Friday, October 21, 2022

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

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

Part I (00:13 - 10:39)
Why Did You Use the Parkland Shooter’s Name on The Briefing? Should Mental Illness Be Considered Before Administering the Death Penalty? How Would Jesus Think About It? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners about Capital Punishment on The Briefing

Part II (10:39 - 15:05)
Can the United States Survive the Sexual Revolution and the Radical Change We Are Seeing in Its Morality? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part III (15:05 - 18:34)
When Voting, What are Our Guidelines for Increasing Taxation on Others? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part IV (18:34 - 21:48)
Does God Speak to Us in Dreams? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Part V (21:48 - 25:17)
Is It Wrong to Use the ‘Yuck Factor’ Towards Particular Types of Sins? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

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0:00.0	It's Friday, October 21st, 2022.
0:07.8	I'm Albert Molar and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from
0:12.0	a Christian worldview.
0:13.9	We're going to devote the entire episode of The Briefing today to questions that listeners
0:18.4	have sent in.
0:19.4	I want to thank you for those questions.
0:21.1	Some of them are very timely.
0:23.1	Some of the others will be described as timeless.
0:25.5	Almost all of them are just good questions and questions that deserve an answer.
0:28.8	I'll get to as many of them as I can.
0:31.2	It is not accidental, of course, that many of the questions sent in this week have to do
0:35.7	with the issue of the death penalty and the death penalty case out of the Parkland High
0:40.2	School shooting in Florida.
0:42.7	Good questions were raised.
0:43.9	For example, one listener listening very carefully wrote into say that I've invoked to the
0:48.8	principle in times past that when talking about mass shooters, I try not to make reference
0:54.4	to the shooter's name.
0:55.9	Now, this is partly because we don't want to draw attention and fame to those who commit
1:00.9	such horrifying acts.
1:03.0	In this case, I did mention the shooter's name and I want to explain why.
1:06.7	You'll notice the same thing happened in the mainstream media.
1:09.3	The same media who try not to mention those names did in this case and the reason is that
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