Your vocabulary word for the day is, “pivot.” According to the Oxford Languages Dictionary, pivot can be used as a noun, meaning, “The central poin...
Evelyn Waugh, who would become one of the best-known British writers of his age, chronicled the decline and fall of the British aristocracy in works s...
Cecile Richards is no stranger to controversy. As the president of Planned Parenthood she leads one of the central institutions of the Culture of Deat...
A respectful conversation on the most controversial issues of our day is a rare gift. And I am looking forward to just that kind of opportunity when I...
Though this may surprise some readers, liberal and conservative economists often agree on the nature of the problems posed by various economic practices, even as they vigorously disagree about the solutions to those problems. Richard Wolff is a man ...
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down one of the most important decisions on religious liberty in recent decades. For the first time, the Court held that there is indeed a ministerial exemption that allows churches and reli ...
The easiest way to infuriate the young is to lean into nostalgia. Nevertheless, it's hard not to be nostalgic for a childhood in which the basic equipment for elementary school was pretty much limited to notebooks, pencils, and an occasional ruler. T ...
This letter to The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College community was released in the wake of the tragedy and scandal at Penn State University, and in honor of all those who have experienced such abuse. ___________________________ ...
Would you attend a same-sex wedding ceremony? That question was posed recently to Houston pastor Joel Osteen, and Osteen said that he would attend, if the wedding involved friends. This came just after Osteen indicated that he could not perform a sam ...
My column at CNN.com, "Are Evangelicals Dangerous?," was posted there on Sunday's front page. By mid-Monday, there were 75 pages of comments at the site. That tells us something about the volatility of the question. You can count on more debates alo ...
Should Christian pastors preside at marriage ceremonies for cohabitating couples? That is not just a theoretical question -- it is a pastoral dilemma faced by almost every pastor. Given the rising rates of cohabitation, this question will only grow m ...
The death of Steve Jobs, founder and iconic leader of Apple, is a signal moment in the lives of the "Digital Generation," which Jobs, along with a very few other creative geniuses, made possible. Few individuals of any historical epoch can claim to h ...
On September 11, 2011 -- the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States, I preached the following message at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky [East Campus]. The message, "Terror Revisited: Truth Rev ...
On Thursday, September 8, 2011, I was joined by Russell Moore, Zane Pratt, and Heath Lambert for a public discussion of the theological lessons of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. The video of the event is made available here, in hopes that ...