This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 – 12:27)
Enthusiast in Chief for the Transgender Revolution: President Joe Biden Calls Any State Restrictions of ‘Gender-Affirming’ Legally and Morally Wrong‘Devout Catholic’ Biden Invokes God And Morality To Push Genital Mutilation Of Gender-Confused Kids by The Federalist (Evita Duffy)Joe Biden: Banning Sex Change Surgery for Children is ‘Immoral’ by The Telegraph (Josie Ensor)Most Children Who Think They’re Transgender are Just Going Through a ‘Phase’, Says NHS by The Telegraph (Hayley Dixon)Part II (12:27 – 16:53)
Male, Female, or X?: The LGBTQ Revolution Coming to Social Security Administration Gender Boxes Near YouSocial Security Will Now Allow People to Select Their Gender in Records by New York Times (Eduardo Medina)Part III (16:53 – 24:36)
‘The Term ‘Queer’ is Exclusive’: A Debate within the LGBTQ Community Reveals How Moral Revolutions Require Ongoing Revolutions in Language Let’s Say Gay by New York Times (Pamela Paul)
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 10:57) Big Affirmation of the Free Exercise of Religion: Supreme Court of the United States Rules in Favor of Christian Parents in MaineCarson v. Makin by Supreme Court of the United StatesPart II (10:57 – 19:16) ‘The Court is Leading Us to a Place Where Separation of Church and State is a Constitutional Slogan, Not A Constitutional Commitment.’: A Closer Look at the Dissenting Opinions from Carson v. MakinPart III (19:16 – 26:28) Colombia, France, and Israel All Rocked by Political Upheavals — And Big issues are at Stake in All ThreeGustavo Petro Wins the Election, Becoming Colombia’s First Leftist Leader by New York Times (Julie Turkewitz)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.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Motherhood and Marriage Disconnecting? The Surge of U.S. College-Educated Women Having Babies Outside of Marriage and What it MeansWALL STREET JOURNAL (JANET ADAMY)
More College-Educated Women Are Having Babies Outside MarriagePART 2
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The Aspirational Trajectory of a Secularized Culture: A Society that Subverts Marriage Will Celebrate Marriage-Less Child-Rearing — To Its Own DemiseTHE TELEGRAPH (ROSA SILVERMAN)
How ‘Out of Wedlock’ Went from an Insult to an AspirationPART 3
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A Generation of American Young Men, Lost and in Crisis — And Not in CollegeWALL STREET JOURNAL (DOUGLAS BELKIN)
A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’ -
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 16:01) Religiosity—Or Lack Thereof—in an Age of Quantification: Rethinking the Research on the Rise of Religious ‘Nones’ — It’s More Complex Than You ThinkReligion Is Dying? Don’t Believe It by Wall Street Journal (Byron R. Johnson and Jeff Levin)The Decline of Non-Orthodox American Judaism by Wall Street Journal (Roberta Rosenthal Kwall)False Hope on the Future of American Religion? by Wall Street Journal (David Spadafora)Part II (16:01 – 21:37) Does Freud Explain Cancel Culture? A Steady State Understanding of Moral Judgments in a Secularizing WorldFreud Explains Cancel Culture by Wall Street Journal (Andrew Hartz)Part III (21:37 – 26:29) 60 Years Post Port Huron: The New Left and the Radical Transformation of America — And the Newer Left Leaving It BehindThe New Left and the radical transformation of America by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)Port Huron Statement by Students for a Democratic SocietySign 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.
