http://www.AlbertMohler.com Albert Mohler's weblog provides a Christian analysis of critical issues as they break throughout the day. http://www.albertmohler.com/graphics/rss-image.jpg http://www.AlbertMohler.com 95 120 en-us Copyright 2008 Albert Mohler, all rights reserved. Saturday Sunday 30 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/460626710/blog_read.php <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2791'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/460626710" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:12:01 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2791 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2791 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/459731211/blog_read.php <p>Should Christians practice meditation?  An increasing number of Christians are trying or using Eastern meditation techniques in an effort to direct their spiritual lives.  It is no longer shocking to see churches offering yoga and meditation classes, nor to hear some Christians talking about their walks in a labyrinth, time spent in meditation, or experiments with the latest borrowing from the East. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2782'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/459731211" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:12:16 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2782 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2782 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/458148441/blog_read.php <p>USA Today is out with a report on a new research project that deserves our attention.  It seems that high school graduates surveyed in 2006 consider themselves much more likely to succeed in life when compared to the self-assessment offered by graduates in 1975. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2773'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/458148441" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:21:21 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2773 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2773 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/456954340/blog_read.php <p>The Irish poet Brendan Behan once quipped, "There is no such thing as bad publicity except your obituary."  Some atheists evidently disagree, and they want to help atheism get over a rather significant public relations problem. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2768'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/456954340" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:46:38 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2768 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2768 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/455854011/blog_read.php <p>HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, turned 60 last week.  This makes Prince Charles the longest-living heir to the throne in British history.  It also raises the question of whether he will ever be king.  After all, if Queen Elizabeth II lives only as long as her mother, that means adding another twenty years to her reign.  The Man who Would Be King would then be 80 himself.  The math is not on his side. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2761'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/455854011" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:33:38 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2761 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2761 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/451618350/blog_read.php <p>In the aftermath of the recent election the media, along with the rest of the society, are scrambling to make sense of it all.  This has led to some interesting approaches and news stories.  I recently was asked by TIME magazine and The Wall Street Journal to comment on the issues of same-sex marriage and abortion in the aftermath of November 4. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2748'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/451618350" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:10:53 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2748 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2748 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/450537208/blog_read.php <p>A recent caller to my radio program raised an issue of obvious personal urgency.  He explained that he and his wife had recently experienced the death of a young child.  He spoke of his faith in Christ and of his desire to be obedient.  "But, can we question God?" he asked. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2742'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/450537208" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:51:26 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2742 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2742 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/449232026/blog_read.php <p>The challenge of defending marriage as the union of a man and a woman was on full public display on November 4.  The immediate news was very encouraging indeed.  Voters in Arizona, Florida, and California all passed measures defending marriage and prohibiting same-sex marriages in their states.  These three states, added to the over twenty others that had already passed similar constitutional amendments or similar provisions, have made a massive public statement in support of marriage. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2735'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/449232026" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:29:26 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2735 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2735 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/448626055/blog_read.php <p>Several readers have asked for a link to the ABC World News Tonight segment on the election in which I made comments.  You will also recognize scenes from Southern Seminary.  A look at opinion and editorial pieces since Tuesday only serve to increase the concerns I mentioned in this interview with Dan Harris of ABC.  The segment can be viewed here, courtesy of ABC News.</p> <p></p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2725'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/448626055" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:26:42 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2725 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2725 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/445691920/blog_read.php <p>I had the privilege of preaching in chapel at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary on November 6.  I preached a message entitled, "How Not to Raise a Pagan," drawn from Deuteronomy 6.  The audio and video are now available here.  It was a great privilege to preach to the seminary community at Southeastern, where my great friend Danny Akin is president.</p> <p></p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2722'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/445691920" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:18:13 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2722 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2722 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/443036311/blog_read.php <p>The election of Sen. Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States came as a bang, not a whimper.  The tremors had been perceptible for days, maybe even weeks.  On Tuesday, America experienced nothing less than a political and cultural earthquake. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2715'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/443036311" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:04:31 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2715 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2715 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/441826377/blog_read.php <p>Americans head for the voting precincts today as the 2008 election is now at hand.  Already, some 20 million citizens have voted through early voting options.  Some expect a record turn-out for today's election.  In any event, millions of citizens will participate in the first duty of freedom -- the freedom to vote. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2709'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/441826377" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:39:34 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2709 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2709 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/437692043/blog_read.php <p>I wrote and voiced a series of twelve commentaries on election 2008 for Townhall.com and the Salem Radio Network.  These have been broadcast nationwide over the past few weeks, and are collected here for reference.  May God grant each of us wisdom and courage as we face the responsibility of citizenship on Election Day, November 4, 2008. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2693'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/437692043" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:59:32 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2693 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2693 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/437095700/blog_read.php <p>Election cycles serve to confuse as well as to reveal.  Reading voting patterns is not quite like reading a CAT-scan, but something does appear to be happening among some parts of the electorate that had been solidly pro-life in voting patterns. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2688'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/437095700" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:48:34 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2688 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2688 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/434462083/blog_read.php <p>Bad news must be especially hard to bear when you build your world on positive thinking, but the news out of Garden Grove this past Sunday was not happy.  Robert H. Schuller, founder of the Crystal Cathedral and the "Hour of Power" television ministry, announced that he had removed his son, Robert A. Schuller, as host of the television ministry. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2679'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/434462083" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:58:56 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2679 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2679 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/433359721/blog_read.php <p>Writing more than twenty years ago, Thomas Sowell described the basic worldview clash we observe today as a struggle between "constrained" and "unconstrained" visions of humanity.  The fundamental distinction between these two visions is moral, but the thrust of each is ideological.  The constrained vision may be considered basically conservative, while the unconstrained vision is basically liberal, in modern terms. