This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 11:26)Right Motivation, Misguided Legislation: The House Votes to Pass the Anti-Semitism Awareness ActWorking definition of antisemitism by IHRAPart II (11:26 - 14:29)Legislation Has Intended and Unintended Consequences: The Major Concerns of the Potential Fallout of the Anti-Semitism Awareness ActPart III (14:29 - 20:41)A ‘Professional Agitator’ on Liberal Campus? The People of the Left Protesting on Campuses Include More Than StudentsThe 63-Year-Old Career Activist Among the Protesters at Columbia by The New York Times (Andrew Keh and Katherine Rosman)Part IV (20:41 - 24:50)Crackdowns on College Campuses Should Send a Clear Message: Behave or Go Home, or Go to Jail. A Clear Lesson from HistorySign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Monday, May 6, 2024

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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 RepublicPart II (13:52 - 17:17)The Background Story in Iran — The Rise and Fall of Empires, and Emergence of Modern Islamic TheocracyPart 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)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Thursday, May 23, 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)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Wednesday, May 22, 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 HamasPart 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 IsraelPart IV (18:32 - 26:19)Absolute Banality, a Rejection of Roman Catholic Doctrine, and Abandonment of the Gospel: Pope Francis’s Interview on 60 MinutesPart 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)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Tuesday, May 21, 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 RegisterPart 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)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Monday, May 20, 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 BriefingPart 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 BriefingPart V (20:00 - 23:08)What Advice Do You Have for a Young Deacon? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart 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 BriefingSign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Monday, May 6, 2024

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