R. Albert Mohler Jr.'s Blog, page 138

Thursday, December 10, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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“Trans-Inclusive Abortion Services”? The Horrifying Collision of the Culture of Death and the Sexual Revolution Wrapped Up in One Manual



OPTIONS FOR SEXUAL HEALTH (A.J. LOWIK)

Trans-Inclusive Abortion Services: A Manual for Providers on Operationalizing Trans-Inclusive Policies and Practices in an Abortion Setting



PART 2
(13:45 - 20:48):

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Are There Any Barriers to the Revolt Against Creation? Apparently Not Because Nothing Is Ever Enough for the Revolutionaries



PART 3
(20:49 - 24:17):

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The Louisville Bride Magazine Needs a New Name: Sometimes the Revolution Comes Down to Just One Photograph

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 13:40):

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Once You Go Down the Road of Identity Politics, There Is No Return: Just Look at the Biden Appointments



NBC NEWS (DAN AVERY)

Biden administration on track to be most LGBTQ-inclusive in U.S. history



WASHINGTON POST (JACQUELINE ALEMANY)

LGBTQ+ Caucus wants to see more representation in a Biden administration



PART 2
(13:41 - 19:47):

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Can a Baptist School Operate by Baptist Convictions? Labor Department Protects Religious Liberty in New Regulations — But for How Long?



SLATE (MARK JOSEPH STERN)

Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia Legalizes Workplace Discrimination on His Way out the Door



PART 3
(19:48 - 23:38):

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Controversy Over Cleats in the NFL? Players Who Support the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Are Out of Bounds According to LGBTQ Revolutionaries



OUTSPORTS (CYD ZEIGLER)

Zero NFL players choose LGBTQ cause for their cleats, 3 support anti-gay group

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 13:16):

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No More ‘In God We Trust?’ —  One Group of Democrats Wants to Restore “Constitutional Secularism”



RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (JACK JENKINS)

Citing rise of ‘Christian nationalism,’ Secular Democrats unveil sweeping recommendations for Biden



SECULAR DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA

Restoring Constitutional Secularism and Patriotic Pluralism in the White House



PART 2
(13:17 - 21:1):

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What Does a New Report on the Religiosity of LGBTQ Adults Actually Say? Well, Not Exactly What the Mainstream Media Is Reporting



NBC NEWS (DAN AVERY)

Nearly half of LGBTQ adults are religious, U.S. study finds



UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW WILLIAMS INSTITUTE (KERITH J. CONRON, SHOSHANA K. GOLDBERG, AND KATHRYN O’NEILL)

Religiosity Among LGBT Adults in the U.S.



PART 3
(21:2 - 24:13):

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A Heartbreaking Obituary Reminds Us of Our Need for a Savior and Christmas Reminds Us That the Savior has Come—Jesus Christ the Lord

Monday, December 7, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 14:8):

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Worldview Clash as Biden Transition Team Continues to Announce Nominees for Cabinet Positions



WALL STREET JOURNAL (SABRINA SIDDIQUI AND NATALIE ANDREWS)

Biden Faces Pressure From His Party Over Cabinet Picks



PART 2
(14:9 - 18:2):

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Joe Biden, the Moderate? No ...  and Some “Conservatives” Are All For Getting Along with the Program, Just a Little More Slowly



NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID BROOKS)

No, the Democrats Haven’t Gone Over the Edge



PART 3
(18:3 - 24:45):

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It’s All Cats and Cannabis in the Final Days of the 216th Congress: House of Representatives Passes Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana



LOS ANGELES TIMES (BRIAN CONTRERAS)

In a first, House votes to federally decriminalize marijuana



ASSOCIATED PRESS (MATTHEW DALY)

House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

Friday, December 4, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 14:34):

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One Reason the American Birth Rate Is Falling? Car Seats? The Research Is Serious and the Evidence is Compelling



THE ECONOMIST

Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate



MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND BOSTON COLLEGE (JORDAN NICKERSON AND DAVID SOLOMON)

Car Seats as Contraception



JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS

Cars, Kids, and Unintended Costs



PART 2
(14:35 - 17:21):

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Policies Have Consequences, and the Worst Policies Have the Worst Consequences: A Two-Child Limit for Welfare Benefits in Great Britain Led to More Abortions During Pandemic



THE GUARDIAN (PATRICK BUTLER)

Two-child benefit cap influencing women's decisions on abortion, says BPAS



PART 3
(17:22 - 24:10):

