Monday, June 8, 2026
6/8/202626 min
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 the tragic death of Henry Nowak, the irrationality of public guidance on the trans issue in the UK, the trans lunacy in Australia, and our society’s low economic and moral cost to get high.
Part I (00:14 – 10:19)
Murdered by Woke Ideology: The Tragic Death of Henry Nowak
- The Woke Murder of Henry Nowak by The Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)
Part II (10:19 – 16:27)
The Irrationality of Public Guidance in the UK: On the One Hand, Biological Males are Banned from Female Toilets. On the Other Hand, You Can’t Challenge It When You See It
- Don’t challenge trans women about their gender, says Phillipson’s new guidance by The Telegraph (Daniel Martin)
- Phillipson to ban trans women from female toilets by The Telegraph (Daniel Martin)
Part III (16:27 – 21:15)
Ideology Trumps Biology Down Under? ‘Trans Lunacy’ in Australia on Display
- Trans lunacy has made Australia a laughing stock by The Telegraph (Rocco Loiacono)
Part IV (21:15 – 26:15)
A Sane Society Doesn’t Subsidize Bad Behavior: Our Society Has Brought Low the Economic and Moral Cost of Getting High
- It Shouldn’t Be This Easy to Get High by The New York Times (German Lopez)
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[intro music] It's Monday, June 8th, 2026. I'm Albert Mohler, and this is "The Briefing," a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Christians understand that justice is a biblical imperative. We understand that it is a major theme in biblical theology. It is, after all, one of the most basic of the revealed attributes of God Himself, who is absolute justice and who is absolutely just. We understand that human beings are called to justice, to do justice, as we read in the prophets, and also to represent justice, to execute justice. We are those who are supposed to know what justice is, not because it's merely a human intellectual construct or even a human moral or political imperative, but because it is actually a part of the display of God's glory in His creation. It is also one of the most basic of all moral mandates. We also understand that in a fallen world, justice is always approximate or proximate, as it's sometimes said. And so as you're thinking about human justice, it's never exactly right. And that's simply because in a fallen world, given human finitude, the best human beings can achieve is proximate justice. You might put it as approximate justice. But we are called to do our very best to put together a system of laws and a system of courts and a system just of, of human culture in such a way that justice is prized and dearly sought