Friday, September 29, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 27 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 - 09:33)
Our Adults Aren’t Adulting: The Big Problems of the Prolonged Adolescence Characterizing Our Society

No house, spouse or baby: Should parents worry their kids are still living at home? Maybe not. by USA Today (Dr. Phil McGraw and Dr. John Whyte)

Part II (09:33 - 15:27)
Why Does the Natural Family Matter, and Why Should It Be Prioritized? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from a 17-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part III (15:27 - 21:21)
I Hold to Reformed Theology, But My Girlfriend Holds to Arminianism. Are We Incompatible for Marriage? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from a 17-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing

Part IV (21:21 - 27:07)
How Were Old Testament Believers Saved If Jesus Had Not Yet Died For Their Sins? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

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0:00.0	It's Friday, September 29, 2023.
0:07.8	I'm Albert Moeller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from
0:12.2	a Christian worldview.
0:13.6	USA Today is, in many ways, a barometer of moral change in our culture.
0:18.8	It's also a driver of that moral change in a progressivist direction.
0:22.8	The paper recently ran an opinion piece by two authors, Phil McGraw, pretty well-known
0:28.5	media celebrity figure, offering advice, often presented as a psychologist.
0:34.1	He's identified as, quote, Dr. Phil McGraw, PhD, quote, one of the most well-known mental
0:38.3	health professionals in the world.
0:41.3	The other author is Dr. John White, identified as chief medical officer of the website,
0:46.7	WebMD.
0:48.1	The two have co-authored this article.
0:50.6	It's presented as an opinion piece in USA Today.
0:53.6	The headline, quote, if adult child won't move out, it may not be bad.
0:59.0	Now it turns out that the importance of the story is not about an adult child who won't
1:02.8	move out.
1:04.5	It's rather about a massive change in the society that these two writers are actually celebrating.
1:10.9	They go on to say that we are now living in complicated times, and they say, quote,
1:16.2	the complicated reality is not necessarily caused for alarm.
1:20.1	Listen to this quote.
1:21.9	Take comparisons between previous and current generations, miss the ways the institutions,
1:26.6	such as marriage, family, and work, have evolved, end quote.
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