R. Albert Mohler Jr.'s Blog, page 135

Thursday, January 28, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:54):
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It’s a New Day in Washington D.C. Under the Biden Administration: Anthony Blinken Confirmed as Secretary of State and Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury

PART 2 (8:55 - 12:6):
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A Democratic Socialist Chairs the Budget Committee — Seismic Shift in the United States Senate

PART 3 (12:7 - 26:0):
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The Exploding Use of Executive Orders: What Are Executive Orders and What Do They Tell Us About a President?

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:50):
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1) Marijuana as Moral Barometer: How Has Legalized Marijuana Affected Canada and the United States?

NEW YORK TIMES (IAN AUSTEN)
2 Years After Legalizing Cannabis, Has Canada Kept Its Promises?

PART 2 (11:51 - 20:7):
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How Does Moral Change Happen in America? The Legalization of Cannabis Is an Enlightening Test Case

WALL STREET JOURNAL (CAROL RYAN)
Cannabis Companies Are Ready to Roll

ASSOCIATED PRESS (BOB CHRISTIE AND SUMAN NAISHADHAM)
Arizona, 15th state with legal pot, sees recreational sales

PART 3 (20:8 - 26:30):
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Big Worldview Significance in What Didn’t Happen Yesterday: Baseball Writers Fail to Elect Any New Players into Hall of Fame Due to Issues of Character

NEW YORK TIMES (TYLER KEPNER)
Once Again, the Hall of Fame Says No to Schilling, Bonds and Clemens

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JARED DIAMOND)
Baseball’s Hall of Fame Vote Becomes a Test of ‘Character Clause’

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:51):
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U.S. State Department Declares That China’s Oppression of Uyghurs Is Genocide: Why Is This Formal Declaration So Important?

NEW YORK TIMES (EDWARD WONG AND CHRIS BUCKLEY)
U.S. Says China’s Repression of Uighurs Is ‘Genocide’

WALL STREET JOURNAL (MICHAEL R. GORDON AND EVA XIAO)
U.S. Says China Is Committing Genocide Against Uighur Muslims

PART 2 (13:52 - 22:10):
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The End of Girls’ Sports? The Transgender Revolution, Backed by the Biden Administration, Is on a Direct Collision Course with Female Athletics (And Much More)

WALL STREET JOURNAL (ABIGAIL SHRIER)
Joe Biden’s First Day Began the End of Girls’ Sports

PART 3 (22:11 - 25:24):
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Biden Administration Ends Ban on Transgender Military Service, But the Moral Revolution Demands Even More

WASHINGTON POST (GISELLE DONNELLY, DAVID BARNO AND NORA BENSAHEL)
Biden has lifted the military ‘trans ban.’ But there’s more work to do.

Abortion – The Central Sacrament of the Political Left

This past Friday, January 22, 2021 marked the forty-eighth anniversary of one of the darkest days in the history of the United States. Forty-eight years ago, the Supreme Court handed down the decision known as Roe v. Wade, and abortion on demand was effectively legalized throughout the nation.... The post Abortion – The Central Sacrament of the Political Left appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.

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