Albert MohlerThis is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Melania’s Moral Disaster (00:00) Former First Lady Trump Joins Horrible Legacy of Republican Party First Ladies to Support Abortion
The Page of Pearl Harbor Has Turned (11:45) The Last Surviving Japanese Aviator from Attack on Pearl Harbor Dies at 106 - Masamitsu Yoshioka, last of Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack force, dies at 106 by The Washington Post (Brian Murphy)
Is There a Situation That Would Make It Acceptable for a State or a Group of States to Secede from the Union? (16:50) — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 15-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
How Does Margaret Thatcher’s Maxim, ‘First You Win the Argument, Then You Win the Vote,’ Apply to the Issue of Abortion in Our Day? (20:44) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
What Does Christian Faithfulness Look Like in Regard to Obeying Traffic Laws? (24:33) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from a 19-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
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Friday, October 4, 2024Albert Mohler2024-10-04 | This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Melania’s Moral Disaster (00:00) Former First Lady Trump Joins Horrible Legacy of Republican Party First Ladies to Support Abortion
The Page of Pearl Harbor Has Turned (11:45) The Last Surviving Japanese Aviator from Attack on Pearl Harbor Dies at 106 - Masamitsu Yoshioka, last of Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack force, dies at 106 by The Washington Post (Brian Murphy)
Is There a Situation That Would Make It Acceptable for a State or a Group of States to Secede from the Union? (16:50) — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 15-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
How Does Margaret Thatcher’s Maxim, ‘First You Win the Argument, Then You Win the Vote,’ Apply to the Issue of Abortion in Our Day? (20:44) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
What Does Christian Faithfulness Look Like in Regard to Obeying Traffic Laws? (24:33) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from a 19-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
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‘I Will Require a Reckoning’ (00:00) The Death of Yahya Sinwar Raises Important Theological and Moral Principles about Rightful Killing in a Fallen World
What Should Israel Do Now? How Will the Palestinian People Forge Their Own Future? (10:40) – The Death of Yahya Sinwar Raises Massive Questions about Israel’s War - How the Biden Team Plans to Build Peace From Sinwar’s Death by The New York Times (Thomas L. Friedman)
How Should Christians Think About the Argument that Population Decline is a Good Thing? (15:32) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Can You Explain the Decline of Sunday Evening Worship Services? (19:36) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Who Replaced Satan as Head Angel After Satan was Kicked Out of Heaven? (24:42) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Why Does Kamala Harris Use the Word ‘Values’ So Much? (26:01) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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Divided by Gender (00:00) Candidates Trump and Harris See Gender Gap Increase in Their Constituents in the Presidential Election - Gender Gap Is Defining Feature of Deadlocked Trump-Harris Race by The Wall Street Journal (Catherine Lucy, Aaron Zitner, and Xavier Martinez)
The Historical Fight for Women Voters (10:37) How Feminism and ‘Women’s Rights Issues,’ is Shaping Election Patterns
American Defense System and Troops on the Ground in Israel (17:00) It is Right for the U.S. to Support Israel - US will send a missile defense system and troops to run it to Israel to aid defense against Iran by Associated Press (Lolita C. Baldor)
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The Parable of George Gascón (00:00) Soft-On-Crime D.A. in LA is Historically Low in Voting Polls – U.S. Citizens Want Law and Order - Gascón gave teen killer second chance — now she’s charged again by The LA Times (Richard Winton and James Queally) - ‘Not even close’: Hochman’s lead over Gascón grows to 30% in new D.A.’s race poll by The LA Times (Connor Sheets and James Queally)
Democrats Have Turned Coastal Cities Dystopian (12:39) The ‘Hopelessly Woke Legislators’ Have Crushed Major U.S. Cities - Progressives have destroyed the great cities of coastal America by The Telegraph (Zoe Strimpel)
The Parable of Chicago’s Mayor (17:12) Entire School Board of Chicago Resigns in the Wake of Brandon Johnson Liberalism
From the Puritans to Magic Mushrooms? (20:27) Massachusetts Weighs Legalization of Psychedelics - Legalize Magic Mushrooms? Massachusetts Should Just Vote No by The Wall Street Journal (Charles Fain Lehman)
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Political Ads, Women’s Sports, and Creation Order (00:00) Why Political Support for Creation Order is a Winning Strategy - Trump and Republicans Bet Big on Anti-Trans Ads Across the Country by The New York Times (Shane Goldmacher)
Creation Order is Still in the Birth Certificate (11:31) The Transgender Revolution Cannot Get Away from Biology - Why I Changed My Birth Certificate 25 Years After I Transitioned by The New York Times (Jennifer Finney Boylan)
A SCOTUS Amicus Brief Cites the Bible? (17:59) The Inescapable Reality That Western Civilization Built From a Judeo-Christian Worldview - U.S. v. Skrmetti by The Supreme Court of the United States - U.S. v. Skrmetti by American Bar Association
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How Close is the Presidential Election Race Really? (00:00) Both Parties Agree That Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in One of the Closest Election Races in U.S. History
Why Do the Young Vote Left? (11:33) How Education, Income, and Family Tend to Conservative Voters - How Georgia got its swing back: Why the formerly red state is now up for grabs by USA Today (Karissa Waddick) - Why Do the Young Vote Left? By The Wall Street Journal (Andy Kessler)
When Californians Move, They Take Their Voting Patterns With Them (18:07) The Electoral Map is Being Reshaped One Relocation at a Time
Comedy is Growing Conservative? (23:19) The Coarsening of Our Political Age Meets the Right - Laughing right: From podcasts to late night, conservative comedy’s influence grows by USA Today (Karissa Waddick)
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Tampa Bay Avoids Utter Devastation (00:00) Hurricane Milton Was Not as Tragic as Forecasted, But We Should Be Thankful For Those Who Warned Of Its Potential
A Power Political Force in Her Own Right Dies at 96 (7:11) The Life and Legacy of Ethel Kennedy - Ethel Kennedy, Passionate Supporter of the Family Legacy, Dies at 96 by The New York Times (Douglas Martin)
Were Hurricanes Helene and Milton Seeded by the Federal Government? (16:13) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Is There Free Will in Heaven? If Yes, What Will Prevent Another Fall? (21:20) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Does Scripture Speak About Genesis 6:3 a Hard Age Limit? If So, Does It Mean the Lady Who Lived 122 Years Contradicts Scripture? (23:33) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
How Do Christians Find and Live Out the Calling God Has For You? (25:22) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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Hurricane Milton Makes Landfall (00:00) The Damage of Tropical Storms Presses the Christian Worldview Conscience Beyond the Headlines
The Parable of Jack Phillips (4:37) Those Seeking the Unraveling of Creation Order Will Not Rest Until They Force Christians Into Complicity
The Transgender Revolution is Crossing Global Lines (7:57) The EU is Now Mandating Transgender Identity – How Will European Countries Respond? - Gender Identity Changes Must Be Recognized Across E.U. Borders, Court Rules by The New York Times (Isabella Kwai)
Over 5% of U.S. Teenagers Are Either Transgender or Questioning Their Gender? (13:47) The Defiance of Creation Order is Leading to Absolute Devastation and Tragedy - 3% of American High Schoolers Identify as Transgender, First National Survey Finds by The New York Times (Azeen Ghorayshi) - Disparities in School Connectedness, Unstable Housing, Experiences of Violence, Mental Health, and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Transgender and Cisgender High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2023 by CDC - I’m a trans parent. Here’s what I tell adults who worry when kids are gender-nonconforming by LA Times (Oliver Radclyffe) - Trump and Republicans Bet Big on Anti-Trans Ads Across the Country by The New York Times (Shane Goldmacher)
The Growing Demand of Mutual Self-Delusion (19:51) The Big Lie of the LGBTQ Revolution, Especially on the Transgender Issue
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Floridians Prepare for Milton (00:00) In the Wake of Hurricane Helene, Citizens of the U.S. Face Another Massive Tropical Storm, and Our Prayers are With Them
Has the Human Lifespan Peaked? (3:48) New Research Suggests Humans May Have Reached Peak Life Expectancy - Have We Reached Peak Human Life Span? By The New York Times (Dana G. Smith) - Implausibility of radical life extension in humans in the twenty-first century by Nature Aging (Jay Olshansky, Bradley J. Willcox, Lloyd Demetrius, and Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez)
A Secular Morality Collapses Under Scrutiny (12:36) Materialism Is Incapable of Upholding a Binding Moral Code - Are Your Morals Too Good to Be True? By The New Yorker (Manvir Singh)
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Worldviews in Collision Come Before the Court (00:00) SCOTUS Takes Up Major Cases on Transgender Treatment for Minors, Minors Accessing Pornography, Guns, and More - Bruised Supreme Court Returns to Bench With Possible Election Cases Looming by The New York Times (Adam Liptak)
The Left Hates Texts, and It Shows (12:12) Why the Left is Seeking to Radically Change the Supreme Court - The New Supreme Court Session Opens Monday. It Will Not Be Pretty. By The New Republic (Alexander Nazaryan)
Do Californians Want More Law and Order? (20:05) Major Ballot Measure in California Might Set Voters There in Conflict with Its Governor
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A Day of Infamy in Israel (00:00) Looking Back on the Evil of the Anniversary of Hamas’s Deadly Attack on Israel
Anti-Semitism in Elite Sectors and a Reawakening of Jewish Identity in the U.S. (12:25) The Ripple Effects of Hamas’s Attack on Israel in the U.S.
