Wednesday, October 4, 2023
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 13:08)
A Loud Signal from the Vatican: Pope Francis Points to Future Blessings for Gay Couples
- Amid liberal revolt, pope signals openness to blessings for gay couples by Washington Post (Anthony Faiola, Michelle Boorstein and Kate Brady)
Part II (13:08 - 22:40)
Anthropology Goes Woke: American Anthropological Association and Canadian Anthropology Society Cancel Conference Panel on Biological Sex
- Dis-empaneled: Bowing to political pressure, two leading anthropological associations cancel a conference discussion on the centrality of biological sex. by The City Journal (Colin Wright)
Part III (22:40 - 24:56)
An Unprecedented Development in U.S. History: Kevin McCarthy Ousted as Speaker of the House of Representatives
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, October 4, 2023. |
| 0:07.7 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from |
| 0:12.2 | a Christian worldview. |
| 0:13.8 | Pope Francis is back in the headlines, and once again, he is back in those headlines |
| 0:18.5 | precisely because he is at least suggesting a significant shift left for the Roman Catholic |
| 0:24.1 | Church in both doctrine and in practice. |
| 0:27.6 | Now, some may say it's actually more in practice than in doctrine, but we as Evangelicals |
| 0:31.7 | know, those two are always inseparable. |
| 0:34.6 | They are intrinsically inseparable, and so we need to look very closely at what's going |
| 0:39.9 | on here. |
| 0:40.9 | Now why would Evangelical Christians in particular take a development in the Roman Catholic Church |
| 0:46.0 | like this with such seriousness? |
| 0:48.1 | Well, I'm going to begin by saying we do so for a couple of reasons. |
| 0:52.2 | Number one, even though as Evangelicals, we don't recognize the papacy, we do pragmatically |
| 0:58.1 | recognize that there is vast influence that comes from the pontiff of the Roman Catholic |
| 1:03.5 | Church. |
| 1:04.5 | An official Roman Catholic Church teaching on issues of the sanctity of human life, the definition |
| 1:09.5 | of marriage, the understanding of gender and sexuality, that has been a part of Christian |
| 1:16.2 | teaching consistent through two millennia of the Christian tradition, and the Pope in |
| 1:22.1 | so far as he has upheld those doctrines, has had massive influence not only over the millions |
| 1:28.0 | who consider themselves Catholic, but also in the larger culture, the Pope carries a very |
| 1:34.9 | big platform. |
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