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The Briefing with Albert Mohler Albert Mohler

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.8 • 7.6K Ratings

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    Friday, May 24, 2024

    Friday, May 24, 2024

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:13 - 07:54)
    ‘I’m 72 and Don’t Have Kids. I Don’t Regret It.’: A Regrettable Argument Shows Up Discrediting the Goods of Having Children and GrandchildrenI’m 72 and Don’t Have Kids. I Don’t Regret It by Business Insider (Louisa Rogers)

    Part II (07:54 - 12:20)
    I’m an Atheist Listener. I Disagree With Your Assertion That Atheists Have No Ground for Viewing Human Beings as Special in Creation. — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part III (12:20 - 14:09)
    Does Running for Political Office Contradict the Virtue of Humility in the Christian Worldview? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part IV (14:09 - 16:37)
    What Advice Would You Give to a Christian Considering Political Office? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part V (16:37 - 19:44)
    How Does the New Age Movement Compare to the New Thought Movement? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part VI (19:44 - 20:38)
    ‘Work Hard. Fall in Love. Don’t Lose Your Sense of Humor.’ What Would You Add to This Commencement Advice? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part VII (20:38 - 22:11)
    What is a Martyr? Was Samson a Martyr? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part VIII (22:11 - 26:35)
    What About Lex, Rex? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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    • 26 min
    Thursday, May 23, 2024

    Thursday, May 23, 2024

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:13 - 13:52)
    Absolute Hostility to the West and Further Instability in the Middle East: The Death of Iran’s President and the Future of the Islamic Republic

    Part II (13:52 - 17:17)
    The Background Story in Iran — The Rise and Fall of Empires, and Emergence of Modern Islamic Theocracy

    Part III (17:17 - 27:18)
    Two Republican Senators Propose Federal Protection of IVF: So Let’s Make Them Tell Us When They Think Human Life BeginsWe’ll Protect Both Life and IVF by The Wall Street Journal (Ted Cruz and Katie Boyd Britt)




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    • 27 min
    Wednesday, May 22, 2024

    Wednesday, May 22, 2024

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:13 - 08:19)
    When Will SCOTUS Take Up the Trans Issue? The Inevitability of a Big Case Over Transgenderism Hitting the Nation’s High Court

    Part II (08:19 - 14:48)
    Parents Don’t Want Transgender Athletes on School Sports Teams, Even in New York — And the Pushback is Nothing More than Moral CoercionN.Y.C. Parents Rebuked for Questioning Transgender Student-Athlete Rules by The New York Times (Troy Closson)

    Part III (14:48 - 17:14)
    President Biden Looks to Turn Back Advances of Women and Girls in Name of Transgender Support — What Placing ‘Trans Rights’ Under Title IX Really MeansBiden Turns Title IX Into a Weapon Against Women and Girls by The Wall Street Journal (Kristen Waggoner)

    Part IV (17:14 - 20:59)
    Your Neighborhood Gym Enters the Culture Wars: Fitness Facility Wrestles with Locker Room Policy and Sexual RevolutionPlanet Fitness’s New Chief Steps Into a Culture-War Storm by The Wall Street Journal (Jennifer Maloney)

    Part V (20:59 - 25:17)
    A Deliberate Rejection of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful: The Unspeakably Ugly New Portrait of King Charles IIIA Shock of Red for a Royal Portrait by The New York Times (Vanessa Friedman)




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    • 25 min
    Tuesday, May 21, 2024

    Tuesday, May 21, 2024

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:13 - 12:27)
    A Shot Ricocheting Across the World: ICC Announces War Crime Charges Against Netanyahu and Israel’s Defense Chief Along With Leader of Hamas

    Part II (12:27 - 16:26)
    The ICC Misses the Bomber Pilot for the Death Squad: The False Moral Equivalence of the ICC and the Undercutting of Just War TheoryThe ICC Disgraces Itself Over Israel by The Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

    Part III (16:26 - 18:32)
    The U.S. Can Never Join the ICC or Recognize Its Jurisdiction: The Sanity and Morality Behind the U.S. Rejection of ICC’s Jurisdiction and War Crime Charges Against Israel

    Part IV (18:32 - 26:19)
    Absolute Banality, a Rejection of Roman Catholic Doctrine, and Abandonment of the Gospel: Pope Francis’s Interview on 60 Minutes

    Part V (26:19 - 27:14)
    The Woke Pope: Liberal Pope Francis Continues to Divide the Catholic Church — And Its By His Own IntentionPope Francis' Culture Wars Divide Catholic Church by Newsweek Magazine (Katherine Fung)




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    • 27 min
    Monday, May 20, 2024

    Monday, May 20, 2024

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:13 - 11:21)
    Harrison Butker, the Latest Heretic to Our Modern Secular Age: The Left in a Rage After Butker’s Commencement Address to Benedictine CollegeFull Text: Harrison Butker of Kansas City Chiefs Graduation Speech by National Catholic Register

    Part II (11:21 - 17:31)
    Creation Order Leads to Human Happiness: But Harrison Butker’s Words to the Young Men and Women at Benedictine College Led to OutrageChiefs kicker Harrison Butker's speech was ugly. He's only part of a bigger problem. by USA Today (Mike Freeman)

    Part III (17:31 - 26:07)
    A Parable of Our Secular Age: Larry Hogan Makes 180 Degree Turn on Abortion for Political ExpediencyHogan Backs Codifying Roe, Tacking Left on Abortion Ahead of a Tough Race by The New York Times (Luke Broadwater)Larry Hogan and the Lost Tradition of Pro-Choice Republicanism by New York Magazine (Ed Kilgore)

    Part IV (26:07 - 28:17)
    An Unstable, Dangerous Part of the World Just Got More Unstable and Dangerous: Iran’s President and Other Leaders Appear to be Dead After Helicopter Crash‘No sign of life’ at crash site of helicopter carrying Iran’s president, others by The Associated Press (Jon Gambrell)




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    • 28 min
    Friday, May 17, 2024

    Friday, May 17, 2024

    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:13 - 08:49)
    Higher Education Has a Quality Control Problem: Systemic Fraud Within Academic JournalsWiley to Shutter 19 Journals by Inside Higher Ed (Johanna Alonso)Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures by The Wall Street Journal (Nidhi Subbaraman)

    Part II (08:49 - 12:06)
    Sorority Sisters Sue Over New Member: Transgender Sorority “Sister” Sparks Controversy on University CampusWyoming sorority sisters sue over admission of biological man by Catholic News Agency (Peter Pinedo)

    Part III (12:06 - 15:52)
    How Do We Hold Together God’s Sovereignty in Salvation and the Mandate for Evangelism? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part IV (15:52 - 20:00)
    How Do We Analyze the News Without Becoming a Sad Christian? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part V (20:00 - 23:08)
    What Advice Do You Have for a Young Deacon? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part VI (23:08 - 27:10)
    What Does Healthy Masculinity Look Like in Our Confused World? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 12-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing




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    • 27 min

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