R. Albert Mohler Jr.'s Blog, page 132

Monday, January 25, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 12:45):
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62 Million Babies Have Been Aborted in the U.S. in the 48 Years Since Roe v. Wade: How Did Abortion Become Thinkable in American Culture?

PART 2 (12:46 - 18:17):
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President Biden Wants to Codify Roe v. Wade: Abortion as the Central Sacrament of Political Liberalism in the United States

PART 3 (18:18 - 23:16):
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Liberal Catholicism in the White House? What Is the Connection Between Liberal Theology and Liberal Political Views?

NEW YORK TIMES (ELIZABETH DIAS)
In Biden’s Catholic Faith, an Ascendant Liberal Christianity

NEW YORK TIMES (ROSS DOUTHAT)
Joe Biden’s Catholic Moment

Friday, January 22, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:18):
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Liberal Religion Has Its Day? What Exactly Is Religious Liberalism?

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (JACK JENKINS)
At inaugural prayer service, a message of renewal and ‘repairing the breach’

PART 2 (8:19 - 16:15):
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Prayer in the Cathedral? Yesterday’s Interfaith Prayer Service and Its Message

PART 3 (16:16 - 26:25):
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President of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Raises Urgent Concerns about President Biden’s Positions on Abortion and Other Moral Issues

WALL STREET JOURNAL (TEVI TROY AND STUART HALPERN)
God at the Inauguration

WASHINGTON POST (MICHELLE BOORSTEIN)
As Biden is sworn in, president of U.S. bishops assails him over abortion

UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS (ARCHBISHOP JOSé H. GOMEZ)
USCCB President's Statement on the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America

NORTHJERSEY.COM (DEENA YELLIN)
Joe Biden will be only the second Catholic president – and a conundrum for the faithful

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY (KATE SCANLON)
Biden's Catholic cabinet nominees mirror him on abortion

Thursday, January 21, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 4:46):
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The Inauguration of an American President: The Image and the Reality

PART 2 (4:47 - 17:11):
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President Biden Issues Call for Unity — But His Executive Orders Drive Hard Left

NEW YORK TIMES (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
Biden Bets on Unity

NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL D. SHEAR)
On Day 1, Biden Moves to Undo Trump’s Legacy

NBC NEWS (CHLOE ATKINS)
Biden readies sweeping rollback of Trump-era abortion crackdown

NBC NEWS (JO YURCABA)
After Trump 'onslaught': What LGBTQ advocates want from Biden's first 100 days

NEW YORK TIMES (AISHVARYA KAVI)
Biden’s 17 Executive Orders and Other Directives in Detail

PART 3 (17:12 - 25:5):
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Misgendering America — What’s the Real Meaning of President Biden Nominating a Transgender Doctor to High Office?

WASHINGTON POST (SAMANTHA SCHMIDT, JOHN WAGNER, AND TEO ARMUS)
Biden selects transgender doctor Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:46):
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Pope Changes Catholic Church’s Rules to Allow Women to Serve in Some Roles During Mass: Lessons for Evangelicals from the Controversy

NEW YORK TIMES (ELISABETTA POVOLEDO)
Pope Formalizes Women’s Roles, but Priesthood Stays Out of Reach

LOS ANGELES TIMES (MICHAEL MCGOUGH)
Opinion: The pope’s latest decree is a victory for Catholic women

PART 2 (13:47 - 18:38):
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What Is a Spiritual Director and What Kind of Spiritual Direction Do They Give? A Hybrid Approach Tailor-Made for a Postmodern Age

NEW YORK TIMES (ANDREA COOPER)
Can Spiritual Directors Help?

PART 3 (18:39 - 25:13):
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Who Can Give Definitive Answers about Life’s Biggest Questions? The Burgeoning Demand for Online Psychic Services During the Pandemic

NEW YORK TIMES (FLEUR MACDONALD)
What, if Anything, Can Psychics Tell Us About All of This?

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:25):
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How Does the American Inauguration of a President Compare to the British Coronation of a Monarch? It’s a Very Revealing Comparison

PART 2 (11:26 - 22:5):
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To What Should Christians—And Christian Parents in Particular—Pay Attention During Wednesday’s Inauguration? The Pageant of Democracy on Full Display

PART 3 (22:6 - 26:29):
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Should Christians Take a Public Oath? What is an Oath, Anyway?

