This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 12:09)Europe’s Incendiary Problem: Debates Arise Over Burning of the Quran in Sweden and DenmarkPart II (12:09 – 19:07)We Honor Christ, and He Will Defend His Own Honor: Christianity, Unlike Islam, is not an Honor ReligionPart III (19:07 – 23:20)‘Black Lives Matter’ Versus ‘Black Pre-Born Lives Matter’: D.C. Circuit Court Rules the Government Cannot Play Favorites in a Public ForumProgressives for Speech Discrimination 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 (00:13 – 10:21) U.S. Elites Question Support for Transgender Procedures: Rise of Gender Reassignment Surgeries Now Giving Medical and Media Professionals PauseGender Surgeries Nearly Tripled From 2016 Through 2019, Study Finds by New York Times (Emily Baumgaertner)Part II (10:21 – 20:59) ‘The Gender War is Over in Britain’: The UK Takes Up More Conservative Position on Transgender IssueThe Gender War Is Over in Britain by The Atlantic (Helen Lewis)Part III (20:59 – 25:30) Catholic Single-Sex Universities Betray Their Mission and Doctrine: College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University Adopt Contrarian Gender Admissions PoliciesMinnesota single-sex Catholic colleges say students who identify as ‘nonbinary’ may apply by Catholic News Register (Daniel Payne)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 – 10:21)U.S. Elites Question Support for Transgender Procedures: Rise of Gender Reassignment Surgeries Now Giving Medical and Media Professionals PauseGender Surgeries Nearly Tripled From 2016 Through 2019, Study Finds by New York Times (Emily Baumgaertner)Part II (10:21 – 20:59)‘The Gender War is Over in Britain’: The UK Takes Up More Conservative Position on Transgender IssueThe Gender War Is Over in Britain by The Atlantic (Helen Lewis)Part III (20:59 – 25:30)Catholic Single-Sex Universities Betray Their Mission and Doctrine: College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University Adopt Contrarian Gender Admissions PoliciesMinnesota single-sex Catholic colleges say students who identify as ‘nonbinary’ may apply by Catholic News Register (Daniel Payne)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 – 13:50) A Nation Divided Against Itself on Abortion Cannot Stand: The Case for Federal Protection of Persons in the Womb Under the 14th AmendmentWhat the Contradiction of Slavery Tells Us About Abortion Rights by New York Times (Jamelle Bouie)Even if Roe is overturned, Congress must act to protect the unborn by Washington Post (Robert P. George and Josh Craddock)Part II (13:50 – 21:39) Yes, Many from the Left Do Support Abortion Up Until Birth: Jen Psaki’s Reign of Untruth on Abortion ContinuesPsaki: GOP claims that Democrats root for late-term abortion is ‘entirely misleading’ by The Hill (Miranda Nazzaro)Jen Psaki Isn’t Telling the Truth about Late-Term Abortion by National Review (John McCormack)Part III (21:39 – 25:40) The United States is Unsafe for LGBTQ Visitors? Canada Goes Global Virtue SignalingCanada Cautions L.G.B.T.Q. Citizens Visiting U.S. Over State Laws by New York Times (Ian Austen)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 – 13:50)A Nation Divided Against Itself on Abortion Cannot Stand: The Case for Federal Protection of Persons in the Womb Under the 14th AmendmentWhat the Contradiction of Slavery Tells Us About Abortion Rights by New York Times (Jamelle Bouie)Even if Roe is overturned, Congress must act to protect the unborn by Washington Post (Robert P. George and Josh Craddock)Part II (13:50 – 21:39)Yes, Many from the Left Do Support Abortion Up Until Birth: Jen Psaki’s Reign of Untruth on Abortion ContinuesPsaki: GOP claims that Democrats root for late-term abortion is ‘entirely misleading’ by The Hill (Miranda Nazzaro)Jen Psaki Isn’t Telling the Truth about Late-Term Abortion by National Review (John McCormack)Part III (21:39 – 25:40)The United States is Unsafe for LGBTQ Visitors? Canada Goes Global Virtue SignalingCanada Cautions L.G.B.T.Q. Citizens Visiting U.S. Over State Laws by New York Times (Ian Austen)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 – 06:01) Artificial Intelligence and the Morality of Knowledge: AI Creators Are Clambering for Government Regulation, But Pandora’s Box Has Already Been OpenedPart II (06:01 – 11:07) Where Humans Go, Their Sin Patterns Follow: Report Reveals ChatGPT Shows Biases of Its CreatorsChatGPT leans liberal, research shows by The Washington Post (Gerrit De Vynck)Part III (11:07 – 16:30) What Explains the Unusually High Number of Roman Catholics on the Supreme Court? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart IV (16:30 – 21:00) If God Doesn’t Change His Mind, Why Does the Bible Say He Regrets Things? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 14-Year-Old Listener of The BriefingPart V (21:00 – 24:41) What Are We to Make of the Morality of Risk in the Development of New Technologies? