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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The Bible Meets the Modern Age: A Conversation with Former President Jimmy Carter

Today's Thinking in Public program features my interview with former President Jimmy Carter. The conversation was remarkable, and I was honored to have this interview with the 39th President of the United States. The focus of the interview was on the ...

March 26, 2012

Christian Ministry in the Shadow of the Mosque [with video]

Evidence of the vast changes that mark the American landscape come with a new report, The American Mosque 2011. The report was produced by a coalition of research centers and organizations under the direction of Ihsan Bagby of the University of Kentu ...

March 20, 2012

Rest in Print, Britannica: An Elegy for an Encyclopedia

And then they were no more. Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced Tuesday that it would no longer offer its venerable reference set in a printed edition. Western Civilization just took another hard blow to the chin. "It's a rite of passage in t ...

March 19, 2012

The Challenges We Face: A New Generation of Gospel Ministers Looks to the Future

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." [2 Timothy 4:7]  Writing to Timothy, the Apostle Paul was able to look back on his ministry and declare satisfaction that he had finished his course. Paul would be the f ...

March 14, 2012

Something Deadly This Way Comes — “After-Birth Abortion”

The debate over abortion comes down to one essential issue -- the moral status of the unborn child. Those making the case for the legalization of abortion argue that the developing fetus lacks a moral status that would trump a woman's desire to abort ...

March 6, 2012

The Santorum Predicament: A Sign of the Times

Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan had it just right -- someone had better read Rick Santorum his Miranda rights. In the big leagues of national politics, she warns, "Everything you've said can and will be used against you." Keep in mind that R ...

February 27, 2012

Casino Culture and the Collapse of Character

The casino stands as the great and most visible monument to the massive scale of the Gambling Industrial Complex in America. Just look across much of the American landscape, and you will see the glaring and garish lights of the casinos that serve to ...

February 21, 2012

When the Accounts Are Called: A Christian Understanding of Gambling

The nationwide explosion of legal gambling may well be the most underrated dimension of America’s moral crisis. With the expansion of state lotteries, casino gambling, and new technologies, the gambling industry is poised to grow even furthe ...

February 20, 2012

Torah and Truth: Theology in the Obituary Pages

Theological lessons appear in the most unexpected places. The February 12, 2012 edition of The New York Times included an obituary for Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, who died February 8 in Toronto at age 99. The obituaries in The New York Times are legenda ...

February 14, 2012

“We Try to Respect Religious Beliefs” — Mr. Kristof Rewrites the Constitution

Columnist Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times has emerged as one of the most influential journalists and public intellectuals of our times. He has been the voice of conscience on many issues of human rights and foreign affairs, and he has won two ...

February 13, 2012