Friday, October 30, 2009
Getting Ready to Get Ready for Marriage
How can young people prepare themselves for marriage? On today’s program, Dr. Mohler discusses the things people can do to make sure they are readying themselves for marriage. Lisa Anderson and Steve Waters of Boundless.org, join Dr. Mohler to address the need for intentionality in the relationships young people pursue. Marriage is certainly something that should…
“Free to Live and Love as We See Fit?”
Friday, October 30, 2009
As Sen. John McCain recently remarked, “elections have consequences.” President Barack Obama signed the “Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act” into law on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise and handing the gay rights community one of its most sought-after achievements.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Marriage Index — An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Where is the institution of marriage headed in the United States? The Institute for American Values and the NCAAMP have jointly released The Marriage Index, which uses five indicators to measure the health of marriages in the United States. Just as there are specific indicators that reveal the state of the economy, The Marriage Index reveals what’s happening between…
The Divorce Divide — A National Embarrassment
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Divorce Divide and the American Conscience
Divorce is becoming the new norm in America. Rather than honoring their marriage contracts, couples are breaking their vows, leaving their children and finding ways to circumvent faithfulness to those they have promised to love. Divorce is terrible, real, and becoming more and more common in the United States. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler, with his guest…
Monday, October 26, 2009
Bound by Conscience or Denying the Bible?
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is flirting with homosexuality in dangerous ways. Over the summer, the ELCA voted to adopt a statement on human sexuality that fully embraces homosexuality within the church. While acknowledging that individual Christians could come to different opinions on these issues, the statement included a “Bound Conscience” principle, calling Christians…
The Idolatrous Religion of Conscience — A Lutheran Lesson for Us All
Monday, October 26, 2009
“It wasn’t primarily about sex.” With those words, Lutheran theologian Robert Benne explained that the actions recently taken by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to normalize homosexuality were not primarily about sex at all, but about theological identity. “The ELCA has formally left the great tradition for liberal Protestantism,” Benne declared.
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Blessings of Discipline in a Child’s Life
Hilary Stout of the New York Times has recently written a piece on parenting titled “For Some Parents, Shouting is the New Spanking.” Why has shouting at children become a common form of discipline for parents? When shouting becomes the norm, parents teach their children that frustration and anger is an appropriate response to disobedience….
Feminism Unfulfilled — Why Are So Many Women Unhappy?
Friday, October 23, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The True Face of the American Woman
Time Magazine has recently reported on the state of the American woman. Though many modern women are more powerful and make more money than any generation previously, they are far less happy. As the family unit dissolves and the gift of motherhood is set aside for cultural achievement, women are losing a sense of sure…
