Tuesday, February 15, 2022

PART I The Crisis in Ukraine as a World Crisis: Russia’s Ultimate Target Is Not Ukraine, It’s the Western World and Freedom

PART II A Statement to the West and Direct Threat to World Order: The Political and Military Posturing Continues

PART III ‘Cheating is Acceptable If You Don’t Get Caught’: When Cheating Becomes National Policy

Monday, February 14, 2022

PART I The Big Story of the Super Bowl LVI? Gambling. — How the Snowball of Legal Gambling Predictably Turned into an Avalanche

PART II You Simply Bought A Chance to Win a Game of Chance: The Temptations of Sports Betting and the Waning Evangelical Concern of Legalized Gambling

PART III An Unfolding Series of Moral Challenges in the Beijing Olympic Games: Russia Finds Itself Mixed Up in Another Doping Controversy

Friday, February 11, 2022

PART I So Truckers Are Rebelling in Canada? COVID Frustration and What the Trucker Protests in Canada Tell Us

PART II Pandemic Restrictions Must Be Temporary, Rational, and Generally Applicable — But Those Days Passed Long Ago

PART III Is There A Historical Reason British Parliament Seems More Raucous than U.S. Congress? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV How Should the U.S. Respond to Russian Threats to Invade Ukraine? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V Is There A Biblical Basis for Religious Liberty? Don’t You Deny Religious Liberty to Liberal Christians Who Want to Practice Same-Sex Marriage? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, February 10, 2022

PART I Amnesty International Declares Israel an Apartheid State — But What is Apartheid and the Historical Context Behind This Charge?

PART II It All Started in 1948? Amnesty International’s Ideological Agenda to Delegitimize the State of Israel

PART III ‘There’s Apartheid in the Holy Land, but Not in Israel’: The Moral Importance of Israel’s Existence and the Christian Responsibility to the Jewish People

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

PART I From Peter the Great to Putin the Bully — A Briefing on the Ukraine Crisis and the Russian Threat: History, Empire, Kiev, Moscow, Religion and Worldview

PART II The Bloodlands of Europe: Ukraine Between the Nazis and the Soviets, and Death from Every Direction

PART III The West Will Merely Protest? Putin’s Strategy for Supremacy in Ukraine and the Lessons of History

PART IV The Ultimate End of Vladimir Putin: Russian Glory Restored and the End of Western Influence in the World

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

PART I A Big Win for the Integrity of Christian Ministry and Christian Families as West Lafayette City Council Withdraws Proposed “Conversion Therapy” Ban

PART II A Difference Can Still Be Made in the Public Square: How Faith Life Church Alerted Us About Ordinance 31-21 in Indiana — And What Christians Should Learn From the Example

PART III The Allure of Spectacle and the Solidarity of Autocrats: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin Send Message to West in Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics

Monday, February 7, 2022

PART I What Does It Mean to be an Evangelical? According to David Brooks, It Means to be a Part of a Fracturing Movement at War with Itself

PART II Evangelicals are Out of Step with the New York Times — No Surprise There

PART III The Transgender Revolution: If You Accept the Ideology You Accept the Policies

PART IV 'Lia Thomas Has Every Right to Live Authentically’: The Transgender Movement, Existentialism, and the Psychotherapeutic Turn

Friday, February 4, 2022

PART I The Liberal God of Post-Christian Culture: No Wrath, No Judgment, No Worries

PART II What is the Difference Between ‘Natural Rights’ and ‘Human Rights?’ — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART III What is the Difference Between Socialism, Marxism, Communism, and Totalitarianism? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV Should We Make A Big Deal About Changes in Language, Especially About Theological Terms? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, February 3, 2022

PART I China, Covid, the Winter Olympics, and the Surveillance State — Totalitarianism Tightens its Grip

PART II The Ratchet Effect and a Warning: When Government Claims New Powers, It Almost Never Gives Them Back

PART III The Bureaucracy Always Wins: How Covid Has Served as an Catalyst For Growth in Government Size and Spending

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

PART I The Pro-Life Movement Cannot Stop Until Every Human Life is Respected: Evaluating the Shifting Abortion Landscape And Its Effect on Upcoming Elections — And the Battles Ahead

PART II Character in Leadership: Boris Johnson Under Fire for Scandals — Boiling Down to His Inability to Say No

PART III The Moral Revolution Meets the Emoji: Apple Announces ‘Pregnant Man’ and ‘Pregnant Person’ Emojis in New Update