R. Albert Mohler Jr.'s Blog, page 109

Friday, January 14, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:30):
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Supreme Court Blocks Biden Administration’s Vaccine — With Big Constitutional Issued at Stake

NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Virus Mandate for Large Employers

PART 2 (13:31 - 16:25):
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Elections Have Consequences: The Dark Legacy of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, Whose Term Ends Tomorrow

PART 3 (16:26 - 18:25):
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Is it biblical to pay pastors? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 4 (18:26 - 21:30):
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May Christians serve as organ donors? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 5 (21:31 - 23:46):
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How should Christians handle cremains? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

Thursday, January 13, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:10):
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Trans NYT Columnist Trumpets “Radical Normalcy of Trans ‘Jeopardy’ Winner.” But the Article Undermines the Argument — Normal Doesn’t Get a Headline

NEW YORK TIMES (JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN)
The Radical Normalcy of a Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Winner

PART 2 (10:11 - 12:11):
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Demands that Airlines Add Non-binary to Tickets — How Moral Change Rides (Flies) on Public Pressure

NBC (TAT BELLAMY-WALKER)
Arizona mom slams Delta for lack of gender options for her nonbinary child

PART 3 (12:12 - 25:40):
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The Parable of the Reformed Church in America—43 More Conservative Congregations Depart and the Total Membership Plummets

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (KATHRYN POST)
Reformed Church in America splits as conservative churches form new denomination

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:51):
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President Biden, Voting Rights, and the Filibuster: What’s Behind the Atlanta Speech?

NEW YORK TIMES (KATIE ROGERS)
‘We have no option’: Biden calls for changing Senate rules to pass voting rights laws.

PART 2 (11:52 - 20:18):
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Does Citizenship Mean Anything? New York City Gives 800,000 Noncitizens the Vote

USA TODAY (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Watershed Moment in NYC: New Law Allows Noncitizens to Vote

NEW YORK TIMES (GRACE ASHFORD)
Noncitizens’ Right to Vote Becomes Law in New York City

NEW YORK TIMES (JEFFERY C. MAYS AND ANNIE CORREAL)
New York City Gives 800,000 Noncitizens Right to Vote in Local Elections

PART 3 (20:19 - 26:11):
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Nothing Lasts Forever: What Blackberry, Apple, General Motors, and Toyota Tell Us about the Transience of Earthly Existence

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JOSEPH PISANI)
BlackBerry Die-Hards Struggle With Final Blow

NEW YORK TIMES (JACK NICAS)
Apple Becomes First Company to Hit $3 Trillion Market Value

NEW YORK TIMES (NEAL E. BOUDETTE)
Toyota Topped G.M. in U.S. Car Sales in 2021, a First for a Foreign Automaker

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:47):
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In a Man’s Chest Beats a Pig’s Heart? Medical Science Moves Ahead — a Look at the Issues and Implications

NEW YORK TIMES (RONI CARYN RABIN0
In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig

ANIMALS (BERNARD E. ROLLIN)
Ethical and Societal Issues Occasioned by Xenotransplantation

PART 2 (13:48 - 18:24):
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The Achievement and Limitations of Human Justice — Three Life Sentences for Killing Ahmaud Arbery

PART 3 (18:25 - 23:41):
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Is School for the Students or for the Teachers Union? Look to Chicago for the Wrong Answer

WALL STREET JOURNAL (EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Scandal of Chicago’s Teachers Union

Monday, January 10, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 6:48):
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Another Munich Moment? The Threat of Putin’s Quest to Revive Russian Glory

NEW YORK TIMES (MAX FISHER)
Behind Kazakhstan Unrest, the ‘Strongman’s Dilemma’

PART 2 (6:49 - 16:22):
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If You Ride a Tiger, It Will Be Hard to Get Off — Kazakhstan Calls in Russian Troops

PART 3 (16:23 - 20:51):
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Children, Pets, and the Pope: Falling Birthrates and the Christian Worldview

NEW YORK TIMES (ELISABETTA POVOLEDO)
Pope Scolds Couples Who Choose Pets Over Kids

PART 4 (20:52 - 25:43):
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A Brave Man Finally Vindicated: The Pardon of Homer Plessy

Friday, January 7, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:50):
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Tyranny Can Come from Bureaucracy: The OSHA Mandate Comes Before the Supreme Court — At Stake Is More Than The Vaccine

