Friday, June 19, 2026
6/19/202626 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses fatherhood and the graciousness of God, and he answers questions about children joining their parents for worship, the correlation between baptism and church membership, the turning point for Southern Baptists in the Conservative Resurgence, and if it’s too expensive to have children.
Part I (00:14 – 10:03)
Fatherhood and the Graciousness of God: New Reports Shows Fathers Enjoy Time with Their Children, and Our Secular Society is Shocked
- The Most Important Way That Fatherhood Has Changed by The New York Times (Frank Bruni)
- More Dads Are Scaling Back at the Office for Kids and Housework by The Wall Street Journal (Harriet Torry)
Part II (10:03 – 16:02)
Should My Kids Go to Children’s Church or Join Our Family For Worship? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part III (16:02 – 19:18)
What is the Correlation Between Baptism and Church Membership? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (19:18 – 22:00)
What was the Turning Point in the Southern Baptist Convention to Push Back Against the Culture? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (22:00 – 25:49)
Is It Too Expensive to Have Children? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
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First 90 secondsAlbert Mohler· Host0:00
[upbeat music] It's Friday, June 19th, 2026. I'm Albert Mohler, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. You know, we are surrounded by, uh, let's just say, an avalanche of headlines just about every day, and especially on something like a digital news feed. I mean, they just come, they come, and they come, and often they come without any sense of relative weight or relative lightness. You know, what, what, what's important and what's not. And by the way, they're often driven by algorithms that simply say, "This is popular," but that, that could mean it has nothing to do of something with great importance. It just, you know, somehow hit a nerve with the public or just a, a button of interest. But sometimes in these headlines you start to see a pattern, and at least for those who are, are looking at these things closely, these patterns can sometimes be very revealing. Okay, so we have Father's Day coming up in the United States on Sunday. Now, Mother's Day is an older holiday, and, and that's because it really emerged in a certain context, and, and of course, we can understand why in various civilizations you would have something like Mother's Day. Father's Day, uh, came later, and, and Father's Day is a way of just underlining the importance of fatherhood in society. Now, that's important, but let's understand we are in a society that has been for a long time trying to deny the importance of fatherhood and, and trying to say that fathers are not necessary and, and that fathers are not all that important. And, and then you have even