Friday, November 4, 2022
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 4 November 2022
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 10:04)
‘American Couples Didn’t Let Pandemic Isolation Go to Waste.’: Fertility Rates in U.S. See First Major Decline Reversal Since 2007
- The Great Pandemic Baby Bump by The Atlantic (Jerusalem Demsas)
Part II (10:04 - 15:51)
New Dad, Does It Feel Like the Birth of Your Firstborn Child Shrank Your Brain? — Turns Out, That’s Exactly What’s Happened (And It’s a Good Thing)
- Becoming A Father Shrinks Your Cerebrum by The Economist
Part III (15:51 - 18:26)
How Do We Consistently Address Hard Issues From the Culture With Our Kids Without Discouraging Them? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (18:26 - 20:51)
Should Adultery Be Illegal? What About Homosexuality? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (20:51 - 26:11)
What Do You Mean When You Refer to Yourself as Augustinian? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part VI (26:11 - 28:15)
What Language Did Adam and Eve Speak? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 9-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, November 4, 2022. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from |
| 0:12.0 | a Christian worldview. |
| 0:13.6 | We're going to get questions quite shortly, but first, a very interesting headline coming |
| 0:17.6 | out of the pandemic. |
| 0:19.2 | At this point, looking backwards, demographers and statisticians are able to put some |
| 0:24.0 | numbers to perception. |
| 0:26.0 | The perception was that there might be a rise in the number of births, and thus in the |
| 0:31.0 | fertility rate, under the condition of the COVID lockdown, and the very slow reopening of |
| 0:36.9 | at least some sectors in our society. |
| 0:39.4 | But now the report is clear, and indeed there was a baby bump or a baby boost. |
| 0:44.1 | There was a rise in the number of babies born and in the percentage of married couples |
| 0:49.3 | having babies during this time. |
| 0:51.5 | Jerusalem Dimsus, writing for The Atlantic, talks about, quote, the great pandemic baby bump. |
| 0:57.8 | You're going to love the subhead, quote, American couples didn't let pandemic isolation go |
| 1:01.6 | to waste. |
| 1:02.6 | No, indeed, they indeed decided to have babies. |
| 1:06.5 | And the significant increase is reflected in the numbers. |
| 1:10.1 | According to the research released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, what we |
| 1:14.9 | saw was a baby bump in 2021 that represents the first major reversal in declining domestic |
| 1:20.8 | fertility rates since 2007. |
| 1:23.8 | We're told, quote, in total about 46,000 more kids are running around out there than anticipated |
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