Friday, February 21, 2025

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 29 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 - 05:43)
The Plane Didn’t Survive, But the Passengers Did: In Light of the Plane Crash in Toronto, We Need to Learn From What Went Right as Well as What Went Wrong

Part II (05:43 - 09:30)
Does Genesis 3:24 Point to God’s Creation of the First Sword? If So, What Does That Tell Us About Humans Advancing Weapons Technology? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 17-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part III (09:30 - 12:35)
What is the History of the Phrase ‘Asking Jesus Into Your Heart,’ and Why Is It So Widely Used? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (12:35 - 16:05)
I Agree With What You Said About Certain Kinds of Books Not Being Present in Public Schools Libraries, But Wouldn’t That Include the Bible As Well? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (16:05 - 19:08)
What Happens When a Senator or Member of the House Becomes a Part of the President’s Cabinet? Who Takes Their Place? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (19:08 - 21:31)
If Adam Named All the Animals, How Did He Name the Sea Creatures If He Did Not Live By the Ocean? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 7-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part VII (21:31 - 24:13)
Can I Sin in My Dreams? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VIII (24:13 - 26:27)
How Do I Confront My College Classmates About Their Wrong Views on LGBTQ Issues? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IX (26:27 - 28:45)
What Was God Doing Before Time Existed? — 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, February 21st, 2025. I'm Albert Mueller, and this is The Briefing,
0:10.2	a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. We've seen some truly scary
0:16.0	pictures of airline crashes and airline tragedies in recent weeks.
0:26.8	And one of those pictures came to us, one of those images seared into our minds just so recently as just days ago when a passenger airline crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
0:34.0	The small passenger commuter jet ended up on its back. 80 persons were on the plane, and that includes all the passengers plus the crew, and 80 people survived. You look at that plane upside down, and you see the gaping hole where one wing should be. This is the image of the plane upside down with, of course, scars and
0:55.9	smoke seared onto it. It's just an incredibly scary scene, and yet 80 people came off that
1:01.7	plane alive. Not one was killed. That in the aftermath, of course, of some just really
1:07.0	horrifying incidents, including the one there in Washington National Airport, a mid-air collision
1:12.5	that led to so much death. No one survived. So in one case, no one survived. In the other case,
1:17.4	everyone survived. And I just want to underline the fact that it's not just a matter of fate.
1:23.4	God's providence is what's behind all of this. and there's some lessons that are to be learned here.
1:29.3	There'll be lessons learned from the unspeakable tragedy there in Washington, D.C.
1:34.0	And there'll be lessons learned from this accident, this crash that took place at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
1:42.0	They're likely to be very different kinds of lessons.
1:44.9	And, you know, from a Christian worldview perspective, one thing we need to note in the Toronto
1:48.8	incident is that things worked. The airline was itself, in terms of its engineering, it was sound
1:56.7	to survive that kind of incident. Even upside down, the fuselage was largely intact.
2:02.6	We are told that advances in the engineering of the passenger seats had a lot to do with
2:07.2	the survival, the passengers in this situation, in which you look at a modern airliner
2:11.8	with these very thin seats.
2:13.0	They look kind of flimsy, but they're not.
2:14.8	They're actually engineered to survive this kind of crash and to
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