President Biden’s unpardonable pardon

President Biden’s unpardonable pardon: We must love our children both rightly and righteously “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.” Those w...

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Why the Sexual Revolution Needed a Sexual Revolutionary

My article, "Why the Sexual Revolution Needed a Sexual Revolutionary," is now available at The Atlantic. I write about Helen Gurley Brown's influence in the Sexual Revolution and the revolutionary character of her agenda in her own times. Conservativ ...

August 24, 2012

Shall We Die as a Fool Dies?

For many years I have been captivated by King David's lament over Abner in 2 Samuel 3. It framed a fitting text for my 2012 Opening Convocation Address at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: "Shall We Die as a Fool Dies?" ...

August 14, 2012

Gore Vidal and the Sky God

The death of author and controversialist Gore Vidal last week brought an end to one of America's most gifted and flamboyantly offensive literary voices. Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was born in 1925 on the campus of the United States Military Academy at ...

August 6, 2012

The Dark Night in Denver — Groping for Answers

The news hit the airwaves like a sudden onslaught, and the truth began to sink in. It has happened again. This time, 50 people shot while attending the midnight premier of the last in the Batman sequence, "The Dark Knight Rises." According to press r ...

July 20, 2012

Have Our Children Forgotten How to Play Outdoors?

Author Richard Louv believes that America’s children are now suffering from a syndrome he identifies as “nature-deficit disorder.” In his recent book, Last Child in the Woods, Louv suggests that the current generation of American children knows th ...

July 16, 2012

Has God Called You? The Calling of the Christian Minister

Has God called you to ministry? Though all Christians are called to serve the cause of Christ, God calls certain persons to serve the Church as pastors and other ministers. Writing to young Timothy, the Apostle Paul confirmed that if a man a ...

July 5, 2012

Recommended Reading: The Summer Reading List for 2012

Reading has its own seasons and rhythms. For much of the year, leaders and other busy people put off a great deal of the reading they want to do in favor of the reading they have to do. For many of us, summer affords the season to read at least a few ...

June 10, 2012

Southern Baptists and Salvation: It’s Time to Talk

A recent statement on the doctrine of salvation has received a good bit of attention in recent days. Since it deals with matters of current controversy, it has generated some heat. Our current task as Southern Baptists is to engage in a theological c ...

June 6, 2012

Can Christians Use Birth Control?

The effective separation of sex from procreation may be one of the most important defining marks of our age–and one of the most ominous. This awareness is spreading among American evangelicals, and it threatens to set loose a firestorm. Most evan ...

June 5, 2012

The Seduction of Pornography and the Integrity of Christian Marriage, Part Two

The Christian worldview must direct all consideration of sexuality to the institution of marriage. Marriage is not merely the arena for sexual activity, it is presented in Scripture as the divinely-designed arena for the display of God’s glory on ...

June 1, 2012