Thursday, October 23, 2025

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 President Trump’s recent statements about making America fertile again, the scandal of surrogacy, and the problem of unacceptable social media posts for both the Right and the Left.
Part I (00:14 – 13:05)
Trump Wants to Make America Fertile Again: Having Babies is a Biblical Good, But There is Massive Moral Risk in Assisted Reproductive Technologies

• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Actions to Lower Costs and Expand Access to In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and High-Quality Fertility Care by The White House

Part II (13:05 – 18:45)
The Scandal of Surrogacy: This Problem is Not Just Financial and The Moral Risk Keeps Increasing

• Surrogacy Is a Multibillion-Dollar Business. Sometimes the Money Goes Missing. by The Wall Street Journal (Ben Foldy)

Part III (18:45 – 23:12)
Words Have Consequences: Celebration of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination and its Consequences

• Fired for Kirk posts, former Emory professor weighs cost of free speech by The Atlanta-Journal Constitution (Thomas Lake)
• The Oxford Union has always been full of idiots, but this one might sink it by The Telegraph (Rowan Pelling)

Part IV (23:12 – 27:03)
Unacceptable Social Media Posts are Not Just a Problem on the Left: Those on the Right Are Showing the Problem as Well
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