Thursday, January 19, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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🗓️ 19 January 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 - 18:44)
China Has Become Old Before It Has Become Rich: China in Crisis as Birth Rates Drop Lower Than Death Rates For First Time in Decades

China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop by Associated Press (Ken Moritsugu)
China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis by New York Times (Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang)

Part II (18:44 - 23:03)
No, This is Primarily a Moral Problem: Evaluating the West’s Response to China’s Population Drop

Big News About a Smaller Chinese Population by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)
China’s Economy Stumbled Last Year With Covid Lockdowns Hobbling Growth by New York Times (Keith Bradsher)

Part III (23:03 - 26:23)
Retirement Is Considered Sacred? Emmanuel Macron Fights Losing Battle of Increasing France’s Retirement Age

As France Moves to Delay Retirement, Older Workers Are in a Quandary by New York Times (Liz Alderman)

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, January 19, 2023.
0:08.1	I'm Albert Molar, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from
0:12.4	a Christian world view.
0:14.4	The big headline news in recent days comes down to the fact that China has for the first
0:19.3	time in recent history lost net population.
0:23.2	That might sound like a rather insignificant issue, but actually it points to one of the
0:27.2	most important world view issues of our time.
0:30.7	Birth rate, fertility rate, what is sometimes known as total fertility rate demonstrates
0:35.8	the world view of a people more than anything else.
0:38.8	Now when it comes to the economy, the economy reveals national priorities, individual activities,
0:44.2	what we really value, what we really believe about the meaning and purpose of life.
0:48.6	So there are those who would say if you want to know what people really believe, watch
0:52.7	how they spend, watch how they invest, watch how they do business.
0:56.8	The Christians understand there's something even prior to commerce, and that is the family.
1:01.4	And at the heart of the family is the husband and the wife, and that should imply the father
1:06.9	and the mother.
1:07.9	Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
1:10.5	So the family is pre-political, and as a pre-political institution there is nothing
1:15.4	more important than the propagation of the population, the having of children.
1:20.4	Now we'll be looking at this in a Christian theological perspective, which has to do with
1:24.4	God receiving glory by an increased number of those who bear his image.
1:29.9	But there's more to it as we look at the headlines than the secular media are here acknowledging.
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