R. Albert Mohler Jr.

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 11:23):
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Abortion Rights = Trans Rights: A Portrait in Post-Modern Morality

NEW YORK TIMES (JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN)
Abortion Rights and Trans Rights Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

PART 2
(11:24 – 20:20):
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The Pro-Abortion Argument Goes For Broke —Presbyterian Minister Contends For Abortion as Moral Good

USA TODAY (REBECCA TODD PETERS)
I'm A Christian Minister Who's Had 2 Abortions. Here's How Faith Informed Those Decisions.

PART 3
(20:21 – 24:0):
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Pro-Abortion Advocates Seek To De-Stigmatize Abortion In Impossible Battle Against God’s Moral Universe

NPR (DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN)
Demonstrators Gathered to Protest for Reproductive Rights at the Women's March

Monday, October 11, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 7:13):
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Tesla Joins Influx of Californians In Texas With Move of Its Headquarters to Austin — And With It, California Cultural and Voting Patterns To Follow

PART 2
(7:14 – 15:9):
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How Should Christians Think of Global Tax Policy As International Agreement Claims to Raise Corporate Tax Rate?

WSJ (PAUL HANNON AND RICHARD RUBIN)
Ireland Signs On to Global Deal Seeking to Curb Tax Avoidance

PART 3
(15:10 – 23:46):
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The ‘Nones’ Are Growing — But What Does This Really Mean? Moral and Theological Factors Are Impossible to Separate

USA TODAY (DEENA YELLIN)
One In Four Americans Identify As 'Nones.' Why are Millions Leaving Organized Religion?

Monday, October 11, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 7:13):
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Tesla Joins Influx of Californians In Texas With Move of Its Headquarters to Austin — And With It, California Cultural and Voting Patterns To Follow

PART 2
(7:14 – 15:9):
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How Should Christians Think of Global Tax Policy As International Agreement Claims to Raise Corporate Tax Rate?

WSJ (PAUL HANNON AND RICHARD RUBIN)
Ireland Signs On to Global Deal Seeking to Curb Tax Avoidance

PART 3
(15:10 – 23:46):
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The ‘Nones’ Are Growing — But What Does This Really Mean? Moral and Theological Factors Are Impossible to Separate

USA TODAY (DEENA YELLIN)
One In Four Americans Identify As 'Nones.' Why are Millions Leaving Organized Religion?

Friday, October 8, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 7:16):
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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Heartbeat Act, Setting It On Sure Path To The Supreme Court

PART 2
(7:17 – 10:27):
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How Does A Case Get From The District Courts To The Supreme Court? The History Of The Circuit System And Establishment Of U.S. Judiciary

PART 3
(10:28 – 13:23):
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Building A Generation Who Think Deep Thoughts About the True God: The Significance of ‘In Christ Alone’ After 20 Years

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE (BOB SMIETANA)
Twenty Years Later, ‘In Christ Alone’ Still Inspires Millions To Sing

PART 4
(13:24 – 18:36):
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PCUSA Sought To Change Lyrics Of ‘In Christ Alone’ To Replace Biblical Language About the Wrath of God—But What Is at Stake Is Nothing Less Than The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (BOB SMIETANA)
Presbyterians Stir Debate By Rejecting Popular New Hymn

THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY (RITA NAKASHIMA BROCK)
An Epidemic Of Moral Injury

PART 5
(18:37 – 25:43):
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Is Investing Gambling? How Should Christians Seek to Legislate In A Post-Christian Age? — Dr. Mohler Responds To Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

Friday, October 8, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 7:16):
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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Heartbeat Act, Setting It On Sure Path To The Supreme Court

PART 2
(7:17 – 10:27):
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How Does A Case Get From The District Courts To The Supreme Court? The History Of The Circuit System And Establishment Of U.S. Judiciary

PART 3
(10:28 – 13:23):
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Building A Generation Who Think Deep Thoughts About the True God: The Significance of ‘In Christ Alone’ After 20 Years

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE (BOB SMIETANA)
Twenty Years Later, ‘In Christ Alone’ Still Inspires Millions To Sing

PART 4
(13:24 – 18:36):
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PCUSA Sought To Change Lyrics Of ‘In Christ Alone’ To Replace Biblical Language About the Wrath of God—But What Is at Stake Is Nothing Less Than The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (BOB SMIETANA)
Presbyterians Stir Debate By Rejecting Popular New Hymn

THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY (RITA NAKASHIMA BROCK)
An Epidemic Of Moral Injury

PART 5
(18:37 – 25:43):
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Is Investing Gambling? How Should Christians Seek to Legislate In A Post-Christian Age? — Dr. Mohler Responds To Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

Thursday, October 7, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 9:36):
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The Pro-Abortion Gauntlet Marches On — Biden Administration Reverses Trump Policy and Gives Planned Parenthood What it Demands

NEW YORK TIMES (NOAH WEILAND)
Biden Officials End Ban on Abortion Referrals at Federally Funded Clinics

WASHINGTON POST (AMY GOLDSTEIN)
Biden Administration Reverses Trump Rule Barring Federally Funded Family Planning Clinics From Abortion Referrals

PART 2
(9:37 – 19:2):
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Religious Quest Evident As Elon Musk and Other Technocrats Join The ‘Simulation Argument’ — What Are the Odds We Are Living In A Computer Simulation?

