R. Albert Mohler Jr.'s Blog, page 129

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:10):
──────────────────
Religious Colleges and Universities Targeted by Class Action Suit Brought Against Department of Education

WASHINGTON POST (MICHELLE BOORSTEIN)
Dozens of LGBTQ students at Christian colleges sue the U.S. Education Dept., hoping to pressure Equality Act negotiations

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Plaintiffs v. U.S. Department of Education

PART 2 (9:11 - 18:8):
──────────────────
The LGBTQ Revolutionaries Demand Complete Compliance in Order to Silence the Christian Argument in the Public Square

RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
The LGBTQ+ Student Divide: The State of Sexual and Gender Minority Students at Taxpayer-Funded Christian Colleges

PART 3 (18:9 - 24:33):
──────────────────
The Question Remains — Will Christian Institutions Be Allowed to Operate According to Christian Convictions?

CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS (WYATT MASSEY)
After Lee University publicly corrects campus speaker, alumni organize to protect LGBTQ students who they say are in danger

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 12:19):
──────────────────
Church Membership Keeps Declining in the United States: What Does The Generational Trend of Secularization Tell Us?

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

PART 2 (12:20 - 20:0):
──────────────────
Is Unbelief Being Passed on from Generation to Generation in Britain? Observers Claim that the UK is Now Truly Post-Christian

THE GUARDIAN (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Guardian view on 'post-Christian' Britain: a spiritual enigma

PART 3 (20:1 - 28:0):
──────────────────
New Words, New Moral Reality: How Changes in Language Point to More Fundamental Moral Changes in Society

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (JADEN AMOS)
Drag Queens Are Dazzling The Internet. These Photographers Are Helping Them Do It

NEW YORK TIMES (EMMETT LINDNER)
In Photo Shoots, Burlesque Performers Return to the Stage

NEW YORK TIMES (ELENA SHIH)
How to Protect Massage Workers

Monday, March 29, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:4):
──────────────────
The Ever Given, Along with Global Trade, Is Stuck in the Mud of the Suez Canal: A Parable of the Modern Age

PART 2 (10:5 - 17:25):
──────────────────
The Fascinating History of the Suez Canal: How a 120-Mile Canal Changed the World

PART 3 (17:26 - 25:51):
──────────────────
Don’t Miss the Theology in the Headlines: Yearnings for Forgiveness and Grace — In a College Classroom

LOS ANGELES TIMES (MICHAEL S. ROTH)
Forgiveness in an age of cancel culture

John 17:17-19

The post John 17:17-19 appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Religious Liberty and the Looming Crisis: So, Which "Liberty" Shall Prevail?

David and Lanese Dockery Lectures... The post Religious Liberty and the Looming Crisis: So, Which "Liberty" Shall Prevail? appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Religious Liberty and the Imago Dei: Why Recognize Any Rights?

David and Lanese Dockery Lectures... The post Religious Liberty and the Imago Dei: Why Recognize Any Rights? appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Friday, March 26, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:49):
──────────────────
What Happens When Identity Politics Takes Hold of a Political Party? A Progressive Ultimatum from Two U.S. Senators

NEW YORK TIMES (NICHOLAS FANDOS AND EMILY COCHRANE)
White House Pledges Asian-American Focus After Democrats Threaten Nominees

PART 2 (9:50 - 18:59):
──────────────────
The Standards Keep Changing: Army Changes Fitness Test Standards to Ensure Women Can Qualify for Combat

PART 3 (18:60 - 23:46):
──────────────────
Should Women Be Required to Register for the Draft? The Biblical Distinctions Between Males and Females

PART 4 (23:47 - 26:38):
──────────────────
Unicorns, Volcanoes, and Dinosaurs Riding Sharks: Why Your Kids Can’t Just Read What the Algorithms Say They Want to Read

WALL STREET JOURNAL (ELLEN GAMERMAN)
Goodnight Ninja? Knuffle Blobfish? Children’s Books Get the Algorithm Treatment

They're Coming for Oral Roberts University, and that Means They Are Coming for You, Too

Will Christian colleges survive? Will colleges and universities that hold to historical biblical definitions of gender and sexuality and marriage be forced into the academic wilderness? What about American collegiate sports? Will conservative Christian schools be ruled out of bounds?... The post They're Coming for Oral Roberts University, and that Means They Are Coming for You, Too appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

Thursday, March 25, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:36):
──────────────────
10 People Killed in Murderous Attack in Boulder, Colorado: How Should Christians Think about Such a Terrible, Moral Evil?

WASHINGTON POST (ARI SCHNEIDER, AMANDA MILLER, MARK BERMAN, AND ANNIE GOWEN)
‘Nothing can fill the void’: Boulder reels from mass shooting as suspect is charged

PART 2 (8:37 - 13:29):
──────────────────
The Grocery Store as a Symbol of American Life: Understanding the Role of the Economy of Trust in America

PART 3 (13:30 - 25:52):
──────────────────
They’re Coming for Oral Roberts University, And That Means They’re Coming for You Too

FOR THE WIN BY USA TODAY SPORTS (HEMAL JHAVERI)
Oral Roberts University isn't the feel good March Madness story we need

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 17:4):
──────────────────
Kristi Noem Disappoints in South Dakota: Why Did the Republican Governor Veto a Bill Banning Transgender Participants in Women’s Sports That She Pledged to Support?

USA TODAY (MORGAN MATZEN AND JOE SNEVE)
Gov. Kristi Noem won't sign transgender sports bill

NATIONAL REVIEW (ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS)
Kristi Noem’s Mistake on Fairness in Girls’ Sports

PART 2 (17:5 - 22:23):
──────────────────
Is the Christian View of Marriage Irrational? Japanese Court Declares There Is No Rational Basis for Defining Marriage as Between One Man and One Woman

WALL STREET JOURNAL (SURYATAPA BHATTACHARYA AND CHIEKO TSUNEOKA)
Japan Court Rules Same-Sex Couples Have Marriage Rights, in Landmark Decision

PART 3 (22:24 - 24:23):
──────────────────
Gavin Newsom Faces Recall Challenge in California, Setting Up a Potential Political Free-For-All