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2672'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/433359721" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:15:39 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2672 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2672 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/430427483/blog_read.php <p>"We're talking about really refraining from using things like, husband-wife, boyfriend-girlfriend, those kind of things, and just say 'partner,'" explains Robin Sinks.  She is the health education specialist for the Long Beach Unified School District in California.  The point she was making is clear enough.  The legalization of same-sex marriage will require a comprehensive change in our language. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2661'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/430427483" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:25:36 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2661 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2661 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/429328909/blog_read.php <p>Several years ago, Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon offered the persuasive argument that America has embraced what she calls "rights talk."  The assertion of rights is now the standard way to effect social change or, in the case of individuals, to have your own way.  "Rights talk" is what remains when a cultural consensus about right and wrong evaporates. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2654'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/429328909" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:03 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2654 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2654 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/427229527/blog_read.php <p>Given how crazy this sounds, I would not have believed the report except for the fact that it was published by one of the world's most venerable newspapers, The Times [London].  It seems that Richard Dawkins, perhaps the world's most famous living atheist, is launching a campaign to put advertisements for atheism on London city buses. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2647'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/427229527" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:35:35 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2647 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2647 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/426157587/blog_read.php <p>Same-sex marriage is, for now, legal in three of fifty states in the United States.  Beyond our borders, it is legal in the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, South Africa, Canada and Norway.  This represents a very small percentage of the world's population.  Same-sex marriage is, by any measure, the exception rather than the rule.  Even when legalized civil unions and domestic partnerships are thrown into the mix, the countries that consider same-sex unions and heterosexual marriages to be equal before the law represent a small percentage of the world's nations. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2636'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/426157587" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:10:58 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2636 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2636 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/423526521/blog_read.php <p>Human society is a complex reality, but certain constants have framed that reality for human beings.  One of those constants has been the institution of marriage.  The respected status of the heterosexual pairing, set apart for exclusive rights and respected for its functions for the society, is among the most important of those constants.  Even where deviations from this pattern occur, they are of interest merely for the fact that they are deviations from this norm. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2635'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/423526521" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:53:00 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2635 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2635 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/421330164/blog_read.php <p>The shadow of abortion looms large over the American conscience.  Over thirty years after Roe v. Wade, the abortion controversy has not gone away.  If the U.S. Supreme Court majority really thought that their decision to create a new "right" to abortion would resolve the issue, history has rejected that assumption.  The nation is even more divided on this question in 2008 than it was in 1973. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2630'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/421330164" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:43:47 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2630 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2630 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/416633929/blog_read.php <p>Worldviews are constantly in motion.  New issues arise and new questions present themselves.  In one sense, worldviews operate as idea factories, as primary ideas work themselves out into related ideas.  The basic framework of convictions that lies at the heart of a worldview always works outward toward implications of those key convictions. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2619'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/416633929" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:28:07 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2619 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2619 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/415593575/blog_read.php <p>Alan E. Kazdin is a frustrated man, and it's America's parents who are frustrating him.  These parents are, of all things, prone to use an occasional spanking in disciplining their children.  Dr. Kazdin's great frustration is that these parents insist on doing what seems right to them, and thus they are ignoring or rejecting the fact that "science" shows that spankings don't work. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2609'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/415593575" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:43:07 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2609 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2609 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/414975296/blog_read.php <p>A physician by profession, Theodore Dalrymple has diagnosed one of the most public ills of our age -- "False Apology Syndrome."  He defines this new illness as "public apologies by politicians for the crimes and misdemeanors of their ancestors, or at least of their predecessors."  There is a lot of this going around. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2603'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/414975296" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:46:29 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2603 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2603 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/414110963/blog_read.php <p>The evolutionist is locked into an intellectual box from which there is no rescue.  Evolutionary theory is naturalistic by necessity -- everything must be explained in purely naturalistic terms.  Only nature can explain nature, and there is no other source of meaning or truth.  Thus, in the end the theory of evolution -- and the theory of evolution alone -- must explain everything about humanity. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2598'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/414110963" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:55:10 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2598 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2598 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/413051829/blog_read.php <p>Reports out of Russia indicate that the recent military clash with Georgia may have represented something more like desperation than opportunism.  Murray Feshbach of The Washington Post reports that, all things considered, Russia is actually close to a national collapse. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2586'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/413051829" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:51:13 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2586 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2586 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/410537698/blog_read.php <p>Now that the economic "bailout" plan has been passed by Congress, expect all parties involved to claim credit if it appears to work and deny blame if the crisis worsens.  Though the primary problem is a crisis in the credit markets and the financial sector, the entire economy feels the crunch.  The crisis now may lie in the awareness of uncertainty -- and no one likes uncertainty when it comes to matters economic. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2575'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/410537698" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:38:33 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2575 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2575 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/407099995/blog_read.php <p>When Jesus told Nicodemus, "unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God," Nicodemus was confused.  "How can a man be born when he is old," he asked.  "He cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born, can he?" </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2569'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/407099995" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:07:25 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2569 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2569 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~3/406319093/blog_read.php <p>ABC's World News Tonight broadcast a segment from the campus of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on Sunday night, September 28, 2008.  The issue was the roles of men and women in church and in society -- the issues raised by some in the wake of the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin as Sen. John McCain's running mate.  I appeared on the program, along with SBTS students Phillip Bethancourt, Courtney Tarter, and Toby Jennings. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2566'>Read Full Blog...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlbertMohlersBlog/~4/406319093" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:30:11 EST http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2566 http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2566