R. Albert Mohler Jr.'s Blog, page 120

Friday, August 6, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:53):
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Paganism Is The Most LGBTQ+ Religious Identity in US: Why That Should Not Be a Surprise

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (HEATHER GREENE)
Paganism, Gods and Goddesses Aside, is the Most LGBTQ-Affirming Faith in the US

MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW
Ordination of the Cherry Trees

PART 2 (9:54 - 16:17):
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How Did Evangelicals Become More Pro-Life? The Bible Can Answer for That

PHYSICIANS WEEKLY (SARAH VARNEY)
Why is the South the Epicenter of Anti-Abortion Fervor?

PART 3 (16:18 - 25:20):
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“We Materialists Cannot Allow A Divine Foot in the Door”: The Obituaries of Two Scientists Make Clear that Theology Matters — Even Among Unbelievers

THE NEW YORK TIMES (NATALIE ANGIER)
Richard C. Lewontin, Eminent Geneticist With a Sharp Pen, Dies at 92

THE NEW YORK TIMES (DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN)
Steven Weinberg, Groundbreaking Nobelist in Physics, Dies at 88

Thursday, August 5, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 17:57):
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Government by Whatever You Can Get Away With? Democrats Push for (and Get) a CDC Order that is Almost Certainly Unconstitutional

ASSOCIATED PRESS (JOSH BOAK, LISA MASCARO, AND JONATHAN LEMIRE)
CDC Issues New Eviction Ban for Most of US through Oct. 3

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Eviction Ban Has to End Sometime

PART 2 (17:58 - 22:8):
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Defecting Belarus Sprinter Reminds Us of the Preciousness of Liberty and the Fragility of Freedom

NBC NEWS (PATRICK SMITH)
Why Belarus Wanted to Silence an Olympic Sprinter

PART 3 (22:9 - 23:35):
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French Teenagers Love Culture! French Government Inadvertently Boosts Country’s Comic Book Sales in the Name of Introducing Young People to Culture

NEW YORK TIMES (AURELIEN BREEDEN)
The High-Brow Art of Teenagers in France: Emmanuel Macron Inadvertently Boosts Country’s Comic Book Sales in the Name of Culture

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 6:39):
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He Must Go: A Devastating Report from NY Attorney General Pulls No Punches, New York’s Governor is a National Embarrassment

WASHINGTON POST (JOSH DAWSEY AND MICHAEL SCHERER)
Biden Calls For Cuomo To Resign After Investigation Finds The New York Governor Sexually Harassed 11 Women

PART 2 (6:40 - 14:34):
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A Dynasty Undone: From Mario Cuomo To the Machiavellian Raw Politics and Immorality of Andrew Cuomo

PART 3 (14:35 - 20:10):
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The Current Political Context of the Democratic Party: The Overwhelming Evidence Against Cuomo Turns This Into A Problem With Only One Solution

PART 4 (20:11 - 25:31):
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Responding to Sexual Abuse in a Fallen World: The Paramount Moral Imperatives of the Christian Worldview

CNN (CHRIS CILLIZZA)
35 Words That Almost Certainly Will End Andrew Cuomo's Political Career

NEW YORK TIMES (EDITORIAL BOARD)
Governor Cuomo, It’s Time to Resign

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:12):
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The Looming Crisis of Conscience: U.S. Congress Threatens Complicity in Abortion, Both Nationally and Internationally, For Every American Taxpayer

PART 2 (10:13 - 18:52):
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Not So Devout After All: Nancy Pelosi’s Pro-Abortion Argument for Repealing the Hyde Amendment Prompts Blistering Response from Her Bishop

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY (KATIE SCANION)
Pelosi defends taxpayer-funded abortion while citing Catholic faith

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ROSA DELAURO)
Chair DeLauro Statement at Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Funding Bill

PART 3 (18:53 - 23:58):
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Elections Have Consequences: Biden Appoints Lesbian Rabbi to to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

THE ADVOCATE (TRUDY RING)
Biden Nominates Lesbian Rabbi to Religious Freedom Commission

Monday, August 2, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 12:57):
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Major Worldview Issues in Olympic Headlines: First Openly Transgender Athlete To Compete in Women’s Weightlifting in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games—Creating a Crisis

NEW YORK TIMES (TARIQ PANJA AND KEN BELSON)
Olympics’ First Openly Transgender Woman Stokes Debate on Fairness

PART 2 (12:58 - 22:48):
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The Collision of Reality Comes to the Olympics: The Destabilization of Morality, Sexuality and Gender as the LGBTQ Revolution Creates an ‘Existential Question About What It Means to Be Female’

CNN (JULIA HOLLINGSWORTH)
A transgender weightlifter's Olympic dream has sparked an existential debate about what it means to be female

CNN (SCOTTIE ANDREW)
There may be more Olympians who identify as LGBTQ than ever before. But there are limits to inclusion