Are We Past Peak Woke? (16:53) ‘Wokeness’ is Getting a Rebrand, but the Ideology Isn’t Going Away - After peak woke, what next? By The Economist
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The Left Hates Classical Christian Education (00:00) The Massive Worldview Battle Behind The Courier Journal’s Hit Pieces Against Highland Latin Schools - Courier Journal's 'Cost of Empire' takes close look at Louisville's Highlands Latin School by The Courier Journal - As Highlands Latin builds classical education powerhouse, ex-students describe troubling experiences by The Courier Journal (Krista Johnson and Josh Wood) - How Louisville's Highlands Latin School became a classical Christian education empire by The Courier Journal (Krista Johnson and Josh Wood) - 'Saving Western Civilization': The far-right appeal of Louisville's Highlands Latin empire by The Courier Journal (Josh Wood) - 'School is not for entertainment': How Highlands Latin and Memoria Press approach teaching by The Courier Journal (Josh Wood) - What do Highlands Latin, Memoria Press teach students about history? By The Courier Journal (Josh Wood)
Kentucky Parents Have Every Right to School Decision with State Support (12:07) - Every Christian Kentuckian Should Vote Yes on Constitutional Amendment 2 Constitutional Amendment 2 by Ky.gov
Israel and the Fight for Western Civilization (14:13) There is Even More at Stake in Israel’s War Than Its Own Self-Preservation - Israel Defends Itself—and May Save Western Civilization by The Wall Street Journal (Gerard Baker) - Benjamin Netanyahu’s Triumphal Week by The Wall Street Journal (Walter Russell Mead)
Confession, Forgiveness, and Baseball (19:22) The Parable of Pete Rose Raises Big Theological Questions
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Senator Vance vs. Governor Walz (00:00) A Civil Debate, and Senator Vance Won It By Any Debate Standard
Tim Walz’s Obvious Obfuscation (6:39) Let’s Look at the Governor’s Comments on Abortion During the Debate Last Night - Minnesota's Radical Infanticide Law by The Briefing (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)
The State of Georgia Becomes Ground Zero on Abortion (14:47) Georgia Judge Rules State’s Abortion Ban is Unconstitutional
The Social Pressure to be Pro-Abortion (18:32) How the Pro-Life Movement Faces a Massive Uphill Battle Against Our Society
The Three Arenas Pro-Life Christians Must Win with the Younger Generation (23:53) – We Must Win in Christian Family, Christian Education, and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter (00:00) Former President Jimmy Carter Becomes First President to Live to His 100th Birthday - The Bible Meets the Modern Age: A Conversation with Former President Jimmy Carter by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and President Jimmy Carter)
Mayor Eric Adams in the Hot Seat (14:43) Eric Adams Indicted on Federal Public Corruption Charges – And the Layers of Corruption
A Major Political Debate in New York (19:51) Vice Presidential Candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance Will Battle Over Competing Visions for the Future of the U.S.
An Acting Legend and Aristocrat in Her Own Right Dies at 89 (23:42) The Life and Legacy of Dame Maggie Smith
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The Incredibly Deadly Effect of Hurricane Helene (00:00) We Need to Pray for All Affected by the Absolute Devastation in the Wake of This Storm
The Axis of Resistance in the Middle East (8:59) Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, and the Enemies of Israel and the U.S.
