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The Bishop Discovers Heresy?

Several years ago, Methodist theologian Thomas C. Oden announced a most unusual quest: "I am earnestly looking for some church milieu wherein the sober issue of heresy can at least be examined," he declared.  He added, "I am looking, like Diogenes wi ...

July 17, 2009

“The Orthodox Are Finished”

Acting in open defiance to the worldwide Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church has voted to end a de facto moratorium on the election and consecration of openly gay bishops. The vote -- overwhelming in both houses of the denomination's General Con ...

July 15, 2009

Two Rival Religions?

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

July 13, 2009

Evangelicalism’s Terminal Generation?

Is this evangelicalism's terminal generation?  Without doubt, we are facing an unprecedented set of challenges to evangelical identity.  The rise of a postmodern culture has produced an intellectual context in which the very concept of truth is held ...

July 8, 2009

A Christian Vision of Marriage and Family

"For the first time in its history, Western civilization is confronted with the need to define the meaning of the terms 'marriage' and 'family.'" So states author Andreas J. Kostenberger who, with the assistance of David W. Jones has written God, Mar ...

July 6, 2009

A Governor, a King, and the Tragedy of Adultery

The sad spectacle of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford continues to dominate the headlines as further revelations add one bizarre twist after another to the governor's tale of adultery, deceit, and the consequences of sin. With every passing day, ...

July 2, 2009

Richard Dawkins Jumps The Shark

News out of Great Britain indicates that Richard Dawkins, perhaps the world's most famous living atheist, is setting up a summer camp intended to help children and teenagers adopt atheism. As The Times [London] reports: "Give Richard Dawkins a child ...

June 30, 2009

The Assurance of Things Hoped For

THE ASSURANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR: A LIVING STEWARDSHIP FOR THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President Delivered June 24, 2009 at the Service Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of ...

June 29, 2009

Welcome Address to the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention

[This week the Southern Baptist Convention met in Louisville for its annual meeting.  This is the welcome address I was privileged to deliver on June 23, 2009.  Responsibilities with the SBC this week precluded regular commentary writing.  I will ret ...

June 26, 2009

Ask Anything Wednesday

An Encore Presentation From 06/17/09 ...

June 24, 2009