Tuesday, May 17, 2022
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 17 May 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 16:26)
‘This Was Pure Evil’: The Necessary and Accurate Moral Declaration About the Racially Charged Shooting in BuffaloThe Massacre in Buffalo by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)Before the Massacre, the Gunman’s Erratic Behavior Attracted Attention. by New York Times (Ashley Southall, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Andy Newman)Part II (16:26 - 21:20)
They Fear Neither God Nor Man: Chinese Communist Party Arrests Bishop Emeritus Cardinal Zen in Hong Kong for SeditionCardinal Joseph Zen Is Arrested by Hong Kong’s National Security Police by Wall Street Journal (Elaine Yu, Selina Cheng, and Francis X. Rocca)Part III (21:20 - 24:25)
A Lesson in General Revelation (and Anatomy): Pete Buttigieg Comments on the Baby Formula Shortage
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, May 17, 2022. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Albert Molar, and this is the briefing. |
| 0:10.4 | A daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:14.0 | A lot of really big issues for us to discuss today. |
| 0:16.4 | First of all, we just want to make note that today is primary day in several states, most importantly, |
| 0:22.2 | the state of Pennsylvania but also |
| 0:24.1 | Idaho Kentucky North Carolina and Oregon they're all important but the state of |
| 0:29.1 | Pennsylvania is such a political bellwether state and we're particularly looking at two races there |
| 0:34.8 | most importantly the United States Senate race and we're looking at the race for the |
| 0:39.1 | nomination of the two respective parties it's going to be a big bellwether pointing towards the |
| 0:44.4 | future and the same thing is true of the governorship there in Pennsylvania. |
| 0:48.6 | We're going to know the shape up of that race within a matter of a day or so. And for this point all we need to note |
| 0:54.7 | is that the primaries are happening today. Big decisions thus are happening today. |
| 0:59.5 | We'll know the results in a matter of hours or days and we'll consider what we learn then. |
| 1:05.0 | But next we shift to very grave news, tragic news coming from Buffalo, New York, |
| 1:10.0 | and the headline started on Saturday. |
| 1:12.0 | By now, Moore's known of the situation there in Buffalo. |
| 1:15.8 | But we're looking at a tragedy. |
| 1:17.2 | We're looking at evil. |
| 1:18.7 | And that's, again, one of the words we simply find |
| 1:21.5 | to be essential in our vocabulary. If we can't use the word evil |
| 1:24.8 | and it doesn't mean something in objective reality, then we are in a world of absolute moral |
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