This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 09:24) Former President Donald Trump Dominates Iowa Caucus: It’s a Clear Victory for Trump — The Rest of the Picture Not Yet ClearWhy Iowa Turned So Red When Nearby States Went Blue by New York Times (Jonathan Weisman)Part II (09:24 – 18:45) How Has Iowa Turned So Red? How Iowa Has Moved Deeper and Deeper Red While Surrounding States Have Gone Deep BluePart III (18:45 – 24:40) President Biden’s Hypocrisy, the Death Penalty, and the Imago Dei: What the Federal Prosecution of the Buffalo Shooter Reveals About Capital PunishmentU.S. to Seek Death for Man Who Killed 10 in Racist Supermarket Massacre by New York Times (Hurubie Meko and Dan Higgins)Part IV (24:40 – 26:12) A Medieval Problem Returns to the Eton School: Students Encouraged to Stay Home Until School Can Fix Major Toilet ProblemsSign 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 – 12:27)Enthusiast in Chief for the Transgender Revolution: President Joe Biden Calls Any State Restrictions of ‘Gender-Affirming’ Legally and Morally Wrong‘Devout Catholic’ Biden Invokes God And Morality To Push Genital Mutilation Of Gender-Confused Kids by The Federalist (Evita Duffy)Joe Biden: Banning Sex Change Surgery for Children is ‘Immoral’ by The Telegraph (Josie Ensor)Most Children Who Think They’re Transgender are Just Going Through a ‘Phase’, Says NHS by The Telegraph (Hayley Dixon)Part II (12:27 – 16:53)Male, Female, or X?: The LGBTQ Revolution Coming to Social Security Administration Gender Boxes Near YouSocial Security Will Now Allow People to Select Their Gender in Records by New York Times (Eduardo Medina)Part III (16:53 – 24:36)‘The Term ‘Queer’ is Exclusive’: A Debate within the LGBTQ Community Reveals How Moral Revolutions Require Ongoing Revolutions in Language Let’s Say Gay by New York Times (Pamela Paul)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 our final look at the five letters of Archibald Alexander written to those in the Autumn of Life. In this last letter, Alexander wants to teach his readers how to prepare to end their lives well and it perhaps the most applicable letter to those who are far from the grave.
Alexander starts the letter by saying we can be best prepared for death by living intentionally, walking closely to our Savior while we still have the vigor of health. He gives us some great help in how we walk the path Christ has set before us in confidence and holiness.
But there is another important point Alexander makes. When we know our end is coming near, it is easy to lose assurance that we are Christ’s and Christ is ours. Alexander points out that it isn’t assurance we should seek, but the face of Christ Himself. If we do that, not only will we gain assurance, we will obtain much more. A good test for our souls to see whether we are seeking assurance or Christ Himself is to note if we slacken our pace when we are certain, or if we press on.
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