Friday, January 24, 2025

PART I Spycraft in a Casino in Washington D.C.? There are Major National Security Issues with the Prospective Building of a Casino in Fairfax, Virginia

PART II Should I Risk Taking a Class in Feminist Philosophy? Is Feminism Important for Christians to Understand? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from an 18-Year-Old College Student and Listener to The Briefing

PART III Does the Conception of Jesus by the Holy Spirit Mean That He Only Had Female Chromosomes? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from an 18-Year-Old Listener to The Briefing

PART IV How Do We Know That Life Begins at Conception If the Bible Doesn’t Say So? How Can War Be Justified If Jesus Teaches Us to Love Our Enemies? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 15-Year-Old Listener to The Briefing

PART V Should Our Church Use the Enneagram in Its Hiring Processes? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from Listeners to The Briefing

PART VI Why Don’t Protestants Have to Confess Their Sins to a Minister Like Catholics Do to a Priest? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a Catholic Listener to The Briefing

Thursday, January 23, 2025

PART I Asymmetric Warfare and Morality in Gaza: Hamas is Gaining Power Under Cover of the Cease-Fire

PART II There’s a New U. S. Secretary of State: Marco Rubio Takes the Helm in Vital Position Within the Federal Government and the Trump Administration

PART III When Pardons Subvert the Rule of Law: The Major Issues Behind Biden’s Familial Pardons and Trump’s Blanket Pardon over January 6

PART IV Davos 2025 and the Hypocrisy of the Global Elites: Carbon Emissions Aren’t the Only Thing Being Swept Under the Rug at the World Economic Forum

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

PART I Episcopal Bishop Calls Down Liberal Judgment on Trump: Prayer Meeting at the Washington National Cathedral Turns Political

PART II Is the GOP ‘Obsessed’ Over the Trans Issue? USA Today Columnist Makes an Ironic Claim

PART III A Pivotal Figure For the Culture of Death Dies: The Legacy and Influence of Cecile Richards

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

PART I The Peaceful Transfer of Power and a New President in the White House: President Trump’s Historic Inauguration Day

PART II Comparing the 45th and 47th Presidents of the United States: What’s the Distinction between Donald Trump Now Versus His First Administration?

PART III Joe Biden’s Last Minute Pardons: Biden Adds Fuel to the Investigative Fire with Controversial Preemptive Pardons

PART IV Joe Biden’s Last Ditch Attempt at a Constitutional Revolution: No, the Equal Rights Amendment Has Not Been Ratified

Monday, January 20, 2025

PART I To Preserve, to Protect, and to Defend the Constitution: Today is Inauguration Day in the United States

PART II The Historic Legacy of Joe Biden: Joe Biden’s Long Political Career Beginning as Senator in 1972 and Ending as President in 2025

PART III Controversial Decisions and Cognitive Decline: President Biden’s Final Months in Office

Friday, January 17, 2025

PART I Age-Verification for Pornography Goes Before SCOTUS: SCOTUS Hears Consequential Oral Arguments on Texas Porn Case – What Wasn’t Said is Just as Important as What Was Said

PART II Limiting Porn Access is a Major Parental Responsibility: Christian Parents, We Cannot Entrust the Government to Limit Porn Access in Our Families

PART III What Comfort is There for the Christian When an Unsaved Loved One Dies? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners to The Briefing

PART IV Would Samson Have Lost His Supernatural Power If He Had Broken His Nazarite Vow By Drinking Alcohol? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 6-Year-Old Listener to The Briefing

PART V How Should My Husband and I Approach Our Children's Social Media Access? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners to The Briefing

PART VI Will the Republican Party Ever Return to its Former Policies? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners to The Briefing

PART VII What is Voluntarism? How Does It Fit Within Scripture? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners to The Briefing

Thursday, January 16, 2025

PART I President Biden’s Farewell Address: President Warns Against What He Called the "Tech-Industry Complex” and an “Oligarchy"

PART II The Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas: Agreement is Tentatively Reached in the Middle East

PART III Cuba Off the State-Sponsored Terrorism List, For Now: President Biden Removes Cuba From Important List

PART IV Starbucks is No Longer a Third Place: Famous Seattle Coffee Shop Chain is Changing One of Its Major Business Policies

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

PART I Advice and Consent: Why Do Some Presidential Appointees Require Senate Confirmation?

PART II Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing: The Defense Hearing of Trump’s Choice as Secretary of Defense Gets Interesting Fast

PART III The Disappearing Middle of American Media Consumption: The Major Shift of Viewership From Older Media to Social Media Influencers

PART IV A Look at the Adversary Press: The Media in Disagreement with Leadership in the White House Tends to Grow Its Base in Its Opposition

PART V The Left is Lawyering Up: President-Elect Trump is Not Afraid to Sue for Defamation, and It’s Destabilizing Liberal Media

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

PART I SCOTUS Seems Poised to Uphold TikTok Ban: SCOTUS Could Settle the Issue This Week, But Will President Trump Unsettle It Once Again?

PART II Lotteries are a Tax on the Poor: There is a Great Moral Cost to the Lottery, and the Lottery Preys on the Poor

PART III Young Men are Increasingly Addicted to Gambling: Gambling Companies are Targeting Young Men with Online Sports Gaming

PART IV Nursing Mothers are Saving Lives: God’s Design in Motherhood is an Imperative to Optimize Breastfeeding for Mothers

Monday, January 13, 2025

PART I The LA Fires are Shaping Up to Be the Costliest Natural Disaster in U.S. History – And the Political Fires Are Just Getting Started

PART II President Biden’s USA Today Interview: The President’s Cognitive Decline was on Display in the Interview – So What Will He Do in His Final Week as President?

PART III The Commendation of One Inconsistent Catholic to Another: President Biden Awards Medal of Freedom with Distinction to Pope Francis

PART IV The Pope Appoints Liberal Archbishop to DC: Watch as Legislation and Legislators Move Left as a Result

PART V The Vatican’s New Guidelines Opens Door for Homosexual Priests: The New Guidelines Reveal Identity Politics Plus Moral and Theological Issues

PART VI Conservative NT Scholar Turned LGBTQ Supporter: The Tragic Death of Richard Hays

PART VII A Parable of Moral Revolution: The Legacy of Anita Bryant According to the Secular Left