Friday, November 17, 2023
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 06:24)
The Corruption of College Sports Continues: The Danger of Alcohol Sales at University Sporting Events
- There’s plenty of booze flowing through college football games — and it’s no longer just at tailgates by Associated Press (Larry Lage and Mike Householder)
Part II (06:24 - 14:39)
No, We Do Not All Know It’s Wrong: The Blowout Buyout of Jimbo Fisher
- The obscenity of Jimbo Fisher's $77 million golden parachute by San Antonio Express-News (The Editorial Board)
- Jimbo Fisher's exorbitant buyout reminder athletes aren't ones who broke college athletics by USA Today (Nancy Armor)
Part III (14:39 - 19:50)
What Do You Believe About Dinosaurs? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (19:50 - 21:03)
How Should the Pro Life Movement Respond After Last Week’s Off-week Election Results? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (21:03 - 23:24)
Is It Wrong for Women to Teach Mixed Sunday School Classes? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part VI (23:24 - 26:54)
With Whom Did Jacob Wrestle? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, |
| 0:05.0 | Friday, November 17, 2023. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm Albert Moller and this is the briefing, |
| 0:10.3 | a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:13.6 | Well it's Friday and it's time to look at sports |
| 0:16.8 | because sports right now is very much in the headlines |
| 0:19.2 | and with great worldview significance. |
| 0:21.7 | A couple of stories loom larger than others. The first has to do with the fact that there's been a shift in collegiate athletics towards things that would have been unthinkable just a matter of a few years ago, not to mention decades ago. |
| 0:35.1 | One of them is gambling, the other one is alcohol. |
| 0:38.3 | So if you do rewind history and you go back to say the golden era of college sports whenever you want to say that that was. |
| 0:45.4 | At least there was a consensus that two things needed to be kept far far away from collegiate athletics. |
| 0:52.0 | Those two things, gambling and alcohol. And so you can |
| 0:56.4 | understand why the combustible nature of adding gambling and alcohol to collegiate |
| 1:01.8 | athletics, the entire idea was so |
| 1:04.2 | unthinkable that it didn't happen it didn't happen until it became |
| 1:08.4 | thinkable and once it became thinkable well it's now actual. How actual? Well, the Chicago Tribune reported just |
| 1:16.6 | last week that 55 of 69 schools in major college football now are selling booze that's the word used in the |
| 1:25.4 | headline in stadiums and so there were zero just a matter of a short number of |
| 1:30.9 | years ago now 55 of 69. |
| 1:33.4 | Now there are a couple of things to consider here. |
| 1:35.7 | Well, on the small end of the moral spectrum is this. |
| 1:39.0 | Once you have a new industry or a new revenue stream that becomes available. |
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