Dr. Albert Mohler
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*The Blur of Gender — Is The New York Times Trying to Tell Us Something? - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 20, 2009, 3:57 am
Is The New York Times trying to tell us something? Just eleven days after running a story on gender-bending teenagers on the front page of its “Style” section, the paper is back with yet another front page story in the same section, this time on gender-bending young adults. The articles even cite the same psychologist as authority. What’s going on here?
On November 8, the paper ran an article, “Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School?,” that described cross-dressing among
*When Morality Collapses — The Therapeutic Evasion - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 19, 2009, 1:32 pm
Any civilization requires a stable, rational, and consensual moral framework in order to survive. Western civilization has been built on a framework of Christian morality, with the so-called “Judeo-Christian ethic” providing the moral principles that support laws, ethical reasoning, and moral impulses.
Over the past several decades, that framework has been under sustained attack by ideological opponents, subverted by a secular shift among the elites, and increasingly forgotten by the
*NewsNote: Cartooning the Word — R. Crumb's 'The Book of Genesis” - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 17, 2009, 11:50 am
In all likelihood, most people would never even imagine a cartoon version of Genesis. Nevertheless, the cartoon version has arrived, and it is attracting no small amount of attention.
The Book of Genesis Illustrated is by famed cartoonist R. Crumb. Famous among cartoonists for his work as far back as the 1960s, Crumb has always combined cartoons and a social/political agenda. As David Colton of USA Today explains, Crumb is known for “subversive, turn-of-the-century linework, untamed libido
*Atheism Remix Event at University of Louisville - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 16, 2009, 4:25 am
I was honored to speak at a special event on the campus of the University of Louisville last night, sponsored by The Campus Church. I spoke on my book, Atheism Remix, in an author forum that brought a capacity crowd to the Red Barn on the UofL campus.
I was honored to take part in this event, and to engage in a really productive question and answer session with the audience. I was especially pleased that some atheists attended and participated in the dialogue. The New Atheism demands Christian a
*NewsNote: Woof ‘n Worship? Seriously? - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 13, 2009, 5:19 am
Just for the sake of adequate seriousness, I will resist all temptations to pun. That is no easy resistance in light of the report from the Associated Press about American churches developing special services for congregants and their dogs.
The story, reported by Gillian Flaccus, begins with Rev. Tom Eggebeen of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. Faced with an aging and declining congregation. the pastor decided to do something innovative — he started a service for both people an
Conventional Thinking: Younger Pastors and the Hope of a Future - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 13, 2009, 3:36 am
I posted a new article at Conventional Thinking on younger pastors and the future of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Tonight I spent a really encouraging few hours with a group of younger pastors — men who are being greatly used of God to reach their own generation and far beyond. That experience made me really thankful, and also led me to think about why Southern Baptists should be especially thankful for the rising generation of young pastors. [Read more]
*NewsNote: Boys Wearing Skirts to School? What's Going On? - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 12, 2009, 2:55 am
“Clothes are never a frivolity — they always mean something.” Thus spoke James Laver, a famous costume designer and interpreter of fashion. He is right, of course. Clothes always mean something, which is why The New York Times gave major attention to an issue facing many schools: “Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School?”
The article, right on the front of the “Sunday Styles” section of the paper, announced, “When gender bends the dress code, high schools
*On Faith: Religious Belief and the Military - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 11, 2009, 4:42 pm
This week’s question at “On Faith,” the religion project of The Washington Post and Newsweek was posed against the tragic backdrop of the shootings at Fort Hood. The question comes down to this: “How far should the military go to accommodate personal religious beliefs and practices?”
In the days since the shootings, the question of Muslims serving in the U.S. military has been unavoidable. In one sense, the question is hardly new. It arose in the first Gulf War when
*NewsNote: Falling Fertility Makes for Happy Economists? - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 10, 2009, 5:22 am
Is the fact that fertility is falling around the world good news? You would certainly think so if you agree with the analysis cheerily offered by The Economist. That very respected journal of economic analysis recently offered a cover story that celebrated falling human fertility as “changing the world for the better.”
“Sometime in the next few years (if it hasn’t happened already) the world will reach a milestone,” the magazine predicts, adding that “half of
*NewsNote: Moral Clarity and the Fall of the Wall - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 9, 2009, 2:42 pm
The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is an important landmark in human history. That wall, one of history’s most heinous symbols of oppression, stood for as a physical reminder of Communism’s essence. The Wall was not built to keep invaders out, but to imprison a people within. In the singular interest of avoiding its own evacuation, the Soviet-backed government of the German Democratic Republic erected that wall and murdered those who attempted to cross it.
The p
*NewsNote: The Hypersocialized Generation - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 6, 2009, 1:08 pm
Jeffery Zaslow of The Wall Street Journal opens his article with the story of a 17-year-old boy sent to the vice principal’s office after being caught sending text messages in class. The vice principal, Steve Gallagher, told the boy to pay attention to the teacher, not to his cellphone. Even as the boy nodded politely, Gallgher noticed something amiss — the boy was texting about his discipline for being caught texting.
“It was a subconscious act,” said Gallagher. R
*NewsNote: Muslim Creationists and Western Elites — Get Out Much? - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 5, 2009, 3:31 pm
Every individual human being is embedded in a complex of culture, language, relationships, and ideas. What we see as normal is a product of our perception from within that embedded social location. It takes considerable intellectual effort to escape our own cultural cage. Furthermore, it is far easier to notice when others reveal their cultural assumption than when we reveal our own.
