DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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The Covid-19 Omicron Variant: What Do We Know? And Why the Ensuing New York City Draconian Measures in Response? — When Will the Politics of Covid End?

PART 2
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The Disappearance of Real News: What the Saga of CNN’s Chris Cuomo Tells Us About News Media Today

NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM AND JOHN KOBLIN)
CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo After New Details on Help He Gave His Brother

PART 3
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Should Our Country Have A Mono-Religion? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 4
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Do the Other Apostles (And the Gospels) Agree with Paul’s Gospel Message About the Death and Resurrection of Jesus? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 5
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Where Do We Find A Theology of Homemaking in the Bible? What About Missional Motherhood? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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“Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey Haunt Our Country” — Some of the Most Clarifying Words in Supreme Court History

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

PART 2
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Precedent and a Woman’s ‘Right’ to an Abortion: A Look at the Pro-Abortion Movement’s Two Major Arguments In Favor of Upholding Roe and Casey

PART 3
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The Power of Argument: Why Abortion Rights Supporters Consider Yesterday’s Oral Arguments a Disaster for Their Movement

PART 4
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Defining the Modern Age? The Right for a Woman to Kill Life Within Her

LA TIMES (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
Please, Supreme Court, Do Not Take Abortion Rights Away from Any Women, Anywhere

PART 5
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The U.S. Solicitor General Who Made the Arguments for Abortion Before the Supreme Court Yesterday Was Appointed by President Joe Biden — Elections have Consequences . . . Every Election, Every Time

Last week we talked with Jeremy Walker about the first five of six principles in having a balanced reading diet in 2022. This week we pick up with the sixth principle and then get to our annual recommended books list.

Show Notes: https://www.mediagratiae.org/blog/recommended-reading-for-2022

Check out Jeremy’s podcasts:

The Heart of Spurgeon: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-the-heart-of-spurgeon/id1546109129

A Word in Season:

YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW0xuCgknPDN2f0LSE4JiVmtrZtB6zsib

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-word-in-season-with-jeremy-walker/id1511364782

Want to listen to The Whole Counsel on the go? Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app: https://www.mediagratiae.org/podcasts

You can get The Whole Counsel a day early on the Media Gratiae App (along with both of Jeremy’s podcasts): https://subsplash.com/mediagratiae/app

Today Jimmy and Joe answer a couple emails that came in related to church life. What do you do if the new pastor at a church isn’t measuring up to the previous pastor’s preaching? What does it look like to give a new church a real chance when they fail to meet one of your personal expectations?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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December 1, 2021: A Day to Go Down in History As Supreme Court Hears Most Important Abortion Case In A Generation

PART 2
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History and Constitutionality of Abortion Debate in American Public Life: What Led to Roe v. Wade in 1973? And How Did We Get to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2021?

PART 3
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Is There A Religious Basis For Abortion Rights? — The Religious Left Contends for the Right to Terminate the Unborn

ASSOCIATED PRESS (HOLLY MEYER)
Religious Abortion Rights Supporters Fight for Access

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Celebrity New Age Spiritualism: Emotional Resonation Over Truth —And It’s Not Cheap

NEW YORK TIMES (IRINA ALEKSANDER)
In Good Spirits

PART 2
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‘Why Consult the Dead on Behalf of the Living?’: How Should Christians Think About (New Age) Mediums?

PART 3
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Mixture of Theological Clarity and Confusion From New Pew Study On Beliefs About Heaven and Hell Shared By American People

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Few Americans Blame God or Say Faith Has Been Shaken Amid Pandemic, Other Tragedies

PART 4
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Revenge of the Fatbergs — Things You Didn’t Know (And Might Not Have Expected on The Briefing)

WALL STREET JOURNAL (CHRISTOPHER MIMS)
Robots vs. Fatbergs: High-Tech Approaches to America’s Sewer Problem

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Looking Forward: National Divide Coming to Decisive Moment as Supreme Court Set to Hear Oral Arguments over Abortion Case on Wednesday

ASSOCIATED PRESS (MARK SHERMAN)
Supreme Court Set to Take Up All-Or-Nothing Abortion Fight

PART 2
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Looking Backward: Three Men Found Guilty of Murder of Ahmaud Arbery — What Was At Stake in This Case for the U.S. Justice System?

PART 3
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Why So Many Types of Murder in Our Justice System? And What Makes Murder Murder?

PART 4
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What’s Behind Whether You Think Rising Gas Prices Is a Big Deal— That’s Right, Worldview Matters

NBC NEWS (DANTE CHINNI)
Gas Prices Are Up, But Red America May be Paying More

This is the conclusion. of the Baptist Catechism’s. treatment of the Lord’s Prayer, and of the catechism as a whole. What are we praying for when we pray, “for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever?”Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

We love books. That is no secret to anyone who has been watched or listened to Media Gratiae over the years. And for long-time viewers, you know we take one or two episodes every year to share some book recommendations for the upcoming year.

This year we called on Jeremy Walker to join us in our book recommendation episodes. We will get to specific books next week, but we wanted to spend this week discussing the first five of six principles to keep in mind when reading books. There is a way to read books that will bring benefit to your soul, and there is a way to waste your opportunity of reading. We want to encourage good principles and warn of dangerous ones.

Check out Jeremy’s podcasts:

The Heart of Spurgeon: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-the-heart-of-spurgeon/id1546109129

A Word in Season:

YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW0xuCgknPDN2f0LSE4JiVmtrZtB6zsib

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-word-in-season-with-jeremy-walker/id1511364782

Want to listen to The Whole Counsel on the go? Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app: https://www.mediagratiae.org/podcasts

You can get The Whole Counsel a day early on the Media Gratiae App (along with both of Jeremy’s podcasts): https://subsplash.com/mediagratiae/app

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Gratitude Without Grace in a Secular Culture: How Can Thankfulness Have Meaning Without God?

WASHINGTON POST (EMILY HEIL)
Saying Grace: How A Moment of Thanks, Religious or Not, Adds Meaning to Our Meals

THE ATLANTIC (EMMA GREEN)
Gratitude Without God

PART 2
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The Heart of Sin and Rebellion Against God: Ingratitude — ‘They Did Not Honor Him as God Nor Give Thanks to Him’

PART 3
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To Whom Are We Thankful for the Wondrous Gift of Life? Thankfulness as a Christian Apologetic