This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 – 07:22)
Democratic-Led Senate Unable to Gain Even a Majority Vote on Radical Abortion Bill—But They Will Keep Trying Abortion-Rights Bill Backed by Democrats Fails in Senate by Wall Street Journal (Siobhan Hughes and Eliza Collins)Part II (07:22 – 15:44)
Ma’am, You Are Not a Conservative: A Case Study of ‘Conservatives’ Who Never Were ConservativeThe Supreme Court’s Religion-Driven Mission Sets off a Firestorm by Washington Post (Jennifer Rubin)Why I Dropped ‘Conservative’ from My Twitter Profile by Washington Post (Jennifer Rubin)The Marriage Mission by Washington Post (Jennifer Rubin)Part III (15:44 – 22:28)
Labeling as Stewardship: The Power of Labels in Society’s Battle of Ideas
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Love to God (Joseph Sewall)
Sewall defines love to God as “a grace of the Spirit whereby we esteem and desire God above all and cleave to Him as to our chief good with holy delight from a spiritual sight of His most amiable perfections, as manifested in His word and works, and in the perfection of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
We don’t, by nature, love God or find Him desirable. It is only by a work of the Spirit who changes us to see God as desirable that we can love Him.
Let the children of God abound more and more in their love to Him. There is no danger of exceeding where the object is infinitely excellent and gloriously superior. To make the fire burn, oh, remember God has loved you with an everlasting love and with loving-kindness he has drawn you to Himself. It is this love of God to us, that precedes any love we have to Him, that makes us love Him back.
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Vladimir Putin, A Friend to Christian Morality and Conservative Culture?: A Christian Response This QuestionPART 2
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The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Ruler in “Symphonia” — What Does This Mean?RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (PETER SMITH)
Moscow Patriarch Stokes Orthodox Tensions with War RemarksPART 3
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So Having a McDonalds Didn’t Guarantee Peace? Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention Proved Wrong as Russia Invades UkraineNEW YORK TIMES (JULIE CRESWELL)
Food Companies, Long Symbols of the West in Russia, Pause OperationsNEW YORK TIMES (THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN)
Foreign Affairs Big Mac I -
Adonai
The name Adonai refers to God’s absolute sovereignty over creation. Today, Barry Cooper explains the most exalted title used to describe God in the Old Testament. Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/adonai/
