A lion of the pulpit, now in Christ’s presence: The relentless expository passion of John F. MacArthur, Jr., 1939-2025

He was the greatest expositor of his times. One of the ironies of John MacArthur is that, to the end, he insisted that any God-called preacher of the ...

August 14, 2025

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Pat Robertson Apologizes

On Wednesday, CBN founder Pat Robertson released a statement "clarifying" his suggestion offered Monday to the effect that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated. Earlier in the day, he had claimed that press reports had "misinterpre ...

August 25, 2005

Pat Robertson’s Words and Our Responsibility

All human beings are capable of making outrageous comments, fraudulent claims, and scandalous conversation. That is part of the human condition -- part of being a sinner. Language is a powerful gift, but the evil use of language can do great and grav ...

August 23, 2005

Not So Stories — A Soviet Myth Revealed

Generations of children in the Soviet Union were taught the story of "Comrade Pavlik," a young boy and "Young Pioneer" who "heroically" denounced his own father to Soviet authorities, accusing his father of hoarding grain. After young Pavlik [whose f ...

August 23, 2005

Can God and Science Mix?

The New York Times is continuing its barrage of news stories and analysis articles on the controversy over evolution and Intelligent Design with an article by reporter Cornelia Dean, "Scientists Speak Up on Mix of God and Science." Dean's main point ...

August 23, 2005

What the ‘Teen Choice’ Awards Reveal

Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center took a look at the recent "Teen Choice Awards" program featured on Fox. The winners were chosen by teenagers via a poll organized by Teen People magazine. Bozell reports: "In between the incessant screaming o ...

August 23, 2005

Darwinists and Doubters — The Central Issue

The New York Times is out again with (yet another) major article on the controversy over evolutionary theory and Intelligent Design. Today's article, "In Explaining Life's Complexity, Darwinists and Doubters Clash," by Kenneth Chang, sets this issue ...

August 22, 2005

Very Big and Promising News on Stem Cell Research

For the first time, scientists now claim to have transformed ordinary human skin cells into cells equal in "totipotentiality" to embryonic stem cells. The report is published in today's edition of The Washington Post and the full research report is t ...

August 22, 2005

Virtual Adultery — The Emergence of Cybersinning

The Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] reports that "virtual adultery" is a new threat to marriages. Until recently, adultery has been a sin of the flesh. Temptation arrives, chemistry sizzles and before long the unfaithful spouse is spending stolen ...

August 22, 2005

America’s Burning Issue: Is the Oreo Addictive?

The Chicago Tribune today features a massive article devoted to the great question: Are Oreos addictive? Here's how the article begins:  "Churned out in ovens the size of football fields, the Oreo reigns as the best-selling cookie in the world and a ...

August 20, 2005

Evolution on the Mind

The reporters and editors of The New York Times evidently have evolution on the mind. Today's on-line edition of the paper includes at least three articles dealing with evolution in one way or the other. All this attention indicates the anxiety of ev ...

August 20, 2005