Monday, August 28, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 28 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 - 12:03)
Are Americans Losing Their Religion? Big Questions Arise Over Secularization in the United States

America Is Losing Religious Faith by New York Times (Nicholas Kristof)

Part II (12:03 - 20:25)
The Incongruence of Belonging Without Belief: What the Apparent Decline of Christianity the US Reveals

I left the church — and now long for a ‘church for the nones’ by The Washington Post (Perry Bacon Jr.)

Part III (20:25 - 26:10)
India Wins a Lap in the Space Race Against Russia — But the Moon Race is About Much More than National Pride

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0:00.0	It's Monday, August 28, 2023.
0:07.5	I'm Albert Moeller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from
0:12.1	a Christian worldview.
0:13.8	Our Americans losing their religion, that's the way many people in the society are asking
0:18.3	the question.
0:19.6	Looking at what we all acknowledge is the unward advance of secularization in the United
0:24.8	States.
0:25.8	The receiving influence of Christianity in the society.
0:30.2	Now as Christians, we have a very different set of questions than secular observers will
0:34.5	ask, but nonetheless, their questions are interesting to us, so are their observations.
0:39.8	Now for example, a recent book has come out by some Christians, Jim Davis and Michael
0:44.7	Graham, the title of their book is The Great Dechurching, The Subtitle, Who's Leaving,
0:50.0	Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
0:53.2	Sozeologist Ryan P. Burge is also involved in the project, but today we're not going
0:58.1	to be looking at the book and its argument and data, instead we're going to be looking
1:02.4	at an article that appeared as an opinion piece in The New York Times, at least ostensibly
1:07.8	about the book.
1:09.3	The author of the column is Nicholas Kristoff, long, a venerable author in the opinion section
1:15.4	of The New York Times, pretty well known, demonstrating an interest in things religious
1:20.1	and theological, but at a bit of a distance.
1:23.7	The headline in his article is this, Americans are losing their religious faith.
1:27.7	Now, that's quite a statement.
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