This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 13:52)‘A Success Only Because They Were Not An Abject Failure’: Cheating, Totalitarianism, and the Compromised Morality of 2022 Beijing GamesThe Most Controversial, Most Unwelcoming Olympics of Our Lifetime are Now Over by USA Today (Christine Brennan)Toxic Beijing Games Did Lasting Damage to the Long-Term Survival of Olympics by USA Today (Nancy Armour)Part II (13:52 – 21:19)The Conscience, Rule of Law, and the Over-Reaching State: Protests in Canada and Now Coming to the U.S. — How Should Christians Think?Canada Ends Its Freeze on Hundreds of Accounts Tied to Protests by New York Times (Ian Austen)Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Tyranny by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)Part III (21:19 – 22:22)SCOTUS Takes Up Religious Liberty Case over Wedding Web Designer — Will It Defend Religious Liberty and Free Speech? Part IV (22:22 – 25:12)Male and Female in Scare Quotes?: The Moral Decline of our Civilization Summarized in a Retirement Column in the New York TimesFarewell, Readers, It’s Been a Remarkable Ride by New York Times (Jane Brody)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.

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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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President Biden’s Sudden Silence on the Death Penalty: Why Has the President Gone Silent on His Campaign Promise to Abolish the Federal Death Penalty?

ASSOCIATED PRESS (MICHAEL TARM)
Biden’s silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray

PART 2
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Why Do Atheists Oppose the Death Penalty More Than Religious Persons? There’s A Lot of Theology Here and It’s Openly Acknowledged

PEW RESEARCH CENTER (STEPHANIE KRAMER)
Unlike other U.S. religious groups, most atheists and agnostics oppose the death penalty

PART 3
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Have You Noticed How the Conversation on Crime and Policing Has Changed? Why Order and Trust Is Required for a Society to Thrive

NEW YORK TIMES (THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN)
Want to Get Trump Re-elected? Dismantle the Police.

PART 4
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We Never Quite Know What’s Lurking in the Depths, Do We? Diver in Cape Cod Scooped Up by a Whale. Sound Familiar?

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (RACHEL TREISMAN)
A Lobster Diver In Cape Cod Says A Humpback Whale Scooped Him Up And Spat Him Out