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (24:41 – 27:03) Even as Cultural Christianity Has Decreased in the United States, Is the Number of Serious, Committed, Pious Christians Actually Higher Than It Was 50 Years Ago? — 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 (00:13 – 06:01)Artificial Intelligence and the Morality of Knowledge: AI Creators Are Clambering for Government Regulation, But Pandora’s Box Has Already Been OpenedPart II (06:01 – 11:07)Where Humans Go, Their Sin Patterns Follow: Report Reveals ChatGPT Shows Biases of Its CreatorsChatGPT leans liberal, research shows by The Washington Post (Gerrit De Vynck)Part III (11:07 – 16:30)What Explains the Unusually High Number of Roman Catholics on the Supreme Court? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart IV (16:30 – 21:00)If God Doesn’t Change His Mind, Why Does the Bible Say He Regrets Things? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 14-Year-Old Listener of The BriefingPart V (21:00 – 24:41)What Are We to Make of the Morality of Risk in the Development of New Technologies? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (24:41 – 27:03)Even as Cultural Christianity Has Decreased in the United States, Is the Number of Serious, Committed, Pious Christians Actually Higher Than It Was 50 Years Ago? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingSign 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.

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Most Christians with any long-term experience in walking with Christ can sympathize with the sentiment that reading the Bible can be difficult. There are times where we open Scripture and the pages become alive and we meet with God. Other times it can feel—as sad as it is to say—boring. How do we overcome the challenges to the life-long discipline of studying the Bible?
The best way to overcome any obstacle in understanding Scripture is to realize why it was written. The Bible is perfectly worded, constructed, and delivered to reveal the character of God to us. If we believe the Bible is the means that God has given us to get to know Him, it will become our most treasured possession and an object of pure delight.
To that end, we are beginning a new series of episode this week walking through R. C. Sproul’s book, Knowing Scripture. Unlike series we have done before, we won’t walk through this book with Dr. John Snyder and one guest. Instead, we are pulling different members of Christ Church New Albany because they each bring an interesting perspective and life experience to the chapters they will be discussing. For this first chapter, we have Lindsey Williams, who has been a member of Christ Church New Albany for 10 years.
We have another special aspect to this series. Each episode we will be giving away one resource that we have found helpful in studying Scripture. These will include Bibles, commentaries, and other writings. This week, we are giving away Matthew Henry’s One-Volume Commentary on the Bible. To sign up for the giveaway, click here: https://www.mediagratiae.org/the-whole-counsel-giveaway
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Expository Thoughts on the Gospels by J. C. Ryle
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Matthew Henry in One Volume
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New Testament Commentaries 2 Volume Set by Geoffrey B. Wilson
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Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible
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Schuyler Bible
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Welwyn Commentary Set
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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 12:25) The Biden Administration Intends to Send Dangerous Message to Hostile Regimes: We Will Pay Ransom for Your Hostage TakingHow Much Is an American Hostage Worth? by New York Times (Bret Stephens)Holding America Hostage by National Review (Noah Rothman)Part II (12:25 – 19:45) It’s Wrong to Believe That Moral Judgments Are Real? The Modern Age and its Justification of Sexual MisbehaviorLove is in the air but birds are often unfaithful partners by Financial Times (Jonathan Guthrie)Part III (19:45 – 25:08) If it’s Possible it’s Natural? A Transhumanist Denies the Meaning of NatureSign 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 – 12:25)The Biden Administration Intends to Send Dangerous Message to Hostile Regimes: We Will Pay Ransom for Your Hostage TakingHow Much Is an American Hostage Worth? by New York Times (Bret Stephens)Holding America Hostage by National Review (Noah Rothman)Part II (12:25 – 19:45)It’s Wrong to Believe That Moral Judgments Are Real? The Modern Age and its Justification of Sexual MisbehaviorLove is in the air but birds are often unfaithful partners by Financial Times (Jonathan Guthrie)Part III (19:45 – 25:08)If it’s Possible it’s Natural? A Transhumanist Denies the Meaning of NatureSign 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.