THE NEW YORKER (JOSHUA ROTHMAN)
What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?

PART 3
(19:3 – 25:27):
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Out with Easter and Christmas Terms: Modern Cult of Wokeness on Display As School In Oxford Secularizes Its Calendar in the Name of Sensitivity

DAILY MAIL (IAN GALLAGHER)
Emma Watson's Former School Cancels Christmas To Be 'Inclusive At All Touchpoints' – As Parents Slam 'Wokery Run Riot'

Thursday, October 7, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 9:36):
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The Pro-Abortion Gauntlet Marches On — Biden Administration Reverses Trump Policy and Gives Planned Parenthood What it Demands

NEW YORK TIMES (NOAH WEILAND)
Biden Officials End Ban on Abortion Referrals at Federally Funded Clinics

WASHINGTON POST (AMY GOLDSTEIN)
Biden Administration Reverses Trump Rule Barring Federally Funded Family Planning Clinics From Abortion Referrals

PART 2
(9:37 – 19:2):
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Religious Quest Evident As Elon Musk and Other Technocrats Join The ‘Simulation Argument’ — What Are the Odds We Are Living In A Computer Simulation?

THE NEW YORKER (JOSHUA ROTHMAN)
What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?

PART 3
(19:3 – 25:27):
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Out with Easter and Christmas Terms: Modern Cult of Wokeness on Display As School In Oxford Secularizes Its Calendar in the Name of Sensitivity

DAILY MAIL (IAN GALLAGHER)
Emma Watson's Former School Cancels Christmas To Be 'Inclusive At All Touchpoints' – As Parents Slam 'Wokery Run Riot'

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 8:28):
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New Bipartisan Alarm Over Facebook and its Dangers — Secrets Revealed and Investigations Gain Momentum

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JEFF HORWITZ)
Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.

THE ATLANTIC (ADRIENNE LAFRANCE)
The Largest Autocracy on Earth

PART 2
(8:29 – 15:7):
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The Most Serious Danger of Facebook: Instagram’s Negative Effects On Teenage and Young Adult Mental Health — Facebook Knows the Extent of the Problem, But Can’t Do Without Your Kids

WALL STREET JOURNAL (GEORGIA WELLS, JEFF HORWITZ AND DEEPA SEETHARAMAN)
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show

PART 3
(15:8 – 19:25):
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So, What Is the Christian Responsibility — But Human Dignity Is At Stake Of The Social Media Crisis

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JUSTIN SCHECK, NEWLEY PURNELL AND JEFF HORWITZ)
Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show.

WALL STREET JOURNAL (KEACH HAGEY AND JEFF HORWITZ)
Facebook Tried to Make Its Platform a Healthier Place. It Got Angrier Instead.

WASHINGTON POST (JENNIFER RUBIN)
It’s Time to Stand Up to Facebook

PART 4
(19:26 – 24:26):
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Technology Will Demand Our Soul — A Technological Crisis Is a Theological Crisis

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 8:28):
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New Bipartisan Alarm Over Facebook and its Dangers — Secrets Revealed and Investigations Gain Momentum

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JEFF HORWITZ)
Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.

THE ATLANTIC (ADRIENNE LAFRANCE)
The Largest Autocracy on Earth

PART 2
(8:29 – 15:7):
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The Most Serious Danger of Facebook: Instagram’s Negative Effects On Teenage and Young Adult Mental Health — Facebook Knows the Extent of the Problem, But Can’t Do Without Your Kids

WALL STREET JOURNAL (GEORGIA WELLS, JEFF HORWITZ AND DEEPA SEETHARAMAN)
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show

PART 3
(15:8 – 19:25):
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So, What Is the Christian Responsibility — But Human Dignity Is At Stake Of The Social Media Crisis

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JUSTIN SCHECK, NEWLEY PURNELL AND JEFF HORWITZ)
Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show.

WALL STREET JOURNAL (KEACH HAGEY AND JEFF HORWITZ)
Facebook Tried to Make Its Platform a Healthier Place. It Got Angrier Instead.

WASHINGTON POST (JENNIFER RUBIN)
It’s Time to Stand Up to Facebook

PART 4
(19:26 – 24:26):
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Technology Will Demand Our Soul — A Technological Crisis Is a Theological Crisis

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 16:36):
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What’s Really at Stake in the Democratic Party Battle Over Spending? It’s a Lot More Than You Might Think

NEW YORK TIMES (EMILY COCHRANE)
Liberals Dig In Against Infrastructure Bill as Party Divisions Persist

PART 2
(16:37 – 20:21):
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“Biden Throws in With the Left” — What’s the Vision Behind the “Progressives” Now in the Democratic Party Driver’s Seat?

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Government Family Plan

PART 3
(20:22 – 25:54):
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Banned Books Week, the Battle of Ideas — Normalizing the LGBTQ Revolution is the Aim

USA TODAY
Banned Books Week: We Defend 30 Challenged Books Including 'Beloved' and '1984'

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THOMAS SPENCE)
‘Banned Books Week’ Isn’t Actually Interested in Banned Books

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