The Briefing with Albert Mohler

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 09:50) We are Peering over a Demographic Cliff: This Year’s High School Graduating Class is the Biggest in American History, But It’s Downhill From Here Peak Pomp & Circumstance by The Washington Examiner (Timothy P. Carney) Part II (09:50 – 15:00) Is God Good to Permit That My Wi...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 – 13:52) Will a Socialist Muslim Become Mayor of New York? Zohran Mamdani Wins the Democratic Party’s Primary Race in New York Wall Street Panics Over Prospect of a Socialist Running New York City by The Wall Street Journal (Kevin T. Dugan, Gregory Zuckerman, and Brian Schwartz) The People’s R...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 05:10) Will Iran Recover and Resume its Nuclear Weapons Program? The Effectiveness of the Attacks are Unknown, and the Likelihood of Lasting Change is Difficult to Calculate Trump’s Strikes on Iran Were Unlawful. Here’s Why That Matters. by The New York Times (Oona A. Hathaway) Part II (05:1...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 11:51) A Ceasefire Between Israel and Iran? President Trump Announces (On Truth Social) That Iran and Israel Have Reached a Ceasefire Agreement Part II (11:51 – 20:14) The Culture of Death Scores Big Win in UK: Assisted Suicide Bill Passes in House of Commons Assisted dying Bill set to...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 11:33) The Days of False Negotiation are Over: The United States Attacks Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Sites Part II (11:33 - 14:44) Does the President Have the Constitutional Right to Launch This Kind of Attack? Criticism of the Attack on Iran Raises Major Questions Progressives suddenly remember presid...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 09:52) A Harmless Escape or Threat to Social Order? Brazil’s Sad ‘Reborn Doll’ Craze Extremely Lifelike Dolls Cause a Frenzy in Brazil by The New York Times (Leonardo Coelho and Michael Levenson) Part II (09:52 - 23:42) What is the Responsibility of the United States to the Modern State of Israel?...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 12:00) A Win for Sanity at the Supreme Court: SCOTUS Sides with Tennessee in Ban on So-Called Transgender Treatment for Minors United States v. Skrmetti by The Supreme Court of the United States Part II (12:00 – 16:22) ‘The Experts Have Been Wrong Before’: Justices Thomas Speaks the Tr...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 11:55) A Crisis of Existential Crises: Outside of Christ, Everything is an Existential Crisis Why Is Everything an Existential Crisis? by The Wall Street Journal (Andrew Hartz) Part II (11:55 - 17:00) Is Burning the Koran a Crime in the UK? A Strange Alliance of Secularists and Christians are Ques...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 08:16) The Moral Shift Towards LGBTQ Acceptance – How Did Our Society Get Here? Part II (08:16 - 18:44) Surrogacy and the War Against Ontology: Heterosexuality is Biased Towards Procreation – That’s Just Biology They spent over $200K to expand their family. Doctors say it's common for LGBTQ+ coupl...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 12:14) Degrading the Threat of Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities: The Military Strategy of Israel and the Hope of Her Allies Israel’s Nuclear Good Deed Against Iran by The Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board) Diplomacy With Iran Is Damaged, Not Dead by The New York Times (Steven Erlanger) Israel Ha...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 09:38) Well, It's Happened- Israel Strikes Iran, Targeting Key Nuclear Installations Rubio calls Israeli strikes against Iran 'unilateral,' says US not involved by Reuters (Kanishka Singh) Part II (09:38 - 14:02) Is It Possible to Go a Day Without Sinning? - Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Lis...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 09:50) The Culture of Death Advances in New York: New York Assisted Suicide Bill Now Goes to Governor New York Moves to Allow Terminally Ill People to Die on Their Own Terms by The New York Times (Grace Ashford) Part II (09:50 - 21:03) There is No ‘Death Worth Dying’ — So-called Medical Assistance...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 07:33) Trump and Newsom Square Off on Illegal Immigration and ICE Raids: The Constitutional Issues Loom Large, But the Political Calculus is Real Part II (07:33 - 16:38) The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal Face Off: Influential Liberal and Conservative Newspapers Have Major Worldview Co...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 15:06) A ‘Regression’ on Gender? The Recoil to the Transgender Movement is Grounded in Creation Order, Not Merely a Speed Bump in Progressive History The Transgender Tipping Point by Time (Katy Steinmetz) Our Regression on Gender Is a Tragedy, Not Just a Political Problem by The New York Times (Da...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 07:46) A Brief History of Pride Month and the Pride Flag – How Did This Happen, and What Does It Mean in 2025? Rainbow flag meaning: A brief history lesson on how the Pride flag came to be by USA Today (Olivia Munson) Pride Events in New York: Here’s How to Celebrate by The New York Times (Erik Pi...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 05:26) SCOTUS Unanimously Says Straight Woman Can Prevail in Reverse Discrimination Suit – This is a Victory for Common Sense Interpretation of the Law and the Constitution Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit by The New York Times (Adam Liptak) Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Y...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 15:12) Ukraine’s Surprise Drone Attack: Ukraine Launches Devastating Drone Attack on Russia’s Bomber Fleet – We are in a New Age of Asymmetrical Warfare Part II (15:12 - 18:29) America, You’ve Been Warned: The U.S. Needs to Take Ukraine’s Drone Attack on Russia as an Exposure of Our Own Vulnerabil...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 08:13) Europe Has a Huge Free Speech Problem: Europe is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Saving Democracy Europe’s free-speech problem: J.D. Vance was Right by The Economist Part II (08:13 - 12:31) What is Happening in Finland Will Not Stay in Finland: Americans Need to Closely Watch the Free...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 14:39) What’s Going On Between the U.S. and Europe? Europe Appears to Be Rethinking Its Relationship with the U.S. and Its Attraction to ‘Traditional Values’ For Europe, America was the future. Now what? by The Financial Times (Mark Mazower) Part II (14:39 - 21:32) How Do You Get Rid of a Party Wh...

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 - 09:09) Prisoners Should Not Be Able to Choose Their Gender: Allowing Biological Men in Women’s Prison Leads to Even More Harm for Women in Prison Says UN Official Don’t let trans rapists choose gender, UN warns police by The Telegraph (Daniel Martin) Part II (09:09 - 14:04) No, Don’t Give Staff Ex...

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...

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? An 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-Congrat...

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...

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...

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...