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As Summer Ends — (Late) Summer Reading List 2022

This year my Summer Reading List is definitely testing the boundaries of summer. But I claim as justification the fact that the days are still warm an...

August 8, 2022

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The Cultural Momentum of the Homosexual Movement–And the Church’s Response

Over the past thirty years, the homosexual movement has coalesced into a powerful force for cultural change. In fact, momentum for the normalization of homosexual behavior and relationships is now recognized in large segments of the society as a legi ...

January 6, 2006

The Challenge of Homosexuality—How Important Is It?

In every generation, the church is faced with a certain test-case, a certain issue which is the clearest barometer of the conviction and biblical commitment of the people of God. The church in Germany, for example, faced this sort of question with th ...

January 5, 2006

The Reign of the Therapeutic–Someone’s Asking Questions

Something's going on at The Los Angeles Times. On New Year's Day, the paper ran not one, but two articles questioning America's therapeutic culture and addiction to the latest psychological or psychiatric fads. When a major American newspaper publish ...

January 4, 2006

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea—No Middle Ground

Daniel C. Dennett is one of the world's most influential evolutionary scientists, and unlike many of his colleagues, Dennett doesn't run away from Darwinism's logical conclusions. Instead, he describes Darwin's theory of evolution as a "universal aci ...

January 3, 2006

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all visitors at AlbertMohler.com. Thank you for your interest -- and for your feedback and responses. The coming year will surely bring great challenges, along with many opportunities for Christians to think seriously about the issu ...

January 2, 2006

The People Who Walk in Darkness Will See a Great Light—The Glory of Christmas

"The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. Those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them." [Isaiah 9:2] Those words from the prophet Isaiah told of the coming Prince of Peace, and of the light and life He would bring. Chr ...

December 21, 2005

Torture and the War on Terror: We Must Not Add Dirty Rules to Dirty Hands

Looking back at World War I, Winston Churchill was moved to write: "When all was over, torture and cannibalism were the only two expedients that the civilized, scientific, Christian states had been able to deny themselves: and these were of doubtful ...

December 20, 2005

Why Do We Preach? A Foundation for Christian Preaching, Part Three

The preacher stands before the congregation as the external minister of the Word, but the Holy Spirit works as the internal minister of that same Word. A theology of preaching must take the role of the Spirit into full view, for without an understand ...

December 19, 2005

Why Do We Preach? A Foundation for Christian Preaching, Part Two

"In the past," wrote the author of Hebrews, "God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways. But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made th ...

December 16, 2005

Why Do We Preach? A Foundation for Christian Preaching, Part One

Preach the Word! That simple imperative frames the act of preaching as an act of obedience. That is where any theology of preaching must begin. Preaching did not emerge from the church's experimentation with communication techniques. The church does ...

December 15, 2005

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