The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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Thursday, August 8, 2024 Aug 08, 2024

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 - 11:34)
Important PSA, Joe Biden is Still President: President Biden is Still Attempting Major (And Even Unconstitutional) Changes in the Last Months of His Presidency

Biden: Forgotten but Not Gone by The Wall Street Journal (Kimberley A. Strassel)

Part II (11:34 - 17:37)
Petty Politics Guised as a Proposed Constitutional Amendment: President Biden’s Proposed Supreme Court “Reform”
Part III (17:37 - 21:48)
The New York Times Runs Article Questioning ‘Transgender Care’ for Youth – Are We Witnessing a Major Turn in This Moral Issue?

Final Report by The Cass Review (Hilary Cass)
Why Is the U.S. Still Pretending We Know Gender-Affirming Care Works? by The New York Times (Pamela Paul)

Part IV (21:48 - 25:38)
What Happens in California Won’t Stay in California: Governor Newsom’s Horrific Transgender Law in Public Schools Could Be Coming to a State Near You
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Aug 07, 2024

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 - 07:33)
Kamala Harris Chooses Governor Tim Walz as Running Mate – Let’s Look at the Walz Narratives the Harris Campaign is Falsely Pushing
Part II (07:33 - 13:25)
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Make for Deadly Abortion Ticket: We are Looking at the Most Pro-Abortion Presidential Ticket in U.S. History
Part III (13:25 - 20:14)
Tim Walz Proudly Signed One of the Most Radical Abortion Laws in the US: Reckoning with the Minnesota Governor’s Commitment to the Culture of Death

Protect Reproductive Options Act by Minnesota Legislature

Part IV (20:14 - 26:18)
No, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Walz is Not Everyone’s Governor: The Incongruence of Pelosi’s ‘Heartland Values’ Argument with the Modern Democratic Party

Nancy Pelosi Praises Walz as Representing ‘Heartland Values’ by The New York Times (Maggie Astor)

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Aug 06, 2024

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 - 08:11)
Tropical Storm Debby Is a ‘Once Every Thousand Years’ Storm? "Acts of God" and the Remnants of Theological Language in a Secular Age
Part II (08:11 - 14:00)
Why Would Israel Assassinate the Leaders of Its Enemies? Deterrence and Israel’s Great Challenge

Why Israel Escalates: Risky Assassinations Are a Desperate Bid to Restore Deterrence by Foreign Affairs (Dalia Dassa Kaye)

Part III (14:00 - 20:05)
Israel’s Existential Threats Have Changed its Politics: A Lot of Liberal Arguments Disappear After a Savage Attack

Is Israel Defensible? The cruel geostrategic logic of the Holy Land. by Claremont Review of Books (Christopher Caldwell)

Part IV (20:05 - 25:04)
Presidential Election Realities Come Into Focus—And There Are Massive Worldview Issues at Stake
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Monday, August 5, 2024 Aug 05, 2024

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 - 17:28)
Who is the Future of the Democratic Party? Identity Politics, a Harder Push Left, and Who Kamala Harris Could Choose as Her Running Mate This Week
Part II (17:28 - 24:25)
The Prisoner Swap was Not an Equivalent Moral Transaction: The Massive Issues Behind the Hostage Game Being Played by the Biden Administration
Part III (24:25 - 28:40)
Spycraft, Espionage, and Russia: The KGB Didn’t Go Away, It Just Changed Its Initials
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Friday, August 2, 2024 Aug 02, 2024

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 - 09:53)
Sex Education, A Major Conflict of Our Cultural Debate: Abstinence Based Approaches and Their Enemies

30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education by NPR (Magnolia McKay)

Part II (09:53 - 13:45)
How Just One Woman Became a Major Engine of the Sexual Revolution: The Legacy of ‘Dr. Ruth’

Ruth Westheimer, the Sex Guru Known as Dr. Ruth, Dies at 96 by The New York Times (Daniel Lewis)

Part III (13:45 - 16:06)
Is There a Chasm Between Christians and the Political Left? If So, How Will It Affect Our Religious Freedom? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (16:06 - 19:53)
How Can Pro-Life Christians Support the Republican Party After the Shift in Its Platform at the RNC This Year? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (19:53 - 23:28)
What Are Your Thoughts on Affirming Political Candidates? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part VI (23:28 - 26:39)
How Did Satan Manifest Himself When He Tempted Jesus in the Wilderness? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 13-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
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Thursday, August 1, 2024 Aug 01, 2024

