This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 08:32) ‘When Does Life Start?’: The New York Times Asks One of Life’s Biggest Questions — How Should Christians Answer It?When does life begin? by New York Times (Elizabeth Dias)Part II (08:32 – 18:45) ‘Your Eyes Saw My Unformed Substance, You Knitted Me Together in My Mother’s Womb’: A Theological Argument for Affirming Life’s Beginning at FertilizationPart III (18:45 – 24:52) Just About Everything George Santos Claims About Himself is False — How Did the Media Miss This Scale of Fraud?Santos Filings Now Claim Net Worth of $11 Million by The North Shore Leader (Maureen Daly)Why George Santos’s Lies Matter by Wall Street Journal (Peggy Noonan)Part IV (24:52 – 28:46) George Santos is Not the First Politician to Lie About His Past, But You Probably Won’t Hear That From the White HouseSantos must have learned from Biden how to make up details about his past by Washington Post (Marc A. Thiessen)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.

Last week we talked about the issue of biblical covenants. God reveals Himself progressively, meaning that He has revealed more of Himself and His plan of redemption by the book of 1 and 2 Samuel than He did in Exodus. The seeds are certainly contained in Exodus, and even in Genesis, but they are more developed through later passages.
In 2 Samuel 7, God lays out His covenant with King David. God lays out what He obligates Himself to do. But He also describes what is expected of the Davidic line. Basically, it is obedience.
In this final episode of our series focusing on the descriptions of Immanuel, John Snyder connects the dots for us, showing how Jesus Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of all the promises God made in the Davidic Covenant.
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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Adoption as Morally Suspect and Abortion as Moral Good? The Truth Revealed About the Abortion Rights Movement’s Rejection of Adoption

NPR (MARY LOUISE KELLY, ASHLEY WESTERMAN, AND SARAH HANDEL)
Sociologist Says Women are More Likely to Choose Abortion over Adoption

NEW YORK TIMES (ELIZABETH SPIRES)
I Was Adopted. I Know the Trauma It Can Inflict.

PART 2
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A Story of Service, Military Service, Patriotism, and American Politics: Senator Robert Dole Dies at Age 98

PART 3
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‘A Day that Will Live in Infamy’: Remembering the Attack on Pearl Harbor 80 Years Later

CNN (LAUREN M. JOHNSON)
101-Year-Old Pearl Harbor Survivor Will Attend the 80th Memorial Service Thanks to His Daughter and Dozens of Kind Strangers

ASSOCIATED PRESS (AUDREY MCAVOY AND GILLIAN FLACCUS)
101-Year-Old Returns to Pearl Harbor to Remember Those Lost