This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 10:51)
What Happens in Brazil Won’t Stay in Brazil: Brazil Criminalizes Those Speak Against Transgender Ideology

• Brazil Criminalizes Transgender Dissent by The Wall Street Journal (Mary Anastasia O’Grady)

Part II (10:51 – 21:12)
A Wave of Detransitioners is Coming: Woman Wins Lawsuit Over So-Called Transgender Procedure as Minor

• Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor by The New York Times (Andrew Jacobs)
• Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors by The New York Times (Andrew Jacobs)
• California Sues a Children’s Hospital to Maintain Transgender Health Care by The New York Times (Jill Cowan)

Part III (21:12 – 25:48)
LGBTQ in the Culture War: Des Moines Pushes Back Against LGBTQ Ideology, But a Teacher is Forced to Apologize for Using Terms ‘Male’ and ‘Female’

• Uncounted and ‘invisible?’ Why Iowa stopped counting nonbinary students by The Des Moines Register (Samantha Hernandez)
• The Rise and Fall of Youth Gender Medicine by The Free Press (Emily Yoffe)

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 09:21)
A Crisis of Dignity: Leaders Must See Dignity as Vital and Essential
Part II (09:21 – 15:55)
Dignity and the American Presidency: Our Constitutional Order Depends on It
Part III (15:55 – 22:10)
The Olympics, the Super Bowl, and the Divide of Red and Blue America: How the Polarization of Politics is Affecting Sports

• If You Hate Bad Bunny, I Have Bad News for You by The New York Times (Noah Shachtman)
• Christianity at the Super Bowl defies a trend by The Washington Post (Paul Putz)

Part IV (22:10 – 25:48)
The Globalist Dream of the Olympics: But Sports Only Brings Unity in a Limited Way – Just Look at the Super Bowl Halftime Shows

• Life in Abundance by The Holy See (Pope Leo XIV)
• As Olympics Open, Pope Warns Against Using Sports for ‘Propaganda’ by The New York Times (Motoko Rich)

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 06:15)
News Alert, Dads Matter: Important New Research Confirms the Importance of the Father in the Home on Their Children’s Physical Health

• Research Finds Interaction With Father, Not Mother, Affects Child Health by The New York Times (Ellen Barry)
• Longitudinal associations between father– and mother–child interactions, coparenting, and child cardiometabolic health. by American Psychological Association

Part II (06:15 – 11:32)
The Glory of a Baby’s Laugh: Evolutionary Theory Simply Cannot Explain This

• The Evolutionary Brilliance of the Baby Giggle by The New York Times (Gina Mireault)

Part III (11:32 – 13:00)
‘Bluey’ and the Beauty of Creation Order: America’s Most Streamed Show For the Last Two Years is Basically Conservative and Happy

• ‘Bluey’ Is the Most Conservative Show on TV by The Wall Street Journal (Louise Perry)

Part IV (13:00 – 16:36)
It’s Not Just a Problem of Boys on Girls Teams — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (16:36 – 21:00)
Why is Spycraft Okay If We are Supposed to Love Our Neighbors? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter From a 5-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

• Spycraft and Soulcraft on the Front Lines of History by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and James Olson)

Part VI (21:00 – 23:31)
Should Single People Adopt Children? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing

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Part VII (23:31 – 26:39)
Does God Love Everyone, Even Those Who are in Hell? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter From a 8-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 12:05)
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies Major: Texas A&M Cuts Women’s Studies Major, But the Ideology May Still Remain

• Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender by The New York Times (Alan Blinder)

Part II (12:05 – 18:55)
The Ideological Echo Chamber of Higher Education: A New Study Shows That an American Studies Journal Ran Zero Positive Articles About the U.S. in Last 3 Years

• American-Studies Journal Articles Biased Against U.S., Analysis Says by The Wall Street Journal (Richard D. Kahlenberg and Lief Lin)

Part III (18:55 – 24:59)
Harvard’s Grade Inflation: Prestigious University Considers Adding A+ Grades to the Scale – As If That Will Solve the Problem

• One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades. by The New York Times (Mark Arsenault)

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 17:44)
President Trump Said the Silent Thing Out Loud: The Strange World of International Law

• Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’ by The New York Times (David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Katie Rogers, and Zolan Kanno-Youngs)

Part II (17:44 – 20:24)
Do You Remember When the Obama Administration Walked Back on the Monroe Doctrine? Even Liberal Administrations are Fuzzy on International Law

• The US Renounces the Monroe Doctrine?. by The Diplomat (Zachary Keck)

Part III (20:24 – 21:33)
Every Nation Will Give An Account Before the Lord: The Bible Makes Clear That Both Individuals and Nations Will Face God’s Judgement
Part IV (21:33 – 23:26)
We are Bound by God’s Law, Not By Our Own Morality: It’s Our Task to Remember That Truth
Part V (23:26 – 26:23)
The Psychologizing of ‘Mattering’ – You Won’t Believe It Until You See It in Writing

• The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering by The Wall Street Journal (Jennifer Breheny Wallace)

