Monday, August 21, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 26 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 - 13:02)
The U.S. Faces Natural Evil and its Consequences: Christian Considerations in the Aftermath of Lahaina and in the Midst of Tropical Storm Hilary

Part II (13:02 - 23:00)
‘You are Nobodies, and Your Name is Nothing.’: Moral Evil of War Rises to the Surface of the News as Russia Turns Criminals Into Cannon Fodder

Troop Deaths and Injuries in Ukraine War Near 500,000, U.S. Officials Say by New York Times (Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes)
‘We Are Not Human to Them’: Life for Convicts in Russia’s Army by New York Times (Anatoly Kurmanaev and Ekaterina Bodyagina)

Part III (23:00 - 25:38)
Camp David and the Lessons of History: U.S., Japan, and South Korea Expand Security and Economic Ties in First Leaders Summit Between the Three Countries

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0:00.0	It's Monday, August 21, 2023.
0:07.5	I'm Albert Moeller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from
0:11.9	a Christian worldview.
0:13.7	We speak of evil in the world, but it's vitally important that we make a distinction between
0:18.5	moral evil and natural evil.
0:21.5	Now natural evil doesn't mean that there's no moral responsibility.
0:24.7	It means there is no direct or proximate moral responsibility.
0:28.1	Why are we talking about such a deep thing on a Monday?
0:30.2	It's because this Monday is dawning with so many of these headlines confronting us.
0:35.3	First of all, when it comes to natural evil, that's evil in nature.
0:39.5	Now many people say it's just inappropriate to speak of a hurricane or to speak of some
0:44.0	natural occurrence as if it has moral meaning.
0:47.1	But as Christians, we understand that that's true in the short term, but certainly not true
0:50.9	in the long term.
0:52.4	In the short context, what we mean is we don't blame a hurricane on human agency.
0:58.0	We don't blame a hurricane.
0:59.3	We name hurricanes by human names, by the way, but we don't blame human beings for causing
1:04.4	hurricanes.
1:05.4	Now, you'll notice that in the age of so many arguments about climate change, some
1:09.4	people are actually arguing that humanity writ large has something to do with this.
1:14.1	But nonetheless, putting that argument just to the side for a moment, we make a distinction
1:18.4	between termites and earthquakes and hurricanes and tornadoes on the one hand and murder and
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