The vast revolutions in morality that have reshaped the modern landscape have been spectacularly successful, with very few exceptions. In the last hal...
With Christmas just days away, the Vatican evidently thought it was high time to reverse 2,000 years of Christian tradition and allow priests to bless...
Most of us know we’re living in consequential times, but sometimes it seems we’re living in truly dangerous times. Just over the course of the last fe...
So, what about the new speaker of the House? Is he a kind and gracious man or “a right-wing fever dream come to life,” as one columnist declared? Actu...
UK pastor and blogger Adrian Warnock interviewed my good friend Mark Dever during his recent visit to Great Britain. He summarized the interview here, and made it available to readers of his very interesting Weblog. A few select paragraphs: We spok ...
In her Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, Gilead, author Marilynne Robinson writes in the voice of Rev. John Ames, a 77-year-old preacher in Gilead, Iowa, who is writing a massive and final letter to his beloved 7-year old son. The novel is set in 1956, w ...
My commentary for today, "The Big Business of Making Babies," introduces the work of Harvard professor Debora L. Spar and her new book The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception. In "The Business of Babies, ...
The current issue of the Southern Seminary Magazine deals with the challenge of Christian manhood. The magazine includes these theme articles: "Show Yourself a Man." by Randy L. Stinson, Assistant Professor of Gender and Family Studies and Executive ...
Oxford University has decided to require new students to sign contracts obligating them to attend classes and lectures, and to fulfill course requirements. As The Observer [London] explains, the university faculty is concerned about possible litigati ...
Christianity Today offers additional coverage of issues related to The End of The Spear film. The coverage includes an interview with Steve Saint and an article in which he explains the hiring of Chad Allen in the movie's lead role. ...
Janet Kornblum of USA Today warns parents that children as young as grade school are often exposed to on-line pornography. In "Porn 'Tidal Wave' Puts Parents to Test," she advises: If your child surfs the Web, chances are he or she already has seen ...
On Monday's edition of The Albert Mohler Program, I interviewed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times about the Sudanese genocide in Darfur. He offered cogent analysis and suggestions for making a difference. Listen to the program he ...
Hanna Rosin of The Washington Post provides a fascinating analysis of why television dramas dealing with Christianity usually end in disaster. In "God and Man on Television," published at Slate.com, Rosin offers a most interesting argument for why N ...
According to The Los Angeles Times, a "softer" view of God is more popular among many today, especially when it comes to beliefs about God's wrath. This is hardly news, of course, as modern theology could be described as one long project intended to ...