That said, there is something very strange and revealing about the response of the intellectual elites to the fac
*Is Truth Really Plural? Postmodernism in Full Flower - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 4, 2009, 4:14 am
The question of truth stands at the very center of the postmodern challenge. As with any major shift in human thinking, postmodernism comes packaged with both positive and negative elements. Positively, the general worldview of postmodernism reminds us that we are deeply embedded in cultural and linguistic systems that shape and influence our thinking. Furthermore, postmodernism can provide a corrective to epistemological arrogance — the tendency to claim premature finality for our thought
*NewsNote: Naughty Rodents — Your Brain without Dad - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 3, 2009, 3:42 pm
Do children need fathers? Fascinating research on that question is reported by Shirley S. Wang of The Wall Street Journal. Anna Katherina Braun, a German biologist, has been working with colleagues to understand the biological impact of single parenting. Her research has focused on the degu, a small rodent that is a distant relation to the guinea pig.
The research indicates that little degus raised without dads “exhibit both short-and long-term changes in nerve cell growth in different r
*NewsNote: Paganism 'Just Another Religion?” - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 3, 2009, 2:54 am
Samuel G. Freedman of The New York Times took a look at the resurgence of pagan religions and practices in postmodern America. He found Michael York, a serious-minded pagan who observes Samhain “the autumnal new year for Pagans,” and the historic precursor to the modern holiday of Halloween. Reading the names of his ancestors while facing a pagan altar, Mr. York remarks that, on Samhain, “the veil between the worlds is understood to be thinnest.”
Freedman also found t
*The Marriage Index — A Revealing Look at the Nation - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 2, 2009, 1:14 pm
Why hasn’t this been done before? That question comes immediately to mind in light of the release of “The Marriage Index” a project undertaken by the Institute for American Values in cooperation with the National Center for African American Marriages and Parenting. The Marriage Index is an instrument that, for the first time, offers a comprehensive view of the state of marriage in the nation.
Throughout most of the 20th century, economic policy has been informed by the “L
*'Free to Live and Love as We See Fit?” - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 30, 2009, 2:47 am
As Sen. John McCain recently remarked, “elections have consequences.” President Barack Obama signed the “Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act” into law on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise and handing the gay rights community one of its most sought-after achievements.
The bill, named for two men killed in vicious attacks, extends the definition of federal hates crimes to include attacks based on sexual orientation, gender identity. Referrin
*The Divorce Divide — A National Embarrassment - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 28, 2009, 3:16 am
There are few national tragedies that can match the devastating effect of the Divorce Revolution. Four decades after California launched the revolution, the impact of divorce and the break-up of marriages and families is now well documented, coast to coast.
The availability of divorce without cause, so-called “no-fault” divorce, rendered every marriage less than it was before. Once impermanence became a mark of marriage in the law and in the culture, couples were required to muster a
*The Idolatrous Religion of Conscience — A Lutheran Lesson for Us All - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 26, 2009, 5:06 am
“It wasn’t primarily about sex.” With those words, Lutheran theologian Robert Benne explained that the actions recently taken by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to normalize homosexuality were not primarily about sex at all, but about theological identity. “The ELCA has formally left the great tradition for liberal Protestantism,” Benne declared.
Taking its stand with the radical theological revisionism of the Protestant Left, the ELCA “left the Gre
*Feminism Unfulfilled — Why Are So Many Women Unhappy? - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 23, 2009, 5:15 am
“The woman’s movement wasn’t about happiness.” That judgment, attributed to feminist Susan Faludi, seems to be the blunt assessment shared by many other women. As numerous recent studies now indicate, a remarkably large percentage of women describe themselves as increasingly unhappy.
This issue came to light last month in a fascinating essay by Maureen Dowd of The New York Times. Dowd, whose columns often reveal the nation’s Zeitgeist, cited the fact that a number o
*The Battle is Over? — Bishop Spong Exits the Debate - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 20, 2009, 4:16 am
“The battle is over. The victory has been won. There is no reasonable doubt as to what the final outcome of the struggle will be.” Those are the words of John Shelby Spong, the retired Episcopal bishop of Newark, New Jersey. In his recently released “manifesto,” Bishop Spong declares “it is time to move on” and pledges never again to debate the issues of homosexuality or homosexual rights.
John Shelby Spong’s new manifesto is a sign of the times. For the
*Time to Separate Church and Sports? A New Agenda Takes Shape - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 16, 2009, 5:14 am
Sam Cook has had enough. A sports columnist for the Fort Myers [FL] News-Press, Cook recently referred to quarterback Tim Tebow of the University of Florida Gators and told his readers: “I don’t know how many more ‘God bless’ comments I can stand from the 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback.” Tebow, Cook argued, should play football and forget about his religious beliefs while he is wearing the Gator uniform.
“Somehow, we’ll survive without him displ
*Parents, Obey Your Children? - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 14, 2009, 3:18 am
Literary critic Lionel Trilling once referred to “the dark and bloody crossroads where literature and politics meet.” In reality, almost all literature is political in some sense. Oddly enough, the most explicitly subversive literature is often presented to the very youngest among us — our children. Far too many parents seem not to notice.
In “The Defiant Ones,” a recent essay published in the New Yorker, Daniel Zalewski argues that picture books for children now re
*'Simply Unprecedented” — President Obama and the Gay Rights Movement - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 12, 2009, 4:41 am
“This was a historic night when we felt the full embrace and commitment of the president of the United States. It’s simply unprecedented.” Those words were spoken by Joe Salmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, just after President Barack Obama spoke to the group’s 13th annual national dinner.
