Wednesday, January 4, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

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Summary

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

Part I (00:13 - 08:32)
‘When Does Life Start?’: The New York Times Asks One of Life’s Biggest Questions — How Should Christians Answer It?

When does life begin? by New York Times (Elizabeth Dias)

Part II (08:32 - 18:45)
‘Your Eyes Saw My Unformed Substance, You Knitted Me Together in My Mother’s Womb’: A Theological Argument for Affirming Life’s Beginning at Fertilization

Part III (18:45 - 24:52)
Just About Everything George Santos Claims About Himself is False — How Did the Media Miss This Scale of Fraud?

Santos Filings Now Claim Net Worth of $11 Million by The North Shore Leader (Maureen Daly)
Why George Santos’s Lies Matter by Wall Street Journal (Peggy Noonan)

Part IV (24:52 - 28:46)
George Santos is Not the First Politician to Lie About His Past, But You Probably Won’t Hear That From the White House

Santos must have learned from Biden how to make up details about his past by Washington Post (Marc A. Thiessen)

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
0:08.1	I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a
0:12.7	Christian worldview.
0:14.3	Sometimes, there is a moral victory just in asking the right question, and in Monday's
0:19.5	print edition of The New York Times, that very paper asks the right question.
0:24.1	When does life start?
0:26.4	And if you thought this might have something to do with abortion?
0:28.9	Well, the headline made that clear.
0:31.2	It asked a question, when does life start?
0:33.1	And then says, a post-row conundrum.
0:35.8	That is to say, a great intellectual difficulty.
0:39.2	Elizabeth Diaz is the reporter for the story.
0:41.5	The subhead says, this is a question that goes beyond politics, law, and science.
0:46.2	And will you as Christians would say, well, of course it does.
0:49.3	Nonetheless, it is an inescapable question.
0:51.7	It is a question that will be answered one way or another.
0:54.7	It will be answered in the law.
0:56.5	It will be answered in terms of the worldview of the larger population.
1:00.5	It will be answered in the hospital.
1:03.0	It will be answered, of course, when it comes to the issue of abortion.
1:06.7	It must be answered.
1:08.2	When does life begin?
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