Monday, January 18, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 14:39):
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Horrifying Honesty from the Culture of Death: Planned Parenthood Isn’t At All Embarrassed About Providing Abortions

WASHINGTON POST (KK OTTESEN)
Planned Parenthood president: Saying abortion is a small part of what group does is stigmatizing

TIME (ABIGAIL ABRAMS)
Planned Parenthood Chief: Joe Biden Should Sign A 'Day One' Executive Order to Protect Abortion

PART 2 (14:40 - 19:5):
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Xavier Becerra’s Record Is Clear: The Incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services Targets Religious Non-Profits — And Religious Liberty

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JAMES PIERESON AND NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY)
Xavier Becerra’s Nonprofit Problem

PART 3 (19:6 - 23:16):
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The Importance of Worldview Is Evident Everywhere, Even in the Obituary of a British Double Agent Who Betrayed the West to the Soviet Union — And Feared No Judgment

NEW YORK TIMES (ROBERT D. MCFADDEN)
George Blake, British Spy Who Betrayed the West, Dies at 98

Friday, January 15, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:53):
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Will the Biden Administration—As Promised—Be the Most LGBTQ-Friendly Administration in American History?

WASHINGTON POST (EMILY WAX-THIBODEAUX)
Biden’s ambitious LGBT agenda poises him to be nation’s most pro-equality president in history

USA TODAY (SCOTT GLEESON)
Why haven't more high-profile athletes come out as gay? Will Joe Biden's presidency spark LGBTQ breakthrough Trump era couldn't?

PART 2 (9:54 - 15:27):
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An Historic London Church Affirms Commitment to Scripture While New Church of England Document Undermines Historic Christian Teaching

ST HELEN’S BISHOPSGATE
St Helen’s Bishopsgate Announces “Broken Partnership” with House of Bishops

CHURCH TIMES
St Helen’s, Bishopsgate, breaks with the Bishops

PART 3 (15:28 - 24:32):
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Truth May Be Lonely But It Nonetheless Remains True: The Church of England Attempts to Hold Irreconcilable Positions on Sexuality Simultaneously

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Living in Love & Faith

Thursday, January 14, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:52):
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We Are All Witnesses of History: U.S. House of Representatives Votes to Impeach President Donald J. Trump for Second Time

PART 2 (11:53 - 19:25):
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What’s the Big Deal about $1? The Supreme Court Hears Arguments in a Case with Nominal Monetary Value, but Huge Implications for Religious Liberty

NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Citing Taylor Swift, Supreme Court Seems Set to Back Nominal Damages Suits

WASHINGTON POST (CHIKE UZUEGBUNAM)
My college tried to stop me from speaking about religion. Now, we’ll meet in the Supreme Court.

PART 3 (19:26 - 24:39):
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New York State Is Facing a Serious Money Crisis: What Does It Mean That Lawmakers Are Turning to Expanded Gambling and Legalized Marijuana as Potential Solutions?

NEW YORK TIMES (JESSE MCKINLEY AND LUIS FERRé-SADURNí)
With State in Crisis, Cuomo Outlines Plan to ‘Win the Covid War’

NEW YORK TIMES (LUIS FERRé-SADURNí AND JESSE MCKINLEY)
Legalized Marijuana in New York: This Could Be the Year

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:20):
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What Is Christian Nationalism and What Is the Danger? Understanding the Different Roles of the Church and Nations in God’s Plan

NEW YORK TIMES (ELIZABETH DIAS AND RUTH GRAHAM)
How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism

PART 2 (13:21 - 18:43):
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Bad Theology Is Everywhere, Even on the Front Page: There’s Great Value in Testing an Argument by Considering Alternative Contexts

WALL STREET JOURNAL (MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS, JENNIFER LEVITZ, AND JIM OBERMAN)
One Trump Fan’s Descent Into the U.S. Capitol Mob

PART 3 (18:44 - 24:14):
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Supreme Court Reinstates Restrictions on Access to Abortion Pills: The Court’s Conservative Majority Sends an Important Signal

VOX (IAN MILLHISER)
The Supreme Court hands down its first anti-abortion decision of the Amy Coney Barrett era

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:29):
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Here We Go Again? House Democrats Bring Article of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Article of Impeachment

PART 2 (13:30 - 19:31):
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A Nonsensical Assault Upon Creation and the English Language: U.S. House of Representatives Adopts Rule Banning Gender-Specific Language

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The Rules of the House of Representatives for the 117th Congress

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JASON L. RILEY)
Gender-Neutral Language Is More Than a Word Game

PART 3 (19:32 - 24:51):
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Is This the End of “It’s a Boy!” or “It’s a Girl!”? Prestigious Medical Journal Calls for the End of Sex Designations on Birth Certificates

THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (VADIM M. SHTEYLER, M.D., JESSICA A. CLARKE, J.D., AND ELI Y. ADASHI, M.D.)
Failed Assignments — Rethinking Sex Designations on Birth Certificates