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“So Peter Opened His Mouth” — The Preacher’s Calling Reduced to Five Powerful Words

The Bible presents an astonishingly simple method of preaching. In Nehemiah 8:8 we read that Ezra and his fellow preachers "read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading." Ther ...

May 16, 2014

It’s Back — The “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife” and the State of Modern Scholarship

The so-called "Gospel of Jesus's Wife" is back in the news and back in public conversation. The story first broke in a flurry of sensationalism back in September of 2012 when Smithsonian magazine declared that a papyrus fragment had been found which ...

April 14, 2014

The Briefing 04-11-13

Podcast Transcript 1) Gospel of Jesus' Wife? It's still just sensationalism masquerading as scholarship Papyrus Referring to Jesus’ Wife Is More Likely Ancient Than Fake, Scientists Say, New York Times (Laura Goodstein) The Alleged Gospel of ...

April 11, 2014

Ask Anything: Weekend Edition 04-05-14

1) How should we think about slavery in the Bible? Why was it allowed? 2) Where should someone begin pursuing interest in classical music? 3) Is online schooling going to replace traditional schooling? What are the pros and cons? Call with y ...

April 5, 2014

The Briefing 03-31-14

Podcast Transcript 1) How can there be such high rates of religious belief and such poor rates of religious faithfulness? The Christian Penumbra, New York Times (Ross Douthat) 2) Demographics point us to reality world is changing, and we bet ...

March 31, 2014

Drowning in Distortion — Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah”

My first experience teaching the Bible came when I was asked at the last minute to teach a Sunday School class of first-grade boys. I was only 16 years old, and I did not exactly volunteer to teach the class. I found myself telling a familiar Bible s ...

March 31, 2014

Ask Anything: Weekend Edition 03-29-14

1) How should we understand the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit?" 2) Dr. Mohler, how do you study the Bible? 3) What is the difference between the types of apologetics and which do you favor? Call with your questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a wee ...

March 29, 2014

The Briefing 03-28-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Despite Obama’s “retrenchment” the world is becoming a more dangerous place Global Crises Put Obama’s Strategy of Caution to the Test, New York Times (David E Sanger) Superpower Once Lived Here, The Weekly Standard (Wil ...

March 28, 2014

Ask Anything: Weekend Edition 02-22-14

1) What does the Bible say about welfare, poverty, and taxing the wealthy? 2) What is your reaction to John Walton's "The Lost World of Genesis One" and 'functional ontology'? 3) How much do you sleep? How do you do The Briefing? How much time ...

February 22, 2014

The Briefing 02-12-14

1) President Obama delays ObamaCare implementation Obama Rewrites ObamaCare, Wall Street Journal (Editorial) Health-Law Mandate Put Off Again, Wall Street Journal (Louise Radnofsky and Theo Francis) Obama's Boil the Frog ObamaCare Strategy, ...

February 12, 2014

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