This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 07:25)‘Ordinances and Resolutions Like This are Intended to Change the Culture’: Totalitarian Demands of the Sexual Revolution Collide with Religious Liberty in Indiana“Conversion therapy” Ban Threatens Indiana Church Ministry by WORLD (Steve West)If Faith Does Not Practice Conversion Therapy, Why Do We Oppose Ordinance 31-21? by Lafayette Citizens for Freedom (Joshua Greiner)Facing Pushback, West Lafayette City Council Postpones Vote on Conversion Therapy Ban by WFYI (Ben Thorp)Ordinance No. 31-21: An Ordinance Prohibiting the Practice of Conversion Therapy and Discouraging Its Use by Licensed Professionals by The Common City Council of West LafayettePart II (07:25 – 14:47)Counseling on the Basis of the Sufficiency and Authority of Biblical Truth: The Ministry of Biblical CounselingPart III (14:47 – 24:52)‘Not Until We Can Take Care of Ourselves Will I Prioritize Them Over Us’: Billionaire NBA Owner Says Genocide of Uyghurs in China is Below His Moral Bottom LineWarriors Part-Owner and Venture Capitalist Dismisses Uyghur Muslims’ Rights Abuses by Fox News (Ryan Gaydos)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.

Defibrillators are not self-operated. Neither can the spiritually dead make themselves alive to Christ. Today, Barry Cooper helps us consider our need for someone else to apply the paddles to cause our spiritual hearts to beat. Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/regeneration/ A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Donate: https://donate.ligonier.org/ Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 07:23) Revenge of the Political Establishment and the Financial Markets: Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak Set to Become Britain’s Newest Prime MinisterPart II (07:23 – 09:47) Just Ask Napoleon or Hitler: In Russia and Ukraine, Winter is More Powerful Than Any ArmyPart III (09:47 – 13:43) Russia’s Taking of Children and the Strategy of Russification: A War Crime Takes ShapeUsing Adoptions, Russia Turns Ukrainian Children Into Spoils of War by New York Times (Emma Bubola)Russian TV Host Who Urged Ukrainian Children be Drowned is Suspended by Kremlin Broadcaster RT by Fortune (Christiaan Hetzner)Part IV (13:43 – 18:07) A City Without Men: The Consequences of War Show Up on Russian StreetsWhere Have All the Men in Moscow Gone? by New York Times (Valerie Hopkins)Part V (18:07 – 25:30) ‘Exploitative, Ethically and Logistically Complex, Even in Peacetime’: Ukraine Revives Surrogacy Industry How Ukraine’s Surrogate Mothers Have Survived the War by New York Times (Maria Varenikova and Andrew E. Kramer)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.