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When Having Children is an Act of Defiance: China’s Draconian “One Child Only” Policy and its Continuing Effects



WALL STREET JOURNAL (LIYAN QI)

With Baby Steps, Chinese Parents Test Strictness of the Two-Child Policy



PART 4
(24:11 - 26:39):

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Flirty Won’t Be Flying Any Longer: U.S. Transportation Department Corrects a Policy that Had Unintended Consequences



THE GUARDIAN (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

No horses or peacocks: US limits service animals on planes to dogs

Thursday, December 3, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 7:9):

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A Bizarre and Delusional Fairy Tale That Just Won’t End: Hollywood Star Comes Out as Transgender



NEW YORK TIMES (MAYA SALAM)

Elliot Page, Oscar-Nominated ‘Juno’ Star, Announces He Is Transgender



PART 2
(7:10 - 15:55):

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The Transgender Revolution Brings Only Confusion, Not Clarity: Obituary of Famous Transgender Author and Adventurer Is Actually Impossible to Understand



LOS ANGELES TIMES (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Jan Morris, author and transgender pioneer, dies at 94



PART 3
(15:56 - 22:4):

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The Sexual Revolution Comes to the Toy Department: Children Don’t Care Whether They Play with Dolls or Toy Soldiers . . . Right?



THE GUARDIAN (LISA SELIN DAVIS)

When children's stores reopen, let's leave boys’ and girls’ sections behind



PART 4
(22:5 - 24:52):

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Non-LGBTQ Actors Chastened for Playing LGBTQ Characters — But If the “Non-Binary” Ideology Is True, How Could Anyone Rightfully Portray Anyone Else?



USA TODAY (DAVID OLIVER)

Hollywood's casting dilemma: Should straight, cisgender actors play LGBTQ characters?

What Explains the Left’s Hostility to Religious Liberty? It’s All About the Sexual Revolution

Why is the Left so hostile to religious liberty? One event or decision can reveal much about our cultural moment-like a flashpoint, occurrences cast a bright light on what was previously unseen....


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Leadership Forged in War: A Conversation With Historian Andrew Roberts

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 9:34):

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Last Week’s Supreme Court Ruling Was a Cultural Flashpoint, But the Responses to the Ruling May Tell Us Even More about Our Cultural Moment



USA TODAY (LAURENCE H. TRIBE AND MICHAEL C. DORF)

To this Supreme Court, religious freedom trumps public health — even amid COVID-19 plague



PART 2
(9:35 - 16:22):

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Why Does the Left Have Less Affection for Religious Liberty Now Than in the Past? The New and Greater Affection of the Left for the “Rights” of the Moral Revolution



NEW YORK TIMES (BRET STEPHENS)

Thank You, Justice Gorsuch



WASHINGTON POST (KEVIN BAINE)

Is religious freedom a liberal or conservative value?



PART 3
(16:23 - 23:1):

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Why the Horror from the Left Over Last Week’s Supreme Court Ruling? A Clear Signal That the Supreme Court Is Not Going to Hand Over Religious Liberty Easily

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 7:41):

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The Duchess of Sussex Issues Heartbreaking Message After Miscarriage: Another Recognition of the Intrinsic Value of Human Life from the Moment of Conception



NEW YORK TIMES (MEGHAN, THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX)

The Losses We Share



PART 2
(7:42 - 14:30):

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Moral Opportunism in the Headlines in the Aftermath of Tragic Loss: A Lethal False Equivalence Between Abortion and Miscarriage



NBC NEWS (DANIELLE CAMPOAMOR)

Meghan's royal miscarriage story underscores broader problem of reproductive stigma



PART 3
(14:31 - 24:21):

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Those Who Consume Culture Are Never Unchanged by It: Hallmark and Hulu Employ the Holiday Rom-Com as a Tool for the Sexual Revolution



USA TODAY (ERIN JENSEN)

Hallmark, Lifetime Christmas movies finally show LGBTQ love in leading roles: 'It fits in'



NEW YORK TIMES (MELENA RYZIK)

In a Holiday Lesbian Rom-Com, Kristen Stewart Saw Herself



LOS ANGELES TIMES (ASHLEY LEE)

Finally, Hallmark’s holiday fare makes a gay couple ‘part of the family’



LOS ANGELES TIMES (TRACY BROWN)

‘Happiest Season’ is a holiday rom-com about coming out. Here’s why that’s important