This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 09:56)The Slap Heard ‘Round the World: Moral Confusion as Tinseltown Honors ItselfAcademy Condemns Will Smith for Slap at Oscars and Opens Inquiry by New York Times (Nicole Sperling, Matt Stevens and Julia Jacobs)Will Smith’s Oscars Slap Doesn’t Need Explaining. Just Let it be Sad. by Washington Post (Alyssa Rosenberg)Part II (09:56 – 16:17)Hollywood’s Centralized Control Over the Culture Wanes as New Media Forms Overtake Influence of MoviesWe Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies. by New York Times (Ross Douthat)Four Years on from #MeToo, the Oscars’ Feminism has Gone Rapidly Backwards by The Guardian (Catherine Shoard)Part III (16:17 – 20:31)An Obstacle to the LGBTQ Movement’s March Through the Public Schools: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs ‘Parental Rights in Education’ LawDeSantis Signs Florida Bill That Opponents Call ‘Don’t Say Gay’ by New York Times (Patricia Mazzei)Part IV (20:31 – 22:49)What Makes the News Makes a Culture: Citizens Oppose School’s Placement of Female Hygiene Products in Boys Bathrooms Some Opposed To Tampons In LTHS Boys Bathrooms by Patch (David Giuliani)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 11:06)Commercial Opportunity Meets Temptation in Sport: Professional and Collegiate Sports Reckon with Corruption of Sports BettingNFL Suspends Five Players for Sports Gambling by Wall Street Journal (Andrew Beaton)Part II (11:06 – 17:04)A Sticky Standard Over ‘Sticky Stuff’: MLB’s Recent Rosin Controversy Highlights the Pervasiveness of Sin and Both the Necessity and Limitation of Rules in a Fallen WorldMLB Suspends Max Scherzer Over Use of ‘Sticky Stuff’ by Wall Street Journal (Lindsey Adler)Part III (17:04 – 25:19)The De-Incentivization of Work: Work is not a ‘Wacko’ Idea, Mr. President Is Work for Welfare ‘Wacko’? by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:09 – 11:34)A New A.I. Technology is Throwing the Market Into a Frenzy: China’s New A.I. Model Chip is Changing the Production of A.I.Silicon Valley Is Raving About a Made-in-China AI Model by The Wall Street Journal (Raffaele Huang)The Day DeepSeek Turned Tech and Wall Street Upside Down by The Wall Street Journal (Gunjan Banerji, Asa Fitch, Karen Langley)Part II (11:34 – 18:07)The Ethics of Simulating Conversing With the Dead Through A.I.: New Documentary Points to Deep Moral Issues Behind Artificial Intelligence‘Eternal You’ and the Ethics of Using A.I. to ‘Talk’ to Dead Loved Ones by The New York Times (Alissa Wilkinson)Part III (18:07 – 24:40)Leader of Euthanasia Movement Dies at 94: Derek Humphry, the Hemlock Society, and the Morally Evil Argument of ‘The Final Exit’Derek Humphry, Pivotal Figure in Right-to-Die Movement, Dies at 94 by The New York Times (Michael S. Rosenwald)Part IV (24:40 – 26:44)Gospel Hope in a Nihilistic World: The Only Refutation to the Culture of Death is the Gospel of Jesus ChristSign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.