Friday, January 6, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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🗓️ 6 January 2023

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Summary

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

Part I (00:13 - 08:44)
‘Teens Who Grow Up Checking Social Media Become Hyper Sensitive to Their Peers’: New Study Shows Social Media Use Changes Brain in Teens

Social Media Use Is Linked to Brain Changes in Teens, Research Finds by New York Times (Ellen Barry)

Part II (08:44 - 14:29)
How Should Christians Think About IVF? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Christian Morality and Test Tube Babies, Part One by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)
Christian Morality and Test Tube Babies, Part Two by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)

Part III (14:29 - 18:12)
Does Life Begin at Fertilization In Utero or at Fertilization Regardless of the Location? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (18:12 - 20:22)
If Blood is Such an Important Part of Atonement in the Sacrificial System, Why is Flour Acceptable for Those Who Cannot Afford Turtledoves or a Lamb? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a Seven-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part V (20:22 - 22:36)
Why Do You Think People So Harshly Attack the Doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part VI (22:36 - 26:44)
What Does the Bible Say about Education? Why Do We Put Such a Focus on High Academic Achievement in the Modern Age? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

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0:00.0	It's Friday, January 6, 2023.
0:07.7	I'm Albert Moeller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from
0:12.1	a Christian worldview.
0:14.3	Sometimes a scientific study comes out and academic study is released, and you say,
0:18.2	I think I knew that already, but it's helpful to have this documented.
0:22.3	Many parents might be interested in a study reported in the New York Times or the headline.
0:27.4	New study links use of social media to changes in the brains of teenagers.
0:33.0	Well the article is pretty clear.
0:34.2	It looks at research undertaken by neuroscientists at the University of North Carolina, and these
0:39.5	particular scientists use successive brain scans of middle schoolers between the ages
0:45.0	of 12 and 15, and by the way the time says, as if you didn't know this, quote, a period
0:50.4	of especially rapid brain development.
0:53.5	And then we're told, quote, the researchers found that children who have visually checked
0:57.4	their social media feeds at around age 12 showed a distinct trajectory with their sensitivity
1:04.0	to social rewards from peers heightening over time.
1:07.6	Teenagers with less engagement in social media followed the opposite path with declining
1:12.6	interest in social rewards.
1:15.1	End quote.
1:16.1	Now if anything, this is true not only for middle schoolers, but for everyone who use
1:20.9	a social media, it creates a great distortion field, and we know that.
1:24.8	At least adults have better know that.
1:26.8	But one of the things we need to recognize is that the brain, the human brain does change.
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