DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 17:24):
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What Happens When Marriage, Family, and Community Are Subverted? America Has a Loneliness Epidemic and Its Teenagers Are in a Severe Mental Health Crisis

NEW YORK TIMES (MATT RICHTEL)
‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens

WALL STREET JOURNAL (BRIANNA ABBOTT)
Children as Young as 8 Should Be Screened for Anxiety, Experts Recommend

NEW YORK TIMES (JOHN LELAND)
How Loneliness Is Damaging Our Health

PART 2
(17:25 – 18:53):
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The Spy Next Door: Russian Sleeper Agent Who Headed Spy Group in U.S. Dies in Russia at 79

NEW YORK TIMES (SAM ROBERTS)
Mikhail Vasenkov Dies at 79; His Spy Ring Inspired ‘The Americans’

PART 3
(18:54 – 20:35):
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What is the Conservative Solution to Income Inequality? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART 4
(20:36 – 22:44):
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Should We Use Genetic Treatment or Modification for Embryos? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART 5
(22:45 – 24:34):
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Does Hebrews 11:3 Undermine Creation Ex Nihilo? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART 6
(24:35 – 26:6):
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Why Will We Have Tears to Wipe Away on Judgment Day When We Are in the Presence of God? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 09:24) What the Great Spectacle Shows: A Look at What Super Bowl LVII Reveals About Our CultureSeverely understaffed hospitals shouldn’t be buying Super Bowl ads by Washington Post (Farzon A. Nahvi)Part II (09:24 – 19:22) Incentivizing Vice: One of the Many Problems of Sports GamblingPart III (19:22 – 25:56) You Will Know It By Its Fruit: The Devastation Left in the Wake of the Gambling IndustryWould Jesus Bet on the Super Bowl? by Wall Street Journal (Barton Swaim)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | 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 – 11:29) Marriage Delayed and Children Foregone: The Age of People in First-Time Marriages Is Rising, and Fertility Rates are Declining — We Better Watch This CloselyFirst-Time Marriages Are on the Rise for People in Their 40s and 50s by Wall Street Journal (Clare Ansberry)Part II (11:29 – 16:44) ‘Gathering Together for Dinner Can Feel Like an Impossibility’: Families are Now So Busy That Many Children Never Have a Family Meal — And the Children are SufferingFamily Dinners Are Key to Children’s Health. So Why Don’t We Eat Together More? by Wall Street Journal (Julie Jargon and Andrea Petersen)Part III (16:44 – 20:45) When Does Personhood Begin? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart IV (20:45 – 23:03) Why Did God Put the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Evil? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 7-Year-Old Listener of The BriefingPart V (23:03 – 25:21) What is the Distinction Between Justice and Fairness? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (25:21 – 28:56) Do Verses 4 and 5 of Proverbs 26 Contradict Each Other? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingSign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | 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.