R. Albert Mohler Jr.'s Blog, page 128

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 15:55):
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A Government Takeover of Raising Children: What’s at Stake in President Biden’s Plan to Expand Government-Funded Child Care?

NEW YORK TIMES (PAUL KRUGMAN)
Biden and the Future of the Family

WALL STREET JOURNAL (J.D. VANCE AND JENET ERICKSON)
Biden’s Daycare Plan Is Bad for Families

NEW YORK TIMES (MICHELLE GOLDBERG)
America Is Brutal to Parents. Biden Is Trying to Change That.

PART 2 (15:56 - 22:47):
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When We Talk about a Parent Staying Home to Care for Children, Do We Really Mean a Mom? Actually, We Do.

WASHINGTON POST (JILL FILIPOVIC)
Conservatives say they want to help ‘parents’ stay home. They mean mothers.

PART 3 (22:48 - 24:25):
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The Left Claims to Know What’s Best for Moms: Examining an Audacious Claim from the Social Elites

NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID BROOKS)
Give Power to the Parents!

PART 4 (24:26 - 27:8):
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You Can Buy a Smoothie Maker in France, But Not a Desk Lamp? The Expansive French Bureaucracy Makes No Sense and Never Backs Down

NEW YORK TIMES (ROGER COHEN)
The Entangling, Ever-Extending Labyrinth of French Lockdowns

John 18:1-11

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 14:24):
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“Male and Female Created He Them” — Another Important Biblical Distinction Christians Must Affirm

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (MELISSA BLOCK)
Idaho's Transgender Sports Ban Faces A Major Legal Hurdle

PART 2 (14:25 - 17:34):
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A Mass Delusion Demanding Universal Capitulation: Two Rival Justice Claims Square Off in Idaho and in California Over Transgender Persons Competing in Women’s Sports

FORBES (DAWN ENNIS)
Caitlyn Jenner Turned Her Back On Trans Kids To Get Republican Votes

WASHINGTON POST (DES BIELER)
Caitlyn Jenner says she opposes transgender girls competing in girls’ sports

PART 3 (17:35 - 25:40):
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Why Do Revolutions Rarely Ever Deliver on Their Promises? A Look at the Failed Paris Commune on the 150th Anniversary of Its Fall

Monday, May 3, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 12:13):
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Scientists Blend Cells to Form Human-Monkey Chimera: The Absolute Necessity of Maintaining the Distinctions That Scripture Makes

TIME MAGAZINE (ALICE PARK)
Scientists Report Creating the First Embryo With Human and Non-Human Primate Cells

NATURE (NIDHI SUBBARAMAN)
First monkey–human embryos reignite debate over hybrid animals

PART 2 (12:14 - 18:5):
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Is Human Dignity Just Considered a Taboo Now? When You Surrender One Part of the Biblical Worldview, the Eventual Unraveling of the Whole Worldview Is Predictable

THE ECONOMIST
Researchers have created embryos that are part-human and part-monkey

THE ECONOMIST
The creation of part-human, part-monkey embryos will discomfit many

PART 3 (18:6 - 26:32):
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There’s a Clear Distinction Between Biblical Marriage and Every Other Type of Human Relationship: Will We Deny or Display the Glory of God?

NEW YORK TIMES (DANIELLE BRAFF)
From Best Friends to Platonic Spouses

Friday, April 30, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:14):
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An Increasingly Godless America: Good Thing or Bad Thing? The Answer Depends Completely on Your Worldview

GALLUP (JEFFREY M. JONES)
U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time

LOS ANGELES TIMES (PHIL ZUCKERMAN)
Why America’s record godlessness is good news for the nation

THINKING IN PUBLIC WITH ALBERT MOHLER
A Comprehensively Secular Life? A Conversation with Professor Phil Zuckerman

PART 2 (13:15 - 24:18):
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Considering an Argument About to Explode Before Our Eyes: Is Christianity Just Another Form of Identity Politics?

THE GUARDIAN (MARION MADDOX)
Scott Morrison is not the first prime minister with religious beliefs. What is different this time?

PART 3 (24:19 - 27:35):
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The Left Is Moving So Quickly to the Far Left That No One Can Keep Up . . . Not Even Yesterday’s Humanist Hero, Richard Dawkins

THE GUARDIAN (ALISON FLOOD)
Richard Dawkins loses ‘humanist of the year’ title over trans comments

Thursday, April 29, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 16:4):
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President Biden Addresses Joint Session of Congress: What’s the Big Meaning of the President’s Vast Proposals?

PART 2 (16:5 - 19:21):
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President Biden Unveils His Proposal to Redefine American Society Through Unprecedented Spending . . . And Shows That His Greatest Political Skill Is Tone

PART 3 (19:22 - 25:20):
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The LGBTQ Revolution Is Officially a Part of American Foreign Policy as the “Pride Flag” Is Authorized to Fly on Flagpoles at American Embassies and Consulates Around the World

NEW YORK TIMES (PRANSHU VERMA)
State Department authorizes U.S. embassies to fly the Pride Flag.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 7:26):
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A Major Crisis in the United Methodist Church: As the Denomination Heads Toward Division, Liberals Try to Gain Power While Theological Conservatives Prepare to Leave

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER)
Prominent Georgia church leaves United Methodist Church over pastor’s reassignment

PART 2 (7:27 - 19:7):
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Two Religions Can’t Exist Within One Denomination: A Prominent Methodist Church in Georgia Makes a Courageous Stand Against Theological Liberalism

TIMOTHY TENNENT
How the Trust Clause Got Turned on Its Head

PART 3 (19:8 - 25:32):
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The Unimaginable Becomes Reality: When a Drag Queen Becomes the Latest Candidate for Ministry in Your Church, You've Completely Abandoned the Christian Tradition

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER)
First drag queen certified as a candidate for United Methodist ministry ‘speaking in a new way to new people’

Spycraft and Soulcraft on the Front Lines of History: A Conversation with Former CIA Chief of Counterintelligence James Olson

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:1):
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Which States Are Gaining or Losing Seats in Congress, and Why? Census Data Point to Big Shifts in American Population and Politics

PART 2 (11:2 - 21:19):
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The Politics of Celebrity and the LGBTQ Revolution: Gov. Gavin Newsom to Face Recall Election in California and the Individual Identified as Caitlyn Jenner Plans to Enter the Race

PART 3 (21:20 - 26:4):
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The LGBTQ Revolution Is the Great Dividing Line in American Culture: Seattle Police Chief Withdraws Invitation to Dinner Hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

SEATTLE TIMES (SARA JEAN GREEN)
Seattle police chief rescinds dinner invitation sent by evangelical group known for anti-LGBTQ stance

Monday, April 26, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:31):
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President Biden Officially Recognizes the Massacre of the Armenians in 1915-1917 as Genocide: What’s the Historical Background to This Story?

WASHINGTON POST (JOHN HUDSON AND KAREEM FAHIM)
Biden calls mass killing of Armenians a ‘genocide’ in break with previous presidents

PART 2 (9:32 - 14:38):
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The Importance of Moral Clarity: Why We Must Call Evil by Its Right Name

PART 3 (14:39 - 25:3):
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Manhattan Decides to Look the Other Way on Prostitution: The Revolution in Morality Reaches “Sex Workers”

NEW YORK TIMES (JONAH E. BROMWICH)
Manhattan to Stop Prosecuting Prostitution, Part of Nationwide Shift

ELIZA ORLINS FOR MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Sex Work Decriminalization