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The Disillusioned Feminist — Betty Friedan Dies At Age 85

Feminist writer and pioneer Betty Friedan died Saturday on the very day she turned 85 years of age. Her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, sparked a social revolution and became a manifesto for the rising movement later called feminism. Her thesis w ...

February 5, 2006

Truth, Truthiness, and the Burden of Truthfulness

The mounting controversy over James Frey's "memoir," A Million Little Pieces, has demonstrated the depth of this culture's confusion over the most basic questions of truthfulness. Frey's book, which hit the best-seller lists and was chosen by Oprah ...

February 3, 2006

Convocation Address — The Preacher As Servant of the Word

My convocation address for the new academic term was entitled "The Preacher as Servant of the Word," taken from Colossians 1:25-29. The address is available online here and here. The convocation address provides the opportunity for an affirmation o ...

February 3, 2006

Does Christianity “Squash” Women? My Favorite Reviewer Says No

My wife, Mary Mohler, reviews an important new book, Does Christianity Squash Women?, in the current edition of Reformation21. The book's author is Rebecca Jones, and her argument is both sound and sadly controversial. All too many postmoderns accus ...

February 2, 2006

Down Syndrome and a ‘Duty’ to Abort — The Coral Ridge Hour Exposes the Truth

I appeared on the January 22 edition of the The Coral Ridge Hour to discuss the fact that the majority of Down Syndrome babies are now being aborted in the womb -- victims of the Culture of Death and its logic of unworthy life. The broadcast is avail ...

February 2, 2006

Adrian Warnock Interviews Mark Dever

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 ...

February 2, 2006

The Preacher in His Study — An Eloquent Witness

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 ...

February 1, 2006

The Business of Babies

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, ...

February 1, 2006

Show Yourself a Man

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 ...

February 1, 2006

A Sign of the Times — Oxford University to Require Contracts of Students

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 ...

February 1, 2006