Monday, January 8, 2024

PART I Former President Trump Struck From State Ballots? Huge Constitutional Issues Hang in the Balance as SCOTUS Decides to Take Up Colorado Case

PART II The 2024 State of the Union Address: President Biden Seeks to Do Damage Control as He Ratchets Up Re-Election Campaign

PART III A Tinderbox Grows Even More Incendiary: The Increasingly Hostile, and Theological, Conflicts in the Middle East

PART IV The Dangers of Riding a Tiger: The Inevitable End of Totalitarian Dictatorships

Friday, December 22, 2023

PART I

PART II

PART III

PART IV

PART V

PART VI

PART VII

PART VIII

PART IX

PART X

PART XI

PART XII

PART XIII

Thursday, December 21, 2023

PART I The Dramatic Disaffiliation: The Biggest Schism in American Protestantism Is Taking Place in the United Methodist Church Right Now

PART II LGBTQ Issues, Control, and Theological Arguments: Why Conservatives are Leaving the UMC

PART III Who are the Houthi Rebels? Just Look at Their Motto: The Theology and Ideology Behind the Terrorist Attacks in the Red Sea

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

PART I The Road to Reversing Roe: A Major Investigation Into How the Supreme Court Came to Reverse Roe v. Wade

PART II A Long War Against Women’s Rights? The Left’s Narrative of Why the Dobbs Decision Happened

PART III Do Courts Make Decisions on the Grounds of Emerging Social Consensus? Examining an Observation from the Late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

PART I Did Pope Francis Really Give Blessing to Same-Sex Couples? The Complicated Disaster of the News Coming Out of the Vatican

PART II Progressing the Sexual Revolution By a Wink: The Strategy of Pope Francis to Blur the Lines of “Union” Ceremonies with Weddings

PART III The Bottom Line of the Roman Catholic Church’s Blessing of Same-Sex Unions

PART IV The Cultural Context and Political Effects: How the Vatican’s Blessing of Same-Sex Couples Will Impact Faithful Protestant Christians Across the Globe

Monday, December 18, 2023

PART I There Are No Holidays from History: Big Questions Arise as the War Between Israel and Hamas Rages

PART II The U.S. Calls for Israel Fighting in Gaza to ‘Slow Down’ Soon? But What Is Really At Stake? What Do the US and Europe Really Want? What Are Leaders Really Saying?

PART III Where is the Pledged Support for Ukraine? Why is Border Security Linked? Big Issues (and Big Dangers) Arise

Friday, December 15, 2023

PART I The Cult of Celebrity and Moral Revolution Enshrined in the Smithsonian: National Portrait Gallery Unveils Portrait of Oprah Winfrey

PART II How Should Christians Think About Accepting Private Tax Credits From States for Public Schools? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III In Christian Ethics, Is Something, Like the Sale of Organs, That Has the Potential of Being Unethical Considered Unethical? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV Who Says That Abortion Cannot Be the Intended Purpose of Any Procedure? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V Should Christians Read the Great Works of Western Literature? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI How Does Prayer Differ Between the Old and New Testaments? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VII Why was Cain So Jealous of Abel’s Sacrifice That He Killed His Brother? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 7-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Thursday, December 14, 2023

PART I ‘The World’ Agreed to What? The Real Life Political Parable of COP28

PART II An Overtly Political Act or an Exercise of Legislative Responsibility? The House Approves Impeachment Inquiry of President Joe Biden

PART III From Orthodox to Reform in One Generation: The Death of a Prominent Rabbi Reveals the Theological Landscape of American Judaism

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

PART I Where is the Moral Outrage on Anti-Semitism at Harvard? President Claudine Gay Retains Her Position in the Midst of Anti-Semitic Comments and Plagiarism Allegations

PART II Notice what STILL is Not Said: Evaluating the Harvard Corporation’s Support for President Claudine Gay

PART III Why is President McGill at the University of Pennsylvania Out While President Gay of Harvard is Not? As Expected, There is a Backstory

PART IV Keep Your Pet Goldfish in the Bowl: The Invasion of Goldfish Terrorizing the Great Lakes

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

PART I Texas Woman Travels for “Abortion Care” — Huge Issues of Morality and Language Arise in the Midst of Controversial Abortion Case

PART II So Does President Biden Really Want Funding for Ukraine? Border Funding to Stem Migrant Influx is Also a US Security Priority

PART III Rethinking Ukraine Crisis: America is at a Crossroads Over Ukraine Support, But Where is the Strategy?

PART IV Fidel Castro’s Sister Supported the Revolution But Declared Her Brother a Tyrant: Juanita Castro Dies at 90 in Miami