This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 16:01)The Lawfare Against President-Elect Trump: Special Counsel Drops Federal Charges Against Trump – There Was Much More Behind the Charges Than JusticePart II (16:01 – 20:17)Was Trump’s Election Win a Landslide or Not? Trump’s Mandate to Prove He Has a MandateThe ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory by The New York Times (Peter Baker)A Monumental, Fragile Mandate by The New York Times (The Editorial Board)Part III (20:17 – 23:53)A Getaway Car and a 13-Year-Old Perpetrator: What a High Speed Chase of an Underage Driver Reveals about the Rule of LawSign 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 – 13:32)The Money Behind Climate Change: COP29 Reaches Final Deal for $300 Billion Per Year from Developed Nations to Developing NationsU.N. Reaches $300 Billion Climate Financing Deal as Trump Looms by The Wall Street Journal (Matthew Dalton)Part II (13:32 – 23:48)Where is Energy Realism? China as a “Developing Country,” EVs, and the Plea to Trump from Major Car Makers to Encourage (Require) EV SalesChina’s Soaring Emissions Are Upending Climate Politics by The New York Times (Brad Plumer and Mira Rojanasakul)Irresistible March of Energy Realism by The Wall Street Journal (Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.)Automakers to Trump: Please Require Us to Sell Electric Vehicles by The New York Times (Coral Davenport and Jack Ewing)Is a ‘Green’ Revolution Poisoning India’s Capital? by The New York Times (Maria Abi-Habib)Part III (23:48 – 26:11)Take the Cue on Climate Change: More World Leaders Showed Up to the G20 Summit Than COP29A Nostalgic Biden Fades Out of the Picture in Talks With World Leaders by The New York Times (Zolan Kanno-Youngs)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 – 06:20)Matt Gaetz Withdraws: Trump’s Potential Attorney General Change in Wake of Gaetz ScandalNews Analysis: If Democrats want to win back the American people, does California need to stand down? by LA Times (Taryn Luna and Seema Mehta)Part II (06:20 – 14:55)The ICC Issues Warrant for Netanyahu’s So-Called War Crimes? Israel Has Every Right to Defend ItselfPart III (14:55 – 18:54)Did You Miss an Easy Explanation for the Voting Number Discrepancy Between the 2020 and 2024 Presidential Elections? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners to The BriefingPart IV (18:54 – 22:57)How Can I Live a Good Christian Life Around Non Believers? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 10-Year-Old Listener to The BriefingPart V (22:57 – 26:40)How Do You Approach Visiting Mosques and Other Historical Religious Sites from a Christian Perspective? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners to The BriefingPart VI (26:40 – 29:06)What is the Glory of God? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners to 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.

One of our favorite episodes to record every year is our annual book recommendations. This year, Dr. John Snyder and Acey Floyd agreed to a three-book limit. If you have ever watched one of our book recommendation episodes before, you will not be surprised to learn they both cheated (but only slightly).
Rather than creating a long list of links in the show description this year, we will just have one link. It will take you to our Media Gratiae blog where all the books are listed, along with links where you can purchase them.
Our prayer for these book recommendation episodes is that you may consider buying them for yourself if you have never read them and that they may challenge and bless you in 2025 as they have us in 2024. If you have read them before, consider gifting them to loved ones so their hearts may be drawn nearer to Christ.
