Friday, August 18, 2023
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 10:13)
Is Divorce Still a Big Deal for Political Leaders? Some Say No, and Point to Muted Response to Canadian Prime Minister’s Breakup
- Does Anyone Care About Justin Trudeau’s Separation? by New York Times (Elizabeth Paton)
Part II (10:13 - 17:15)
How Should I, as a Christian, Handle Government, Corporate, or Other Institutional Pressures to Affirm Our Society’s Cultural Revolutions? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part III (17:15 - 24:18)
Our Church’s Pre-School Has a Transgender Student Attending. How Should We Handle This Situation? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (24:18 - 26:43)
How Has Abortion Contributed to the Falling Birth Rate Worldwide? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (26:43 - 28:21)
A Time to Reflect and Pray for Faithful Christians Doing Gospel Ministry for Those in the Aftermath of the Lahaina Fires — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, August 18, 2023. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Albert Moeller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from |
| 0:11.6 | a Christian world view. |
| 0:13.5 | You know, I often refer on the briefing to the fact that a story is never simply a story, |
| 0:18.6 | a development, an event to controversy. |
| 0:21.3 | One of the things we as Christians need to watch is not only what happens, but what happens |
| 0:25.0 | after that happens, how the cultural conversation changes. |
| 0:28.8 | What every major event, almost every major controversy, is followed by a cultural conversation |
| 0:35.2 | in which there are further developments. |
| 0:37.5 | So sometimes you look at a story and you need to ask the question, so what happened |
| 0:40.6 | after that happened? |
| 0:42.6 | Now the what happened in this case is the announcement by the Canadian Prime Minister |
| 0:47.1 | Justin Trudeau that he and his wife Sophie are separating, and it's not just a separation |
| 0:52.5 | in which they're going to be living separately for some time. |
| 0:55.6 | He's basically presented as a final separation. |
| 0:59.2 | Mrs. Trudeau is going to be moving out of the official residence and the children to be |
| 1:02.7 | living primarily with their father, the Canadian Prime Minister there in the Prime Ministerial |
| 1:07.7 | residence. |
| 1:09.0 | This is clearly a very sad story. |
| 1:12.1 | It's the breakdown of a marriage. |
| 1:14.1 | It is the breakdown of a family in this case. |
| 1:17.1 | Now because of the politics involved and the way these things are handled in our culture, |
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