This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 15:42)Can Government Raise the Birth Rate? The Global Birthrates Are Crashing And It’s Proving Increasingly Difficult to Fix the ProblemCan the Government Get People to Have More Babies? by The New York Times (Motoko Rich)Worldwide Efforts to Reverse the Baby Shortage Are Falling Flat by The Wall Street Journal (Chelsey Dulaney)Part II (15:42 – 21:46)Actually, More Babies IS the Solution to Falling Birthrates: A Look at a Recent Feminist EvasionMore Babies Aren’t the Only Solution to Falling Birthrates by The New York Times (Jessica Grose)Part III (21:46 – 25:17)The More Secular the Society, the Lower the Birth Rate, and It’s Not a Coincidence: Theological Conviction is Key to Human FlourishingSign 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 – 12:44)A Denominational Surrender: United Methodist Church Reverses LGBTQ Doctrine and PolicyPart II (12:44 – 15:40)‘The Practice of Homosexuality is Incompatible with Christian Teaching’: The UMC Just Abandoned This Truth … Without Debate United Methodist Church Reverses Ban on Practicing Gay Clergy by The New York Times (Ruth Graham)Part III (15:40 – 17:29)The Slippery Slope of Women Pastors: The Hermeneutic That Leads to Women Pastors is the Same Hermeneutic That Leads to LGBTQ InclusionPart IV (17:29 – 25:47)Why Were the Police Not Called In Sooner? Campuses (Finally) Crackdown as Protests Continue to Escalate and Get More DestructivePolice Clear Building at Columbia and Arrest Dozens of Protesters by The New York TimesCollege students are telling you exactly how they feel about the Israel-Hamas war. Listen. by USA Today (Sara Pequeño)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.

The battle to mortify sin can seem exhausting, discouraging, and overwhelming. But it is a battle that we as Christians will fight and, ultimately, we will win. We have promises throughout Scripture making it clear that we will shed this fallen nature. We will see God without the barrier of sin between us. Christ will conquer all the sin in our lives.
But while we live and breathe and walk in this life, that battle is not over. And we can never seek a respite from the battle. We must move forward in the battle. In this week’s episode, John Snyder and Jeremy Walker tackle more of John Owen’s helpful thoughts on mortifying our sins. They discuss what it means to put sin to death, what mortifying sin does not mean, and more.
Check out Jeremy’s podcasts From the Heart of Spurgeon and A Word in Season here: https://www.mediagratiae.org/podcasts
Temptation Resisted and repulsed by John Owen: https://banneroftruth.org/us/store/christian-living/temptation/
The Mortification of Sin by John Owen: https://banneroftruth.org/us/store/christian-living/the-mortification-of-sin/
Volume 6 of the Works of John Owen: https://banneroftruth.org/us/store/collected-workssets/the-works-of-john-owen-6/
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