The Human Rights Campaign is one of the leading organizations promoting what it describes as “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights.” The
*Abortion and the American Conscience - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 8, 2009, 4:11 pm
America has been at war over abortion for the last four decades. When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Roe v. Wade, the court’s majority attempted to put an end to the abortion question. To the contrary, that decision both enlarged and revealed the great moral divide that runs through the center of our culture.
Most Americans seem completely unaware of the actual contours of the abortion debate as it emerged in the early 1970s. In 1973, the primary opposition to abortion
*The Cross of Christ is Not a Secular Symbol - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 6, 2009, 4:47 am
A looming constitutional crisis now hangs over the Mojave National Preserve in California, and the stage is set for a constitutional battle at the U.S. Supreme Court. The story is a bit convoluted, but the issue at stake is a cross erected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Sunrise Rock in the Mojave Desert. The VFW erected the cross in 1934 as a memorial to the dead of World War I. Sixty years later, that piece of property became part of the Mojave National Preserve, which is under the supe
Morality, Hollywood Style - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 3, 2009, 6:07 pm
Moral hypocrisy is an ugly thing, regardless of its source. Hypocrisy is a moral trap of constant threat — the price of holding any moral standards at all. To hold to the truth of moral judgment and then to allow for the transgression of that moral judgment is hypocrisy in its essence. The only total escape from the threat of hypocrisy is to forfeit any claim to moral standards at all.
Hypocrisy is found in ample supply among both conservatives and liberals. The conservative variant seems
*Life after Death - or Just Love after Death? - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 29, 2009, 1:46 am
I arrived in New York City over the weekend and discovered that the Rev. Forrest Church had died on Thursday, September 24, after a battle against esophageal cancer. Pastor of the Unitarian Church of All Souls on the Upper East Side for many years, Forrest Church was almost certainly the best-known and most influential Unitarian figure of the late twentieth century.
Forrest Church was in the public eye for most of his life. His father was the late Senator Frank Church [D-Idaho], who chaired
*Why Do the Heathen Rage? — International Blasphemy Day - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 25, 2009, 3:19 pm
Ready for a day to honor blasphemy? According to press reports, September 30 is set as the observance of the first-ever International Blasphemy Day. This could be interesting.
The choice of September 30 looks back to that date in the year 2005, when the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad’s face sparked outcry and protests in the Muslim world and threats toward the West.
Now, as Religion News Service reports, the Center for Inquiry is planning a day of observances to
*Looking Back: TIME Asks, 'Is God Dead?” - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 21, 2009, 5:26 am
John T. Elson’s most famous article for TIME magazine appeared over 40 years ago, and it largely defined his journalistic career. His April 8, 1966 cover story, “Is God Dead?,” became an icon of the rebellious and increasingly secular sixties.
Elson, who died September 7 at age 78, was the son of a reporter, and he knew a big story when he saw one. He worked on the TIME cover story for more than a year, interviewing theologians and religious leaders. When published, the sto
*Will Babies with Down Syndrome Just Disappear? - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 18, 2009, 4:18 am
The development of prenatal diagnostic technologies presents a constellation of moral issues — with the diagnosis of Down syndrome front and center. Over the past several years, a marked decrease in the number of babies born with Down syndrome has been both observed and widely reported. This decrease can be traced directly to the decision to abort after prenatal diagnosis.
As Science Daily reports, a new leading article to be published in Archives of Disease in Childhood points to developm
*A Tale of Two Atheists - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 14, 2009, 2:59 am
The Wall Street Journal may be an unusual venue for theological debate, but this past weekend’s edition featured just that — a theological debate of sorts. The “of sorts” is a necessary qualifier in this instance, because The Wall Street Journal’s debate was not, as advertised, a debate between an atheist and a believer. Instead, it was a debate between two different species of atheists.
The paper’s “Weekend Journal” section front page for the
*Two Rival Religions? - Albert Mohler's Blog Jul 13, 2009, 5:06 am
On November 3, 1921, J. Gresham Machen presented an address entitled, “Liberalism or Christianity?” In that famous address, later expanded into the book, Christianity & Liberalism, Machen argued that evangelical Christianity and its liberal rival were, in effect, two very different religions.
Machen’s argument became one of the issues of controversy in the Fundamentalist/Modernist controversies of the 1920s and beyond. By any measure, Machen was absolutely right–the movem
*The Hidden Reality of Abortion — Empowering Men - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 17, 2009, 3:58 am
America’s long war over abortion has classically been defined as a struggle between competing rights — depicted as the right of a woman to have an abortion versus the right of an unborn child to the protection of life. This long-familiar framing of the issue suggests, at the very least, that the rights of women and their unborn children are, or at least can be, presented as an irresolvable conflict.
From the very beginning, this has been an unsatisfactory approach to the abortion con
*Wearing the Disguise of Faithfulness - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 24, 2009, 4:44 am
Meeting barely a month after the Episcopal Church voted to end its ban on the consecration of openly homosexual bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [ELCA] has taken similar steps. Meeting last week in Minneapolis, the Lutherans voted first to adopt a comprehensive statement on human sexuality that at least allows for the recognition and blessing of same-sex relationships in the church. Beyond this, it establishes a platform for the eventual acc
*Why Moralism Is Not the Gospel — And Why So Many Christians Think It Is - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 3, 2009, 4:14 am
One of the most amazing statements by the Apostle Paul is his indictment of the Galatian Christians for abandoning the Gospel. “I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel,” Paul declared. As he stated so emphatically, the Galatians had failed in the crucial test of discerning the authentic Gospel from its counterfeits.
