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June 9, 2008
Truth Matters: On Campus And In The Church
The Best Analysis of the “Gospel of Judas”
May 28, 2008
The controversy surrounding the “Gospel of Judas” raises significant and important questions for intelligent Christians. How are we to understand this document? What does this text suggest in terms of theology? How do we put the entire question into context?
The Gospel of Judas — The Betrayal of Truth
May 28, 2008
When the National Geographic Society and a team of designated scholars announced the “discovery” and release of the document known as the “Gospel of Judas” the international media went after the story with a frenzy. Headlines around the world claimed that the discovery would force a complete reconstruction of Christianity.
March 4, 2008
Angels Among Us: Evangelical Culture and Pop Spirituality
From figurines to television shows, Americans are fascinated by angels. For many, however, they serve a function dramatically different from that of angels in the Bible. On today’s program, guest host Russell Moore welcomes Peter Gardella, author of American Angels: Useful Spirits in the Material World, for a discussion of American pop spirituality and angels.
A Legacy of Conviction and Courage
January 23, 2008
The year was 1980 and the controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention was in full force. Adrian Rogers, pastor of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis has been elected SBC President just the previous June — setting the stage for what became known as the Conservative Resurgence in the denomination.
And For Older Children . . . Respect Their Desire to Read and to Learn
November 16, 2007
Several readers of these articles and listeners to the radio program responded to the article on Bible story books for young children by asking about a book for older children as well. Thankfully, there is (as several readers pointed out) a wonderful resource in The Child’s Story Bible by Catherine F. Vos.
Bible Story Books for Children
November 15, 2007
On Wednesday’s edition of “Ask Anything Wednesday” on The Albert Mohler Program I was asked about good Bible story books for children. I appreciated the question because I am concerned that many Bible story books treat the stories as nothing more than disconnected morality tales.
November 13, 2007
From the Bible to “Intimacy Kits” — Goodbye to the Gideons?
No more Gideons Bibles in hotel rooms? That is the point of an article published in the online edition of Newsweek. Reporter Roya Wolverson explains that the trend in upscale hotels is to include no Bible among the room furnishings. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler says this development is another reminder that we are living…
From the Bible to “Intimacy Kits” — Goodbye to the Gideons?
November 12, 2007
No more Gideons Bibles in hotel rooms? That is the point of an article published in the online edition of Newsweek. Reporter Roya Wolverson explains that the trend in upscale hotels is to include no Bible among the room furnishings.
October 1, 2007
So What Does an Atheist Do With the Bible? — Ideology Meets Etiquette
Author Christopher Hitchens, striving for the uncontested title as the World’s Most Strident Atheist, suggests that our culture is experiencing “something like a change in the zeitgeist” — that that change means a new openness to atheism. His book, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, is a direct assault upon belief in God….
