Thursday, October 20, 2022

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 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 - 13:46)
‘Blow on a Rat's Whiskers and the Human Cells on the Opposite Side of its Brain Light Up.’: Stanford University Research Lab Successfully Injects Human Brain Cells into Rats’ Brains

These Rats Have Human Cells in Their Brains. They May Help Scientists Understand Autism and Schizophrenia. by USA Today (Karen Weintraub)

Part II (13:46 - 18:18)
We Can Inject Human Brain Cells into the Brains of Rats, But Should We? — The Ethical and Theological Dilemmas of Injecting Human Cells Into Other Species

Part III (18:18 - 25:46)
In Red States, Islands of Blue are Growing Larger and Bluer: What the (Older) Californians Moving to Texas and (Younger) Texans to California Could Indicate About the Future of Our Society

Are Californians Fleeing En Masse to Texas? The Reality is Complicated by LA Times (Richard Parker)

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, October 20, 2022.
0:07.8	I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from
0:12.2	a Christian worldview.
0:14.4	Thinking biblically, operating, thinking out of a Christian worldview often comes down
0:19.2	not only to making correct affirmations, but making correct distinctions.
0:24.4	One of the most interesting issues about Genesis chapter 1, and this continues throughout
0:29.6	the Scripture.
0:30.6	It's just so plain in the Scriptures 1st chapter, Genesis chapter 1.
0:34.5	It's just so interesting to see how much attention in the literary structure of that text
0:40.0	is given to distinctions.
0:42.2	The distinction between the heavens above and the earth beneath.
0:46.2	The distinctions between the dry land and the sea.
0:49.6	The distinctions between the animals that are created for God's glory, along with the
0:54.7	rest of creation, and human beings made in God's image.
0:59.7	And then of course, there is the distinction between male and female, absolutely central
1:04.2	to understanding a biblical worldview.
1:07.4	But as we're thinking about the distinctions that are revealed in Scripture, and in particular,
1:12.2	even in Genesis chapter 1, we understand that some of the most vexing issues facing us
1:17.9	today are efforts to try to deny those distinctions or to confuse those distinctions.
1:24.7	Now, interestingly enough, a major issue related to those distinctions, the distinction in
1:31.2	particular between animals and human beings, one of the most interesting issues right
1:36.7	now is the use of animal and human tissues in medical research, or in scientific or biological
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