USA TODAY (JOHN FRITZE)
The Supreme Court Has Allowed State COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates. Biden's Policies Face A Steeper Climb

PART 2 (8:51 - 14:10):
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‘Our Servicemen Do Not Give Up Their Religious Freedom When They Serve This Country: Judge Strikes Down Vaccine Mandate in Suit by Navy Seals

FOX NEWS (JON BROWN)
Judge Issues Stay Against Vaccine Mandate for Navy SEALs Seeking Religious Exemption

PART 3 (14:11 - 24:2):
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Why Does the Christian Tradition Oppose Cremation? – Dr. Mohler Responds To Letters From Listeners To The Briefing

Thursday, January 6, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 15:22):
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A Violent Riot, the Humiliation of the Capitol, and an Indicator of the Political Volatility of Our Nation: Defining the Capitol Riots One Year Later

PART 2 (15:23 - 17:28):
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Where is Sanity and Respect for Constitutional Order? Addressing the Capitol Riots from a Christian Worldview

PART 3 (17:29 - 23:46):
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‘The Most Remarkable Thing is How Parents Obey Their Children’: The Tragic Inversion of Parental Authority in the United States

WALL STREET JOURNAL (YOREE KOH)
Tech-Savvy Kids Defeat Apple’s and Others’ Parental-Control Features

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:56):
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‘Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely’: Our Constitutional Order Is Intentional … And Endangered

NBC NEWS (SAHIL KAPUR)
Schumer Calls for 'Democracy Reforms' to Prevent More Jan. 6-Style Events

PART 2 (13:57 - 17:55):
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At the Reunion of the 20th Anniversary of the First Harry Potter Movie, the Most Notable Missing Person? Its Author — Missing Due to the Fury of the Transgender Movement

USA TODAY (HANNAH YASHAROFF)
How the 'Harry Potter' Reunion Addresses Author J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Controversy

PART 3 (17:56 - 25:19):
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Liberal Parental Activism Groups, LGBTQ Think Tank Research Centers, and Journalistic Showcasing : A Lesson in How Intersectionality Works

FLORIDA TODAY (BAILEY GALLION)
Brevard County Parents Form New Group to Counter Moms for Liberty as School Divide Deepens

USA TODAY (BILL KEVENEY)
COVID-19 Shows 'Marginalization Has A Price.' For Transgender Adults, It's Food Insecurity.

Friday, December 17, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 4:26):
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The FDA Loosens Regulations on Mail-Order Abortions and Canada Bans Conversion Therapy—Ominous Developments We’ll Be Tracking into the New Year

PART 2 (4:27 - 10:9):
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The News Here is Not the Fact of Secularization, but its Velocity: Pew Research Shows 3 Out of 10 Now ‘Religiously Unaffiliated’

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated

PART 3 (10:10 - 14:25):
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To Whom Does Christmas Really Matter? To Those Who Believe the Son of God Was Born to the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem

PART 4 (14:26 - 17:6):
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What Does It Mean That Jesus is God’s Son? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 5 (17:7 - 20:49):
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How Should Christian Parents Raise Children in the Culture of Santa Claus? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 6 (20:50 - 26:18):
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Do Nativity Scenes Violate the Second Commandment? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

Thursday, December 16, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:47):
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‘My Femininity Does Not Define Me’: Historic Women’s College Faces Reckoning of the LGBTQ+ Revolution As Non-Binary Students Demand Recognition

NPR (MELISSA BLOCK)
Who Belongs at a Women's College in 2021? Students Want Admissions Policies to Change

PART 2 (11:48 - 24:1):
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Who Should and Who Should Not Vote? New York City Just Decided Citizenship is Not an Issue in Determining the Answer to that Question — What is at Stake?

NEW YORK TIMES (JEFFERY C. MAYS AND ANNIE CORREAL)
New York Moves to Allow 800,000 Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections

WASHINGTON POST (MARIA SACCHETTI)
New York City Becomes the Largest Municipality in the U.S. to Allow Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections

PART 3 (24:2 - 26:19):
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The Revolutionaries Will Come for Everyone. This Time it is Wonder Woman as Comic Book Series Reveals She Has A Girlfriend (and a Boyfriend).

NBC NEWS (TAT BELLAMY-WALKER)
Wonder Woman has a Superhero Girlfriend in New DC Comics Series