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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Revisiting Inerrancy: A Panel Discussion Considers What is at Stake

More than twenty years ago, theologian J. I. Packer recounted what he called a “Thirty Years’ War” over the inerrancy of the Bible. He traced his involvement in this war in its American context back to a conference held in Wenham, Massachusetts in 19 ...

October 15, 2012

Two Rival Religions? Christianity and Post-Christianity

On November 3, 1921, J. Gresham Machen presented an address entitled, “Liberalism or Christianity?” In that famous address, later expanded into the book, Christianity and Liberalism, Machen argued that evangelical Christianity and its liberal riva ...

October 8, 2012

What is Morality Other Than Harm?

Is morality limited to questions of direct harm? That question is not just a matter of moral theory -- it also informs our most urgent political and cultural debates. Back in May, columnist Eric Zorn of The Chicago Tribune asserted: "To me, immoral c ...

September 27, 2012

‘Staying in His Lane’ — Joel Osteen’s Gospel of Affirmation Without Salvation

Joel Osteen was back on CNN this week, appearing Thursday morning on "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien." Osteen's new book, I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life, recently hit the nation's bookstores. Osteen's positive thinking theology ...

September 21, 2012

The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife? When Sensationalism Masquerades as Scholarship

The whole world changed on Tuesday. At least, that is what many would have us to believe. Smithsonian magazine, published by the Smithsonian Institution, declares that the news released Tuesday was "apt to send jolts through the world of biblical sch ...

September 20, 2012

Christian Values Cannot Save Anyone

A recent letter to columnist Carolyn Hax of The Washington Post seemed straightforward enough. "I am a stay-at-home mother of four who has tried to raise my family under the same strong Christian values that I grew up with," the woman writes. "Theref ...

September 11, 2012

The Great American Worldview Test — The 2012 Election

American presidential elections are the world's most public display of the democratic process. The global media follow the American elections with a fervor that is easily understood -- what happens in an American presidential election matters all ove ...

September 6, 2012

Atheists in the Pulpit — The Sad Charade of the Clergy Project

"It is hard to think of any other profession which it is so near to impossible to leave." That is the judgment of Richard Dawkins, perhaps the world's most famous living atheist, as he welcomes unbelieving pastors to join the Clergy Project, a group ...

August 29, 2012

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