This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 06:54)An Unprecedented Event in the History of the Roman Catholic Church: Pope Francis Set to Preside Over Benedict XVI’s FuneralPart II (06:54 - 10:31)When the Papacy Pushed Back Against the Increasingly Hostile, Secular Age: What Cardinal Ratzinger Taught Me About Confronting Liberal ProtestantismBenedict’s Death Leaves Catholic Conservatives Bereft by New York Times (Jason Horowitz)Part III (10:31 - 13:37)The Dictatorship of Relativism and the Challenge of the Secular Age Part IV (19:27 - 26:32)The Criminologist Becomes a Criminal? In a Fallen World, Sinners Can Give Themselves to Sin Such That It Consumes Them. How Else Can We Understand a Criminologist Who Becomes a Serial Murderer?Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 15:39)Can a Christian Be Scotland’s First Minister (Prime Minister)? The Controversy Over Kate Forbes Reveals the Victory of SecularismWhoever leads Scotland next, it can’t be Kate by The Times of London (Kenny Farquharson)Part II (15:39 - 18:38)No, Religious Belief and Political Beliefs Cannot Be Separated: Secularists Demand Impossible Task of Casting Theological Beliefs From the Public SquarePart III (18:38 - 26:00)‘I Had No Idea Within Less Than 3 Minutes I Would Be in Handcuffs’: Faculty Backing Campus Protests Face Reality … a Bit Too LateFor college faculty, supporting protesters is a new job — and risk by The Washington Post (Kyle Melnick and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 11:51)Putin 'Elected' President and Inaugurated in Imperial Glory: He Harkens Back to Imperial Past with a Wink and a Nod to Past Dictators as He Wins 5th TermPart II (11:51 - 16:36)Russia is Running Out of Money and Soldiers: The Reality of Today’s Russia as Putin Looks to Raise Taxes and Recruit Women for WarFamily Values or Fighting Valor? Russia Grapples With Women’s Wartime Role. by The New York Times (Anatoly Kurmanaev and Ekaterina Bodyagina)Part III (16:36 - 19:30)France Warms Up to China? Xi Jinping Makes Historic Trip to France as He Attempts to Reshape World SceneXi Visits Europe, Seeking Strategic Opportunity by The New York Times (Roger Cohen and Chris Buckley)Part IV (19:30 - 25:37)From Boy Scouts to Scouting America: How Scandals, the LGBTQ Revolution, and Deprioritization of Male Friendship Paved the Way to the Breakdown of the Boy ScoutsBoy Scouts rebrands as Scouting America, dropping gendered name by The Washington Post (Kim Bellware)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 12:51)‘I Didn’t Go to School Carrying a Tent’: Campuses Face Blowback from Donors after Protests and Divestment AttemptsDear Columbia Students, Divestment From Israel Won’t Work by The Wall Street Journal (James Mackintosh)Billionaire Donor Assails Brown’s ‘Unconscionable’ Deal With Protesters by The New York Times (Rob Copeland)Part II (12:51 - 18:58)Trust Me, You’re a Long Way from the Gulag: Privileged Activist Upset for Being Treated Less Than Privileged as a Disruptor on Columbia’s CampusI'm a student who was arrested at a Columbia protest. I am not a hero, nor am I a villain. by USA Today (Allie Wong)Part III (18:58 - 25:52)It Was a Total LGBTQ Victory: History Will Record that the United Methodist General Conference Was a Comprehensive Capitulation to Theological RevisionismWith a final flourish, United Methodist conference eliminates all anti-LGBTQ policies by Religion News Service (Yonat Shimron)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 11:26)Right Motivation, Misguided Legislation: The House Votes to Pass the Anti-Semitism Awareness ActWorking definition of antisemitism by IHRAPart II (11:26 - 14:29)Legislation Has Intended and Unintended Consequences: The Major Concerns of the Potential Fallout of the Anti-Semitism Awareness ActPart III (14:29 - 20:41)A ‘Professional Agitator’ on Liberal Campus? The People of the Left Protesting on Campuses Include More Than StudentsThe 63-Year-Old Career Activist Among the Protesters at Columbia by The New York Times (Andrew Keh and Katherine Rosman)Part IV (20:41 - 24:50)Crackdowns on College Campuses Should Send a Clear Message: Behave or Go Home, or Go to Jail. A Clear Lesson from HistorySign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Monday, May 6, 2024

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 04:19)Abortion and the Tale of Two States: Florida’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect As Arizona Repeals 1864 Abortion BanPart II (04:19 - 10:58)Communist Cuba Flirts with Capitalism? Free Market, Human Flourishing, and the Failures of CommunismIn a Communist Stronghold, Capitalists Become an Economic Lifeline by The New York Times (David C. Adams)Part III (10:58 - 16:10)Why the Paucity of Evangelicals on the Supreme Court? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart IV (16:10 - 22:20)Do Roman Catholics Go to Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart V (22:20 - 26:02)Is the Bible Both Inerrant and Infallible? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (26:02 - 28:58)Is the Position of the Pope Analogous in Any Way to the President to the SBC? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingThe Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy by Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

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