claim Thin Majority in the Senate. We Await Further Word on House Races

Part II (02:00 - 16:07)
Go Figure: New Research Shows Married Couples Have Greater Financial Wealth Than Cohabiting Couples — And Sociologists are Scratching Their Heads as to Why

• Moving In Together Doesn’t Match the Financial Benefits of Marriage, but Why? by Wall Street Journal (Julia Carpenter)
• The Financial Implications of Cohabitation Among Young Adults by Journal of Financial Planning (Sonya Britt-Luter, Cassandra Dorius, Derek Lawson)

Part III (16:07 - 22:09)
‘Republicans Traded the Election of 2022 for a Generational Goal’: The Reversal of Roe. Was It Worth It?

• What the Pro-Life Movement Lost and Won by New York Times (Ross Douthat)

Part IV (22:09 - 26:05)
A News Story with a (Very) Weird Twist: Norwegian Princess Relinquishes Royal Duties to Marry American Celebrity Shaman




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Part I (00:13 - 13:19)
No Genuine Conservative Can Support This: The U.S. Senate to Vote on So-Called ‘Respect for Marriage’ Act to Codify Same-Sex Marriage as Law of the Land

• Senate Moves Ahead With Vote on Gay-Marriage Bill by Wall Street Journal (Katy Stech Ferek)

Part II (13:19 - 21:57)
A Direct Assault on Religious Liberty: The So-Called ‘Respect for Marriage’ Act — We Need to Take Names on Who Is Behind Republican Moral Relativism

Part III (21:57 - 25:40)
Be Fruitful and Multiply…Or Else: World Population Reaches 8 Billion People — Is It a Good Thing or a Cause for Concern?

• World Population Reaching 8 Billion: What This Means for the Family of Humanity by USA Today (António Guterres)

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Part I (00:13 - 10:42)
These Elections Matters Massively But You Have No Vote: Who Will Become Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader, and President Pro Tempore?

Part II (10:42 - 20:11)
The Mormon Church Comes Out in Official Support of the Respect for Marriage Act — Big Theological Issues Are in Play Here, and History, Too

• Is the U.S. Senate really going to redefine marriage? by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Part III (20:11 - 24:29)
The Epimenides Paradox Arises Anew as the Two Most Powerful Spies in the World Meet Together — And That’s No Lie

• The C.I.A. Director Meets with His Russian Counterpart to Warn Against the Use of Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine. by New York Times (Jim Tankersley and Edward Wong)

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Part I (00:13 - 08:20)
Twelve Republicans Voted in Favor in Respect for Marriage Act — But Redefining Marriage Is Profoundly Not Conservative

Part II (08:20 - 15:14)
New Congressional Leadership Comes Into View: Why Does This Matter and Why Is the Road Ahead So Troubled?

Part III (15:14 - 18:59)
Mass Cultural Confusion, Government Failure, and a Gospel Opportunity for the Church: Encouragement for Christians in a Society of Moral Revolt

Part IV (18:59 - 24:50)
Issue of Abortion Goes Before Kentucky’s Supreme Court: But Abortion Rights Are Not, and Never Were, in the State’s Constitution.




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Part I (00:13 - 09:22)
1 Out of 8 Americans Have Been Given Prescriptions for Antidepressants — Are We Really at the Point Where the Modern Age Just Equals Depression?

• Antidepressants Don’t Work the Way Many People Think by New York Times (Dana G. Smith)

Part II (09:22 - 13:15)
‘Puppies on Prozac and Cats on CBD’ : Evidently Our Pets Are Now as Anxious as We Are

• Puppies on Prozac: How to Handle Your Pet’s Anxiety by New York Times (Melinda Wenner Moyer)

Part III (13:15 - 16:07)
Why Is It Okay to Euthanize Our Sickly Pet But Never Right to Euthanize People? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from Young Listener of The Briefing

Part IV (16:07 - 18:21)
If the Fall Had Not Happened, How Could the Earth Have Provided for Population That Would Grow Exponentially And Never Die? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (18:21 - 20:49)
Why Did Georgia’s Senate Election Go to a Run-Off When the Republican Governor Won So Decisively? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (20:49 - 24:02)
Why Is It So Hard to Share the Gospel? Does Loving People Mean That We Respect Their Choices Even When Bad? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 14-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part VII (24:02 - 25:46)
Why Did God Refer to Himself as ‘We’ in the Old Testament? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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