Friday, April 3, 2026
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the infinitely good news of Good Friday, and he answers Good Friday questions about what John saw flowing from Jesus’s side, the nature of Thomas’s doubting, resurrection hymns, the nature of the atonement, and the holiness of God.
Part I (00:14 – 10:05)
‘Christ Died For Our Sins in Accordance with the Scriptures’: The Infinitely Good News of Good Friday
- Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul by Yale University Press (Jenna Weissman Joselit)
Did John See Water Flow From Jesus’s Side, or Was It Pericardial Effusion? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part III (12:23 – 15:23)
What was the Nature of Thomas’s Doubting? Was His Doubt as a Believer, Or Was It More Akin to a Modern-Day Atheist? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (15:23 – 21:08)
Are Christus Victor and Penal Substitution Understandings of the Atonement at Odds With One Another? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (21:08 – 22:12)
Why Is There Such Animosity Towards Penal Substitutionary Atonement? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part VI (22:12 – 24:40)
What Are Your Favorite Resurrection Day Hymns? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
- “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” & “Thine Be the Glory” by Duke Chapel
If the Bible Can’t See God and Live, Why Can’t the People Who Saw Jesus Die? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter From a 5-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, April 3, 2006. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:14.0 | Today is known in the Christian tradition as Good Friday. |
| 0:18.0 | Of course, there is a gospel declaration even in that statement, because when we dare to call |
| 0:23.5 | this Friday, when we commemorate the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ, as our substitute on the |
| 0:29.3 | cross, the fact that we call this Good Friday just underlines the fact that this is not something |
| 0:35.2 | that happens according to human reason. This is not something that happened according to human reason. This is not something |
| 0:38.4 | that happened by human devising. This is the sovereign God of the universe acting to save |
| 0:43.8 | sinners through the substitutionary atonement accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ. His death on the |
| 0:49.4 | cross in our place, paying the penalty for our sin. |
| 0:55.0 | This is why we dare to call this Friday good. |
| 0:58.8 | And of course, this is an annual commemoration |
| 1:01.1 | in terms of the Christian calendar. |
| 1:03.4 | And it is, in one sense, fairly traceable |
| 1:07.0 | in terms of the calendar because of the fact |
| 1:09.7 | that it's tied to the Jewish Passover. |
| 1:11.8 | And so we know we are at least close in terms of understanding when this would have taken place. |
| 1:18.9 | And of course, even as we speak of this Friday, in the Christian tradition known as Good Friday, |
| 1:25.0 | we're looking forward to the celebration of the resurrection this coming Lord's Day. |
| 1:29.4 | And there are those who call it Easter. I prefer to refer to it simply in terms of the |
| 1:34.0 | celebration of the resurrection, Resurrection Sunday, because of some of the pagan background, |
| 1:39.3 | just to the wording that is sometimes picked up. The reality is unabashedly, without compromise, without embarrassment, |
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