This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 17:12) No, Pope Francis, Doctrinal Faithfulness is Not Reactionary Rigidity: Pope Francis Encourages Doctrinal Leftism That Has Conservative Catholics Grinding Their Teeth‘The Water Has Been Agitated’ by La Civiltà Cattolica (Antonio Spadaro, SJ)Pope says some ‘backward’ conservatives in US Catholic Church have replaced faith with ideology by Associated PressAiling Pope Francis Hurries to Bolster His Progressive Legacy by Wall Street Journal (Francis X. Rocca)Part II (17:12 – 20:38) The Kremlin Loves That Pope Francis Admires Russian Autocratic Leaders: The Pope Creates an Awkward ControversyPope Francis Praises Historical Russian Imperialism Amid War in Ukraine by Wall Street Journal (Francis X. Rocca)Vatican Walks Back Pope Francis’ Praise for Russian Empire by Wall Street Journal (Francis X. Rocca)Part III (20:38 – 24:10) How’s This For Irony? Chicago Crew Robbed at Gunpoint While Filming a Documentary On the Increase of Armed RobberiesTV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on armed robberies by Washington Post (Timothy Bella)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 – 17:12)No, Pope Francis, Doctrinal Faithfulness is Not Reactionary Rigidity: Pope Francis Encourages Doctrinal Leftism That Has Conservative Catholics Grinding Their Teeth‘The Water Has Been Agitated’ by La Civiltà Cattolica (Antonio Spadaro, SJ)Pope says some ‘backward’ conservatives in US Catholic Church have replaced faith with ideology by Associated PressAiling Pope Francis Hurries to Bolster His Progressive Legacy by Wall Street Journal (Francis X. Rocca)Part II (17:12 – 20:38)The Kremlin Loves That Pope Francis Admires Russian Autocratic Leaders: The Pope Creates an Awkward ControversyPope Francis Praises Historical Russian Imperialism Amid War in Ukraine by Wall Street Journal (Francis X. Rocca)Vatican Walks Back Pope Francis’ Praise for Russian Empire by Wall Street Journal (Francis X. Rocca)Part III (20:38 – 24:10)How’s This For Irony? Chicago Crew Robbed at Gunpoint While Filming a Documentary On the Increase of Armed RobberiesTV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on armed robberies by Washington Post (Timothy Bella)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 – 11:09) Is a Sperm Donor a Father? Wall Street Journal Raises Big Questions, Reveals Even Deeper Longing Within the Imago DeiA Sperm Donor Chases a Role in the Lives of the 96 Children He Fathered by Wall Street Journal (Amy Dockser Marcus)Part II (11:09 – 22:08) Violation, Alienation, Abstraction, Moral Risk, and the Unalloyed Good of Babies: The Issues of the Modern Reproductive Assistance IndustryPart III (22:08 – 25:00) Snowflake Adoptions and the Attempt to Restructure the Family: Christian Faithfulness in the Face of the New Age of the Modern Reproductive MovementSign 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 – 11:09)Is a Sperm Donor a Father? Wall Street Journal Raises Big Questions, Reveals Even Deeper Longing Within the Imago DeiA Sperm Donor Chases a Role in the Lives of the 96 Children He Fathered by Wall Street Journal (Amy Dockser Marcus)Part II (11:09 – 22:08)Violation, Alienation, Abstraction, Moral Risk, and the Unalloyed Good of Babies: The Issues of the Modern Reproductive Assistance IndustryPart III (22:08 – 25:00)Snowflake Adoptions and the Attempt to Restructure the Family: Christian Faithfulness in the Face of the New Age of the Modern Reproductive MovementSign 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.

When Jesus calls people to Himself, they come. In this episode, Barry Cooper shows how God puts His sovereign grace on display every time a lost soul is drawn to Christ. Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/irresistible-grace-simply-put/

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 12:03) Are Americans Losing Their Religion? Big Questions Arise Over Secularization in the United StatesAmerica Is Losing Religious Faith by New York Times (Nicholas Kristof)Part II (12:03 – 20:25) The Incongruence of Belonging Without Belief: What the Apparent Decline of Christianity the US RevealsI left the church — and now long for a ‘church for the nones’ by The Washington Post (Perry Bacon Jr.)Part III (20:25 – 26:10) India Wins a Lap in the Space Race Against Russia — But the Moon Race is About Much More than National PrideSign 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 – 12:03)Are Americans Losing Their Religion? Big Questions Arise Over Secularization in the United StatesAmerica Is Losing Religious Faith by New York Times (Nicholas Kristof)Part II (12:03 – 20:25)The Incongruence of Belonging Without Belief: What the Apparent Decline of Christianity the US RevealsI left the church — and now long for a ‘church for the nones’ by The Washington Post (Perry Bacon Jr.)Part III (20:25 – 26:10)India Wins a Lap in the Space Race Against Russia — But the Moon Race is About Much More than National PrideSign 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 – 08:07) Vladimir Putin Sends a Clear Message: Wagner Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin (Apparently) Killed in Plane Crash — There is No Surprise HerePart II (08:07 – 10:51) Who Is Your Favorite Church Leader From the Reformation or the Puritan Era? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart III (10:51 – 16:20) Why Do We Have an Original Sin Nature Because of Adam? Why Does God Allow Satan to Do Evil? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Young Listeners of The BriefingPart IV (16:20 – 18:30) Are There Any Commands about Baptism in the Old Testament? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart V (18:30 – 21:09) How Would You Answer Someone Who Says That the New Covenant Overrules the Noahic Covenant’s Approval of the Death Penalty? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (21:09 – 23:40) What are the Most Important Traits in a Man We Should Look for as We Seek to Hire a New Pastor? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VII (23:40 – 26:32) Who is Your Favorite Downton Abbey Character? — 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 – 08:07)Vladimir Putin Sends a Clear Message: Wagner Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin (Apparently) Killed in Plane Crash — There is No Surprise HerePart II (08:07 – 10:51)Who Is Your Favorite Church Leader From the Reformation or the Puritan Era? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart III (10:51 – 16:20)Why Do We Have an Original Sin Nature Because of Adam? Why Does God Allow Satan to Do Evil? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Young Listeners of The BriefingPart IV (16:20 – 18:30)Are There Any Commands about Baptism in the Old Testament? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart V (18:30 – 21:09)How Would You Answer Someone Who Says That the New Covenant Overrules the Noahic Covenant’s Approval of the Death Penalty? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (21:09 – 23:40)What are the Most Important Traits in a Man We Should Look for as We Seek to Hire a New Pastor? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VII (23:40 – 26:32)Who is Your Favorite Downton Abbey Character? — 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.

We have been commemorating the 10th anniversary of our initial study, Behold Your God: Rethinking God Biblically. But many are unaware of its followup study, Behold Your God: The Weight of Majesty. We wanted to take two special episodes to highlight the interviews we conducted during the production of that study.
In this week’s special episode, we ask Andrew Davies, Sinclair Ferguson, and Jordan Thomas questions about God’s immutability.
Next week we will begin a new series of episodes with an emphasis on studying Scripture and the discipline of hermeneutics.
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