This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 06:54)An Unprecedented Event in the History of the Roman Catholic Church: Pope Francis Set to Preside Over Benedict XVI’s FuneralPart II (06:54 – 10:31)When the Papacy Pushed Back Against the Increasingly Hostile, Secular Age: What Cardinal Ratzinger Taught Me About Confronting Liberal ProtestantismBenedict’s Death Leaves Catholic Conservatives Bereft by New York Times (Jason Horowitz)Part III (10:31 – 13:37)The Dictatorship of Relativism and the Challenge of the Secular Age Part IV (19:27 – 26:32)The Criminologist Becomes a Criminal? In a Fallen World, Sinners Can Give Themselves to Sin Such That It Consumes Them. How Else Can We Understand a Criminologist Who Becomes a Serial Murderer?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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America Marks the 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: Will it Be the Last? A Look at the March for Life and its Opposition

ASSOCIATED PRESS (ASHRAF KHALIL, KEVIN FREKING, PAUL J. WEBER, AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS)
Anti-Abortion Protesters Optimistic at March for Life in DC

ASSOCIATED PRESS (LINDSAY WHITEHURST)
With Roe in Doubt, States Act on Abortion Limits, Expansions

NEW YORK TIMES (KATE ZERNIKE AND MADELEINE NGO)
Anti-Abortion Marchers Gather With an Eye on the Supreme Court

PART 2
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‘Jane Roe Did Nothing Besides Sign A Paper That Said She Doesn’t Want to be Pregnant’: Sarah Weddington and the Road to Roe v. Wade

W. W. NORTON (JOSHUA PRAGER)
The Family Roe: An American Story

PART 3
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Evidence of the Conscience, Rooted in the Image of God: Vast Majority of Doctors Avoid Abortion Practice Like the Plague

NEW YORK TIMES (EYAL PRESS)
In Medicine, a Lack of Courage Has Helped Put Roe in Jeopardy

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 05:26)Disorder Breeds Disorder and Civil Society Requires Order: Connecting Global HeadlinesA Power Vacuum in Gaza Could Empower Warlords and Gangs by The New York Times (Amanda Taub)Part II (05:26 – 10:18)Rule by Law or Rule by Criminal Gangs: The Stark Reality on the Ground in Troubled RegionsPart III (10:18 – 14:28)Crisis at the Federal Bureau of Investigation? President-Elect Trump Expresses Desire For Kash Patel to Become Director of the FBIPart IV (14:28 – 22:48)We Need Restored Confidence in the FBI: The Looming Issues Are Huge and the Stakes Are HighTaxing Farm Animals’ Farts and Burps? Denmark Gives It a Try. by The New York Times (Somini Sengupta)Part V (22:48 – 27:11)Taxing Cow Burps and Flatulence? Climate Revolutionaries are Coming for Denmark’s Livestock (And Yours)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.