His words could not be more clear: “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach t
*The Obama School Speech Controversy — What to Think? - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 7, 2009, 6:06 pm
The controversy over President Barack Obama’s speech to America’s school children scheduled for Tuesday morning continues to incite controversy. On the surface, this seems incredible. Why would a speech calling for students to remain in school and set personal goals for themselves incite any controversy at all? Is this just another eruption of the Culture [...]
*The NIV Announcement — A Statement - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 1, 2009, 4:35 pm
The announcement of a new project involving the New International Version of the Bible [NIV] is certain to attract a good deal of interest, both in the media and throughout the evangelical world. This level of attention is inevitable, for few issues can approach the importance of translating the Bible faithfully and accurately.
The announcement of [...]
*Wearing the Disguise of Faithfulness - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 24, 2009, 4:44 am
Meeting barely a month after the Episcopal Church voted to end its ban on the consecration of openly homosexual bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [ELCA] has taken similar steps. Meeting last week in Minneapolis, the Lutherans voted first to adopt a comprehensive statement on human sexuality that [...]
*Rethinking Abortion — Two Unexpected Witnesses - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 21, 2009, 4:10 am
Looking across the moral landscape of the last half-century, one issue looms larger than all others — abortion. Considered from a historical perspective, the intensity and duration of the abortion debate came as something of a surprise. Handing down its infamous Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, the majority of justices on the U.S. Supreme [...]
*The Hidden Reality of Abortion — Empowering Men - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 17, 2009, 3:58 am
America’s long war over abortion has classically been defined as a struggle between competing rights — depicted as the right of a woman to have an abortion versus the right of an unborn child to the protection of life. This long-familiar framing of the issue suggests, at the very least, that the rights of women [...]
*A House Divided? - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 5, 2009, 4:05 am
Less than a month after the Episcopal Church voted to end its commitment to a moratorium on the election of openly homosexual priests as bishops, one of the largest and most liberal dioceses of the Church has nominated two openly homosexual clergy to election as bishop. The stage is now set for the Episcopal Church [...]
*The Case for (Early) Marriage - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 3, 2009, 5:36 am
Shifts in a culture are often signaled by unexpected developments that represent far more than may first meet the eye. The cover story in the August 2009 edition of Christianity Today may signal such a shift among American evangelicals. In this case the cultural shift is nothing less than an awakening to the priority of [...]
*'The Orthodox Are Finished” - Albert Mohler's Blog Jul 15, 2009, 3:37 am
Acting in open defiance to the worldwide Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church has voted to end a de facto moratorium on the election and consecration of openly gay bishops. The vote — overwhelming in both houses of the denomination’s General Convention — comes barely 6 years after the American church brought its worldwide communion to [...]
*A Wicked Deed in Wichita — A Test for the Pro-Life Movement - Albert Mohler's Blog Jun 1, 2009, 3:58 am
The cold-blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller on Sunday morning presents the pro-life movement in America with a crucial moral test — will we condemn this murder in unqualified terms?
For many years, Dr. George Tiller has represented the horrific reality of the abortion industry in this nation. Infamously known to the pro-life movement in America, [...]
*America's Unsettled Conscience on Abortion - Albert Mohler's Blog May 20, 2009, 1:56 pm
Here is an amazing fact — over 35 years after the legalization of abortion this nation is still deeply divided over the issue. America has an unsettled conscience on abortion, and this most contentious of moral issues may be further from resolution than at any moment since the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down [...]
*Talking About Talking About Abortion - Albert Mohler's Blog May 19, 2009, 4:11 am
President Barack Obama delivered his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday, and he appeared to dive right into the very issue that made his visit to the Catholic university so controversial — abortion.
The President’s appearance at Notre Dame came even as seventy Catholic bishops denounced the university’s invitation. Protests and debates [...]
*The Parable of the Unwilling Physician - Albert Mohler's Blog May 7, 2009, 3:55 am
Stephen Wallace had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, and he wanted his doctor and the local hospital to help him commit suicide, but they would not. Now, his children are speaking out, and this opens a new angle on the issue of assisted suicide.
The new assisted suicide law in Washington State allows for assisted [...]
*True Lips Wait? Sexual Abstinence, Romantic Longing, and Monogamous Lips - Albert Mohler's Blog May 5, 2009, 4:16 am
This will come as no news to most younger evangelicals, but The Tennessean [Nashville] has just taken notice of the fact that a sizable number of younger evangelical couples are saving their first kiss for their wedding ceremony.
As the paper reports, “In a culture where casual sex is the norm, some Tennesseans have taken the [...]
*The Morning After Pill and the End of Parenthood - Albert Mohler's Blog Apr 24, 2009, 3:13 pm
The secular left is a diverse amalgam of various interest groups and ideologies. Of course, the same is true to some extent on the conservative end of the spectrum as well. But on some issues the secular left is absolutely of one mind and voice, and the promotion of birth control and contraception is one [...]
*Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Luck -- The Abandoned Embryo - Albert Mohler's Blog Apr 20, 2009, 5:41 am
The National Institutes of Health [NIH] released the draft of its "Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research" on April 17, thus revealing the specific policy proposals that will expand federal funding for stem cell research using human embryos.
