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The Deep Limitations of Digital Church
Friday, April 20, 2012
Do you go to the Internet for church? Cathy Lynn Grossman of USA Todayreported this week on the increasing use of digital technology by churches. This trend is not new, of course, but some of the developments she traces are fresh and innovative.
She begins with a look at Christ Fellowship in McKinney, Texas — a church Grossman describes as “on board with almost every high-tech gambit under heaven.”
The Post-Christian Condition — Anders Breivik and the Limitations of Justice
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik represents one of the greatest tests of human justice in decades. Breivik stood in an Oslo courtroom this week and declared: “I admit to the actions, but not to the guilt.” The “actions,” of course, were the killing of 77 people on July 22, 2011. Eight were killed in a car bomb in Oslo. Breivik then shot 69 people to death on Utoya Island — most of them teenagers and young people involved in a summer camp sponsored by one of Norway’s major political parties.
Secularism with the Gloves Off: Vanderbilt University’s Assault on Religious Organizations
Monday, April 2, 2012
Like most of America’s historic private universities, Vanderbilt University was founded by Christian believers for the purpose of inculcating Christian beliefs in its students. Vanderbilt was founded in the 1870s by Methodists and later funded largely by New York’s Vanderbilt family. Within a remarkably short period of years, Vanderbilt had forfeited its conservative Methodist roots in order to identify with the emerging secular consensus in American higher education.
The Bible Meets the Modern Age: A Conversation with Former President Jimmy Carter
Monday, March 26, 2012
Today’s Thinking in Public program features my interview with former President Jimmy Carter. The conversation was remarkable, and I was honored to have this interview with the 39th President of the United States. The focus of the interview was on the Bible, a book that has framed President Carter’s life from his earliest memories. Even now, he remains the world’s most famous Sunday School teacher.
Rest in Print, Britannica: An Elegy for an Encyclopedia
Monday, March 19, 2012
The Challenges We Face: A New Generation of Gospel Ministers Looks to the Future
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” [2 Timothy 4:7] Writing to Timothy, the Apostle Paul was able to look back on his ministry and declare satisfaction that he had finished his course. Paul would be the first to insist that his entire ministry was evidence of the grace and mercy of God, but he was assured that, by grace, he had finished his race.
Something Deadly This Way Comes — “After-Birth Abortion”
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The debate over abortion comes down to one essential issue — the moral status of the unborn child. Those making the case for the legalization of abortion argue that the developing fetus lacks a moral status that would trump a woman’s desire to abort the child. Those arguing against abortion do so by making the opposite claim; that the unborn child, precisely because it is a developing human being, possesses a moral status by the very fact of its human existence that would clearly trump any rationale offered for its willful destruction.
The Santorum Predicament: A Sign of the Times
Monday, February 27, 2012
Casino Culture and the Collapse of Character
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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Christian Ministry in the Shadow of the Mosque [with video]
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Evidence of the vast changes that mark the American landscape come with a new report,…
Torah and Truth: Theology in the Obituary Pages
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Theological lessons appear in the most unexpected places. The February 12, 2012 edition of The New York Times included an…
The Family Torn Apart — Richard Wolff on Economics and Family Life
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Though this may surprise some readers, liberal and conservative economists often agree on the nature of the problems posed by…
Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.,serves as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary — the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world.Read more
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“The Axioms of Religion” – A New Edition
E. Y. Mullins towers over the Baptist landscape of the twentieth century. He uniquely represents the effort of Baptists (and Southern Baptists in particular) to come to terms with the challenges of the modern age. His mediating theological method and moderating mode of denominational leadership leaves him difficult to define in precise terms. Thus, the arguments about E. Y. Mullins — and his central affirmation of “soul competency” — are certain to continue far into the future.
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The Santorum Predicament: A Sign of the Times
Monday, February 27, 2012
“Abortion is as American as Apple Pie” — The Culture of Death Finds a Voice
Friday, January 20, 2012
Learning from Christopher Hitchens: Lessons Evangelicals Must Not Miss
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The death of Christopher Hitchens on December 15 was not unexpected, and that seemed only to add to the tragedy. His fight against cancer had been lived, like almost every other aspect of his colorful life, in full public view. He had told numerous interviewers that he wanted to die in an active, not a passive sense. Then again, there may never have been a truly passive moment in Christopher Hitchens’ life.
President Obama and Same-Sex Marriage — The Dance Continues
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Some predictions are rather safe to make. 2012 is almost certain to be a determinative year on the issue of same-sex marriage. Multiple courts appear poised to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA] and, even more urgently, the appeal on California’s Proposition 8 at the Ninth Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals will set up a certain appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. Given the facts of this case and the significance of the nation’s most populous state, the Supreme Court is almost certain to take the case. This sets the stage for the courts to make some determinative statement on same-sex marriage within the next several months — a decision that will go a long way toward setting the direction of the larger culture.
