Friday, December 15, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 27 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 - 08:43)
The Cult of Celebrity and Moral Revolution Enshrined in the Smithsonian: National Portrait Gallery Unveils Portrait of Oprah Winfrey

The age of Oprah is over, but her vision is now framed in Washington by Washington Post (Philip Kennicott)

Part II (08:43 - 12:18)
How Should Christians Think About Accepting Private Tax Credits From States for Public Schools? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part III (12:18 - 17:12)
In Christian Ethics, Is Something, Like the Sale of Organs, That Has the Potential of Being Unethical Considered Unethical? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (17:12 - 19:10)
Who Says That Abortion Cannot Be the Intended Purpose of Any Procedure? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (19:10 - 20:42)
Should Christians Read the Great Works of Western Literature? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (20:42 - 24:12)
How Does Prayer Differ Between the Old and New Testaments? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VII (24:12 - 27:25)
Why was Cain So Jealous of Abel’s Sacrifice That He Killed His Brother? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 7-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

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0:00.0	It's Friday, December 15, 2003.
0:07.6	I'm Albert Moeller and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian
0:12.1	worldview.
0:13.5	Well, Oprah is now in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
0:17.6	I don't mean Oprah, I mean a portrait of her.
0:19.8	And that's no small thing, because of course,
0:21.9	as you look at all the people who live and have lived in the United States of America, you think of an institution as elite as the Smithsonian Institution's national portrait gallery, and you recognize that the unveiling of this
0:34.2	portrait which took place just this week it turns out to be a really big story
0:38.6	and the big story is of course that someone like Oprah Winfrey who after all came from a very poor background and then was catapulted into fame and also into fortune.
0:50.0	She is now on the walls at the National Portrait Gallery.
0:53.2	Her portrait is on the walls.
0:55.6	The Age of Oprah is over, announced the Washington Post,
0:58.4	but her vision is now framed in Washington.
1:01.7	The artist was Sean Michael Warren and the unveiling came with a great deal of appreciation.
1:07.4	There seemed to be a general consensus that this was a portrait that indeed very much resembled
1:12.2	Oprah Winfrey and also caught her essence, her personality.
1:16.0	But Philip Kinnockot, writing for the Washington Post, therefore the occasion, mentions this,
1:22.0	quote, there is no single standard by which one's
1:23.7	image is deemed worthy of inclusion in the Smithsonian's National Portrait
1:27.4	Gallery. Politicians including presidents are represented simply because they
1:30.9	held power no matter how they used or abused it.
1:33.7	Celebrity is the reigning currency recently and the museum is widely agnostic about what
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