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*When Abortion Collides with Totalitarianism - Albert Mohler's Blog Apr 16, 2009, 4:06 am
The vast nation of China remains under the control of one of the few surviving Communist regimes on the planet. Over the last two decades, that regime has redefined Communist economic theory, allowing private capital and a consumer market to emerge alongside state control and ownership. Nevertheless, the totalitarian nature of the regime reaches even into the most intimate dimensions of life. The most insidious example of this totalitarian impulse is China's infamous "one child only" polic
*The Challenge of Islam -- A Christian Perspective - Albert Mohler's Blog Apr 8, 2009, 5:20 am
President Barack Obama has put the issue of Islam front and center on the international stage. His visit to Turkey, and his very public statements to the Muslim world, have raised a host of questions at home and abroad.
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*Marvelous Suicide and Beneficial Abortion -- Worldviews Matter - Albert Mohler's Blog Apr 2, 2009, 3:45 pm
The current "Great Recession" brings a host of moral questions as we experience a massive economic earthquake. Indeed, some see the economic crisis as an opportunity to push the agenda of the Culture of Death. The logic is clear -- we would be better off if certain people were dead.
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*TIME Magazine on "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now" - Albert Mohler's Blog Mar 18, 2009, 6:24 am
TIME magazine's current cover story is "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now." The March 23, 2009 issue of the magazine is supertitled, "Annual Special Issue." As the contents page describes the edition, the focus is on "ten new ideas for our times."
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*The Fetus as Organ Factory -- The Next Moral Frontier? - Albert Mohler's Blog Mar 16, 2009, 5:52 am
"Buckle up. We're on our way." So wrote William Saletan, one of the most influential reporters covering today's medical and moral controversies. Saletan writes for Slate.com, and his words made reference to the fact our world just got a little more complicated . . . and a lot more dangerous.
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*A Chilling Account and a Word of Warning - Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 9, 2009, 7:14 am
Most Americans would probably be surprised to know that Sen. Edward Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, and former Vice President Al Gore all were once solidly anti-abortion. That seems almost incomprehensible now, but the record is clear -- and the pattern is chilling.
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*The Palin Parable -- Bristol Says Abstinence "Not Realistic At All" - Albert Mohler's Blog Feb 19, 2009, 3:03 am
Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, made headlines last summer when it was revealed that she was about to become an unwed mother. One December 27, she gave birth to a baby boy named Tripp. Now, Bristol Palin is back in the news again -- and this time by her own choice. She granted an interview to Fox News Channel's "On the Record."
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*Christianity and Evolution -- Seeing the Problem - Albert Mohler's Blog Feb 16, 2009, 4:50 am
This month marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, but the debates over science and religion have only intensified over the last two centuries. In particular, evolutionary theory poses a direct challenge to the Christian faith -- if the dominant evolutionary theory and classical biblical Christianity are to be taken at face value.
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*What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?, Part Five - Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 29, 2009, 4:39 am
The following is an edited transcript of a message preached by R. Albert Mohler, Jr. for "Sanctity of Human Life Sunday" on January 18, 2009. Today's installment is the fifth in the six-part series.
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*Charles Darwin and the Modern Mind - Albert Mohler's Blog Feb 12, 2009, 1:42 am
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of both Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Both men shaped history, but it is Charles Darwin who presents us with the most significant intellectual challenge. The Darwinist account of the cosmos and the living organisms found within represents a straightforward rejection of the role of the Creator as revealed in the Bible.
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*Can Faith-Based Programs Keep the Faith? - Albert Mohler's Blog Feb 11, 2009, 4:03 am
The Obama administration has announced its own authorization of what have been known as "faith-based" funding programs, and in so doing it dodged -- at least for now -- the most controversial question related to this funding. Can faith-based organizations receive this funding and maintain their own convictions in hiring decisions?
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*What Makes Abortion Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?, Part Six - Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 30, 2009, 8:50 am
The following is an edited transcript of a message preached by R. Albert Mohler, Jr. for "Sanctity of Human Life Sunday" on January 18, 2009. Today's installment is the sixth and final part in the six-part series.
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*What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?, Part Five - Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 29, 2009, 4:39 am
The following is an edited transcript of a message preached by R. Albert Mohler, Jr. for "Sanctity of Human Life Sunday" on January 18, 2009. Today's installment is the fifth in the six-part series.
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*What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?, Part Four - Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 28, 2009, 7:37 am
The following is an edited transcript of a message preached by R. Albert Mohler, Jr. for "Sanctity of Human Life Sunday" on January 18, 2009. Today's installment is the fourth in the six-part series.
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*What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?, Part Three - Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 27, 2009, 4:36 am
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*What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?, Part Two - Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 26, 2009, 7:43 am
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*What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?, Part One - Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 23, 2009, 2:55 am
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*A Chilling Account and a Word of Warning - Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 9, 2009, 7:14 am
Most Americans would probably be surprised to know that Sen. Edward Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, and former Vice President Al Gore all were once solidly anti-abortion. That seems almost incomprehensible now, but the record is clear -- and the pattern is chilling.
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*Can a Christian Deny the Virgin Birth? - Albert Mohler's Blog Dec 23, 2008, 5:30 am
Can a true Christian deny the virgin birth? This question would perplex the vast majority of Christians throughout the centuries, but modern denials of biblical truth make the question tragically significant. Of all biblical doctrines, the doctrine of Christ's virginal conception has often been the specific target of modern denial and attack.