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:15 - 06:34)
Democrats Utterly Reshape the Political Landscape: A Look at the Looming Reset of the 2024 Election

Special Edition: President Biden Drops a Political Bomb: President Biden Makes History as He Withdraws from Presidential Race Just 100 Days Before the 2024 General Election by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Part II (06:34 - 11:37)
Watch the Media Narratives: How the Control by Progressive Media is Shaping the Public Political Conversation
Part III (11:37 - 17:06)
Who Will Kamala Harris Choose as Her Potential Vice President? The Chaotic and Orchestrated Race for Her Running Mate
Part IV (17:06 - 25:55)
Joe Biden, the Liberal Gateway Drug of the Democratic Party: The Liberal Legacy of Joe Biden’s Presidency and How Kamala Harris Will Push Much, Much Farther Left

Abortion at the center of her agenda: Kamala Harris will be the most radical abortion advocate in American political history by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Special Edition: President Biden Drops a Political Bomb: President Biden Makes History as He Withdraws from Presidential Race Just 100 Days Before the 2024 General Election Jul 22, 2024

Show notes

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 - 13:52)
President Biden Drops a Political Bomb: President Biden Makes History as He Withdraws from Presidential Race Just 100 Days Before the 2024 General Election

Exit, stage left: In a stunning development President Biden leaves the race, but huge questions loom by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Part II (13:52 - 18:00)
Can Democrats Come Up with a Winning Campaign in 100 Days? Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s Unprecedented Challenge for the 2024 Presidential Election
Part III (18:00 - 24:19)
President Biden and the Democratic Party’s Vast Leap to the Left: The Progressive Legacy of President Biden and the Left’s Grip on the Democratic Party
Part IV (24:19 - 25:50)
‘One of the Most Monumental Collapses in Political History’ — We Will Long Remember This Day in American History

Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Harris by Wall Street Journal (Andrew Restuccia, Annie Linskey, Catherine Lucey)

Special Edition: God’s Sovereignty, Moral Evil, and the Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump: The Theological, Historical, and Political Issues Jul 15, 2024

Show notes

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 - 15:05)
God’s Sovereignty, Moral Evil, and the Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump: The Theological, Historical, and Political Issues

Providence and presidents: The attempted assassination of President Trump raises the deepest of all questions by World Opinions (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Part II (15:05 - 19:26)
Is Human Responsibility Real? (Yes) Is God Truly Sovereign? (Yes) — When Theology Hits Headlines
Part III (19:26 - 20:29)
Limited Options on the Question of Providence: Understanding What’s at Stake
Part IV (20:29 - 25:09)
The RNC Faces a Big Moment of Moral Decision on the Abortion Issue: Let There Be No Retreat on Pro-Life Conviction
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Friday, June 28, 2024 Jun 28, 2024

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 - 11:01)
A Human and Political Tragedy: President Joe Biden’s Calamitous Performance in the First Presidential Debate Last Night
Part II (11:01 - 16:43)
‘Aggressive Panic’: Democrats Respond to President Biden’s Debate Performance — The Democrats are in Major (And Complicated) Crisis
Part III (16:43 - 22:17)
Both Candidates Failed on Abortion, But They Didn’t Fail Evenly — Joe Biden and Donald Trump Reveal Our Challenge in Defense of Life
Part IV (22:17 - 25:25)
Credibility in Leadership and on Abortion: Americans Face Two Huge Issues in the Aftermath of Last Night’s Presidential Debate
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 Jun 27, 2024

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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:13 - 09:58)
Supreme Court, Not Supreme Moral Judge: SCOTUS Has to Rule by Law and Constitution, Not Moral Intuition

Snyder v. United States by The Supreme Court of the United States
Murthy v. Missouri by The Supreme Court of the United States

Part II (09:58 - 11:57)
Oops. Not Ready Yet? Accidental Posting of SCOTUS Decision Raises Questions About Abortion Case from Idaho

Idaho v. United States by The Supreme Court of the United States

Part III (11:57 - 19:10)
Huge Moral Issues Come to Fore: Julian Assange Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge
Part IV (19:10 - 22:15)
Congressman Bowman Was Too Liberal for Democrats? New York Congressional Primary Teaches Big Lessons
Part V (22:15 - 26:48)
Parents and Families, Watch the Presidential Debate: Former President Trump and President Biden Poised to Make History Tonight
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