The Briefing with Albert Mohler

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 08:20)
Will Trump Disband the Department of Education? The Educational Establishment Is a Powerful Enemy

Part II (08:20 - 15:09)
You Don’t Get Rid of Woke Ideas by Merely Changing Course Titles: Liberal Professors Don’t Give Up Easily

• ‘Race,’ ‘equity’ removed from UNT course titles to comply with Texas DEI ban, faculty say by Dallas Morning News (Marcela Rodrigues)

Part III (15:09 - 18:00)
‘They’re the Meanest, Dumbest, Most Bigoted Group of Fascists’: Editor-in-chief of Scientific American Resigns After Comments About Trump Voters

• Editor-in-chief of America’s oldest magazine resigns after calling Trump voters fascists by Scientific American (Jordan Valinsky)

Part IV (18:00 - 21:33)
Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, the Great Terms of Oppression and Patriarchy? Now They’re Targeting Names of Seasons

• Season’s mis-greetings: why timing matters in global academia by Nature (Melissa Hart and Negin Nazarian)

Part V (21:33 - 26:27)
‘We Have Faith, Just Not in God’: An Obituary That Comes with an Absolutely Candid Display of Atheism—Tragically Enough

• Kenneth Bronstein, Who Put His Faith in Atheism, Dies at 85 by The New York Times (Sam Roberts)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:15)
What is President Biden Doing in Ukraine? President Biden Approves Use of U.S. Missiles Deep in Russian Territory

Part II (12:15 - 21:15)
Big Tech Overreach and an AI Tragedy: Christians Need to Closely Examine the Effects of Social Media and AI on Teens

• Inside Big Tech’s Bid to Sink the Online Kid Safety Bill by The Wall Street Journal (Georgia Wells, Kristina Peterson, and Natalie Andrews)
• A 14-Year-Old Boy Killed Himself to Get Closer to a Chatbot. He Thought They Were In Love. by The Wall Street Journal (Sherry Turkle and Pat Pataranutaporn)

Part III (21:15 - 27:47)
Conservative Principles (Maybe), Libertarian Worldview: The Life and Legacy of Lawyer Ted Olson

• Theodore B. Olson, Conservative Lawyer Who Took Up Liberal Causes, Dies at 84 by The New York Times (Clay Risen)

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Part I (00:13 - 14:43)
Cabinet Controversies: Some of Trump’s Potential Appointments Incite Major Furor on Political and Moral Grounds

Part II (14:43 - 22:13)
So What’s the Message About Abortion? Trump Nominates a Kennedy Scion and Iconoclast, RFK Jr., to Head the HHS

Part III (22:13 - 27:05)
The Conservative Impulse to Look Beyond Disorder: A President Should Appoint for Loyalty, but Trump’s Appointments Need to Bring Even More to the Table and Serve Him (And the Nation) Well




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Part I (00:13 - 09:54)
The Archbishop of Canterbury Resigns: Justin Welby’s Leadership Became Untenable in the Wake of Sex Abuse Crisis Review

• Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury by The Archbishop of Canterbury
• Archbishop of Canterbury Resigns Over U.K. Church Abuse Scandal by The New York Times (Stephen Castle and Mark Landler)

Part II (09:54 - 14:59)
A Parable of Moral Compromise and Theological Surrender: The Crisis in the Church of England As It Stands Now

Part III (14:59 - 21:07)
What Should I Look for in a Future Spouse? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 17-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part IV (21:07 - 22:42)
What Do We Think About a Christian Who Stops Dating a Potential Spouse Due to Health Conditions? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (22:42 - 27:22)
Can We Learn True Virtue from Pagan Philosophers Like Plato, Aristotle, and Homer? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from another 17-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 14:16)
Trump’s New Inner Circle: What Do President-Elect Trump’s Appointments So Far Reveal About the Trajectory of His Presidency?