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 10:47)
Many of the Rich and Powerful are Running Scared and Embarrassed: The DOJ Released Another 3 Million Epstein Files – And A Lot of People Were Involved with Epstein
Part II (10:47 – 13:50)
The Horrifying and Humiliating Nature of Sin: The Epstein Files From a Christian Framework

• They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise. by The New York Times (Nicholas Confessore)

Part III (13:50 – 24:47)
Hillary Clinton Draws a ‘Christian’ Dividing Line: With Liberal Christian Argument, Hillary Clinton Goes After the War on Empathy

• MAGA’s War on Empathy: This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement. by The Atlantic (Hillary Rodham Clinton)
• The Sin of Empathy by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Joe Rigney)
• The Progressives’ Culture War Strategy by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Allie Beth Stuckey)

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 13:50)
The Arrest of Don Lemon: There are Massive Religious Liberty and Constitutional Issues at Stake in This Case

• Don Lemon Released Without Bond Over Minnesota Protest Charge by The New York Times (Hamed AleazizDevlin BarrettAlan Feuer and Jesus Jiménez)
• Case 0:26-cr-00025-LMP-DLM by United States District Court District of Minnesota

Part II (13:50 – 16:16)
Your Faithful Church Might Be Next: We Are entering a New Stage in Cultural Conflict
Part III (16:16 – 27:05)
President Trump’s Fed Appointment: Kevin Warsh Nominated to Lead the U.S. Federal Reserve

• Meet the Federal Debt, the Fed’s Actual New Boss (Sorry, Kevin Warsh) by The New York Times (Binyamin Appelbaum)

Part IV (27:05 – 28:34)
A Word From the Heart: To the Moms Who Wrote Me, Thanks and . . . Sorry, Mom.
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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 14:55)
Is Human Civilization the Product of Alien Visitation? “Chariots of the Gods”Author, Erich von Däniken, Dies

• Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90 by The New York Times (Mike Peed)

Part II (14:55 – 20:01)
Were the Books of the Bible Picked or Recognized? What About the Apocrypha? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part III (20:01 – 23:15)
Is the Nicene Creed Inspired and Infallible? If Not, What Authority Should It Have in the Church? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (23:15 – 26:02)
Are Southern Baptists Adverse to Creeds and Confessions? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (26:02 – 28:28)
The Lord’s Richest Blessings and Joy to That Baby Shower — And Thanks for the Invitation
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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 13:12)
The Morality of Taxes: California’s Proposed Wealth Tax on Billionaires Raises Big Questions About the Morality and Pragmatic Limitations of Taxation

• What to Know About California’s Proposed Tax on Billionaires by The New York Times (Laurel Rosenhall)
• California will miss billionaires when they’re gone by The Washington Post (The Editorial Board)

Part II (13:12 – 20:41)
Once Upon a Time in California’s Economy: The Proposed Wealth Tax is Big Trouble for Billionaires, and the Entire Economy of California is in Big Trouble If This Passes
Part III (20:41 – 24:05)
Breaking Up with California is Hard to Do: The State’s Tax Law Makes Leaving Almost as Difficult as Staying

• The Hardest Part About Being a Billionaire in California: Proving You Left by The Wall Street Journal (Laura J. Nelson and Juliet Chung)

Part IV (24:05 – 28:01)
Render Unto Caesar What is Caesar’s and to God What is God’s: What’s at Stake?
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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 11:13)
The Dead End of ESG: It Was Big Talk, But the Big Players Never Lived Up to Their Own Pledges, and It’s a Big Story

• How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change by The New York Times (David Gelles)

Part II (11:13 – 13:00)
Wall Street’s Climate Change Pledges Were Fake: The Financiers of Climate Change Activism Had No Intention of Following Through on Their Promises
Part III (13:00 – 22:28)
The Worldview Behind Climate Change: These Issues Really Matter, Including the Ideological Agenda Behind Many of These Proposals
Part IV (22:28 – 27:31)
Target’s Finds Itself A Target: By Moral Signaling, It Sowed the Seeds of Its Own Current Perils
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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 15:31)
The Instability of Progressivism: There Can Be No Stable Moral Framework in a Worldview Apart from God

• Americans Are Turning Against Gay People by The New York Times (Tessa E.S. Charlesworth and Eli J. Finkel)

Part II (15:31 – 21:10)
What’s Your Definition? The Attorney Arguing for So-Called Transgender Rights Before SCOTUS Could Not Define Man, Woman, Boy, or Girl

• The gaping hole in the transgender sports case by The Washington Post (Megan McArdle)

Part III (21:10 – 22:50)
Courage to Conserve: Christians and Conservatives Should Be Encouraged to Speak the Truth and Push for a Comprehensive Recovery From Progressivism
Part IV (22:50 – 26:09)
A Strange Worldview Intersection: Even Evolutionary Biologists Have to Acknowledge the Fixed Biology of Male and Female

• The Transgender Sports Deception by The Wall Street Journal (Colin Wright)

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