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- She said she wasn't believed. This is The Gospel Briefing. I'm Charles King. A woman identified publicly as Jane Doe sent a letter to Cornell University's faculty senate this month. She accuses seven men of sexually assaulting her at the Chi Phi fraternity house in twenty twenty-four. In the letter, dated October fourteenth, she says Cornell's president, Michael Kotlikoff, asked her why she waited so long to come forward. Cornell disputes that. A spokesperson told CBS News on Tuesday that the question was directed at bystanders who posted on social media but never used the anonymous tip line. The university says Kotlikoff was not questioning Jane Doe's credibility. Here is where it stands. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has ordered an independent investigation. Prosecutors are taking a second look. The faculty senate is weighing a no-confidence vote. Two accounts of the same conversation. That is the whole story. And it is exactly the moment Scripture tells us to slow down. Proverbs eighteen, verse thirteen: "If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame." If you want to sit with that chapter, keep Proverbs eighteen open in Bible Copilot. The call is not to pick a side first. It is to listen first, especially when someone says they were harmed. To Ohio, where a governor's race just turned uglier. Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed Tuesday night that his campaign produced an attack ad featuring the estranged birth mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton. In the ad, Acton's mother calls her a liar and suggests she has mental health problems. Axios reports the campaign is spending four million dollars to run it statewide. Here is the context. Acton has publicly disclosed that she was sexually abused as a child. Her stepfather was charged with molesting her when she was twelve. Her brother, Philip Stearns, says their mother remained married to Amy's abuser until he died. He called the ad despicable. Ephesians four, twenty-nine says no corrupting talk should come out of our mouths, only what builds up. Pray for wisdom today before you repeat what you have heard. Christians can disagree about Ohio politics. The weaponizing of an abuse survivor's family is a different question. Story three. Florida executed seventy-seven-year-old William Reaves on Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison. He was convicted of murdering Indian River County sheriff's deputy Richard Raczkoski in nineteen eighty-six. It was the state's eighteenth execution this year. More than one hundred military veterans had asked Governor DeSantis to halt the execution, noting Reaves was rated one hundred percent disabled by the VA for PTSD from his service in Vietnam. Deputy Raczkoski's brother said justice was finally served. The county sheriff said it felt more like closure than justice. Christians have long disagreed on capital punishment. Scripture holds the image of God in every person and the just authority of the sword with equal seriousness. Today, carry both. This episode is presented by Bible Copilot. Our Verse of the Day is James one, nineteen. Open Bible Copilot and study the Verse of the Day first. You'll get a guided walk through what the passage says, what it means, what it teaches about God, and how to apply it. Three questions each day are free. Start at mybiblecopilot dot com slash gospel. That's mybiblecopilot dot com slash gospel, or search Bible Copilot in the App Store. James one, nineteen: "Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger." Quick to hear. That is the posture for every story today. The Cornell letter. The Ohio ad. The Florida death chamber. You don't need a hot take by lunch. You need to listen well, speak carefully, and love your neighbor. Thanks for listening to The Gospel Briefing. The news is loud. The Word is steady. We'll see you tomorrow.