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*Turning the Bible on its Head -- Newsweek Goes for Gay Marriage - Albert Mohler's Blog Dec 8, 2008, 6:50 am
Newsweek magazine, one of the most influential news magazines in America, has decided to come out for same-sex marriage in a big way, and to do so by means of a biblical and theological argument. In its cover story for this week, "The Religious Case for Gay Marriage," Newsweek religion editor Lisa Miller offers a revisionist argument for the acceptance of same-sex marriage. It is fair to say that Newsweek has gone for broke on this question.
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*Is Michelle Obama "Letting Down the Team?" - Albert Mohler's Blog Dec 2, 2008, 2:58 am
President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office on January 20, thereby accepting the constitutional office to which he has been elected. Simultaneously, Michelle Obama will also accept an official role, though not a constitutional office. The role of the "First Lady" has developed over time, and the wife (thus far at least, all presidential spouses have been wives) of the President of the United States is invested by the public, if not by the Constitution, with a massively influent
*A Sign of Things to Come? - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 24, 2008, 9:38 am
The passage of Proposition 8 in California has reset the table with respect to the issue of same-sex marriage. Clearly, those pushing for legalized same-sex marriage thought that the decision of the California Supreme Court last May was the final word, and same-sex marriage would be an established legal reality in California. The fact that Proposition 8 passed on November 4 threw that assumption aside, and an ugly new chapter is opening.
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*The Aftermath -- Two Media Angles - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 13, 2008, 5:10 am
In the aftermath of the recent election the media, along with the rest of the society, are scrambling to make sense of it all. This has led to some interesting approaches and news stories. I recently was asked by TIME magazine and The Wall Street Journal to comment on the issues of same-sex marriage and abortion in the aftermath of November 4.
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*"How Not to Raise a Pagan" - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 7, 2008, 1:18 pm
I had the privilege of preaching in chapel at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary on November 6. I preached a message entitled, "How Not to Raise a Pagan," drawn from Deuteronomy 6. The audio and video are now available here. It was a great privilege to preach to the seminary community at Southeastern, where my great friend Danny Akin is president.
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*America Has Chosen a President - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 5, 2008, 5:04 am
The election of Sen. Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States came as a bang, not a whimper. The tremors had been perceptible for days, maybe even weeks. On Tuesday, America experienced nothing less than a political and cultural earthquake.
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*A Prayer for America on Election Day - Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 4, 2008, 3:39 am
Americans head for the voting precincts today as the 2008 election is now at hand. Already, some 20 million citizens have voted through early voting options. Some expect a record turn-out for today's election. In any event, millions of citizens will participate in the first duty of freedom -- the freedom to vote.
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*Is the Abortion Argument Changing? - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 30, 2008, 1:48 pm
Election cycles serve to confuse as well as to reveal. Reading voting patterns is not quite like reading a CAT-scan, but something does appear to be happening among some parts of the electorate that had been solidly pro-life in voting patterns.
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*What's really at Stake in the Gay Marriage Debate? Part Three - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 24, 2008, 3:25 am
"We're talking about really refraining from using things like, husband-wife, boyfriend-girlfriend, those kind of things, and just say 'partner,'" explains Robin Sink. She is the health education specialist for the Long Beach Unified School District in California. The point she was making is clear enough. The legalization of same-sex marriage will require a comprehensive change in our language.
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*So, What's Really at Stake in the Gay Marriage Debate? Part Two - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 20, 2008, 4:10 am
Same-sex marriage is, for now, legal in three of fifty states in the United States. Beyond our borders, it is legal in the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, South Africa, Canada and Norway. This represents a very small percentage of the world's population. Same-sex marriage is, by any measure, the exception rather than the rule. Even when legalized civil unions and domestic partnerships are thrown into the mix, the countries that consider same-sex unions and heterosexual marriages to be equal
*The Abortion Question and the Future - Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 15, 2008, 4:43 am
The shadow of abortion looms large over the American conscience. Over thirty years after Roe v. Wade, the abortion controversy has not gone away. If the U.S. Supreme Court majority really thought that their decision to create a new "right" to abortion would resolve the issue, history has rejected that assumption. The nation is even more divided on this question in 2008 than it was in 1973.
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*"Licensing People to Put Others Down" -- The End of Human Dignity - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 23, 2008, 4:15 am
Baroness Mary Warnock is one of the most influential figures in British life today, and one of the most influential specialists in medical ethics on the international scene. When she speaks, the medical community listens. Given what she has just said, every single one of us had better pay attention.
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*Bioethics and the 2008 Presidential Campaign - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 22, 2008, 4:13 am
Serious questions about serious issues are often among the first casualties of a presidential campaign. The major media are part of the problem -- as are the candidates themselves -- but the largest portion of the blame must be put on the American people. The fact is that the American public just does not show much interest in issues outside of a narrow comfort zone.
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*Put a Stop to Large Families? - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 18, 2008, 4:42 am
These days, the issue of family size can be controversial -- just ask any couple with several children. Large families are often seen as oddities and treated as an imposition. Why would anyone willingly have so many kids? Don't they know about birth control?
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*Recent Media -- Issues, Etc. - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 18, 2008, 1:36 am
I am so glad that Issues, Etc. is back on the air [listen here]. These Lutheran brothers put out one of the most consistently thoughtful shows on Christian radio. Based in St. Louis, they cover the waterfront of contemporary theological issues. I was glad to join them recently for a discussion about my new book, Atheism Remix.
