R. Albert Mohler Jr.'s Blog, page 113

Monday, September 13, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 4:28):
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Thinking Seriously About President Biden‘s Sweeping Vaccine Mandate That Will Cover Nearly 100 Million Americans

NEW YORK TIMES (KATIE ROGERS AND SHERYL GAY STOLBERG)
Biden Mandates Vaccines for Workers, Saying, ‘Our Patience Is Wearing Thin’

PART 2 (4:29 - 13:40):
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The Complex Issues of a Federal Vaccine Mandate: Evaluating President Biden’s Coercive Move — Moral, Constitutional, and Political Considerations

NEW YORK TIMES (JIM TANKERSLEY)
Biden’s New Vaccine Push Is a Fight for the U.S. Economy

PART 3 (13:41 - 18:30):
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More Woke Than Capitalism: Virtue Signaling in Corporate World as Salesforce CEO Commits to Move Anyone With Hindered Access to ‘Reproductive Healthcare’ From Texas — Or Any Other State

CNBC (JORDAN NOVET)
Salesforce Offers to Relocate Employees and Their Families After Texas Abortion Law Goes Into Effect

CNN (RAMISHAH MARUF)
Salesforce Said It Will Help Employees Leave Texas Due to Abortion Law

PART 4 (18:31 - 25:0):
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A Parable of Post-Christian Religion: John Shelby Spong, Non-Theist Episcopal Bishop Dies at 90

WASHINGTON TIMES (MARK A. KELLNER)
John Shelby Spong, Liberal Episcopal Bishop, Dies at Age 90

PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY (JOHN SHELBY SPONG)
Charting the New Reformation: The Twelve Theses

PROGRESSING SPIRIT (JOHN SHELBY SPONG)
Oklahoma! A State in Transition

Leviticus 1:1–17

Third Avenue Baptist Church... The post Leviticus 1:1–17 appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Friday, September 10, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:52):
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20 Years After 9/11: Wake Up, We Live in a Dangerous World — Lessons from 9/11, Lesson One

PART 2 (8:53 - 15:8):
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The Clash of Civilizations Is Real — Lessons From 9/11, Lesson Two

FOREIGN AFFAIRS (SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON)
The Clash of Civilizations?

PART 3 (15:9 - 17:53):
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Theology Really Matters, Islam Really Matters — Lessons From 9/11, Lesson Three

PART 4 (17:54 - 22:21):
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The (Temporary) Collapse of Moral Relativism — Lessons from 9/11, Lesson Four

Thursday, September 9, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:24):
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Court Rules Against Catholic School’s Firing of a Gay Teacher — Warning Every Religious Institution of the Inevitable Clash of the Sexual Revolution and Religious Liberty

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Court Rules Catholic School Wrongfully Fired Gay Substitute

PART 2 (10:25 - 14:12):
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The Culture of Death Scores Another Victory: Mexican Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion

WASHINGTON POST (MARY BETH SHERIDAN AND ALEJANDRA IBARRA CHAOUL)
Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion, A Dramatic Step in World’s Second-Biggest Catholic Country

PART 3 (14:13 - 17:56):
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Gender Neutrality by Government Decree—Legislature of California Seeks to Push Itself Into Every Aspect of Life, Including the Toy Aisle

THE HILL (NATALIE PRIEB)
California Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Gender Neutral Sections in Department Stores

PART 4 (17:57 - 22:53):
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Irony in the Academy? Study About Dishonesty Turns Out to Be Dishonest

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (TOM BARTLETT)
A Dishonest Study on Dishonesty Puts a Prominent Researcher on the Hot Seat

PART 5 (22:54 - 24:46):
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Epimenides Paradox: Can You Trust a Liar Who Says He Is Lying?

