Monday, January 13, 2025

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 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 - 06:14)
The LA Fires are Shaping Up to Be the Costliest Natural Disaster in U.S. History – And the Political Fires Are Just Getting Started

Part II (06:14 - 10:37)
President Biden’s USA Today Interview: The President’s Cognitive Decline was on Display in the Interview – So What Will He Do in His Final Week as President?

In exclusive sit-down, Biden reveals his biggest regret and the compliment Trump gave him by USA Today (Susan Page)

Part III (10:37 - 14:05)
The Commendation of One Inconsistent Catholic to Another: President Biden Awards Medal of Freedom with Distinction to Pope Francis

Part IV (14:05 - 15:55)
The Pope Appoints Liberal Archbishop to DC: Watch as Legislation and Legislators Move Left as a Result

Part V (15:55 - 19:31)
The Vatican’s New Guidelines Opens Door for Homosexual Priests: The New Guidelines Reveal Identity Politics Plus Moral and Theological Issues

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's Monday, January 13, 2025. I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
0:14.8	Our hearts continue to go out to the people of California as we watch the wildfires there, even expanding, and with higher winds expected,
0:23.7	this could be a far more deadly situation, even looking into the next several days.
0:28.7	But already you hear a lot of calculation being made, and even as folks are rightly understood
0:34.6	to be grieving with those who've lost their homes. The reality is that
0:39.1	we're headed towards a death toll with something like 20 with far more people missing and presumed dead.
0:45.3	And you have people already talking about the fact that this is the costliest natural disaster
0:50.0	in American history. So let's be clear. We're talking here about a financial cost. In terms of loss of
0:56.0	life, there have been natural tragedies that have been far larger in terms of the casualty count
1:01.5	than these fires. But in terms of property damage, there is no doubt. This will probably end up
1:08.2	by a significant margin the most expensive natural disaster in American history.
1:13.2	And, of course, the fires are just partly under control where they are partly under control.
1:18.4	And that leads to another big consideration here.
1:21.0	Already you have politicians, national and state, and otherwise, who are posturing for the debate that is sure to come after the
1:29.1	fires are extinguished and then the costs are tallied. And that is because we are now looking at
1:34.2	something that is just a matter of brutal honesty in the United States. We have damages that no one
1:40.8	is going to be able to repay. And even though that sounds like a very stark statement,
1:45.7	the reality is that it is already turning out to be true. And the conversation nationally and
1:51.5	statewide is also becoming quite predictable. People are already asking, well, the federal
1:55.8	government pay to rebuild these communities. Well, here's the reality. Even the federal government has limited
2:02.5	resources when it comes to a disaster of this scale. And then you also have people immediately saying,
2:08.3	well, what about property insurance? Well, for a matter of decades now, the state of California
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