Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 3 January 2023
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 09:31)
A Reshaped Landscape of Political Expression in the U.S.: Today Marks the Opening of the 118th Congress — We Must Watch It Closely
Part II (09:31 - 23:18)
The Passing of a Political Epoch: Nancy Pelosi’s Tenure as Speaker of the House Comes to an End
Part III (23:18 - 27:14)
Leaving the House (Far) More Liberal Than She Found It: The Political Legacy of Nancy Pelosi
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023. |
| 0:08.2 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from |
| 0:12.5 | a Christian worldview. |
| 0:14.2 | Huge issues, of course, as we head into the New Year, hope the New Year has begun with |
| 0:18.1 | promise for you and for your family. |
| 0:20.8 | Big headlines demanding Christian worldview attention. |
| 0:23.8 | Among them, of course, the death in Rome on Saturday of the Pope Emeritus of the Roman |
| 0:28.4 | Catholic Church, something that had actually never existed in the entire history of the Roman |
| 0:32.8 | Catholic Church before. |
| 0:34.7 | On Thursday, there will be something that has also never happened in the Roman Catholic |
| 0:39.0 | Church before, and that is a Pope presiding over the funeral of his predecessor. |
| 0:44.3 | But that's on Thursday, and we will consider those issues on Thursday. |
| 0:48.3 | First, we need to turn to some big news here in the United States and big news, particularly |
| 0:53.2 | today. |
| 0:54.5 | The United States Constitution calls for a new session of the United States Congress to |
| 0:59.7 | begin at noon on January 3rd. |
| 1:03.0 | So what will be happening today in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. is the |
| 1:08.5 | beginning of what will be known as the 118th Congress. |
| 1:12.7 | Now Congresses are named for every two-year election cycle for the House of Representatives, |
| 1:18.4 | and that means also about a third of the Senate. |
| 1:20.9 | So every two years we get a new United States Congress. |
| 1:24.8 | This again, the 118th, something of great historical significance in itself, the fact that the |
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