This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 10:42)Battle Over Religious Charter Schools: Why the Battle Against School Choice?How school choice drives America’s people of faith apart by Religion News Service (Amy Laura Hall)Part II (10:42 – 19:47)The American Religious Intuition: Are U.S. Lawmakers More Religious Than Their Voters?Our lawmakers are more religious than we are by Axios (Russell Contreras)Part III (19:47 – 25:45)Discrimination Through a Dress Code?: Texas Department of Agriculture Receives Critique for Requiring Dress Code According to Biological GenderTexas agriculture department’s new dress code is based on ‘biological gender’ by NPR (Jonathan Franklin)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.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 13:13) Colors Tell a Story About the Culture: What the Color (Sometimes) Tells Us About Worldview, Taste, and TrendsWhat’s happening to the color of L.A. cars? Inside the obsession with muted earth tones by LA Times (Daniel Miller)Part II (13:13 – 14:31) The Stinking City: New York City’s Marijuana Stench ProblemNew York Smells Like a Declining City by Wall Street Journal (Jason De Sena Trennert)Part III (14:31 – 16:50) In Recognition of the ‘King of Sting’: Famous Entomologist, Justin O. Schmidt, Dies at 75Justin O. Schmidt, Entomologist Known as ‘King of Sting,’ Dies at 75 by New York Times (Richard Sandomir)Part IV (16:50 – 18:20) How Do You Maintain A Fruitful and Flourishing Marriage Through the Busyness of Life? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart V (18:20 – 19:25) If God Does Not Change, Why Does the Bible Say He Regretted Making Saul King? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (19:25 – 21:14) Why Did You Not Cite the Old Testament as Permission for Using Instruments in Worship? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VII (21:14 – 23:37) How Should Christians Think About the Concept of Closure? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VIII (23:37 – 24:37) How Can We Claim the Song That Bears Solomon’s Name as Wisdom in the Very Area Where His Inconsistency is Most Visible? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart IX (24:37 – 26:45) So What Exactly Did Adam and Eve Learn About Good and Evil? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingSign 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 – 11:51):
──────────────────
President Biden, Voting Rights, and the Filibuster: What’s Behind the Atlanta Speech?

NEW YORK TIMES (KATIE ROGERS)
‘We have no option’: Biden calls for changing Senate rules to pass voting rights laws.

PART 2
(11:52 – 20:18):
──────────────────
Does Citizenship Mean Anything? New York City Gives 800,000 Noncitizens the Vote

USA TODAY (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Watershed Moment in NYC: New Law Allows Noncitizens to Vote

NEW YORK TIMES (GRACE ASHFORD)
Noncitizens’ Right to Vote Becomes Law in New York City

NEW YORK TIMES (JEFFERY C. MAYS AND ANNIE CORREAL)
New York City Gives 800,000 Noncitizens Right to Vote in Local Elections

PART 3
(20:19 – 26:11):
──────────────────
Nothing Lasts Forever: What Blackberry, Apple, General Motors, and Toyota Tell Us about the Transience of Earthly Existence

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JOSEPH PISANI)
BlackBerry Die-Hards Struggle With Final Blow

NEW YORK TIMES (JACK NICAS)
Apple Becomes First Company to Hit $3 Trillion Market Value

NEW YORK TIMES (NEAL E. BOUDETTE)
Toyota Topped G.M. in U.S. Car Sales in 2021, a First for a Foreign Automaker