Friday, May 29, 2026
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of The Briefing, I discuss the stall on the proposal for Smithsonian Women’s Museum because Democrats will not define women as biologically female and the strange legacy of Barney Frank. I answer questions about the historical parallels of the A.I. revolution, who has the authority to perform baptisms, if investing can turn into gambling, and why Jesus didn’t stop King Herod from killing John the Baptist.
Part I (00:14 – 08:01)
A Women’s Museum That Doesn’t Know What a Woman Is? Proposal Stalls for Smithsonian Women’s Museum on National Mall Because Democrats Will Not Define Women as Biologically Female
- How a bipartisan women’s history museum became a political football by The Washington Post (Jonathan Edwards)
- Let Democrats kill the women’s history museum by Washington Times (Editorial Board)
The Death of Barney Frank: The Strange Legacy of the First Self-Identified Gay Member of Congress
Part III (13:46 – 18:37)
Is the A.I. Revolution More Akin to the Revolution of the Printing Press Than to the Industrial Revolution? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (18:37 – 22:26)
Who Has Authority to Perform Baptisms? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (22:26 – 24:50)
When Does Investing Become Gambling? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part VI (24:50 – 27:03)
Why Didn’t Jesus Stop King Herod From Killing John the Baptist? — 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, May 29, 2006. I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Today, I'm in Boise, Idaho, but just yesterday, in the few days before, I was in Washington, D.C. And as I left Washington, |
| 0:21.5 | there was a fascinating news story I really want to bring to our attention. It has to do |
| 0:25.2 | with a proposed Smithsonian Institution Women's History Museum. Now, just a few days ago, |
| 0:32.2 | the Washington Post reported that this issue, the possibility of a women's history museum, |
| 0:39.5 | they're in the area of the National Mall, as connected to the Smithsonian Institution as a whole. We're told that it is basically now |
| 0:45.0 | stalled on the floor of the House of Representatives. Okay, listen to this. Representative |
| 0:49.7 | Teresa Lager Fernandez, Democrat of New Mexico, said, quote, women deserve to tell our own story. |
| 0:55.1 | That's why the Democratic Women's Caucus and the House Democrats worked tirelessly to block |
| 0:59.4 | the radical divisive Republican amendments to the Women's History Museum bill that gave Trump |
| 1:04.1 | and his ballroom buddies control. Okay, this came after a vote. And in that vote, it became very clear that the Republicans |
| 1:13.5 | were not going to move ahead with a proposed Smithsonian Women's History Museum that wasn't about |
| 1:19.6 | women. So just consider this. Quote, two months ago, the legislation appeared to be on a glide |
| 1:26.4 | path to establishing the museum's future home. |
| 1:28.8 | Introduced in February 2025, the bill had racked up support for more than 230 members of Congress. |
| 1:35.7 | Okay? What's coming is a big problem. |
| 1:39.0 | The story continues by saying, quote, in a recent markup, representative Mary E. Miller, Republican of Illinois, introduced |
| 1:44.4 | what Democrats called a poison pill partisan amendment, adding the anti-trans language and provisions |
| 1:51.0 | giving Trump ultimate control over the museum's site. Okay, so what is the language here? Well, |
| 1:56.9 | the language is that the women's museum has to be about biological females. |
| 2:02.2 | And right now, that's a killer in the Democratic Party. |
| 2:04.4 | It has actually killed this proposal because the Democrats basically have withdrawn their support. |
| 2:08.4 | It's because when they say women's museum, guess what? |
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