Israel Goes for Broke Against Hezbollah (19:05) Israel Kills the Head of Hezbollah – And the World’s Response is Very Telling - Statement from President Joe Biden on the Death of Hassan Nasrallah by The White House (President Joe Biden)
‘He Was Martyred on the Way to Jerusalem’ (23:40) The Significance of the Theology on the Tombstone of Hassan Nasrallah
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The Children Unknowingly Involved in Spycraft (00:00) The State of Russia Revealed as Children of Imbedded Spies Learn the True Identity of Their Parents for the First Time - The Kids Who Didn’t Know Their Parents Were Russian Spies by The Wall Street Journal (Joe Parkinson and Drew Hinshaw)
If Kamala Harris is Elected as President and Uses Taxpayer Funds for Abortion, Are Christians Still Required to Pay Taxes? (12:40) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
I am Bedridden with ALS, and I Cannot Attend Congregational Worship on My Own. How Can I Stoke the Fires of Desire for God’s Word in My Heart? (17:57) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
What is the Significance of Pentecost If the Holy Spirit Worked in Old Testament Saints? (22:07) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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Biden Claims, ‘America’s Back’ (00:00) President Biden’s Final Speech at the UN Highlights the U.S.’s Current Inflection Point - Biden Warns the World Is at an ‘Inflection Point’ Amid Global Crises by The New York Times (Sheryl Gay Stolberg and David E. Sanger)
Switzerland’s Death Capsule (11:26) Controversy Erupts as Woman Commits Suicide in Assisted Suicide Pod - Reported "suicide capsule" death of U.S. woman in Switzerland prompts multiple arrests, launch of criminal case by CBS News
Canada and the Culture of Death’s Insatiable Appetite (20:36) Assisted Suicide is in the Top Five Leading Causes of Death in Canada – And It Will Continue to Grow If Not Stopped - Welcome to Canada, the Doctor Will Kill You Now by The Wall Street Journal (Nicholas Tomaino)
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Kamala Harris Shows Her Hand (00:00) Vice President Harris Reveals She Would Remove Filibuster in Order to Reinstate Abortion Legislation – And It Will Go Far Beyond Roe v. Wade - Vice President Kamala Harris, Veterinary cooperatives, Finding phantom towns by Wisconsin Today (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Childless Cat Ladies and Kamala Harris (12:46) Motherhood Has Become a Central Issue in the 2024 Presidential Election - The Politics of Motherhood Become a Campaign-Trail Cudgel by The New York Times (Katie Rogers)
Parenthood is Not Just an Identity (18:08) The Morality of Parenting Reaches Far Beyond Identity Politics
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Christian Just War Theory and Exploding Pagers (00:00) – Did Israel Violate Just War Theory and Break International Law by Exploding Pagers and Walkie-Talkies? - Israel’s Pager Bombs Have No Place in a Just War by The New York Times (Michael Walzer) - Sorry, AOC: Israel's Precision Attack Against Hezbollah Was Humane—and Legal by Newsweek (Arsen Ostrovsky, John Spencer, and Mark Goldfeder)
Does the U.S. Face a Danger of Exploding Pagers? (16:26) As Biden Administration Proposes Ban on Chinese Software, the Answer Might Hit Closer to Home Than You Think - Biden Administration Proposes Ban on Chinese Software in Vehicles by The New York Times (David E. Sanger Madeleine Ngo and Jack Ewing) - Electronic Warfare Spooks Airlines, Pilots and Air-Safety Officials by The Wall Street Journal (Andrew Tangel and Drew FitzGerald)
There’s Always Moral Dimensions to Technology (21:19) The Need for Careful Christian Thinking is Ever-Growing as Stakes of Technology Continue to Grow
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Mark Robinson and the Yuck Factor (00:00) The Moral Wisdom of Repugnance That’s Now Influencing the North Carolina Gubernatorial Race - ‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum by CNN (Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck)
Abortion at the Center of Harris’s Campaign (9:27) Kamala Harris is Running the Most Pro-Abortion Ticket in History, and It’s Not Even Close - Harris is banking on one key issue by CNN (Zachary B. Wolf)
‘Government Should Not Tell a Pregnant Woman What to Do’ (16:47) – Kamala Harris’s Campaign Strategy is to Remove All Restrictions on Abortion. Period.
