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Friday, October 17, 2025

PART I

ChatGPT Takes a Turn Into Porn: ChatGPT Announces It Will Soon Allow A.I. "Erotica" for ‘Verified Adults’

PART II

Sanity on Anti-Semitism in California: Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Targeting Antisemitism in Public Schools

PART III

What is the Difference Between Nationalism and Patriotism? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
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The Briefing 09-11-17

The Briefing 09-11-17

PART I

What the unpredictability of a hurricane says about human vulnerability

PART II

Dependence on technology revealed as many are in the dark after Hurricane Irma

PART III

New York Times amazed that hurricane strengthens, rather than weakens Christians’ faith
The Briefing 09-08-17

The Briefing 09-08-17

PART I

Religious liberty under fire in a hearing of the United States Senate

PART II

Physician assisted suicide is not a fundamental human right, says New York court

PART III

Why one federal sex education program has more to do with morality than money
The Briefing 09-07-17

The Briefing 09-07-17

PART I

The fate of the Reformation in Western Europe, 500 years later

PART II

The legacy of nominal Protestantism and cultural Christianity

PART III

A significant number of atheists in the United Kingdom don’t find atheism intellectually satisfying
The Briefing 09-06-17

The Briefing 09-06-17

PART I

Why policy questions and constitutional questions aren’t always one and the same

PART II

What should our priorities be in the aftermath of the White House’s decision on DACA?

PART III

The soul of a civilization as Europe tends toward childlessness
The Briefing 09-05-17

The Briefing 09-05-17

PART I

Lessons small become lessons large: North Korean threat reveals necessity of stability and order

PART II

The strength of relationships vs. the fragility of stuff in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

PART III

Two rival visions of Christianity on display in the response to the Nashville Statement
The Briefing 09-01-17

The Briefing 09-01-17

PART I

Princess Diana: Not only a pop culture icon, but also a driver of the moral revolution

PART II

Hurricane Harvey tests the vocabulary of meteorology

PART III

Courage under fire: How a kindly grandmother who turned out to be an important WWII spy
The Briefing 08-31-17

The Briefing 08-31-17

PART I

The new functionalist understanding of religion and how it contrasts with biblical Christianity

PART II

Finding refuge in the muddled middle: What can we learn from responses to the Nashville Statement?

PART III

Knowledge vs. Faith: Is there a new chasm in American intellectual and religious life?
The Briefing 08-30-17

The Briefing 08-30-17

PART I

Evangelical coalition releases Nashville statement, a manifesto on biblical sexuality

PART II

Nowhere to hide: Church faces unavoidable questions on issues of sexuality

PART III

Why the human scale is the most important scale when it comes to Hurricane Harvey
The Briefing 08-29-17

The Briefing 08-29-17

PART I

Harvey dumps over 9 trillion (and counting) gallons of water on Texas. What does this mean?

PART II

Is marriage just an ‘evolving institution’? One Australian political figure thinks so

PART III

‘X’ marks the spot: Canada adds third gender category to passports
The Briefing 08-28-17

The Briefing 08-28-17

PART I

As Hurricane Harvey makes landfall, the best and worst of human nature is on display

PART II

Moralizing on a college campus: A new sexual ethic emerges at Wesleyan University

PART III

Why the long-term view of the LGBT revolutionaries is not long enough
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