This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 03:53) An Urgent Edition of The Briefing: The Parkland Shooter Receives Life Sentence Without the Possibility of ParolePart II (03:53 – 11:18) ‘Whoever Sheds the Blood of Man, By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed, for God Made Man in His Own Image’: The Imago Dei and the Biblical Foundation for Capital PunishmentPart III (11:18 – 15:04) The Broward County Courthouse and the Trial of Alvin Ford: My Confrontation with the Issue of Capital Punishment Part IV (15:04 – 20:40) ‘If This Was Not the Most Perfect Death Penalty Case, Why Do We Even Have the Death Penalty At All?’: The Haunting QuestionPart V (20:40 – 23:16) ‘Even So, Lord Come Quickly’: The Sheer Heinousness of Sin and the Crying Out for Ultimate JusticeSign 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.

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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The Slap Heard ‘Round the World: Moral Confusion as Tinseltown Honors Itself

NEW YORK TIMES (NICOLE SPERLING, MATT STEVENS AND JULIA JACOBS)
Academy Condemns Will Smith for Slap at Oscars and Opens Inquiry

WASHINGTON POST (ALYSSA ROSENBERG)
Will Smith’s Oscars Slap Doesn’t Need Explaining. Just Let it be Sad.

PART 2
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Hollywood’s Centralized Control Over the Culture Wanes as New Media Forms Overtake Influence of Movies

NEW YORK TIMES (ROSS DOUTHAT)
We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies.

THE GUARDIAN (CATHERINE SHOARD)
Four Years on from #MeToo, the Oscars’ Feminism has Gone Rapidly Backwards

PART 3
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An Obstacle to the LGBTQ Movement’s March Through the Public Schools: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs ‘Parental Rights in Education’ Law

NEW YORK TIMES (PATRICIA MAZZEI)
DeSantis Signs Florida Bill That Opponents Call ‘Don’t Say Gay’

PART 4
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What Makes the News Makes a Culture: Citizens Oppose School’s Placement of Female Hygiene Products in Boys Bathrooms

PATCH (DAVID GIULIANI)
Some Opposed To Tampons In LTHS Boys Bathrooms

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 14:28) ‘The Enlightenment Consigned Religion in America to the Private Realm of the Individual’: The Secular Arguments Banishing Religion from the Public SquareShould Religion Influence Abortion Policy? by Religion News Service (Jeffrey Salkin)Part II (14:28 – 20:22) ‘China Harvests Organs from Death-Row Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience’: Wall Street Journal Study Reveals Chinese Surgeons Turned ExecutionersIn China, New Evidence That Surgeons Became Executioners by Wall Street Journal (Jacob Lavee and Matthew P. Robertson)Part III (20:22 – 24:09) Could the Unethical Organ Procurement in China Come to the United States?: That Reality Lies Closer Than What Might Seem Possible to AmericansSign 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.