Part II (14:16 - 19:01)
What Exactly Is a Recess Appointment? A Process Meant for Exceptions May Become More of a Rule

Part III (19:01 - 27:38)
Meanwhile, in the Capitol: The Speaker Continues in the House and There is New Republican Leadership in the Senate




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Part I (00:13 - 14:00)
Donald Trump and the Reshaping of U.S. Foreign Policy: World Leaders Respond to Donald Trump’s Re-Election

• Trump Is Shaping US Foreign Policy Well Before He Takes Office by Bloomberg (Courtney McBride)
• Trump’s Win Ends a Post-World War II Era of U.S. Leadership by The New York Times (David E. Sanger)

Part II (14:00 - 20:39)
NATO and Christian Realism: Even the Most Powerful Countries on the Planet Need Allies

Part III (20:39 - 25:45)
Our Dangerous World: Russia Attempts Major Incendiary Operation Against American Cargo Aircraft

• Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send Incendiary Devices on U.S.-Bound Planes by The Wall Street Journal (Bojan Pancevski, Thomas Grove, Max Colchester, and Daniel Michaels)

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Part I (00:13 - 09:19)
Something Isn’t Adding Up: The Someone Needs to Explain the Outlier Voting Numbers From 2020

Part II (09:19 - 18:53)
Will a Woman Ever Be Elected President? It’s an Interesting Question But More Complicated Than You Might Think

• Will America ever elect a woman president? Experts weigh in after Kamala Harris loss by Raleigh News and Observer (Mary Helen Moore)

Part III (18:53 - 23:04)
Margaret Thatcher and Feminism: Why the First Woman to Serve as British Prime Minister is Not a Heroine to Ideological Feminism

Part IV (23:04 - 28:39)
Mad at the Election So Leaving the Country? The Media Love an Interesting Story, But the.Story of These Women is Even More Interesting Than They Think

• 'I want to take care of me': Why more American women are moving abroad for a better life by USA Today (Kathleen Wong)

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Part I (00:13 - 12:57)
A Look at the Voting Patterns by Gender: How Trump and Harris Fared Among Men and Women – the Single, Married, and Those With Children

• Why did Donald Trump win? Experts from around the Triad weigh in on decisive victory. by Winston-Salem Journal (Richard Craver)

Part II (12:57 - 16:46)
Creation Order’s Role in the Election Result: Millions of Americans Did Not Get on Board with the Sexual Revolution

• Transgender Americans Voice New Anxiety About Trump Agenda by The New York Times (Amy Harmon)

Part III (16:46 - 19:53)
The Moral Case for Restrained Speech: The Media’s Outlandish Claims About the Election Highlights Its Moral Inconsistency

• Kamala Harris for President by The New Yorker

Part IV (19:53 - 26:08)
The Inevitable Logic of Naturalism: Those Committed to Materialism Have Only Nihilism to Look Forward To

• The Emptiness of the Universe Gives Our Lives Meaning by The New York Times (Paul M. Sutter)

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Part I (00:13 - 10:37)
Fox News America Beat MSNBC America: Trump’s Election Win and the Decentering of the Media in America

Part II (10:37 - 17:59)
Not Your Grandparents’ Weed: Tuesday’s Election, the Increasing THC Levels in Marijuana, and the Moral Confusion of Our Age

• This Isn’t Your Parents’ ‘Woodstock Weed’ by The Wall Street Journal (Marc Siegel)

Part III (17:59 - 19:51)
To Whom Do We Pray?—"All of God" or God the Father, God the Son, or God the Holy Spirit? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from an 8-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part IV (19:51 - 23:05)
Is There a Problem with Girls Participating on Boys’ Teams in Athletics? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a Mom Listener of The Briefing

Part V (23:05 - 26:34)
Do Unbelievers Get Eternal Bodies at the Final Judgment as Well? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 14-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing




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Part I (00:13 - 11:00)
Kamala Harris Concedes the Election: The Vice President’s White House Hopes Come to an End as She alls President-Elect Trump and Delivers Her Concession Speech

• Read Vice President Kamala Harris’ Full Concession Speech by Time Magazine

Part II (11:00 - 20:10)
Mapping the Worldviews: Once Again, Liberal Political Intensity Was Hottest Nearest Cities, Coasts, and Campuses—and In a Big Way

Part III (20:10 - 23:10)
Guardians vs. Counter-Revolutionaries? Another Way of Seeing the Clash of Worldviews That Appeared at the Vote on Tuesday

• There’s Something Very Different About Harris vs. Trump by The New York Times (Ezra Klein)

Part IV (23:10 - 27:07)
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Big Mistake: Wrongful Population Counts Truly Threaten the Integrity of Our Elections




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