This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 11:06) Commercial Opportunity Meets Temptation in Sport: Professional and Collegiate Sports Reckon with Corruption of Sports BettingNFL Suspends Five Players for Sports Gambling by Wall Street Journal (Andrew Beaton)Part II (11:06 – 17:04) A Sticky Standard Over ‘Sticky Stuff’: MLB’s Recent Rosin Controversy Highlights the Pervasiveness of Sin and Both the Necessity and Limitation of Rules in a Fallen WorldMLB Suspends Max Scherzer Over Use of ‘Sticky Stuff’ by Wall Street Journal (Lindsey Adler)Part III (17:04 – 25:19) The De-Incentivization of Work: Work is not a ‘Wacko’ Idea, Mr. President Is Work for Welfare ‘Wacko’? by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)Sign 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
(0:0 – 5:1):
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Why the Sharp Increase in Church-State Controversies in Recent Decades? It’s Not an Accident

PART 2
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“If That’s Mistaken, and If We All Agree That’s Mistaken, What’s Left to Decide?”: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Over Denial of Christian Flag at Boston City Hall

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JESS BRAVIN)
Supreme Court Skeptical of Boston’s Exclusion of Christian Flag

PART 3
(12:2 – 14:26):
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Supreme Court Denies Appeal and Sends an Important Message that the Government Will Not Decide Who is and Who is Not a Religious Minister

PART 4
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God’s Wonder Beyond Human Imagination and Control: Volcano Near Tonga Erupts with Fury—and with Global Consequences

NEW YORK TIMES (HENRY FOUNTAIN)
Here’s What Scientists Know About the Tonga Volcano Eruption

PART 5
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‘Culture Is Really A Way That Hearts and Minds Are Changed’: New Director of American LGBTQ+ Provides Stunning Statement in How Moral Revolutions Happen

NEW YORK TIMES (LAURA ZORNOSA)
American L.G.B.T.Q.+ Museum Names First Executive Director

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 8:55):
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Virtue Signaling Of the Pro-Abortion Message—Democrats in Congress and White House Move to Legislate Roe v. Wade

NEW YORK TIMES (CARL HULSE)
With Roe Under Threat, House Plans to Vote on Bill to Counter Abortion Curbs

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Statement of Administration Policy

PART 2
(8:56 – 13:35):
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War of Polls and the War of Politics: Popularity Poll Of Supreme Court Justices Highlights Unrelenting Support of Abortion By Any Means Necessary

USA TODAY (JOHN FRITZE)
Democratic Support For Supreme Court Plummets After Decision in Texas Abortion Case, Poll Finds

PART 3
(13:36 – 24:4):
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Why the Briefing? What Does “Augustinian” Mean? Doctors Compelled to Perform Abortions? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners