Thursday, January 15, 2026

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses a simple question at a Senate hearing yesterday that revealed the great battle of our age, girls’ sports before SCOTUS, the morally evasive language of the LGBTQ revolution, and the deadly lie sold to so-called “transgender youth.”
Part I (00:14 – 15:18)
“Can Men Get Pregnant?”: One Simple Question at a Senate Hearing Yesterday Revealed the Great Battle of Our Age

• “Can men get pregnant?” by C-Span

Part II (15:18 – 19:56)
SCOTUS Appears Set to Uphold Girls’ Sports: SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Laws Preventing Biological Men From Competing as Women

• Little v. Hecox by The Supreme Court of the United States
• West Virginia v. B. P. J. by The Supreme Court of the United States
• Supreme Court appears likely to uphold transgender athlete bans by SCOTUSblog (Amy Howe)

Part III (19:56 – 23:53)
No, This is Not About “Erasing Trans People”: Detecting the Moral Evasion of LGBTQ Language

• Bans of transgender athletes about erasure, not fairness by USA Today (Nancy Armour)

Part IV (23:53 – 27:09)
This is Heartbreaking: So-Called Transgender Youth Have Been Sold a Deadly Lie

• The trans youth athletes in the US fighting for their rights: ‘Playing is an act of resistance’ by The Guardian (Sam Levin)

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