Wednesday, October 8, 2025
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses SCOTUS oral arguments hearing on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ case from Colorado, an egregious ruling lessening a federal sentence for Justice Kavanaugh’s would-be killer because the man claims a transgender identity, and the need for Christians to pray for political officials.
Part I (00:14 – 16:52)
Will the Nation Respect the Freedom of Speech of Christians? SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on So-Called ‘Conversion Therapy’
- Chiles v. Salazar by The Supreme Court of the United States
Another Transgender (Would-Be) Killer? Federal Judge Hands Down Egregious Ruling for Justice Kavanaugh’s Would-Be Killer Because the Killer Claims a Transgender Identity
- Kavanaugh’s Would-Be Assassin Is a Man by The Wall Street Journal (Matthew Hennessy)
Christians, Pray For Your Leaders: We Must Be Praying for Our Political Officials at Every Level
- Police: Man arrested at D.C. Catholic church had 200 homemade explosives by The Washington Post (Emma Uber)
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, October 8, 2025. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:14.0 | As is so often the case, a major worldview clash took place yesterday at the Supreme Court of the United States. |
| 0:21.3 | Now, many people look at the Supreme Court and they say this is a clash of constitutional |
| 0:25.0 | views. This is a clash of legal arguments. It's a clash of political and cultural issues. |
| 0:29.6 | All those things are usually true. But Christians understand it is also often a clash of world views. |
| 0:35.1 | Not always. You can have technical matters of the law that might not |
| 0:38.1 | invoke giant worldview issues. That wasn't the case yesterday. Because its take yesterday was whether |
| 0:44.1 | or not a Christian counselor, a licensed Christian counselor in the state of Colorado can operate by |
| 0:50.2 | Christian convictions in talking with persons, minors in this case, those who are under age 18, |
| 0:55.7 | about issues of sexual attraction and sexual orientation. Now, the reason this is before the |
| 1:00.7 | nation's highest court is really important. And it's because the state of Colorado, like about |
| 1:05.5 | half the states, has adopted some kind of legislation barring so-called conversion therapy. There are huge issues here. |
| 1:13.6 | We need to unpack them carefully. Let's just look again at the action of the states. |
| 1:17.7 | The states have said that what they are attempting to do, particularly with minors, and the legal |
| 1:23.8 | justification here is that someone needs to protect minors from harm that might come by |
| 1:29.4 | the misapplication of some kind of medical treatment or medical process. |
| 1:35.1 | The states have said, those who have passed this legislation, that to protect minors are going to |
| 1:39.0 | protect them from anyone telling them that there might be something wrong with same-sex |
| 1:43.9 | attraction, that there might be something wrong with same-sex attraction, |
| 1:44.6 | that there might be something that could be done to correct or to address the problem of a |
| 1:51.2 | same-sex attraction. And that is because behind this legislation is the clear assertion there is no |
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