Tuesday, October 17, 2023

PART I Shifts in the American Political Landscape: The House Needs a Speaker, and Louisiana Elects a Conservative Governor

PART II A Great American Fracturing? — Americans are Moving States Based on Political Views

PART III The Motherhood Penalty: Nobel Prize Winner Shows Gender Wage Gap Comes Down to Having Babies

PART IV Couple Faithfulness, Not Couple Equity: The Ontology and Moral Good of Complementary Work Roles in Marriage

Monday, October 16, 2023

PART I The Moral Considerations of Israel’s War: Balancing the Absolute Necessity of Destroying Hamas with Minimizing the Loss of Innocent Life

PART II The Concept of International Law: By Definition, Terrorists Don’t Care About the Rules

PART III The Antisemitism of the Left: Leftist Progressives Display Their True Allegiances

PART IV Some Enemies Cannot Be Ignored: The Survival of Civilization Depends on the Response to Those Who Seek to Destroy It

Friday, October 13, 2023

PART I Treasonous Behavior from a Senator: Robert Menendez Charged with Conspiring to Act as Foreign Agent of Egypt

PART II The Culture War Wants Your Car: Why the Culture War is Bringing the Fight to Your Garage

PART III Why Do Some Focus on the ‘Red Letters’ of Scripture Over Against the Rest of Scripture? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV How Can I Best Incorporate My Toddler in Church? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V What Should a Homosexual Couple with Children Do After Coming to Faith in Christ? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI How Can We Be Sure That the Bible is True? Is It Only Because God Says It Is? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from an 8-Year-Old Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, October 12, 2023

PART I The Reality of Natural Evil and Moral Evil: Devastating Earthquake in Afghanistan, Genocidal Attack in Israel

PART II Harvard’s Complicity: School Broiled in Controversy After Response to Student Statement Supporting Hamas’s Attacks on Israel

PART III A New Speaker of the House? Republicans Have a Nomination, But No Consensus

PART IV More Celebrations, With Drum Circles? — National Coming Out Day 2023

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

PART I ‘This Is an Act of Sheer Evil’: Evaluating the Moral Language of President Biden’s Statement on the Hamas Attacks on Israel

PART II The Reality of Evil in an Age of Confusion: Moral Clarity in the Wake of Barbarity

PART III ‘Don’t’ Warns the President: The U.S. Warning Must Be Backed By Overwhelming Force If It Is Not Heeded

PART IV We Do Know Evil When We See It: We Are Created as Moral Beings, and It Shows

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

PART I The Responsibility of a Nation-state in War: Israel’s Right to Defend Itself

PART II This is Not Just About Israel: An Attack on Israel is an Attack on Western Civilization and the Rule of Law

PART III Americans, Don’t Take a Holiday from History: The World is a Perilous Place, and This is Conflict in Israel Is More Evidence of That

PART IV The Impossibility of a Ceasefire in Israel: The Calls for Ceasefire from the Liberal Media in the U.S. are Nothing Less Than Immoral

PART V What a Lie Is and How It Works: The Propaganda of Banned Books Week

Monday, October 9, 2023

PART I Israel is at War: Hamas Attacks State of Israel, Kills, and Kidnaps

PART II Who’s Speaking in Defense of Israel, and Who is Not? — The Significance of the Political and Global Response to the War in Israel

PART III Pray for Israel: Following Biblical Instruction, Especially Now

Friday, October 6, 2023

PART I ‘The Top Takeaway of the Study is That There’s A Lot More to Learn’: NASA Admits Lack of Knowledge of Any Extraterrestrial Origins of UFOs

PART II Once the Dress Code Goes, What Goes Next? The Senate Casts Aside Professional Dress and Raises the Question of What Historical Decorum Will Go Next

PART III What Practical Advice Would You Give to College Students Considering Marriage While They Are Still in School? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV How Can We Pledge Allegiance to a Country as a Christian? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V Is There Inherent Value in Praying or Speaking Truth Even If We Are Not Fully Engaged Mentally? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, October 5, 2023

PART I We Have Entered Uncharted Territory: The Republican Crisis in the House Raises Big Issues of Rules, Leadership, and Governance in a Social Media Age

PART II Mayhem Is Not a Conservative Impulse: Insurgent Disorder in the House and Big Questions About the Future

PART III Conservatives are Stronger When Ruled by Conservative Principles: Conservative Party in the UK Holds Party Conference

PART IV Crime Waves on Both Sides of the Atlantic A Sad Reminder that Order Must Sustain Liberty

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

PART I A Loud Signal from the Vatican: Pope Francis Points to Future Blessings for Gay Couples

PART II Anthropology Goes Woke: American Anthropological Association and Canadian Anthropology Society Cancel Conference Panel on Biological Sex

PART III An Unprecedented Development in U.S. History: Kevin McCarthy Ousted as Speaker of the House of Representatives