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    Friday, September 5, 2025

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the arrest of Graham Linehan for his anti-transgender social media posts, gay cheerleaders in the NFL and the role of sports in shaping culture, President Trump’s recent comments about getting into heaven, mandatory reporting and the second amendment, and talking to children about the cross of Jesus Christ. Part I (00:14 – 11:30) ‘At What Point Did We Become North Korea?’ Irish Comedy Writer is Arrested for Anti-Transgender Social Media Posts Republicans warn about spread of European online censorship to U.S. after Irish writer’s arrest by The Washington Times (Valerie Richardson)Part II (11:30 – 16:25) So the NFL is Embracing Gay Cheerleaders Now? Homosexual Cheerleaders in the NFL and the Role of Sports in the Normalization of the Moral Decay of Our Culture Abolish cheerleaders by Washington Examiner (Timothy P. Carney)Part III (16:25 – 20:25) What Do You Make of President Trump’s Recent Comments About Getting into Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part IV (20:25 – 23:07) How Do You Square Your Support for Mandatory Reporting Laws with Religious Freedom? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Part V (23:07 – 26:09) My 5-Year-Old is Disturbed by the Brutality of the Cross. How Do I Continue to Talk to Him About the Gospel? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning. Follow Dr. Mohler: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu. For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com. To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

    26 min

  2. 2 DAYS AGO

    Thursday, September 4, 2025

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 12:22) Are the American People Really Divided Politically? They Range All Over the Place on Some Issues, Big Elections Are Binary Politicians Are Polarized. American Voters, Not So Much. by The New York Times (Kristen Soltis Anderson)Part II (12:22 – 17:01) A New Third Party in Britain? It Might Be Influential Or It Might Crash Before It Ever Figures Out What to Call Itself Part III (17:01 – 26:27) How the Public Health Game is Played: How Terms Like ‘Science,’ ‘Bias,’ and Others Have Been Weaponized by the CDC CDC leaders who resigned sound alarm over direction of public health under RFK Jr. by CNN (Kaitlan Collins)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning. Follow Dr. Mohler: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu. For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com. To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

    26 min

  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    Wednesday, September 3, 2025

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the meeting of Putin, Xi, and Modi in China, the pregnant mothers on the front lines in Ukraine, why Ukraine is allowing young men to leave the country, and Germany’s need for men in its military. Part I (00:14 – 06:58) Part II (06:58 – 18:32) Expecting on the Front Lines: Motherhood in Ukraine’s Military by The New York Times (Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko)Part III (18:32 – 23:00) Why Ukraine Is Allowing More Young Men to Leave the Country by The New York Times (Maria Varenikova)Part IV (23:00 – 25:14) Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning. Follow Dr. Mohler: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu. For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com. To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

    25 min

  4. 4 DAYS AGO

    Tuesday, September 2, 2025

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning. Follow Dr. Mohler: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu. For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com. To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

    27 min

  5. 29 AUG

    Friday, August 29, 2025

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses our society’s boy crisis and its struggle to turn boys into men, and he answers questions from listeners about why God cares about gender, the Christian battle of ideas, and if mandatory reporting laws violate the first amendment. Part I (00:13 – 15:06) We are in (Another) Boy Crisis: Every Successful Civilization Has to Figure How to Turn Boys into Men – And We Face New Challenges Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s by The New York Times (Robert D. Putnam and Richard V. Reeves)Part II (15:06 – 22:05) Why Did God Create Human Beings as Male and Female? Why Does Gender Distinction Matter to God? Part III (22:05 – 25:11) You Say That Christians are in a ‘Battle of Ideas.’ Where Do You See That in Scripture? Part IV (25:11 – 29:12) Do Mandatory Reporting Laws Violate First Amendment Rights? Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning. Follow Dr. Mohler: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu. For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com. To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

    29 min

  6. 28 AUG

    Thursday, August 28, 2025

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses President Trump’s threats to remove sex education funding for sex ed that affirms transgender ideologies, the parental responsibility of sex education, and the dangers of A.I. chatbots for teenagers. Part I (00:14 – 12:07) Trump Goes After Gender Ideology in Sex Education: The Trump Administration Releases Executive Order to Remove Gender Identity from Sex Education Trump Administration Puts 46 States and Territories on Notice to Remove Gender Ideology Content from Sex Ed Materials by U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesPart II (12:07 – 14:55) Sex Education is a Parental Responsibility: Christian Faithfulness Requires that Christian Parents Do Not Relinquish Sex Education to a Secular Culture Part III (14:55 – 25:18) The Danger of A.I. Chatbots for Teenagers: Teenagers are Turning to A.I. Chatbots for Therapy, and It Has Turned into a Four-Alarm Fire Teens Are Using Chatbots as Therapists. That’s Alarming. by The New York Times (Ryan K. McBain)A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. by The New York Times (Kashmir Hill)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning. Follow Dr. Mohler: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu. For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com. To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

    25 min

  7. 27 AUG

    Wednesday, August 27, 2025

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 12:53) The Menendez Brothers in the American Conscience: The Disturbing and Entertainment-Driven Media Campaign in Support of the Menendez Brothers Menendez Hasn’t Been a ‘Model Prisoner,’ Board Says in Denying Parole by The New York TimesTrump calls for expansion of death penalty in D.C. by The Washington Post (Emily Davies and Salvador Rizzo)Part II (12:53 – 20:49) The Culture of Death Creeps Forward in Uruguay: Uruguay’s Push for Assisted Suicide, And Secularization is a Big Part of the Picture Liberal Uruguay and the right to die by The EconomistPart III (20:49 – 26:00) Capital Confusion: Current Debates About the Death Penalty Reveal Big Worldview Shift The Men Suing Over Their Partners’ Abortions by The Wall Street Journal (Jennifer Calfas and Mariah Timms)Texas man spiked girlfriend’s drink with Plan C to terminate her pregnancy, officials claim by NBC News (David K. Li)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning. Follow Dr. Mohler: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu. For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com. To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

    26 min

  8. 26 AUG

    Tuesday, August 26, 2025

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses a new Pew Research Study that shows LGBT Americans are more likely to identify as ‘spiritual but not religious,’ how our culture has made an idol out of secular science, and the scandal of a fraudulent honesty professor at Harvard. Part I (00:14 – 14:20) LGBT Americans are ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’: New Pew Research Study Reveals LGBTQ Americans are Unlikely to Choose Scriptural Religions Religion and spirituality among LGBT Americans by Pew Research Center (Becka A. Alper and Asta Kallo)Part II (14:20 – 17:40) Secular Science is Out of Bounds: Our Culture Has Made an Idolatry of Secular Science The Doctors Who Cry ‘Science’ by The Wall Street Journal (Allysia Finley)Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty Is Accused of Fabricating Findings by The New York Times (Noam Scheiber)Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty Is Accused of Fabricating Findings by The New York Times (Noam Scheiber)Part III (17:40 – 25:44) Organized Crime in Organized Science: The Scandal of a Fraudulent Honesty Professor at Harvard Reveals Bigger Problem in Scientific Community Harvard revokes tenure from professor famous for ethics studies, first time in 80 years by NBC News (Viola Flowers)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning. Follow Dr. Mohler: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu. For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com. To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

    26 min
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