Episodios

  • Friday, February 6, 2026
    Feb 6 2026
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
    Part I (00:14 – 06:15)
    News Alert, Dads Matter: Important New Research Confirms the Importance of the Father in the Home on Their Children’s Physical Health
    • Research Finds Interaction With Father, Not Mother, Affects Child Health by The New York Times (Ellen Barry)
    • Longitudinal associations between father– and mother–child interactions, coparenting, and child cardiometabolic health. by American Psychological Association
    Part II (06:15 – 11:32)
    The Glory of a Baby’s Laugh: Evolutionary Theory Simply Cannot Explain This
    • The Evolutionary Brilliance of the Baby Giggle by The New York Times (Gina Mireault)
    Part III (11:32 – 13:00)
    ‘Bluey’ and the Beauty of Creation Order: America’s Most Streamed Show For the Last Two Years is Basically Conservative and Happy
    • ‘Bluey’ Is the Most Conservative Show on TV by The Wall Street Journal (Louise Perry)
    Part IV (13:00 – 16:36)
    It’s Not Just a Problem of Boys on Girls Teams — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
    Part V (16:36 – 21:00)
    Why is Spycraft Okay If We are Supposed to Love Our Neighbors? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter From a 5-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
    • Spycraft and Soulcraft on the Front Lines of History by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and James Olson)
    Part VI (21:00 – 23:31)
    Should Single People Adopt Children? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
    • by Greater Than Campaign
    Part VII (23:31 – 26:39)
    Does God Love Everyone, Even Those Who are in Hell? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter From a 8-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
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  • Thursday, February 5, 2026
    Feb 5 2026
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
    Part I (00:14 – 13:23)
    Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies Major: Texas A&M Cuts Women’s Studies Major, But the Ideology May Still Remain
    • Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender by The New York Times (Alan Blinder)
    Part II (13:23 – 18:55)
    The Ideological Echo Chamber of Higher Education: A New Study Shows American-Studies Journal Ran Zero Positive Articles Over the U.S. in Last 3 Years
    • American-Studies Journal Articles Biased Against U.S., Analysis Says by The Wall Street Journal (Richard D. Kahlenberg and Lief Lin)
    Part III (18:55 – 23:40)
    Harvard’s A Inflation: Prestigious University Considers Adding A+ Grades to the Scale – As If That Will Solve the Problem
    • One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades. by The New York Times (Mark Arsenault)
    Part IV (23:40 – 24:59)
    Will DHS Retain Funding? Congress Considers the Massive Question, and the Funding is Running Out Fast
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    25 m
  • Wednesday, February 4, 2026
    Feb 4 2026
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
    Part I (00:14 – 17:44)
    President Trump Said the Silent Thing Out Loud: The Strange World of International Law
    • Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’ by The New York Times (David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Katie Rogers, and Zolan Kanno-Youngs)
    Part II (17:44 – 20:24)
    Do You Remember When the Obama Administration Walked Back on the Monroe Doctrine? Even Liberal Administrations are Fuzzy on International Law
    Part III (20:24 – 21:33)
    Every Nation Will Give An Account Before the Lord: The Bible Makes Clear That Both Individuals and Nations Will Face God’s Judgement
    Part IV (21:33 – 23:26)
    We are Bound by God’s Law, Not By Our Own Morality: It’s Our Task to Remember That Truth
    Part V (23:26 – 26:23)
    The Psychologizing of ‘Mattering’ – You Won’t Believe It Until You See It in Writing
    • The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering by The Wall Street Journal (Jennifer Breheny Wallace)
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    26 m
  • Tuesday, February 3, 2026
    Feb 3 2026
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
    Part I (00:14 – 10:47)
    Many of the Rich and Powerful are Running Scared and Embarrassed: The DOJ Released Another 3 Million Epstein Files – Where are We With the Epstein Files Now?
