Friday, August 16, 2024
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 16 August 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 10:38)
Over the Top? Big Developments With a $600 Million Wedding in India and a Shrinking Number of Weddings in the United States
- A Billionaire Wedding in India Has Everyone Wondering: How Much Did It Cost? by The Wall Street Journal (Ashley Wong)
- A Billionaire Wedding Puts ‘Crazy Rich Indians’ in the Spotlight by The Wall Street Journal (Tripti Lahiri)
- What a $600m wedding says about India’s attitude to wealth by The Economist
- Bollywood Stars, Prime Ministers and the Kardashians Attend the Ambani Wedding by The New York Times (Sadiba Hasan)
- The American wedding is shrinking by The Washington Post (Abha Bhattarai)
Part II (10:38 - 16:29)
Does Complementarianism Allow for Female Leaders in the Political Sphere? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part III (16:29 - 18:07)
Should Christians Be Concerned About Women Participating in Combat Sports? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (18:07 - 22:05)
Is the Acquisition of Knowledge an Intrinsic Good? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (22:05 - 25:28)
Will There Be Work in Heaven? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, August 16, 2024. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian |
| 0:12.1 | worldview. |
| 0:13.0 | Well, have you ever felt left out that you didn't get invited to a wedding? |
| 0:17.0 | Well, I'll tell you one thing you and I probably share in common, |
| 0:20.0 | we probably were not invited to the wedding of Anat Ambami and |
| 0:25.4 | Kadhika Merchant. We're talking about an Indian wedding that is to say a |
| 0:31.4 | wedding that took place in India that is believed to be the most |
| 0:34.7 | expensive in human history. Now how expensive would the most expensive wedding in |
| 0:40.1 | human history be? Well it is estimated by some that the wedding cost get this a |
| 0:46.4 | million dollars 600 times 600 million million for a wedding. |
| 0:55.0 | I know what you're thinking. |
| 0:57.0 | You're feeling better about yours. |
| 0:58.0 | You're feeling better about the last wedding you had to contribute to or pay for. |
| 1:02.0 | And you're understanding, and you know we thought |
| 1:04.2 | there were some extravagances but not a million dollars six hundred times six |
| 1:08.8 | hundred million dollars so this did make headlines all over the world and it attracted people from all over the world |
| 1:14.4 | Hollywood celebrities politicians you go down the list this is the son the youngest son of |
| 1:19.8 | India's richest man, rich beyond your imagination, spending untold |
| 1:26.8 | millions of dollars, some say 600 million dollars, for a wedding. |
| 1:34.0 | And yes, I wasn't invited. |
| 1:36.0 | I bet you weren't either. |
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