Tuesday, October 28, 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 visit to Asia and the worldview issues behind trade, why a welfare state won’t solve the falling birth rate problem, and skin cell reproduction as an assault on motherhood.
Part I (00:14 – 12:08)
Trade and the Relationship Between Nations: President Trump’s Visit to Asia and the Worldview Issues Behind Trade

• Asia, Caught in the Middle, Faces Trump and Xi’s Tug of War by The New York Times (David Pierson)

Part II (12:08 – 20:44)
The Welfare State and Falling Birth Rates: Finland’s Population Decline Shows Poverty is Not the Best Explanation

• Finland’s stubbornly low birth rate shows why a population shift may be inevitable by NPR (Sarah McCammon)

Part III (20:44 – 26:00)
Reproduction by Skin Cell and the Death of Motherhood: This New Reproductive Technology is an Assault on Motherhood

• The elimination of motherhood by The Spectator (Mary Wingfield)

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