Friday, September 6, 2024
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 6 September 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 09:35)
New York’s Bus System as a Modern Parable: What One Million People Per Day Stealing Bus Fares Teaches about Sin and the Fragility of Civilization
- Why the M.T.A. Is Worried About Fare Evaders on Buses by The New York Times (Claire Fahy)
Part II (09:35 - 15:38)
What is the Difference Between Democracy and a Constitutional Republic? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part III (15:38 - 18:13)
Should Church Choirs Perform Without Congregational Participation? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (18:13 - 21:43)
Is It Sinful to Hope the Lord Does Not Return Until After I Get to Experience Joys of Life, Like My Children Growing Up and Getting Married? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (21:43 - 26:15)
Can Dreams Be Sinful? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, September 6, 2024. I'm Albert Moeller and this is the briefing, a daily |
| 0:10.0 | analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. You know sometimes we have to |
| 0:14.4 | deal with this gigantic moral issues that are instantly recognized as |
| 0:19.0 | gigantic moral issues. War and peace, right and wrong, life and death, abortion. |
| 0:25.9 | You just go down the list and you think about it. |
| 0:27.6 | The definition of the family, understanding of marriage. |
| 0:31.1 | We're talking about massive issues, but sometimes there's an issue |
| 0:34.8 | that appears to be a little issue and then we recognize, you know, the fabric of |
| 0:39.7 | the Cosmos is kind of torn by even these little issues. And so you see this even in |
| 0:46.0 | Christian conversation that's a big sin this is a little sin. Well there are |
| 0:49.6 | sins with greater obvious effect but it's really hard to define biblically things as little |
| 0:57.7 | sins or big sins. |
| 0:59.4 | But then again we do recognize when it comes to moral importance even in terms of the law of God |
| 1:04.4 | given to Israel we talk about the 10 commandments so in other words these are these 10 |
| 1:08.2 | words in the Hebrew that tell us you pay particular attention to these 10 words. |
| 1:13.3 | But then again, in the Old Testament, |
| 1:14.8 | we're given the comprehensive law, |
| 1:16.4 | which includes hundreds of commandments. |
| 1:18.3 | And all that just to remind us that we better be really careful |
| 1:22.0 | when we talk about something just being say a small revolt against |
| 1:26.1 | the authority of God or a small tear in the fabric of civilization. |
| 1:30.6 | Okay, so an illustration will help us, right? So how about this? |
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