Friday, August 25, 2023

PART I Vladimir Putin Sends a Clear Message: Wagner Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin (Apparently) Killed in Plane Crash — There is No Surprise Here

PART II Who Is Your Favorite Church Leader From the Reformation or the Puritan Era? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III Why Do We Have an Original Sin Nature Because of Adam? Why Does God Allow Satan to Do Evil? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Young Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV Are There Any Commands about Baptism in the Old Testament? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V How Would You Answer Someone Who Says That the New Covenant Overrules the Noahic Covenant’s Approval of the Death Penalty? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI What are the Most Important Traits in a Man We Should Look for as We Seek to Hire a New Pastor? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VII Who is Your Favorite Downton Abbey Character? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, August 24, 2023

PART I A Debate? Let’s Call It a Debacle: The Republican Presidential Candidates Were Set Loose, and the Loser Was American Politics

PART II ‘There was a Deep Malevolence, Bordering on Sadism in Your Actions’: British Nurse Turned Serial Killer Sentenced to Life in Prison After Killing Seven Babies

PART III Driverless Car in San Francisco Hits New Roadblock — Wet Concrete

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

PART I ‘The Company Will Shift Its Pride Merchandise Assortment’: Target Acknowledges Customer Backlash Over Pride Displays

PART II A Major Redefinition of Parenting: USA Today Urges Parents to Build a Back to School Kit to Prepare Their Children for ‘Safe Sex’ and ‘Safe Drug Usage’

PART III The Incoherence of the Transgender Revolution: The New York Times Sports Section Confuses Itself Over Who a Woman Is

PART IV FIDE Faces Down the Transgender Revolution: International Chess Agency Bans Transgender Women from Women’s Competitions

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

PART I Let the Rule of Law Operate: The Hunter Biden Controversy Continues to Unfold

PART II Russia’s Luna-25 Probe ‘Ceased to Exist’: The Failed Moon Mission and the Continuation of the Space Race

PART III The Competition for International Prestige Continues: The Big Issues Behind Russia’s Race Back to the Moon

Monday, August 21, 2023

PART I The U.S. Faces Natural Evil and its Consequences: Christian Considerations in the Aftermath of Lahaina and in the Midst of Tropical Storm Hilary

PART II ‘You are Nobodies, and Your Name is Nothing.’: Moral Evil of War Rises to the Surface of the News as Russia Turns Criminals Into Cannon Fodder

PART III Camp David and the Lessons of History: U.S., Japan, and South Korea Expand Security and Economic Ties in First Leaders Summit Between the Three Countries

Friday, August 18, 2023

PART I Is Divorce Still a Big Deal for Political Leaders? Some Say No, and Point to Muted Response to Canadian Prime Minister’s Breakup

PART II How Should I, as a Christian, Handle Government, Corporate, or Other Institutional Pressures to Affirm Our Society’s Cultural Revolutions? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III Our Church’s Pre-School Has a Transgender Student Attending. How Should We Handle This Situation? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV How Has Abortion Contributed to the Falling Birth Rate Worldwide? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V A Time to Reflect and Pray for Faithful Christians Doing Gospel Ministry for Those in the Aftermath of the Lahaina Fires — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, August 17, 2023

PART I What’s in a Name?: The Kennedy Family Makes the Headlines Yet Again

PART II The Kennedys, Democrats, Catholicism, and Abortion: What the Religious and Political History of the Kennedys Tell Us About Cultural and Moral Change

PART III What Happens in Afghanistan Doesn’t Stay in Afghanistan: The Taliban Fighters Seek Jihad Across the Globe

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

PART I A Fourth Indictment and Endless Questions: RICO, Criminal Conspiracy and the Law of Unintended Consequences

PART II Is This One Indictment Too Far?: Big Issues Come to the Surface When Considering the State Charges Brought Against Former President Trump

PART III Zoom Requires Employees to Return to Work at Headquarters: How’s That for Irony?

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

PART I The Left’s New Political Strategy is Silencing Speech?: Illinois Governor Pritzker and Allies Target Free Speech of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

PART II A Parable of the Problems with Big Government: The Unmitigated Transportation Disaster of the JCPS Busing System in Louisville

PART III Totalitarianism Cracks Down on Grief: China Now Regulating Human Emotion on a National Scale

Monday, August 14, 2023

PART I The Horrifying Fires that Killed in Lahaina — How Should Christians Think About Such a Disaster?

PART II It’s Narco Traffickers versus Civilization and a Battle Against Anarchy: Ecuador Shaken After Presidential Candidate Assassinated After Squaring Off with Illegal Drug Industry

PART III The Albanian Mafia is Controlling Crime in Ecuador? The Complicated Battle for Law and Order in a Fallen World