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*"Pressure to Keep the Baby?" -- The Descent Continues - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 15, 2008, 5:54 am
The public presence of little Trig Palin is a powerful witness to the sanctity of human life, and the knowledge that this little infant wth Down syndrome is bringing such joy to his family is upsetting those who believe that babies such as Trig should never be born.
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*At Least for the Moment? - Albert Mohler's Blog Jul 11, 2008, 5:16 pm
Ellen Goodman is an institution at the Boston Globe and one of the nation's most recognized liberal columnists. She has a keen eye for detail, which often makes her columns interesting, and she is an unreconstructed liberal and feminist, undoubtedly shaped by her education in the 1960s at Radcliffe College and her personal experiences.
In her column published today Goodman addresses the controversy surrounding Thomas Beatie, the "man" who gave birth to a baby girl just weeks ago. Here is how Go
*Integrity -- What's in a Word? - Albert Mohler's Blog Jul 18, 2008, 4:44 am
According to The Los Angeles Times, scores of United Methodist pastors in Southern California are planning to defy church law by performing same-sex marriages. The paper provides rather extensive detail about these plans, acknowledging that performing same-sex marriages could lead to disciplinary action against the pastors.
In addition, a large group of retired United Methodist ministers in the region has volunteered to perform the marriages on behalf of pastors who might be defrocked or discip
*Teen Pregnancy, Hollywood Style - Albert Mohler's Blog Jul 25, 2008, 6:37 am
Early in July, OK! magazine featured a cover story about Jamie Lynn Spears and her new baby, Maddie. Newsweek reported that the magazine paid $1 million for the rights to publish photographs of the baby and mother. The young mom, now 17, is shown on the magazine's cover declaring, "Being a mom is the best feeling in the world." A good number of parents were understandably outraged.
This week, Newsweek is out with an article that questions how Hollywood is presenting teenage motherhood. The maga
*"One Word of Truth Will Outweigh the Whole World" -- The Death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 4, 2008, 5:32 am
"One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world." Alexander Solzhenitsyn cited that Russian proverb in his 1970 acceptance speech as he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He did not deliver that speech in person, for he knew that if he left the Soviet Union he would never be allowed to return. Even after he was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974, his great wish and absolute determination was to die in Russia, the land and people of his birth.
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*"Rights Talk" in California -- Confusing the Same-Sex Marriage Issue - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 11, 2008, 3:43 am
The fact that The Los Angeles Times favors same-sex marriage is not a new revelation. To the contrary, the paper has positioned itself in support of same-sex marriage for some time. Furthermore, no informed reader will be surprised to find that the paper's editorial position is quite liberal. Given our cherished commitment to the freedom of the press, the paper has every right to position itself this way. Intelligent readers are responsible to be aware of this fact, and take this editorial p
*The Culture of the Congregation -- Celebrating Adoption - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 29, 2008, 4:41 am
The concept of adoption is nearly universal. In the classic sense it is the formal and legally recognized act of willingly receiving someone else's child as your own. In contrast to temporary guardianship or foster arrangements, adoption is permanent. Legally, adoption establishes a new identity for the child. In many cases around the world, adoption can mean the difference between life and death.
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*Welcome to the World, Trig Paxson Van Palin -- Now the World Has Seen You - Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 30, 2008, 1:42 pm
[This article was originally posted on May 6, 2008. In it, I offer the remark that Gov. Sarah Palin "is often mentioned as a potential running mate for Sen. John McCain." What seemed merely a possibility in May has become reality in August, and the world saw Trig Paxson Van Palin in his eldest sister's arms as his mother was announced as Sen. McCain's choice for the vice presidential nomination of the Republican Party. Thus, the event became a great testimony for the sanctity of all human
*A Private Conviction About Murder? - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 8, 2008, 2:36 pm
Speaking Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Senator Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for Vice President, made headlines by stating that he accepts "as a matter of faith" that human life begins at conception, but he would not impose that view on others as a matter of law.
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*"Not to Destruction, but to Salvation" - Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 12, 2008, 5:11 am
The most senior California bishops of the Episcopal Church came out in favor of same-sex marriage in the state on Wednesday. The bishops then called on voters to defeat Proposition 8 -- the constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
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*A Chilling Account and a Word of Warning (28 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 9, 2009, 7:14 am
Most Americans would probably be surprised to know that Sen. Edward Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, and former Vice President Al Gore all were once solidly anti-abortion. That seems almost incomprehensible now, but the record is clear -- and the pattern is chilling.
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*A Chilling Account and a Word of Warning (12 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 9, 2009, 7:14 am
Most Americans would probably be surprised to know that Sen. Edward Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, and former Vice President Al Gore all were once solidly anti-abortion. That seems almost incomprehensible now, but the record is clear -- and the pattern is chilling.
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*Rethinking Abortion — Two Unexpected Witnesses (11 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 21, 2009, 4:10 am
Looking across the moral landscape of the last half-century, one issue looms larger than all others — abortion. Considered from a historical perspective, the intensity and duration of the abortion debate came as something of a surprise. Handing down its infamous Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, the majority of justices on the U.S. Supreme [...]
*Talking About Talking About Abortion (10 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog May 19, 2009, 4:11 am
President Barack Obama delivered his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday, and he appeared to dive right into the very issue that made his visit to the Catholic university so controversial — abortion.
The President’s appearance at Notre Dame came even as seventy Catholic bishops denounced the university’s invitation. Protests and debates [...]
