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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“Boundless” Interview by Podcast

Boundless is a magnificent e-magazine and resource from Focus on the Family.  I recently talked to friends at Boundless when I was in Colorado Springs, and I recorded an interview with them that is available here.  As always, it was great to talk wit ...

March 6, 2009

“Do Not Cast Me Off in the Time of Old Age,” Part Two

Bioethicists Eric Cohen and Leon R. Kass offer warning that we are now witnessing the development of a "mass geriatric society" which will present this country with massive economic, social, medical, political, and ethical challenges. Recognizing th ...

March 5, 2009

“Do Not Cast Me Off in the Time of Old Age,” Part One

"Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails." This is the prayer of the Psalmist in Psalm 71:9. Like so many before and after him, the Psalmist fears being forsaken when he is old. In our own times, this conce ...

March 4, 2009

Special “Focus on the Family” Broadcast

The announcement that Dr. James C. Dobson has stepped down from his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Focus on the Family has received considerable media attention -- as should be expected.  After all, transitions of this magnitude are ne ...

March 3, 2009

A Birthday Party You Might Miss

I recently discovered that I share a birth year with Barbara Millicent Roberts.  We will both turn fifty this year, but her birthday comes first.  From what I have seen of her in recent media appearances, she isn't showing many signs of age. Then ag ...

March 2, 2009

This Prayer Approved by the White House?

Is the Obama White House vetting prayers?  Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News and World Report reports that this represents a "new tradition" established by the administration of President Barack Obama.  As Gilgoff revealed, "In a departure from previous presi ...

February 27, 2009

The scourge of pornography is now so pervasive that it begins to define the culture at large.  America is fast transforming itself from a society that allows and markets pornography into a culture that is pornographic.  Boundary after boundary is bei ...

February 26, 2009

Focus on the Family Interview Today — Atheism Remix

I was honored to talk with Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family about my recent book, Atheism Remix.  The interview is broadcast today on the "Focus on the Family" radio program, which Dr. Dobson hosts. It was a good conversation about h ...

February 23, 2009

The Divine Egotist — Is God Arrogant, Selfish, or Megalomaniacal?

Is the God of the Bible the supreme egotist?  That question arises when human beings contemplate the meaning of the truth that God does everything for the sake of his own glory.  Is God then a megalomaniac? Human beings are trapped in a human frame ...

February 20, 2009

The Palin Parable — Bristol Says Abstinence “Not Realistic At All”

Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, made headlines last summer when it was revealed that she was about to become an unwed mother.  On December 27, she gave birth to a baby boy named Tripp.  Now, Bristol Palin is ba ...

February 19, 2009