DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Looking Beyond the Sensational Headlines: How Should Christians Think About the New Climate Report?

WASHINGTON POST (BRADY DENNIS AND SARAH KAPLAN)
Humans Have Pushed the Climate Into ‘Unprecedented’ Territory, Landmark U.N. Report Finds

PART 2
(10:24 – 18:37):
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Human Existence Is Not the Problem: A Deadly Confusion Marks the Secular Worldview

PART 3
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The Underlying Moral Issue of the Infrastructure Bill: The Government Intends to Spend Money It Does Not Have, Borrowed From Those It Cannot Repay — That is Always Wrong

NEW YORK TIMES (EMILY COCHRANE)
Senate Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Handing Biden a Bipartisan Win

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 9:23):
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The ‘I’m Spiritual but Not Religious’ Moment for Generation Z? Where You Find Human Beings, You Will Always Find Worship — Even Worship of Rock Crystals

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (HEATHER GREEN)
Study: Gen Z Doubles Down on Spirituality, Combining Tarot and Traditional

PART 2
(9:24 – 17:10):
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What Sells When Modern Day Spirituality Meets Capitalism? Primarily, the Self

WALL STREET JOURNAL (ELLEN GAMERMAN)
‘Nine Perfect Strangers,’ ‘White Lotus’ and the Art of the Wellness Takedown

WALL STREET JOURNAL (ELIZABETH BERNSTEIN)
The Mental-Health Benefits of Spiritual Thinking

PART 3
(17:11 – 27:43):
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The Mailbox — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners on This Friday Segment of The Briefing

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 12:24):
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National Humiliation and Humanitarian Disaster: Peril Ensues as Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan–to America’s Shame and Grave Danger of Her Allies

WALL STREET JOURNAL (YAROSLAV TROFIMOV)
How the Taliban Overran the Afghan Army, Built by the U.S. Over 20 Years

WALL STREET JOURNAL (YAROSLAV TROFIMOV)
Taliban Seize Kandahar, Prepare to March on Afghan Capital Kabul

WALL STREET JOURNAL (SAEED SHAH)
Afghans Tell of Executions, Forced ‘Marriages’ in Taliban-Held Areas

NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID ZUCCHINO)
Kabul’s Sudden Fall to Taliban Ends U.S. Era in Afghanistan

PART 2
(12:25 – 21:59):
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A Brief History of Turmoil in Afghanistan: Why Government Stability is One of the Rarest of Historical Accomplishments and Evidence of the Grace of God to Humanity

POLITICO (NATASHA KORECKI AND CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO)
‘Clearly botched’: Biden White House Under Assault on Afghanistan Drawdown

PART 3
(21:60 – 24:46):
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Prayers for Haiti as the Country is Yet Again in Desperate Need of Help After Earthquake Kills Hundreds and Injures Thousands

THE FUND FOR PEACE
Fragile States Index