Friday, March 21, 2025

PART I The Test Case of a Midwife in Texas: When Abortion is Illegal, Someone Will Be Charged with a Crime – And the Pro-Life Movement Shouldn’t Shy Away From It

PART II Do Married Couples Who Adopt Fulfill the Command to Be Fruitful and Multiply? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III Are Christians Commanded to Maximize the Amount of Children They Have? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV Was Jesus Still in Heaven While He Was on Earth? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 10-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART V How Do We Know That God is Triune If the Bible Doesn’t Use the Term? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI How Can I Trust God’s Protection When God Allows Other Peoples’ Homes to Get Broken into at Night? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 8-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART VII Can Angels or Demons Hear My Thoughts? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VIII How is the Chief Justice Chosen? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, March 20, 2025

PART I The Culture War Against Homeschooling: Why the Educational ‘Blob’ Wants More Oversight on Homeschooling

PART II Teaching Fertility in Sex Education? The Experts Say You Should ‘Trust the Experts’ on This – But Don’t Buy It

PART III Homeschooling Students are Not Behind the Educational Curve – Those Pushing That Narrative are Not Only Wrong, They Have Their Own Agenda

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

PART I How Do Humans Make Decisions, By Rational Thinking or Intuition? The Answer Isn’t As Rational As You Might Think

PART II A Decision for Death? How Does Daniel Kahneman’s Assisted Suicide Fit into the Worldview of the Leading Expert on Decision Making?

PART III Life is Worth Living for God’s Glory – And Hedonic Pleasure is a Horribly Empty Rationale for Assisted Suicide

PART IV Atheism and Assisted Suicide: The Theology Behind the Final Decision of the World’s Leading Expert on Thinking

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

PART I Does the U.S. Have the Determination to Defend Itself? The ‘Test Case’ of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University

PART II Which Faculty at Columbia University Support Its Campus Protests? The Unveiling of the Worldview Divide Between Columbia’s Faculty Departments

PART III What Kind of Society Allows for Subversive Acts Against Its Own Existence? Western Civilization Cannot Survive If It Does Not Defend Itself

PART IV The University Must Serve More Than a Political Purpose: The University Must Serve the Universals of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful

Monday, March 17, 2025

PART I The Democratic Party Identity Crisis Turns Into a Political Crisis: As Senator Schumer Backed Away from Shutdown, Young Democrats are Reeling

PART II Failed States and Terrorist Threats: The Need for a Sustained Military Effort Against the Houthi Rebels in Yemen

PART III A Titan of the Self-Help Movement Dies at 76: The Death and Legacy of Melody Beattie, Author of ‘Codependent No More’

Friday, March 14, 2025

PART I Trump’s Two-Gender Policy Makes It to the Department of Health and Human Services – And That Starts at the Top with Secretary Kennedy

PART II Jackie, Shadow, and Their 3 Chicks: The Glory of God in Creation Evident in the Lives of a Bald Eagle Family

PART III Can You Solve a Doctrinal Dispute Between Me and My Boyfriend About Following Your Heart? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 19-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

PART IV When Did Presidents of the United States Start Swearing in Public? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V How Should Christians Think About Mardi Gras? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI What was the First Sin? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VII What is the Primary Purpose of a Sermon in Corporate Worship? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VIII Why Does It Matter That Jesus Rose from the Dead? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, March 13, 2025

PART I Trump Says Tariffs are a ‘Big, Beautiful Word’ – But What’s Behind His Push for Tariffs? Do They Help the U.S.?

PART II Who Will Win the Tariff War? President Trump is Banking on the U.S. to Be Able to Wait Out Other Governments in a Tariff War

PART III Diocletian and Price Control in Croatia: The Retirement of a Roman Emperor and the Price Control Policy That Didn’t Last

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

PART I We are About to Find Out What Vladimir Putin Really Wants: If Putin Wants Peace, He Will Accept the Ceasefire Accepted by Ukraine as Presented by the U.S.

PART II Russia Will Continue to be a Threatening Force on the World Scene – For Reasons Deeply Rooted in History, Geography, and Civilizational Patterns

PART III Oregon Gov. Kotek Declares March 10 Abortion Provider Appreciation Day: The Culture of Death is Paraded from the Governor’s Office

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

PART I SCOTUS Takes Up Conversion Therapy Case from Colorado: There is More to the Case Than Many Admit — Including a Word Game to Target Christian Conviction

PART II Christians Must Point All Sinners to Christ, the Gospel, Holy Scripture, Sanctification, and Holiness — And Christ Alone is the Remedy For Our Sin

PART III ‘My Passport Denies My Existence’: Evaluating the Backlash to the Effects of Trump’s Executive Order on Gender

Monday, March 10, 2025

PART I Canada’s New Prime Minister: Mark Carney Will Take Over in Place of Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada

PART II President Trump is Raising Legitimate Concerns About Canada – But as Legitimate as Those Concerns Are, Americans Should Be Thankful for Our Neighbors to the North

PART III Crime, Punishment, and a Firing Squad: The Demand of Justice Falls on Murderer in South Carolina