A Profile of Moral Collapse: President Biden, Abortion, and the Culture of Death

Almost fifty years after Roe v. Wade, abortion remains the moral issue in American public discourse and politics.... The post A Profile of Moral Collapse: President Biden, Abortion, and the Culture of Death appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Religious Liberty in a Pluralistic Age: A Conversation with Andrew T. Walker

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 12:21):
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Motherhood and Marriage Disconnecting? The Surge of U.S. College-Educated Women Having Babies Outside of Marriage and What it Means

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JANET ADAMY)
More College-Educated Women Are Having Babies Outside Marriage

PART 2 (12:22 - 17:31):
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The Aspirational Trajectory of a Secularized Culture: A Society that Subverts Marriage Will Celebrate Marriage-Less Child-Rearing — To Its Own Demise

THE TELEGRAPH (ROSA SILVERMAN)
How ‘Out of Wedlock’ Went from an Insult to an Aspiration

PART 3 (17:32 - 27:4):
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A Generation of American Young Men, Lost and in Crisis — And Not in College

WALL STREET JOURNAL (DOUGLAS BELKIN)
A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:27):
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One of the Major Moral Decision Points in US History as Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Forces War Over Constitutionality and Public Policy of Laws on Abortion

PART 2 (8:28 - 18:39):
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“I Do Not Want to Impose My Religious Beliefs Upon Others” to Pro-Abortion Rights Champion in Chief: History of Joe Biden’s Abortion Views Tells a Tragic Story — And Here is a Timeline

CNN (KATE SULLIVAN)
Biden Says Texas' Anti-Abortion Law is 'Almost Un-American' and 'Sort of Creates a Vigilante System'

AMERICA MAGAZINE (ZAC DAVIS)
Vice President Biden's Comments About Abortion in America Interview Kick Off New Conversations

PART 3 (18:40 - 26:52):
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“When Does Human Life Begin?”: Our Answer to That Fundamental and Unavoidable Question Will Determine Our Policy, Our Politics, and Most Importantly, Our Moral Principles

Friday, September 3, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:30):
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The Sanctity of Human Life or the Sanctity of Court Precedents? The Single Word —Sanctity — Reveals the Great Moral Divide

CBS NEWS (LI COHEN)
Sotomayor Pens Scathing Dissent of Texas Abortion Ban: "Justices Have Opted to Bury Their Heads in the Sand"

PART 2 (9:31 - 12:6):
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Pelosi Describes Supreme Court Decision as ‘Cowardly and Flagrantly Unconstitutional’, Setting the Stage for Congress to Debate Abortion

WALL STREET JOURNAL (ELIZA COLLINS AND AARON ZITNER)
Pelosi Plans Abortion-Rights Vote for House After Supreme Court’s Texas Decision

PART 3 (12:7 - 20:8):
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Intersection of Liberal Religion and Pro-Abortion Movement: The Emergence of ‘Reproductive Freedom Congregations’

WASHINGTON POST (ALEJANDRA MOLINA)
Churches are Getting Designated as ‘Reproductive Freedom Congregations’

UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH
Buildings and History

PART 4 (20:9 - 24:15):
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The Mailbox — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners About Issues Addressed on The Briefing

PART 5 (24:16 - 27:3):
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‘A Dairymaid Can Milk Cows to the Glory of God’: On Labor Day We Reflect on the Dignity and Calling of Work

Thursday, September 2, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:32):
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A Milestone in the Battle for Life: Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Law to Go Into Effect

CNN (KATE SULLIVAN)
Biden Blasts Texas' 6-Week Abortion Ban as 'Extreme' and Violation of a Constitutional Right

PART 2 (8:33 - 13:32):
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Elections Have Consequences — and the Supreme Court is One of Those Consequences

PART 3 (13:33 - 18:50):
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China Says “America Myth Down.” President Biden Says “Incredibly Successful.” Continued Humiliation After Afghanistan Evacuation

WALL STREET JOURNAL (YAROSLAV TROFIMOV AND JEREMY PAGE)
In Leaving Afghanistan, U.S. Reshuffles Global Power Relations

PART 4 (18:51 - 23:34):
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Actor Ed Asner, a Paragon of Liberalism in Hollywood, Dies at 91

NEW YORK TIMES (ANITA GATES)
Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Up,’ Dies at 91