Tuesday, October 6, 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 what the recent headlines about Cornell University reveal about the culture’s conception of morality, the crisis of forming young men, and the Non-Answer that Democrats have been advised to give to the transgender debate.
Part I (00:14 – 11:44)
So Morality Is Just Context? The Cornell Catastrophe Reveals Our Culture’s Conception of Morality— And The Christian Response

• Moral catastrophe at Cornell by WORLD Opinions (R. Albert Mohler Jr.)

Part II (11:44 – 21:44)
Fraternity Culture and the Crisis of Forming Men: Young Men Desperately Need Moral Formation, Conviction, and Character

• Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees October 2, 2026 Transcript by CNN
• At Cornell, a Rape Case Defines an Era by The Chronicle of Higher Education (Megan Zahneis, Jasper Smith, and Sarah Brown)

Part III (21:44 – 26:20)
The Sandwich Method: Democrats Advised to Give Non-Answer to the Transgender Debate

• The GOP’s Culture-War Hail Mary by The Atlantic (Elaine Godfrey)

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