This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 15:17)The World is Reaching a Catastrophic Fertility Rate: The Huge Demographic Changes Taking Place Before Our Eyes WorldwideSuddenly There Aren’t Enough Babies. The Whole World Is Alarmed. by The Wall Street Journal (Greg Ip and Janet Adamy)Part II (15:17 – 18:10)Secularization, Lifestyle Choices, and Complexities of Modernity: The Devastating Causes of the Falling Birth Rates WorldwidePart III (18:10 – 19:47)Our Society Has an Increasing Death Impulse: Even After Statewide Abortion Bans, the Abortion Rate Keeps Creeping UpDespite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth by NPR (Elissa Nadworny)Part IV (19:47 – 25:25)Residency Students Look to States Without Abortion Bans? What Does It Say of the Medical Community That is So Committed to the Culture of Death?Fewer medical students are applying to residency in states with near-total abortion bans by The Hill (Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech)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 – 01:41) A Word from the Heart: My Sincerest Thanks to Listeners for Prayer and EncouragementPart II (01:41 – 11:46) Once a Technological Innovation Now a Bygone Artifact: Netflix Ditches DVD Rental BusinessNetflix Will End Its DVD Service, 5.2 Billion Discs Later by New York Times (Nicole Sperling)Part III (11:46 – 14:39) A Parable of the Decline of the Value of Weddings?: David’s Bridal Files Bankruptcy for Second Time in Five YearsPart IV (14:39 – 23:24) How Should Christians Think About Snowflake Adoptions? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart V (23:24 – 26:45) What is the Difference Between Reading About Violence and Watching It in a Movie? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 13-Year-Old Listener of The BriefingPart VI (26:45 – 27:31) What Does It Mean for Jesus to Be Tempted in Every Way? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VII (27:31 – 29:55) Could Mankind Experience Physical Injuries Before The Fall? — 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.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:14 – 15:54)Religious Divide Over the Death Penalty: Worldview Divide Between Gospel Christianity and Liberal Christianity Shows Yet AgainChurch of murdered pastor supports execution. Another clergyman says it should be stopped by USA Today (James Powel)Part II (15:54 – 19:52)Gospel Christianity vs. Liberal “Christianity” on Immigration: Faithfulness Will Not Come From Liberal Presuppositions about ScriptureTrump Immigration Orders Fracture Church Sanctuary Movement by The Wall Street Journal (Scott Calvert, Kris Maher, and Joe Barrett)Part III (19:52 – 27:18)Does the Constitution Allow for Federal Funding for Explicitly Religious Charter Schools? SCOTUS Takes up Consequential Case from OklahomaSupreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case by The New York Times (Troy Closson)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.