This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 07:37)From Peter the Great to Putin the Bully — A Briefing on the Ukraine Crisis and the Russian Threat: History, Empire, Kiev, Moscow, Religion and WorldviewPart II (07:37 – 14:47)The Bloodlands of Europe: Ukraine Between the Nazis and the Soviets, and Death from Every DirectionPart III (14:47 – 25:30)The West Will Merely Protest? Putin’s Strategy for Supremacy in Ukraine and the Lessons of HistoryPart IV (25:30 – 31:19)The Ultimate End of Vladimir Putin: Russian Glory Restored and the End of Western Influence in the WorldThe Reason Putin Would Risk War by The Atlantic (Anne Applebaum)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.

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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The Big Story of the Super Bowl LVI? Gambling. — How the Snowball of Legal Gambling Predictably Turned into an Avalanche

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JOSEPH DE AVILA)
Super Bowl LVI Is Poised to Be Biggest Bet Game in Football History

PART 2
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You Simply Bought A Chance to Win a Game of Chance: The Temptations of Sports Betting and the Waning Evangelical Concern of Legalized Gambling

CHRISTIANITY TODAY (EMILY BELZ)
Super Bowl Betting Is a $7.6 Billion Problem Fewer Evangelicals Care About

NEW YORK TIMES (ROSS DOUTHAT)
We Aren’t in Vegas Anymore

PART 3
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An Unfolding Series of Moral Challenges in the Beijing Olympic Games: Russia Finds Itself Mixed Up in Another Doping Controversy

WASHINGTON POST (EDITORIAL BOARD)
Russia is Embroiled in Another Doping Controversy. No One Should be Surprised.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 11:45)Sell Us Beverages, Not the LGBTQ Revolution? Bud Light Tells of Survey Results As It Distances Itself from Fallout of Failed Marketing Campaign with Dylan MulvaneyBud Light’s Plan to Win Back Drinkers: Stick to Beer by Wall Street Journal (Saabira Chaudhuri)Bud Light Boycott Can’t Douse Anheuser-Busch InBev by Wall Street Journal (Aaron Back)Bud Light’s Struggles Cast a Shadow Over Its Sunny Summer Ad Campaign by Wall Street Journal (Katie Deighton)Part II (11:45 – 18:44)A Tragic Parable of the Decline of Marriage In Canada: The Trudeaus Announce SeparationPart III (18:44 – 25:03)Richard Dawkins Squares Off with the Transgender Revolution — And It Cost Him His 1996 Humanist of the Year AwardWhy biological sex matters by The New Statesman (Richard Dawkins)Richard Dawkins has abandoned science to justify his transphobia by Religion News Service (Hemant Mehta)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.