Today’s Quote (11/4/08)

Al Mohler, “A Prayer for America on Election Day:” First, we should pray that God will bless America with leaders better than we deserve.… Second, we should pray that Americans will be motivated to fulfill the responsibilities of citizenship, yet also that we will be stripped of an unhealthy and idolatrous confidence in the power […]

Today’s Quote (10/4/08)

Al Mohler, “Preaching With the Culture in View” in Preaching the Cross: “Most Americans believe that their major problem is something that has happened to them, and that their solution is to be found within. In other words, they believe that they have an alien problem that is to be resolved with an inner solution. […]

America’s economy

I admit it — I don’t understand all the issues surrounding the economic bail-out plan, nor all the factors that led to this crisis (my college economics class was at 7:30 in the morning — not conducive to remembering economic philosophy — and more than 25 years ago!). I have an opinion — like every […]

Singleness and Children

Al Mohler always has keen insights into cultural issues and how a believer should view new happenings as they occur. Yesterday he responded to a report from England that many single women are now becoming mothers through artificial insemination — and at much earlier ages (20s and early 30s) than ever before. The entire blog […]

Creation, evolution, and apologies

It has interested me over the past few years to see a growing trend for groups to offer “apologies” to other groups or individuals who may not even be alive, for sins that were not committed by the apologizing group. The whole truth about confession and forgiveness is horribly muddled in the whole process: Biblically […]

A woman in the White House but not in the pulpit?

Apparently, the selection of Sarah Palin by John McCain has triggered a number of questions and accusations against evangelicals. The debate is essentially over this question: “Evangelicals are willing to have a woman serve in the White House, but not as the pastor of a church? Isn’t that just a little inconsistent?” In light of […]

Cohabitation and marriage

Al Mohler has an interesting summary and brief analysis about the recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau (as reported in USA Today) that there is an increase in cohabitating couples. The summary statistics: In 2007, there were 6.4 million cohabitating, heterosexual couples in the U.S — up from approximately 5 million in 2006. There […]

Catching up on some blogs

Here are some blogs of interest from the past few days — In the past two days, Al Mohler has written two articles that all parents ought to read. Yesterday he wrote, “The Death Culture Strikes Again,” addressing the role of the internet in increasing suicide rates among teens, concluding with yet another admonition to […]

Mohler on the new atheism

Last week, Al Mohler presented the W. H. Griffith Thomas lectureship at Dallas Theological Seminary, speaking on the new atheism. If you are wondering what men like Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins are saying and writing (and millions of people have purchased their books, so someone is wondering), then you will find these […]

Another testimony for permanent marriages

In yesterday’s blog, Al Mohler, citing a recent article from the Washington Post, articulates a downside to divorce that has rarely been mentioned. We speak often of the impact of divorce on young children, and the detriment it is to the marriage partners, but after decades of increased divorce rates, the influence on divorce for […]

Discernment needed

On my upcoming sabbatical, I want to read a number of books. One of those is one just published by blogger Tim Challies, called The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment. It is an important book on an important topic. Al Mohler explains why.

The Reading List

I’m always on the lookout for good new books. Sometimes it can be a daunting task to walk into a bookstore and try to determine which book is worth reading and which is not. Al Mohler has begun a new feature called “The Reading List” on his web/blog site. I have always found him to […]

Abortion and Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Al Mohler’s analysis of Time magazine’s current cover story (“The Grassroots Abortion War”) on Crisis Pregnancy Centers is helpful and illuminating. Read it here.

Must reading

If you read one thing on the Internet today or this week or this month, let it be this morning’s commentary by Al Mohler, “The Scary Logic of Peter Singer.” The topic of bioethics and eugenics may not be a favorite of yours, but as believers, we must be informed about how the culture thinks […]

Lessons learned in a crisis

Yesterday morning I made that statement that James 1 is a difficult passage for us to comprehend (and apply) because it is so contrary to the fleshly response when trials occur. In addition to the eternal help we receive from God’s Word, God also provides us with godly people who respond to trial in God-exalting […]