Tuesday, May 20, 2025

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:14 - 00:42)
Former President Biden Has Cancer - We are Praying for the Former President in Light of His Diagnosis

Part II (00:42 - 08:09)
Why Is Travel Not Producing World Peace? Cosmopolitanism Isn't Bringing People Together

Why travel didn’t bring the world together by Financial Times (Janan Ganesh)

Part III (08:09 - 14:39)
Global Peace Through International Law? No, Reason and Rules Are Not Enough to Bring Nations Together

Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started? by The Guardian (Patrick Wintour)

Part IV (14:39 - 23:30)
The Preconditions of an Ordered Society: Haiti is Lacking the Foundational Necessities of an Ordered Society And an The Problem Cannot Be Solved by Military Intervention

The U.S. needs a plan to stop Haiti’s free fall by The Washington Post (The Editorial Board)

Part V (23:30 - 25:48)
The Theological Foundation of a Rightly Ordered Society: Creation Order Must Be Established Before a Society Can Flourish

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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	Yesterday, we talked about Joe Biden and the aging issue, and only after recording the briefing did we hear the news that the former president has
0:22.6	been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has advanced and has metastasized to his bones.
0:28.6	Clearly, this is an issue of personal emergency and of great consequence when it comes to
0:33.8	the former president and all Christians and people of goodwill will be praying for him
0:38.5	and for his family and for his recovery. I am speaking to you today from Europe, and there are
0:45.2	some fascinating issues that arise in the confrontation with different cultures, different political
0:49.9	systems, clash of worldviews. Very interestingly, Janon Ganesh, writing for the Financial Times of London,
0:57.6	ask a question why travel didn't bring the world together? It's a very interesting question.
1:03.8	In the background of this, we need to understand that in the modern age, and particularly in the
1:08.3	Enlightenment, you had a new expectation for human society and for human
1:12.9	moral behavior. You had a figure such as the key German philosopher Immanuel Kant, who believed
1:19.5	in a new age of cosmopolitan peace. He believed that reason properly applied by nations could
1:26.8	lead to an enduring cosmopolitan peace,
1:30.3	a universal peace. Of course, that has not happened, and we as Christians understand that it cannot happen in biblical terms.
1:37.3	As much as we pray for peace, we understand that true peace will only be brought by the Prince of Peace when he returns.
1:43.3	But even as we are to seek peace and to work for peace in this fallen world, we do understand
1:50.0	that the natural arrangement of the world is not peace, but war.
1:55.0	As the scripture says itself, wars and rumors of wars.
1:59.0	Janine Ganesh column, does ask an interesting question,
2:01.6	why didn't travel bring the world together?
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