PART 3 (22:49 - 25:39):
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No More Ladies and Gentlemen: Gender Revolution Takes to the Skies as German Airline Adopts Gender Neutral Language to Subvert the ‘Gender Binary’

DW (ASHUTOSH PANDEY)
Lufthansa will no longer address you as 'ladies and gentlemen'

For the Sunset of Summer: A Summer Reading List for 2021

"Everyone has a book in them and that, in most cases, is where it should stay." I did not often agree with the late Christopher Hitchens, but he was probably right in that assessment. We may only read a fraction of the number of books we would want to read, and that makes choosing pleasure reading all the more difficult. I like reading so many diff... The post For the Sunset of Summer: A Summer Reading List for 2021 appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

It Takes a Church: Focused on the Family of God

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 2:5):
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The Supreme Court Dodged the Transgender Question Again, But It Cannot Avoid the Issue Forever — And It's a Problem of Its Own Making

PART 2 (2:6 - 6:12):
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California’s Game of Virtue Signaling and Moral Coercion: CA Bans State-Funded Travel to 5 More States—Now 17 Total—Because of LGBTQ-Related Policies

PART 3 (6:13 - 11:42):
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The Destruction of the English Language Continues: The F.A.A. Recommends That All Aviation Terminology Be Gender-Neutral

NEW YORK TIMES (ISABELLA GRULLóN PAZ)
F.A.A. Committee Recommends a Pivot to Gender-Neutral Terminology

PART 4 (11:43 - 15:38):
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Where Are Americans on the Issue of Abortion? Definitely Not Where the Abortion Rights Movement Claims

ASSOCIATED PRESS (DAVID CRARY AND HANNAH FINGERHUT)
Most say restrict abortion after 1st trimester

PART 5 (15:39 - 20:58):
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Critical Theory Invades the Tolkien Society: The Ruthless Army of Ideologues Comes for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Beloved Works

THE TOLKIEN SOCIETY
Tolkien Society Summer Seminar 2021

PART 6 (20:59 - 27:23):
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Apple Pie Is a Symbol of Genocide and Colonial Oppression? Deconstruction Now Comes After Your Dessert

THE GUARDIAN (RAJ PATEL)
Food injustice has deep roots: let’s start with America’s apple pie

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:27):
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A Crucial Moment for the Future of Religious Liberty in America: Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop Fined Again in Colorado

WASHINGTON POST (DAVID VON DREHLE)
The religious freedom bomb may be about to detonate

NEW YORK TIMES (ISABELLA GRULLóN PAZ)
Colorado Baker Fined for Refusing to Make Cake for Transgender Woman

PART 2 (10:28 - 16:40):
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Is Religious Liberty Just One of Many Government Interests? A Look at the Response to the Fulton v. Philadelphia Decision

LOS ANGELES TIMES (ERWIN CHEMERINSKY)
Giving people a license to discriminate because of their religious beliefs

PART 3 (16:41 - 22:53):
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Why Did the IRS Deny a Christian Organization Its Tax-Exempt Status? Well, Essentially for Holding to Christian Values

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Letter to Christians Engaged

FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE
Letter to the Internal Revenue Service

PART 4 (22:54 - 24:17):
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Despite the Unanimous Fulton Decision, KY Governor Andy Beshear Won’t Back Down from His Administration’s Policy Denying Sunrise Children Service Its Right to Operate by Christian Convictions

Monday, June 28, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:30):
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Heartbreaking Tragedy in Surfside, Florida: 9 People Confirmed Dead and More Than 150 Missing in Wake of Condominium Collapse in Miami

NEW YORK TIMES (JAMES GLANZ, ANJALI SINGHVI AND MIKE BAKER)
Possible Failure Point Emerges in Miami Building Collapse

PART 2 (9:31 - 19:26):
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Sometimes a Deal is Not What it Appears to Be: Biden Celebrates Bipartisan Agreement on $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan, Then Undermines the Agreement

NEW YORK TIMES (EMILY COCHRANE, JIM TANKERSLEY AND MICHAEL D. SHEAR)
‘Not My Intent’: How Biden’s Impromptu Comments Upended a Political Win

PART 3 (19:27 - 26:21):
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U.S. Report on UFOs Is Released to the Disappointment of Many: Why Are We Always Looking for a Story Bigger Than Ourselves? Christians Know the Bigger Story

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

NEW YORK TIMES (JULIAN E. BARNES)
U.S. Has No Explanation for Unidentified Objects and Stops Short of Ruling Out Aliens

WASHINGTON POST (SHANE HARRIS AND MISSY RYAN)
U.S. unable to explain more than 140 unidentified flying objects, but new report finds no evidence of alien life

NEW YORK TIMES (CHRIS CARTER)
I Created ‘The X-Files.’ Here’s Why I’m Skeptical of the New U.F.O. Report.