Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
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Summary
Part I (00:14 – 12:22)
‘The Guerrilla Wins If He Does Not Lose’: Iran and America Now Have Different Goals in the Current Conflict, and America’s Stakes are Much Higher
Part II (12:22 – 22:01)
International Conflict and Economic Woes: The Conflict in Iran is Driving Up Prices, and It Extends to More Products Than You Might Imagine
Part III (22:01 – 28:58)
Conspicuous Consumption and Behavior: The Rising Cost of Proms and Bachor(ette) Trips
- Proms have become like red-carpet events. That comes at a price. by The Washington Post (Michelle Singletary)
- $500 tee times, private yachts: Bachelor(ette) trips are out of control by The Washington Post (Natalie B. Compton)
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, March 31st, 2006. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:14.0 | We really are living in interesting times, and the current military action undertaken by the United States and Israel against Iran is incredibly |
| 0:22.5 | illuminating. There are so many issues that are laid bare made visible precisely because of |
| 0:28.2 | military conflict. And one of the things we need to understand from human history is that |
| 0:31.7 | that's a principle. It's often the case. That is, in the crucible of some kind of combat, |
| 0:37.4 | some kind of military action, |
| 0:39.6 | that all kinds of things become visible that were not visible before. |
| 0:43.0 | Now, the most obvious thing that can become visible that wasn't visible before is either |
| 0:48.0 | unexpected military strength or unexpected military weakness. Either of those can be exposed. |
| 0:55.0 | You can also have other things exposed, |
| 0:57.0 | such as, and President Trump has been really loud about this, |
| 1:01.0 | loud in very unconventional terms, but very loud about this. |
| 1:05.0 | And that is that in the context of combat, |
| 1:08.0 | you really do find out who are your friends and who are not. |
| 1:13.2 | Or who are your faithful friends and those who are less faithful? |
| 1:16.8 | Who consider their national interest to be linked to your national interests and those who do not? |
| 1:23.2 | And this is where President Trump has been very loud. |
| 1:25.8 | He's been very loud against European nations, especially NATO member nations, that as he sees, |
| 1:30.9 | that just aren't doing their part. |
| 1:33.4 | And, you know, one of the big issues here is the fact that the president and the prime minister |
| 1:38.3 | of Israel undertook to take this action, but they didn't do so simply because of Israeli or American interests. They did so because of |
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