DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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What Happens When Marriage, Family, and Community Are Subverted? America Has a Loneliness Epidemic and Its Teenagers Are in a Severe Mental Health Crisis

NEW YORK TIMES (MATT RICHTEL)
‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens

WALL STREET JOURNAL (BRIANNA ABBOTT)
Children as Young as 8 Should Be Screened for Anxiety, Experts Recommend

NEW YORK TIMES (JOHN LELAND)
How Loneliness Is Damaging Our Health

PART 2
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The Spy Next Door: Russian Sleeper Agent Who Headed Spy Group in U.S. Dies in Russia at 79

NEW YORK TIMES (SAM ROBERTS)
Mikhail Vasenkov Dies at 79; His Spy Ring Inspired ‘The Americans’

PART 3
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What is the Conservative Solution to Income Inequality? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART 4
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Should We Use Genetic Treatment or Modification for Embryos? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART 5
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Does Hebrews 11:3 Undermine Creation Ex Nihilo? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART 6
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Why Will We Have Tears to Wipe Away on Judgment Day When We Are in the Presence of God? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

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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

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