This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 15:09)From ‘The Birds and the Bees’ to ‘Comprehensive Sex Education’: How Gender Theorists and Sexual Ideologues are Taking Aim at Parental Rights and Your Children in Public SchoolsAfter Roe, Sex Ed Is Even More Vital by New York Times (Eva Goldfarb and Lisa Lieberman)Part II (15:09 – 20:35)In the Pronoun War, the Moral Revolutionaries Take No Prisoners — Even If the Offender is One of Their OwnDemocrats Need to Become the Party of Building Things by Washington Post (Fareed Zakaria)Part III (20:35 – 24:03)‘Friends’ Producer Apologizes for ‘Misgendering’ Trans TV Character 21 Years Ago — Back When She Was Yet Unenlightened‘Friends’ Co-Creator Apologizes For Treatment Of Trans Character by Forbes (Marisa Dellatto)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.

Jump to the 5:00 minute mark to skip the banter and get to the conversation. Pastor Willy Rice, who has been nominated to serve as president of the Southern Baptist Convention in 2022, recently released a statement about one of the deacons at his church. You can watch his statement here. In this episode Jimmy and Joe discuss this situation he shared, and the issue of past sins and current qualifications to serve in the church. Are there sins, if committed before one’s conversion, disqualify someone from serving in the church?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 03:53)An Urgent Edition of The Briefing: The Parkland Shooter Receives Life Sentence Without the Possibility of ParolePart II (03:53 – 11:18)‘Whoever Sheds the Blood of Man, By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed, for God Made Man in His Own Image’: The Imago Dei and the Biblical Foundation for Capital PunishmentPart III (11:18 – 15:04)The Broward County Courthouse and the Trial of Alvin Ford: My Confrontation with the Issue of Capital Punishment Part IV (15:04 – 20:40)‘If This Was Not the Most Perfect Death Penalty Case, Why Do We Even Have the Death Penalty At All?’: The Haunting QuestionPart V (20:40 – 23:16)‘Even So, Lord Come Quickly’: The Sheer Heinousness of Sin and the Crying Out for Ultimate JusticeSign 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.