Thursday, May 28, 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 a doctor who made a MAID assessment outside a Tim Hortons in Canada that led to the patient’s death, the decline in birth rates happening everywhere, and how sin has led to the birth rate crisis.
Part I (00:14 – 10:20)
Doctor Makes MAID Assessment Outside Tim Hortons: The Culture of Death Has Reached New Depths of Evil in Canada

• Ontario man dies of MAID after being assessed outside Tim Hortons by National Post (Sharon Kirkey)

Part II (10:20 – 19:07)
The Decline in Birth Rates is Happening Everywhere: The Surprising Trends Causing Catastrophic Birth Rates Have Been a Longtime Coming

• Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once by The Financial Times (John Burn-Murdoch)

Part III (19:07 – 25:23)
The Spiritual Problem of Falling Birth Rates: Sin is the Ultimate Root of This Crisis and Not Just External Factors
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