The Briefing with Albert Mohler Friday, August 29, 2025
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Aug 29, 2025 The discussion tackles the modern boy crisis and historical challenges in shaping young men. It highlights the critical role of fathers and family in guiding boys toward manhood. Delving into gender identity, the conversation uses biblical theology to emphasize the importance of male and female distinctions. Listeners are challenged to consider the current 'battle of ideas' between faith and secularism, particularly in relation to mandatory reporting laws and their implications for pastoral confidentiality.
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Modern Boy Crisis Explained
- American society faces a renewed "boy crisis" with boys lagging academically, socially, and vocationally compared to girls.
- Mohler links this to loneliness, technology, and lost social structures that formerly guided boys into manhood.
Restore Fathers And Male Mentorship
- Recovering male mentorship, fathers, and male-defined spaces is essential to turning boys into men.
- Mohler urges restoring a biblical understanding of marriage and family as the principal context for this recovery.
13-Year-Olds In A Room Study
- Mohler recounts a study placing two 13-year-old girls and two 13-year-old boys in a room with random chairs to show different interaction styles.
- The girls immediately converse across facing chairs while the boys sit side-by-side, staring out, illustrating innate differences in social behavior.