The Battle of the Pro-Life Movement (22:12) Pro-Lifers Face the Same Fundamental Battle for the Sanctity and Dignity of Life from Conception to Natural Death
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Surgeon General Issues Newsflash of the Century (00:00) Parenting is Stressful – Even So, Christian Parenting is Joyful, Difficult, and Glorious Work - U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Parents by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Surgeon General: Parents Are at Their Wits’ End. We Can Do Better. By The New York Times (Vivek H. Murphy) - Parents Should Ignore Their Children More Often by The New York Times (Darby Saxbe)
How Do I Dispose of Old Bibles? (8:33) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Why Does Satan Still Have Power and Influence? (13:59) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Should a Church Permit a Divorced Man to Serve as a Pastor? (15:53) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
I was Baptized as an Infant. I Now Profess Faith in Christ and Seek to be Faithful to Him. Should I Be Baptized Again? (20:05) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
How Should We Handle False Teachers? (22:01) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
You Used to Say You Would Vote Third Party If the Two-Party Candidates Were Not Pro-Life. What is Your Position Now? (25:06) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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Yes, Republicans Should Affirm ‘Fetal Personhood’ (00:00) The Left Criticizes Senate’s Rejection of Proposed IVF Bill by Democrats - Right to IVF Act by The United States Senate - Murray Blocks GOP Show-Bill That Allows Extremists to Regulate IVF Out of Existence, Slams Republicans’ Support of Fetal Personhood by US Senator Patty Murray
Gov. Beshear Bans ‘Conversion Therapy’ in Kentucky (13:01) — But His Definition of Conversation Therapy Includes Historic Biblical Christianity - Gov. Beshear Signs Executive Order Banning Conversion Therapy on Minors in Kentucky by Commonwealth of Kentucky (Office of the Governor)
The Elites vs. the Rest (21:31) How Being Close to a Coast, Campus, or City Will Likely Indicate the Position of the Undecided Voter - What Undecided Voters Might Be Thinking by The New York Times (Ross Douthat)
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Israel Sends Serious Signal (00:00) Nearly 3,000 Pagers Connected to Hezbollah Detonate in Calculated Attack - What we know about the Hezbollah pagers attack by The Washington Post (Gerrit De Vynck, Sammy Westfall and Elizabeth Dwoskin)
The U.S. Needs to Avoid World War III (7:19) The U.S. Faces Major Danger in Aiding Ukraine in Their War Against Russia
Dying Soldiers and a Crashing Birth Rate (17:46) Ukraine Faces Desperate Situation in Its Fight for Survival - One Million Are Now Dead or Injured in the Russia-Ukraine War by The Wall Street Journal (Bojan Pancevski)
Identity Politics on the Ballot in California (22:14) Will Californians Elect First Transgender Woman to Office? In tight Inland Empire race, first transgender candidate could oust first Republican Latina by The LA Times (Mackenzie Mays)
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Hamas Brutalizes to Hold Onto Power (00:00) An Honest Look at Hamas’s Use of Hostages - How Hamas Uses Brutality to Maintain Power by The New York Times (Julian E. BarnesAdam RasgonAdam Goldman and Ronen Bergman)
There’s Good Reason to Get Rid of the Department of Education (11:48) Former President Trump Repeats Conservative Talking Point, But He Needs to Clarity His Policy
The Left Loves the Department of Education (16:20) The Leviathan of the Administrative State and the Dangers of the Department of Education - Trump Wants to Shut Down the Department of Education? Is That Possible? By The New York Times (Dana Goldstein)
Space X’s Successful Mission (22:12) A Big Step in Space Exploration — And More Evidence of God’s Glory From Space
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A Second Assassination Attempt Against Former President Trump (00:00) – No Society Can Survive a Descent Into Political Violence - Church of the Lukumi-Babalu Aye v. Hialeah by United States Courts
The Complexities of Immigration and False Internet Narratives (3:16) The Massive Issues Behind the Strange Claim That Haitians are Eating Pets in Springfield, Ohio - Pope Says Both Trump and Harris Are ‘Against Life’ Pope Says Both Trump and Harris Are ‘Against Life’ by The New York Times (Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo)
No, Trump and Harris are Not ‘Against Life’ in the Same Way (18:20) Pope Francis Confuses Political and Theological Issues Once Again
Immigration in the United States Deserves an Honest Conversation (21:14) Love of Neighbor Does Not Mean Confusing Our Immigration Policy with Open Borders
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What Kind of a Sad World Has a Plummeting Birth Rate Like Ours? (00:00) The Tragedy of the Shrinking of Families Across the World
Is Lust Sin? How Should I Handle Sinful Thoughts? (8:48) — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 90-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
When Do Souls Come to Be? If It Happens at Conception, What Happens If an Embryo Twins? (12:00) — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 15-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
Is the Emerging Alliance Between Iran, Turkey and Russia a fulfillment of Ezekiel 38? If so, Is It Possible That Vladimir Putin is Actually Gog? (14:16) — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 14-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
