Friday, April 4, 2025

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 11:15)
Take the Text as It Is: And No, Meryl Streep Should Not Be the Voice of Aslan in the New Narnia Movie

Meryl Streep as Aslan? CS Lewis would approve – with one big caveat by The Telegraph (Claire Allfree)

Part II (11:15 - 16:07)
You Spoke About the Problem of Women’s Disinterest in Marriage, But What About the Shortage of Godly Young Men? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part III (16:07 - 18:33)
My Son Shows More Interest in Video Games Rather Than Work. What Do I Do? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (18:33 - 21:24)
How is the Martyrdom of the Apostles an Apologetic for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 15-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part V (21:24 - 23:35)
Will I Know My Parents in Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 8-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part VI (23:35 - 26:28)
What are Your Thoughts on Activist Judges Blocking Trump’s Orders on Immigration? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

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0:00.0	It's Friday, April 4th, 2025. I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
0:14.0	On January the 16th of this year, Netflix announced that Greta Gerwig would be releasing the first installment in the new Narnia series.
0:22.8	It is going to debut. We are told exclusively in IMAX theaters, and then it will be available
0:28.1	on Netflix and for general distribution. The big announcement here had to do with Greta Gerwig
0:33.3	as the director, and it is going to be a big story, no doubt. One of the first things that
0:40.1	emerged from all of this is, of course, the big question, what's Narnia going to look like?
0:44.1	The first film is going to be of the sixth book, and that makes sense. The sixth book is the
0:48.7	magician's nephew, but it's first in the sequence of the unfolding story, the Chronicles of Narnia.
0:55.6	Greta Gerwig is pretty well known, and the big question is, what will she do with this?
1:00.8	And that reminds us that when you write a book, you have a book.
1:03.7	The book and a movie are not the same thing.
1:05.9	The movie can be based on the book, but the movie is a very different artifact.
1:09.7	It is a different product. And, of course,
1:12.5	this is a different time. So back in 2003, there were headlines about the anticipation of a remake of
1:19.7	Narnia and feminists were leaning in about their concerns about the story. And people who had a more
1:26.2	secular worldview were leaning in about their concerns about the depiction. And people who had a more secular worldview were leaning in about their concerns
1:28.8	about the depiction. This comes up, by the way, when you're looking not only at things related
1:35.6	to the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, but also products related to the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
1:41.9	Tolkien. And similarly, the big questions are how Christian is any of this
1:46.6	going to be. Of course, there are debates over how Christian either one of them are in the first place
1:50.7	is books, but they are dearly loved by Christians. And the meta-narrative of the biblical story
1:56.3	is clearly the background for both of those series. I don't think, by the way, they're equal, so I'll just go ahead.
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