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  • Friday, May 30, 2025

    Friday, May 30, 2025
    2025/05/30
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:13 - 10:00)
    The Moral Significance of Bricks: The Dark and Weighty Reality of Living in a Town Built for Nazis
    • ‘Are the Bricks Evil?’ In a Village Built for Nazis, Darkness Lingers. by The New York Times (Sally McGrane)


    Part II (10:00 - 14:01)
    Ed Smylie, Who Saved Apollo 13 Crew, Dies at 95 – And Duct Tape Was Crucial for the Success of His Heroic Act
    • Ed Smylie knew this stick-fast wonder could fix anything by The Economist


    Part III (14:01 - 18:58)
    If Marriage is a Good, God-Ordained Institution, Why Does the Apostle Paul Say That It Can Be a Hindrance to Ministry? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part IV (18:58 - 21:31)
    Is ‘5 Solas’ an Oxymoron? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

    Part V (21:31 - 26:51)
    How Can We Know That What We Know is Correct? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing




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  • Thursday, May 29, 2025

    Thursday, May 29, 2025
    2025/05/29
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:14 - 06:50)
    Why Has President Trump Has Declared War on Harvard? A Open Challenge to a Bastion of the Educational Elites
    • Does the President Want to Fix Harvard or Destroy It? by The Wall Street Journal (Jason L. Riley)


    Part II (06:50 - 10:16)
    ‘Trust Us, We Won the Johan Skytte Award’: The Self-Congratulatory Condescension of the Academic Elites
    • Letter: Prize-winning political scientists speak out by Financial Times (Francis Fukuyama and others)


    Part III (10:16 - 16:27)
    President Trump Changed the Political Landscape: Americans Now Believe That Republicans Represent the Working Class, and Democrats Represent the Elites
    • How Donald Trump Has Remade America’s Political Landscape by The New York Times (Shane Goldmacher)


    Part IV (16:27 - 21:50)
    ‘Be Normal. Sound Normal.’: Democrats are Attempting to Dump Their Woke Jargon, But Not Their Woke Ideologies– But It’s Not Working
    • Democrats ditch woke jargon to win back Trump voters by The Telegraph (Benedict Smith)


    Part V (21:50 - 25:58)
    Woke Education is the Left’s Agenda: The Left Wants Your Kids, and They are Targeting Them Through Schools
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  • Tuesday, May 27, 2025

    Tuesday, May 27, 2025
    2025/05/27
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:14 - 09:07)
    Evil Seized an Opportunity in the U.S. Embassy: A Horrific Attack in the Name of ‘Free Palestine’ Leads to the Murder of Two Israeli Diplomats
    • How Israel tries to shield its diplomats from attack by Financial Times (James Shotter and Neri Zilber and Mehul Srivastava)
    • Days Before a Marriage Proposal, They Were Killed in D.C. by The New York Times (John YoonIsabel Kershner and Natan Odenheimer)


    Part II (09:07 - 10:57)
    A ‘Fuller Way’ on LGBTQ Issues? Fuller Seminary Trustees Reaffirm Stance on Homosexuality – But How Will That Square with Its Faculty Members and Student Body Who are Affirming?
    • Fuller Seminary Reaffirms Historic LGBTQ Stance by Christianity Today (Daniel Silliman)


    Part III (10:57 - 24:21)
    There is No Third Way to Faithfulness: Every Christian Institution Must Resolve to Be Faithful to Scripture No Matter the Cost

    Part IV (24:21 - 27:18)
    The Boggle Puzzle Solved – Researcher Finally Solves the Mystery of Highest Possible Boggle Score
    • Lone coder cracks 50-year puzzle to find Boggle’s top-scoring board by Financial Times (Oliver Roeder)





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  • Wednesday, May 28, 2025

    Wednesday, May 28, 2025
    2025/05/28
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:14 - 17:10)
    So Who Knew What When About Biden’s Cognitive Decline? ‘Original Sin’ Has Revised History and Is Raising Big Questions About Who’s Responsible for This Cover-Up
    • Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by Penguin Random House (Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson)
    • Jake Tapper Uncovers Startling Evidence That Biden’s Decline Was Covered Up By Jake Tapper by The Babylon Bee
    • ‘Original Sin’ and Foreign Policy by The Wall Street Journal (Walter Russell Mead)
    • ‘Original Sin’ Review: A Conspiracy in Plain View by The Wall Street Journal (Tunku Varadarajan)