*The Morning After Pill and the End of Parenthood (10 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Apr 24, 2009, 3:13 pm
The secular left is a diverse amalgam of various interest groups and ideologies. Of course, the same is true to some extent on the conservative end of the spectrum as well. But on some issues the secular left is absolutely of one mind and voice, and the promotion of birth control and contraception is one [...]
*The Hidden Reality of Abortion — Empowering Men (9 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 17, 2009, 3:58 am
America’s long war over abortion has classically been defined as a struggle between competing rights — depicted as the right of a woman to have an abortion versus the right of an unborn child to the protection of life. This long-familiar framing of the issue suggests, at the very least, that the rights of women [...]
*The Idolatrous Religion of Conscience — A Lutheran Lesson for Us All (9 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 26, 2009, 5:06 am
“It wasn’t primarily about sex.” With those words, Lutheran theologian Robert Benne explained that the actions recently taken by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to normalize homosexuality were not primarily about sex at all, but about theological identity. “The ELCA has formally left the great tradition for liberal Protestantism,” Benne declared.
Taking its stand with the radical theological revisionism of the Protestant Left, the ELCA “left the Gre
*Bioethics and the 2008 Presidential Campaign (8 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 22, 2008, 4:13 am
Serious questions about serious issues are often among the first casualties of a presidential campaign. The major media are part of the problem -- as are the candidates themselves -- but the largest portion of the blame must be put on the American people. The fact is that the American public just does not show much interest in issues outside of a narrow comfort zone.
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*Is the Abortion Argument Changing? (8 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 30, 2008, 1:48 pm
Election cycles serve to confuse as well as to reveal. Reading voting patterns is not quite like reading a CAT-scan, but something does appear to be happening among some parts of the electorate that had been solidly pro-life in voting patterns.
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*A Wicked Deed in Wichita — A Test for the Pro-Life Movement (8 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Jun 1, 2009, 3:58 am
The cold-blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller on Sunday morning presents the pro-life movement in America with a crucial moral test — will we condemn this murder in unqualified terms?
For many years, Dr. George Tiller has represented the horrific reality of the abortion industry in this nation. Infamously known to the pro-life movement in America, [...]
*When Abortion Collides with Totalitarianism (8 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Apr 16, 2009, 4:06 am
The vast nation of China remains under the control of one of the few surviving Communist regimes on the planet. Over the last two decades, that regime has redefined Communist economic theory, allowing private capital and a consumer market to emerge alongside state control and ownership. Nevertheless, the totalitarian nature of the regime reaches even into the most intimate dimensions of life. The most insidious example of this totalitarian impulse is China's infamous "one child only" polic
*The Case for (Early) Marriage (8 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Aug 3, 2009, 5:36 am
Shifts in a culture are often signaled by unexpected developments that represent far more than may first meet the eye. The cover story in the August 2009 edition of Christianity Today may signal such a shift among American evangelicals. In this case the cultural shift is nothing less than an awakening to the priority of [...]
*What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?, Part Two (7 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 26, 2009, 7:43 am
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*The Obama School Speech Controversy — What to Think? (6 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 7, 2009, 6:06 pm
The controversy over President Barack Obama’s speech to America’s school children scheduled for Tuesday morning continues to incite controversy. On the surface, this seems incredible. Why would a speech calling for students to remain in school and set personal goals for themselves incite any controversy at all? Is this just another eruption of the Culture [...]
*What Makes Abortion Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?, Part Six (6 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Jan 30, 2009, 8:50 am
The following is an edited transcript of a message preached by R. Albert Mohler, Jr. for "Sanctity of Human Life Sunday" on January 18, 2009. Today's installment is the sixth and final part in the six-part series.
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*Put a Stop to Large Families? (5 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 18, 2008, 4:42 am
These days, the issue of family size can be controversial -- just ask any couple with several children. Large families are often seen as oddities and treated as an imposition. Why would anyone willingly have so many kids? Don't they know about birth control?
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*"How Not to Raise a Pagan" (5 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Nov 7, 2008, 1:18 pm
I had the privilege of preaching in chapel at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary on November 6. I preached a message entitled, "How Not to Raise a Pagan," drawn from Deuteronomy 6. The audio and video are now available here. It was a great privilege to preach to the seminary community at Southeastern, where my great friend Danny Akin is president.
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*Abortion and the American Conscience (5 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Oct 8, 2009, 4:11 pm
America has been at war over abortion for the last four decades. When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Roe v. Wade, the court’s majority attempted to put an end to the abortion question. To the contrary, that decision both enlarged and revealed the great moral divide that runs through the center of our culture.
Most Americans seem completely unaware of the actual contours of the abortion debate as it emerged in the early 1970s. In 1973, the primary opposition to abortion
*TIME Magazine on "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now" (5 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Mar 18, 2009, 6:24 am
TIME magazine's current cover story is "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now." The March 23, 2009 issue of the magazine is supertitled, "Annual Special Issue." As the contents page describes the edition, the focus is on "ten new ideas for our times."
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*A Tale of Two Atheists (5 hits)- Albert Mohler's Blog Sep 14, 2009, 2:59 am
The Wall Street Journal may be an unusual venue for theological debate, but this past weekend’s edition featured just that — a theological debate of sorts. The “of sorts” is a necessary qualifier in this instance, because The Wall Street Journal’s debate was not, as advertised, a debate between an atheist and a believer. Instead, it was a debate between two different species of atheists.
The paper’s “Weekend Journal” section front page for the
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