Friday, April 17, 2026

About this episode

Dr. Mohler discusses various news topics from a Christian perspective, including California's funding of sex changes for illegal aliens and the significance of a landmine-sniffing rat in Cambodia.

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 California taxpayers footing the bill for so-called sex changes for illegal aliens, an unexpected hero in Cambodia, Trump’s blasphemy post, abstaining from Hungary’s election, using creation order to argue against women in combat, and interplanetary habitation. Part I (00:14 – 10:16) So-Called ‘Sex Changes’ for Illegal Aliens? California Taxpayers Foot the Bill California Provides Sex-Change Procedures to Homeless Illegal Aliens by City Journal (Christopher F. Rufo and Jonathan Choe) Part II (10:16 – 13:16) Magawa, Cambodian Hero: Cambodia Unveils Statue Honoring Landmine-Sniffing Rat Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat by BBC News (Claire Keenan) Part III (13:16 – 16:23) Why Didn’t You Call Trump’s Post Earlier This Week Blasphemy? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing Part IV (16:23 – 20:18) I’m From Hungary But Didn’t Vote. Should I Have Voted and Chosen the Lesser of Two Evils, Or Was It Right to Abstain? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The…

People in this episode

Host: R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Topics covered

• California taxpayers and sex changes
• Cambodian hero
• Trump's blasphemy post
• Hungary's election abstention
• Creation order and women in combat
• Interplanetary habitation

Keywords

• sex changes
• illegal aliens
• Cambodia
• Trump
• Hungary
• women in combat
• interplanetary habitation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC News

Places: California, Cambodia, Hungary

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