    Part II (17:10 - 24:16)
    The ‘Unreliable Boyfriend’ Problem? UK Prime Minister Starmer Appears to Have a Conviction Problem
    • Keir Starmer’s unreliable boyfriend problem by Financial Times (Robert Shrimsley)
    • A Labour lost in the weeds can’t rebuild this country. Starmer must regain his nerve by The Guardian (John Harris)


    Part III (24:16 - 25:23)
    Christian Leadership is a Call to Conviction – God’s People Need Convictional Leadership




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  • Friday, May 23, 2025

    Friday, May 23, 2025
    2025/05/23
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:13 - 04:32)
    Religious Liberty Was Hamstrung Yesterday: The 4-4 Split Led to a Major Religious Liberty Loss in Oklahoma
    • OK Charter School Board v. Drummond by The U.S. Supreme Court


    Part II (04:32 - 10:45)
    The Left is Now Furious with Target: The Company Offended Many Christians With LGBTQ Advocacy, Now Target Backs Off DEI, and the Left is Losing Their Minds
    • Target shares fall after hit from tariffs and store boycotts by Financial Times (Gregory Meyer)


    Part III (10:45 - 16:34)
    Why Don’t You Believe Churchill Was a Christian? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from a 15-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

    Part IV (16:34 - 20:33)
    What Does Fallen Asleep Mean in 1 Thessalonians 4:13? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from a 14-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

    Part V (20:33 - 22:42)
    In the Parable of the Soils, Do the Rocky Soil People Go to Hell? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letter from a 6-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

    Part VI (22:42 - 25:34)
    Can I Officiate the Wedding of Unbelievers? Should I Share the Gospel at That Wedding? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letter from Listeners of The Briefing




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  • Thursday, May 22, 2025

    Thursday, May 22, 2025
    2025/05/22
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:14 - 12:47)
    Feminism and Transgenderism at Odds: Lesbians Want to Be Liberated from the LBGT Revolution
    • Why lesbians want out of the LGBT Movement by The Spectator (Julie Bindel)


    Part II (12:47 - 16:19)
    Creation Order Asserts Itself: Creation Order Breaks Through Everywhere, Even in the Wake of the Sexual Liberation Movement
    • Why the trans debacle matters by The Spectator (Lionel Shriver)


    Part III (16:19 - 18:38)
    Decadence and Debauchery: The Absurdity of Gender Ideologies

    Part IV (18:38 - 26:47)
    The Disaster of ‘You are What You Look Like’ — Confronting a Dangerous and Seductive Claim
    • Age is Irrelevant by Financial Times (Triny Woodall)





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  • Tuesday, May 20, 2025

    Tuesday, May 20, 2025
    2025/05/20
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:14 - 00:42)
    Former President Biden Has Cancer - We are Praying for the Former President in Light of His Diagnosis

    Part II (00:42 - 08:09)
    Why Is Travel Not Producing World Peace? Cosmopolitanism Isn't Bringing People Together
    • Why travel didn’t bring the world together by Financial Times (Janan Ganesh)


    Part III (08:09 - 14:39)
    Global Peace Through International Law? No, Reason and Rules Are Not Enough to Bring Nations Together
    • Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started? by The Guardian (Patrick Wintour)


    Part IV (14:39 - 23:30)
    The Preconditions of an Ordered Society: Haiti is Lacking the Foundational Necessities of an Ordered Society And an The Problem Cannot Be Solved by Military Intervention
    • The U.S. needs a plan to stop Haiti’s free fall by The Washington Post (The Editorial Board)


    Part V (23:30 - 25:48)
    The Theological Foundation of a Rightly Ordered Society: Creation Order Must Be Established Before a Society Can Flourish




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  • Wednesday, May 21, 2025

    Wednesday, May 21, 2025
    2025/05/21
    This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

    Part I (00:14 - 14:32)
    Is the U.S. Fighting the Wrong War? The Complicated Nature of the U.S. Response to the Houthis
    • The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn’t Find on a Map by The New York Times (Nicholas Kristof)


    Part II (14:32 - 21:57)
    Austin is a New Kind of Weird? Is the Texas Capital, A Blue Dot in a Red State, Changing its Color?
    • Austin Welcomed Musk. Now It’s Weird (in a New Way). by The New York Times (J. David Goodman)


    Part III (21:57 - 25:15)
    The Parable of Radioactive Toothpaste: The Importance of Humility in the Modern Age
    • Half-Life podcast is a compelling story of radioactive toothpaste and poison gas — review by Financial Times (Fiona Sturges)





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    25 分