List of books and links:
Show Notes:
*Growing in Christ was written as a book and is not a collection of sermons.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 17:17)No, Conservatives Aren’t Pushing Out Liberals From Social Media: The Left Dislikes the Destabilization of Their Media EstablishmentLiberals Are Left Out in the Cold as Social Media Veers Right by The New York Times (Sheera Frenkel)Part II (17:17 – 22:03)Conservatives Did Not Launch the Culture War: The Left is Politicizing the Sexual Revolution – And Trying to Overcome Common SenseHouse Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for 1st transgender member by The Washington Post (Farnoush Amiri)Part III (22:03 – 26:51)Answer this Question: If Congress Cannot Operate by a Truthful Bathroom Policy, How Can It Decide on the Major Policy Issues of Our Nation?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 – 08:20)Will Trump Disband the Department of Education? The Educational Establishment Is a Powerful EnemyPart II (08:20 – 15:09)You Don’t Get Rid of Woke Ideas by Merely Changing Course Titles: Liberal Professors Don’t Give Up Easily‘Race,’ ‘equity’ removed from UNT course titles to comply with Texas DEI ban, faculty say by Dallas Morning News (Marcela Rodrigues)Part III (15:09 – 18:00)‘They’re the Meanest, Dumbest, Most Bigoted Group of Fascists’: Editor-in-chief of Scientific American Resigns After Comments About Trump VotersEditor-in-chief of America’s oldest magazine resigns after calling Trump voters fascists by Scientific American (Jordan Valinsky)Part IV (18:00 – 21:33)Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, the Great Terms of Oppression and Patriarchy? Now They’re Targeting Names of SeasonsSeason’s mis-greetings: why timing matters in global academia by Nature (Melissa Hart and Negin Nazarian)Part V (21:33 – 26:27)‘We Have Faith, Just Not in God’: An Obituary That Comes with an Absolutely Candid Display of Atheism—Tragically EnoughKenneth Bronstein, Who Put His Faith in Atheism, Dies at 85 by The New York Times (Sam Roberts)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.

We can get in danger of being so infatuated with the idea of our sin’s forgiveness that we start to leave obedience behind. Today, Barry Cooper points out that Christians don’t take God’s law less seriously, but more seriously. Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/antinomianism/ A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Donate: https://donate.ligonier.org/ Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 12:15)What is President Biden Doing in Ukraine? President Biden Approves Use of U.S. Missiles Deep in Russian TerritoryPart II (12:15 – 21:15)Big Tech Overreach and an AI Tragedy: Christians Need to Closely Examine the Effects of Social Media and AI on Teens Inside Big Tech’s Bid to Sink the Online Kid Safety Bill by The Wall Street Journal (Georgia Wells, Kristina Peterson, and Natalie Andrews)A 14-Year-Old Boy Killed Himself to Get Closer to a Chatbot. He Thought They Were In Love. by The Wall Street Journal (Sherry Turkle and Pat Pataranutaporn)Part III (21:15 – 27:47)Conservative Principles (Maybe), Libertarian Worldview: The Life and Legacy of Lawyer Ted OlsonTheodore B. Olson, Conservative Lawyer Who Took Up Liberal Causes, Dies at 84 by The New York Times (Clay Risen)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 – 14:43)Cabinet Controversies: Some of Trump’s Potential Appointments Incite Major Furor on Political and Moral GroundsPart II (14:43 – 22:13)So What’s the Message About Abortion? Trump Nominates a Kennedy Scion and Iconoclast, RFK Jr., to Head the HHSPart III (22:13 – 27:05)The Conservative Impulse to Look Beyond Disorder: A President Should Appoint for Loyalty, but Trump’s Appointments Need to Bring Even More to the Table and Serve Him (And the Nation) WellSign 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 – 09:54)The Archbishop of Canterbury Resigns: Justin Welby’s Leadership Became Untenable in the Wake of Sex Abuse Crisis ReviewStatement from the Archbishop of Canterbury by The Archbishop of CanterburyArchbishop of Canterbury Resigns Over U.K. Church Abuse Scandal by The New York Times (Stephen Castle and Mark Landler)Part II (09:54 – 14:59)A Parable of Moral Compromise and Theological Surrender: The Crisis in the Church of England As It Stands NowPart III (14:59 – 21:07)What Should I Look for in a Future Spouse? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 17-Year-Old Listener of The BriefingPart IV (21:07 – 22:42)What Do We Think About a Christian Who Stops Dating a Potential Spouse Due to Health Conditions? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart V (22:42 – 27:22)Can We Learn True Virtue from Pagan Philosophers Like Plato, Aristotle, and Homer? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from another 17-Year-Old Listener 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.