Tuesday, May 12, 2026
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the war over redistricting, the increase in political polarization in the U.S., a seismic new trend for motherhood as single women are embracing motherhood without a husband.
Part I (00:13 – 14:55)
The Culture War Meets Redistricting: The Polarization is Going to Be Clear on the New Congressional Map
- Redistricting wars: Can our politics get any more polarized? (Yes) by USA Today (Susan Page)
- ‘No Seat for Me’: Virginia Democrats Are Forced to Play Musical Chairs by The New York Times (Reid J. Epstein)
A Seismic Shift in Trends for Motherhood: Single Women are Choosing Motherhood Without a Husband – This is a Moral Revolution in More Ways Than One
- Why more women are choosing to be single mothers by NPR (Pallavi Gogoi, Ayesha Rascoe, Andrew Mambo, Jennifer Schmidt)
The Flourishing of the Natural Family: Kids Need a Mom, a Dad, and Extended Family for Flourishing
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, May 12, 2026. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:13.0 | We often discuss the fact that political polarization in the United States is increasing, |
| 0:19.0 | and I just want to remind us all that that political polarization is increasing |
| 0:24.2 | because the issues are becoming more graphically clear and urgent. And it is because the issues are dividing Americans. |
| 0:32.4 | The red-blue division is not an illusion. And as a matter of fact, there is a decreasing percentage that can even |
| 0:38.3 | be described as purple. And as Christians, we understand that that becomes more and more likely as |
| 0:43.6 | the issues become more and more basic. And that's going to be a major theme of our consideration |
| 0:49.0 | today. When the revolt reaches the most basic levels, the issues become ever more clear. |
| 0:55.9 | All right. |
| 0:56.5 | So about the polarization, very interestingly, yesterday's front page of USA Today included a story by Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief. |
| 1:05.3 | She is a veteran reporter and analyst on American politics. |
| 1:09.2 | And thus, she's got a lot to say here. The headline, |
| 1:12.0 | politics soon to get even more polarized raging redistricting wars in her new territory. |
| 1:17.8 | Okay, so number one, she's claiming that politics will soon get even more polarized in the |
| 1:21.9 | United States. And you could just ask the question, well, how in the world could politics get |
| 1:26.9 | more polarized? |
| 1:29.8 | Well, just look at the future of the House of Representatives. |
| 1:33.3 | We have been noticing a trend over the course of the last several decades. |
| 1:38.7 | And it's at a marked distinction, for example, where the United States was in the year 1960. |
| 1:43.9 | And so we're talking about going back to the 60s just about, well, here's convenient math, about 60 years ago. |
| 1:48.2 | And you look at that time, the two parties were divided mostly by issues of fiscal policy, |
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