    Part II (10:47 – 13:50)
    The Horrifying, and Often Embarrassing, Nature of Sin: The Epstein Files From a Christian Framework
    • They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise. by The New York Times (Nicholas Confessore)
    Part III (13:50 – 21:52)
    Hillary Clinton Draws a Dividing Line: Hillary Clinton Goes After the War on Empathy
    • MAGA’s War on Empathy: This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement. by The Atlantic (Hillary Rodham Clinton)
    • The Sin of Empathy by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Joe Rigney)
    • The Progressives’ Culture War Strategy by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Allie Beth Stuckey)
    Part IV (21:52 – 24:47)
    If You Don’t Want the Title of Christian Nationalist, You’re Going to Have to Retreat From Christian Morality – The Only Other Option is to Go Along with the Progressive Agenda
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    25 m
  • Monday, February 2, 2026
    Feb 2 2026
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
    Part I (00:14 – 11:02)
    The Arrest of Don Lemon: There are Massive Religious Liberty and Constitutional Issues at Stake in This Case
    • Don Lemon Released Without Bond Over Minnesota Protest Charge by The New York Times (Hamed AleazizDevlin BarrettAlan Feuer and Jesus Jiménez)
    • Case 0:26-cr-00025-LMP-DLM by United States District Court District of Minnesota
    Part II (11:02 – 15:58)
    Your Faithful Church Might Be Next: We Are entering a New Stage in Cultural Conflict
    Part III (15:58 – 27:05)
    President Trump’s Fed Appointment: Kevin Warsh Nominated to Lead the U.S. Federal Reserve
    • Meet the Federal Debt, the Fed’s Actual New Boss (Sorry, Kevin Warsh) by The New York Times (Binyamin Appelbaum)
    Part IV (27:05 – 28:34)
    A Word From the Heart: To the Moms Who Wrote Me, Thanks and . . . Sorry, Mom.
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    29 m
  • Friday, January 30, 2026
    Jan 30 2026
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
    Part I (00:14 – 14:55)
    Is Human Civilization the Product of Alien Visitation? “Chariots of the Gods”Author, Erich von Däniken, Dies
    • Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90 by The New York Times (Mike Peed)
    Part II (14:55 – 20:01)
    Were the Books of the Bible Picked or Recognized? What About the Apocrypha? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
    Part III (20:01 – 23:15)
    Is the Nicene Creed Inspired and Infallible? If Not, What Authority Should It Have in the Church? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
    Part IV (23:15 – 26:02)
    Are Southern Baptists Adverse to Creeds and Confessions? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
    Part V (26:02 – 28:28)
    The Lord’s Richest Blessings and Joy to That Baby Shower — And Thanks for the Invitation
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    28 m
  • Thursday, January 29, 2026
    Jan 29 2026
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
    Part I (00:14 – 13:12)
    The Morality of Taxes: California’s Proposed Wealth Tax on Billionaires Raises Big Questions About the Morality and Pragmatic Limitations of Taxation
    • What to Know About California’s Proposed Tax on Billionaires by The New York Times (Laurel Rosenhall)
    • California will miss billionaires when they’re gone by The Washington Post (The Editorial Board)
    Part II (13:12 – 20:41)
    Once Upon a Time in California’s Economy: The Proposed Wealth Tax is Big Trouble for Billionaires, and the Entire Economy of California is in Big Trouble If This Passes
    Part III (20:41 – 24:05)
    Breaking Up with California is Hard to Do: The State’s Tax Law Makes Leaving Almost as Difficult as Staying
    • The Hardest Part About Being a Billionaire in California: Proving You Left by The Wall Street Journal (Laura J. Nelson and Juliet Chung)
    Part IV (24:05 – 28:01)
    Render Unto Caesar What is Caesar’s and to God What is God’s: What’s at Stake?
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    28 m
  • Wednesday, January 28, 2026
    Jan 28 2026
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
    Part I (00:14 – 11:13)
    The Dead End of ESG: It Was Big Talk, But the Big Players Never Lived Up to Their Own Pledges, and It’s a Big Story
    • How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change by The New York Times (David Gelles)
    Part II (11:13 – 13:00)
    Wall Street’s Climate Change Pledges Were Fake: The Financiers of Climate Change Activism Had No Intention of Following Through on Their Promises
    Part III (13:00 – 22:28)
    The Worldview Behind Climate Change: These Issues Really Matter, Including the Ideological Agenda Behind Many of These Proposals
    Part IV (22:28 – 27:31)
    Target’s Finds Itself A Target: By Moral Signaling, It Sowed the Seeds of Its Own Current Perils
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    28 m