Wednesday, January 25, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

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

Part I (00:13 - 10:25)
The Right Side of History? Vice President Delivers Pro-Abortion Address in Wake of 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Part II (10:25 - 19:15)
‘We Deserve So Much Better Than Roe’: Pro-Abortion Movement Uses Dobbs Decision to Push for Abortion Rights That Far Exceed Those Brought By Roe

Does the War Over Abortion Have a Future? by New York Times (Linda Greenhouse)
We Deserve So Much Better Than 'Restore Roe' by Jezebel (Susan Rinkunas)
Why I'm Letting Go of Roe v. Wade on What Would Be Its 50th Anniversary by Teen Vogue (Alexis McGill Johnson)

Part III (19:15 - 25:25)
An Icon of The Left Steps Down from Leadership: Jacinda Ardern Resigns as New Zealand’s Prime Minister

Part IV (25:25 - 28:16)
Agnosticism in High Office: New Zealand as A Parable of a Post-Christian Age

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, January 25, 2023.
0:08.0	I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from
0:12.5	a Christian worldview.
0:14.3	Vice President Kamala Harris is running point on the abortion issue and just days after
0:20.0	the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, as we review the situation on Sunday and beyond, it
0:25.2	is very clear that what we're looking at in the United States is what we have known
0:29.0	has existed for a very long time.
0:31.9	And that is a deep moral, cultural worldview divide that frankly staggers the imagination.
0:38.1	When you're looking at the issue of life, either you see it as the termination of innocent
0:42.3	unborn human life or you see it as basically nothing at all.
0:46.2	You see the baby or you don't see the baby.
0:49.1	It's as simple as that.
0:50.7	And of course, in this sense, by seeing, I mean to morally recognize, we're going to
0:54.8	talk more about seeing in just a moment.
0:57.4	But right now, what we need to understand is that the abortion issue is not just another
1:01.2	issue.
1:02.2	There are even many evangelical Christians who wish we could simply move on.
1:06.7	But so long as thousands upon thousands of unborn human beings are being destroyed in
1:12.0	the womb, we can't possibly just move on.
1:15.0	And furthermore, we have a political, moral and worldview responsibility to contend for
1:20.2	life, understanding that this is not just a philosophical, theological, conceptual argument.
1:26.2	We are.
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