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A Legacy of Conviction and Courage

The year was 1980 and the controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention was in full force. Adrian Rogers, pastor of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis has been elected SBC President just the previous June -- setting the stage for what became kno ...

January 23, 2008

A Marriage Debate Worth Watching

The folks over at the libertarian-leaning CATO Institute have produced a debate over marriage that demands attention. The lead essay by Stephanie Coontz sets the stage for the debate, and three substantial responses to her essay add further substance ...

January 22, 2008

Christianity vs. Jesusanity — The Postmodern Temptation

The most hard-core forms of postmodern thought are generally limited to academic campuses, but the postmodern worldview is trickling down in various forms to the popular level.  While postmodern literary theorists debate the meaning of "totalizing me ...

January 18, 2008

Is Matriarchy the Shape of the Future?

Some social changes creep along and are barely perceptible. Others are marked by the instantaneous arrival of a new technology, an earthquake, or an earth-shaking event like World War II. Some are foreseen, while others are surprises. Some should hav ...

January 17, 2008

Does Marriage Matter?

The "My Turn" column in each week's issue of Newsweek is always one of the most interesting features in the magazine, and it is often the first page I read. The January 14, 2008 edition featured a column that demands attention -- and has attracted pl ...

January 15, 2008

Theology Matters . . . It Always Matters

Ideas drive history.  Any significant conflict comes down, however eventually, to ideas, beliefs, and convictions.  Take that analysis to the next level and it becomes clear that the most significant human conflicts we encounter are the most signific ...

January 11, 2008

“A Rather Unexpected Aspect of IVF” — Over a Million Human Embryos Destroyed in Britain

The development of In Vitro Fertilization technologies [IVF] has produced what one key observer has called "a rather unexpected aspect" of the technique -- the destruction of well over a million human embryos in Great Britain alone. As reported in T ...

January 10, 2008

“We Had Abortions . . . . I’ve Had Abortions” — A New Voice in the Abortion Debate

A new voice is emerging in the abortion debate, and this voice is a powerful witness to the tragedy of killing the unborn. This voice is the voice of the fathers of abortion. "We had abortions. . . . I've had abortions," says Mark B. Morrow, a Chris ...

January 8, 2008

The Twilight of the Books?

Years ago, Walter Ong argued that our civilization is returning to a condition of "orality" in which the text gives way to the tongue. Specifically, Ong argued that this condition is actually a form of "secondary orality" since the culture had once b ...

January 7, 2008

The Caucus, the Candidates, and the Dance of Democracy

The dance of democracy is rarely graceful and almost never predictable. But, in the end, the people have their say. The 2008 U.S. presidential contest started earlier than any other in the nation's history, but the first real votes were taken last ni ...

January 4, 2008