This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 08:50)Tyranny Can Come from Bureaucracy: The OSHA Mandate Comes Before the Supreme Court — At Stake Is More Than The VaccineThe Supreme Court Has Allowed State COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates. Biden’s Policies Face A Steeper Climb by USA Today (John Fritze)Part II (08:50 – 14:10)‘Our Servicemen Do Not Give Up Their Religious Freedom When They Serve This Country: Judge Strikes Down Vaccine Mandate in Suit by Navy SealsJudge Issues Stay Against Vaccine Mandate for Navy SEALs Seeking Religious Exemption by Fox News (Jon Brown)Part III (14:10 – 24:02)Why Does the Christian Tradition Oppose Cremation? – Dr. Mohler Responds To Letters From Listeners To The BriefingSign 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 – 14:20) The New Morality Collides with Religious Freedom: San Diego Evangelical Church Under Fire for LGBTQ Comments While Renting Public School SpaceA Scripps Ranch church hosted a controversial LGBTQ talk at a public school. Could the school say no? by LA Times (Kristen Taketa)Part II (14:20 – 16:43) Hard Coercion and Soft Coercion Are Both Forms of Coercion: Considerations on Possible Outcomes in Religious Liberty Battles Ahead Part III (16:43 – 25:21) Gen Z is Driving the Sexual Revolution: Unprecedented Numbers of Young People Identify as LGBTQ — What is Behind the Shocking Spike?Gen Z is driving force among adults identifying as LGBTQ, poll shows. Here’s a breakdown. by USA Today (Susan Miller)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
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‘Each Year the Child is Coming to Belong More to the State and Less to the Parent’: The Issue of Parental Rights in Schools Is Not New, But it Is Urgent

THE NEW YORKER (JILL LEPORE)
Why the School Wars Still Rage

PART 2
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Proof of the Burden and Priority of Parenthood: Parents Willing to Change Voting Positions Based on Impact of Democratic Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic

WALL STREET JOURNAL (MICHAEL C. BENDER)
School Reopening Mess Drives Frustrated Parents Toward GOP

PART 3
(13:37 – 17:5):
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Vladimir Putin—and Russia With Him—Has Entered Unprecedented Territory in Modern History as a Superpower Now Clearly a War Criminal

NEW YORK TIMES (THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN)
How Do We Deal With a Superpower Led by a War Criminal?

PART 4
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Is a Petty Theft Really Just Petty?: Not for a Sane Society Committed to Moral Order

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
America’s Shoplifting Epidemic

PART 5
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Biden Administration Minimum Global Corporate Tax Policy Ends Before It Begins: Why?

WALL STREET JOURNAL (PAUL HANNON)
Already Stalled In U.S., Global Minimum Tax Hits European Roadblock