The Briefing with Albert Mohler Friday, October 3, 2025
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Oct 3, 2025 Explore the impact of declining reading skills on the quality of politics and culture. Discover the fascinating celebration of Fat Bear Week and its reflection of divine creativity. Delve into the ethical complexities of capital punishment and its psychological effects on those involved. Clarify the distinctions between complementarianism and patriarchalism in Christian teachings. Contemplate the nuances of unilateral forgiveness versus reconciliation in personal conflicts, and examine the moral considerations surrounding vasectomy decisions.
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Reading Decline Undermines Public Life
- The decline in reading is making politics and nearly every other dimension of life intellectually poorer.
- Albert Mohler argues the trend is broad and culturally corrosive, not just a political problem.
Childhood Reading Shapes Minds
- Mohler contrasts long Victorian sentences with modern short ones to illustrate shrinking literary ambition.
- He recalls being read to as a child and stresses parents must revive that practice for their children.
We Are 'Homo Narratus'
- Humans are narrative beings by design and hunger for stories as part of their nature.
- Mohler uses 'homo narratus' to argue storytelling and reading distinguish humans and shape culture.
