Friday, June 24, 2022
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 24 June 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 08:02)
The U.S. Hits a New Low: Gallup Reports Number of Americans Who Believe in God Has Dropped to Lowest Number EverBelief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low by Gallup (Jeffrey M. Jones)Part II (08:02 - 15:41)
Seismic Political and Theological Change in New York City as City’s Congressional Delegation is Down to Last Jewish House Member, Running in a Tight Democratic Party PrimaryCould New York City Lose Its Last Remaining Jewish Congressman? by New York Times (Nicholas Fandos)Protestant--Catholic--Jew by The University of Chicago Press (Will Herberg)Part III (15:41 - 18:20)
What a Revolutionary Thought — A Catholic Bishop Denies School’s Right to Call Itself Catholic Over Moral and Theological DisputeSchool Flying BLM, LGBTQ Flags Can’t Call Itself Catholic, Bishop Says by Washington Post (Marisa Iati)Part IV (18:20 - 22:13)
Can Women Be Deacons? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart V (22:13 - 24:53)
What Issues are the Most Important to Think about as a Christian Teen Preparing to Vote? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (24:53 - 26:50)
Would You Explain Why Many Evangelicals Were Confused About Abortion When Roe Was Handed Down? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VII (26:50 - 28:31)
Dobbs Is Rapidly Approaching, and Our Nation is in Tumult: A Call to Christian Prayer
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, June 24, 2022. |
| 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. |
| 0:13.9 | Well, this has been a pretty incredible week already. |
| 0:16.2 | We've talked about the Supreme Court more than once. |
| 0:18.6 | We've talked about the Gallup poll more than once. |
| 0:21.7 | Most importantly on the issue of abortion. |
| 0:23.4 | But now we're turning to an even more important issue, |
| 0:26.0 | and this is beyond any kind of competence of the Supreme Court. |
| 0:30.1 | We're talking about a new Gallup poll on American belief in God. |
| 0:34.3 | The headline coming from Gallup this week is this, |
| 0:36.4 | Belief in God in the United States dips to 81 percent, the next three words, |
| 0:40.9 | a new low. |
| 0:43.0 | Now, we're concerned about this of course. |
| 0:45.0 | We're concerned about the number, but we're more concerned about the actual Americans. |
| 0:49.6 | This is, after all, a survey undertaken of those in the United States. Gallup has done this |
| 0:56.0 | study coming back as it is done year after year to tell us that the vast majority of |
| 1:01.2 | Americans believe in God, some kind of God, something or someone they call God, |
| 1:06.0 | but the number is actually decreasing. |
| 1:09.0 | Now we're concerned about this for numerous reasons. |
| 1:11.0 | Most importantly, we're concerned for the |
| 1:13.0 | eternal destiny of our neighbor Americans. We understand that it's not just |
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