What is Your Favorite Biography of Winston Churchill? (16:48) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters Listeners of The Briefing - Winston Churchill, Hero or Villain? A Response to Controversy Over The Tucker Carlson Show by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) - “Never give in”: What in the world are they saying about Winston Churchill? By WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) - Winston Churchill—History, Destiny, Biography: A Conversation with Andrew Roberts by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Andrew Roberts)
Should Students Be Required to Wear Uniforms? Does It Strip Students of Individuality and Creativity? (21:18) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters Listeners of The Briefing
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Big Businesses Distance Themselves from DEI (00:00) Major Report Reveals Businesses Break from LGBTQ Revolution - Ford, Coors Light and Other Brands Retreat From a Gay-Rights Index by The Wall Street Journal (Theo Francis and Lauren Weber)
Where Did All the Conservative Professors Go? (11:13) There Has Been an Absolute Evacuation of Conservatives in Higher Education - Why Are There So Few Conservative Professors? The facts are beyond dispute. The causes and solutions are not. By The Chronicle of Higher Education (Steven M. Teles)
If You Remove the Religious, You Often Remove the Conservatives (17:08) – Secularists Know What They’re Doing When They Push Out Religious Professors in the University - The Stewardship of an Intellectual Life: A Conversation with Philosopher Zena Hitz by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Zena Hitz)
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Where was the Serious Exchange of Ideas? (00:00) The American People Need More Than What Happened Last Night in the ‘24 Presidential ‘Debate’
Kamala Harris Escaped Explaining Her Radical Abortion Position (3:08) – She is the Biggest Presidential Proponent of the Culture of Death in U.S. History
The Media Class is a Horrible Moderator (9:44) Conservative Candidates Should Consider Declining These Invitations in the Future
Taking the Bait, Lack of Pressing Kamala Harris on Policy, and Frowning (11:57) Donald Trump’s Main Issues in the Presidential Debate
‘My Values Have Not Changed’ (13:18) I Believe Kamala Harris Means Every Word of That Statement – And That Should Frighten All of Us
The Winner of the Debate and the Undecided Voter (15:57) Two Major Factors in the Debate, and the Consequences Will Not Be Revealed Until Election Day
If the U.S. Found Herself in a War Tomorrow, Who Would You Want as President? (18:20) The Anniversary of September 11th Raises Major Questions About Presidential Leadership
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One of the Most Consequential Presidential Debates in U.S. History (00:00) What to Watch For Tonight as Former President Trump Faces Off Against Vice President Kamala Harris
Wait, Scholars are Arguing the Constitution is a Threat to Democracy? (10:48) The Left Seeks to Put the Constitution and Electoral College on the Chopping Block - The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous? By The New York Times (Jennifer Szalai)
Yes, the Text Still Mean What the Text Says (20:30) As Arguments Against Originalism Fail, Liberals Look to Move on From the Constitution
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Unspeakable Moral Evil in Barrow County (00:00) Tragedy of School Shooting in Georgia Raises Ultimate Questions of Justice in a Fallen World
Yet Another Orchestrated Political Game (15:35) Republican Dynasty, the Cheneys, Announce Support for Harris/Walz Campaign
Love of Neighbor Does Not Mean Support for ‘Queer Joy’ (23:44) Tim Walz Makes Political Speech Attempting to Unravel Creation Order
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The Parable of New York’s Bus System (00:00) What One Million People Per Day Stealing Bus Fares Teaches about Sin and the Failure of Civilization - Why the M.T.A. Is Worried About Fare Evaders on Buses by The New York Times (Claire Fahy)
What is the Difference Between Democracy and a Constitutional Republic? (9:35) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Should Church Choirs Perform Without Congregant Participation? (15:38) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Is It Sinful to Hope the Lord Does Not Return Until After I Get to Experience Joys of Life, Like My Children Growing Up and Getting Married? (18:13) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Can Dreams Be Sinful? (21:43) — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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‘Amendment 4 Would Be the Death of the Pro-Life Movement in Florida’ (00:00) DeSantis Makes Provocative Argument on Importance of Abortion Referendum - DeSantis: Florida abortion Amendment 4 means ‘end of the pro-life movement’ by Tampa Bay Times (Kirby Wilson)
Life and Death on the Ballot in Missouri (12:08) The Vote in Missouri Is Not About Reproductive Freedom but Life and Death - November election could make — or break — reproductive freedom by The LA Times (The Editorial Board)
Our Government is in No Position to Regulate IVF (19:07) Our Culture–And Especially Faithful Christians–Need to Consider Seriously the Dangers and Ethics of IVF - Trump Proposal to Cover IVF Costs Faces Skepticism by The Wall Street Journal (Natalie Andrews and Amy Dockser Marcus)
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