Past Episodes

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

PART I ‘A Domain Awareness Gap’: U.S. Military Acknowledges Chinese Spy Airships Have Previously Gone Undetected Over U.S. Airspace

PART II A Direct Assault on the Cause of Life: Minnesota Passes the “Protect Reproduction Options Act,” Which is Both Radical and Deadly

PART III Vaccine Skepticism Is Growing?: Some Background to the Controversy

PART IV So Who Decides? California Elites Fail Attempt to Outlaw “Misinformation”

PART V Monogamy Isn’t For Everyone?: USA Today–Once Again–Reveals How Our Culture’s Moral Universe Has Been Flipped Upside Down

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

PART I Horrifying Tragedy as Earthquake Kills Thousands in Turkey and Syria — What Disasters and Response Reveals About Civilization

PART II The Commercialization of Transgression: The 65th Annual Grammy Awards

PART III Yes, Christians Certainly Do Believe in Satan — But Where is the Outrage from Our Culture When Satan is Worshiped on Stage at the Grammys?

PART IV The Commercialization of Satanism: Who Funded the Glorification of Satan through Sponsorship at the Grammy Awards?

Monday, February 6, 2023

PART I A Conspicuous Attempt at Espionage: China's Balloon – Why Did the U.S. Government Handle This So Clumsily?

PART II Freedom Always Has Enemies: Why Democracy Will Always Face Massive Threats in a Fallen World

PART III Political Stunt or Strong Economic and Ideological Statement?: Congress Votes Down Socialism in all its Forms

Friday, February 3, 2023

PART I Spiritual Appropriation or the ‘Wisdom of Mother Earth’?: The Pagan Resurgence in the Midst of a Secular Culture

PART II ‘Is the Artificial Meat Kosher?’ — Theology is Always Close to the Headlines, Even Strangely

PART III What Do You Recommend For Someone Trying to Make His Way Back to the Faith? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV What are the Historical Reasons for the Sexual Revolution? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V How Do I Know If I Am Growing into Adulthood? How Do I Approach Witnessing to My Collegiate Classmates? What Dating Advice Would You Offer to Young Christians? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from College Students on The Briefing

Thursday, February 2, 2023

PART I Sinful But Not Criminal?: Pope Francis Confuses, and Then Attempts to Clarify, Recent Comments on Homosexuality

PART II ‘The Task of the New Pope Will to Ensure Doctrinal Clarity’: Catholic Cardinals Dispute Theological and Moral Issues Sparked by LGBTQ Revolution

PART III Convictional Leadership in a Secular Age: The High Stakes of Choosing Christian Leaders

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

PART I ‘The Ideology of the Judges Makes All the Difference': Why It Matters Who’s Sitting on the Courts

PART II The Most Important Election of 2023?: Why Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Election is on the Forefront of the Political Battlegrounds

PART III The Transmogrifier: No, Not Calvin and Hobbes — The Changing Cultural Landscape

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

PART I A Bit of Recovered Sanity in the UK: British Government Puts Halt to New Scottish Gender Change Law

PART II Redefining Moral Issues as Healthcare Access: Evaluating the New Dictionary of the Sexual Revolutionaries

PART III Worldviews and Ideologies Collide Over Social Media: Meta Grapples with Photography in Cases of Transgender and Non-Binary People

PART IV Look at This Case: Federal Jury Acquits Pro-Life Activist After Arrest for Supposed Violation of The FACE Act

Monday, January 30, 2023

PART I Yet Another Horrifying Video Presented to Americans: Bodycam Footage Released of Tyre Nichols’ Arrest and Beating

PART II Public Opinion, Moral Consensus, and Justice: Theological Considerations of the Memphis Crisis

PART III Mourn with Those with Mourn: Praying for the Mourning and for Gospel Ministry in Memphis

Friday, January 27, 2023

PART I M&Ms Cancels Their Spokescandies: How the Candy Controversy Provides a Window into Our Culture

PART II Strange Business: Why are So Many Corporations Entering the Culture War?

PART III Biden Administration Orders Mail Order Abortion Pills Be Sent Through Mail, Saying No one Knows How They Might Be Used? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART IV Why Do Conservative Christians Refer to an Unborn Child as ‘Preborn’ and Not Just as a Baby? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART V Is It a Right Application of Scripture to Use the Poetry Portions of the Bible for Specific Doctrinal Statements? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VI Our Family’s Pediatrician Requires Me, as a Parent, to Leave the Room During Our Daughter’s Well-Child Visit. Should I Be Alarmed? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VII Is the Push to Keep Students' Transitions Hidden from Parents a Trojan Horse to Sever the Long-held Cultural Feelings Around Minor Consent? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART VIII Why Did God Make Satan If God Knew He Would Be Bad? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter From an 8-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Thursday, January 26, 2023

PART I Church of England Will Not Authorize Same-Sex Marriages But Permits Clergy to Bless Same-Sex Unions ​— This is Moral Cowardice and a Theological Disaster

PART II The Church’s Bishops are Corrupting the Church: There Can Never Be a Middle Way Between Same-Sex Marriage and Orthodox, Biblical Christianity

PART III The End of Parenthood as It is Biblically Defined: Our Society Seeks to Supplant Parental Authority with the Authority of Public Schools

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