What happens when boys grow up without the influence of male authority? Stewart Dakers warns that the absence of engaged males in authority — fathers in particular — leads to brutal, crude, dangerous, and narcissistic teenage boys and young men.

The death of Dr. Jerry Falwell today brings an end to one of the largest lives of our times. I have written a commentary on Dr. Falwell for “On Faith” at The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine [read here]. We will discuss Dr. Falwell’s legacy on today’s edition of The Albert Mohler Program.

Inevitably, the armed services are a mirror held up to the nation. When we look at our soldiers, we see the profile of a generation. This was true of the rag-tag army that coalesced under the leadership of General George Washington, of the massive American forces that fought in two cataclysmic world wars, and of the Vietnam generation. Now, it is true of the current generation as well.

The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California is out with a big news flash — dads matter in the lives of their children. Sandra Stokley reports on the formation of “DADS,” a group dedicated to encouraging men to be more involved in the lives of their children.

Thank you to all who prayed for me during my recent hospitalization and health crisis. I can assure you that God blessed your prayers, along with your many, many gestures of encouragement. I will be in a period of recovery for some time. The Lord taught me so much during the crisis — and He is teaching me much during days of forced rest and recovery. I will be writing about these things in days to come.

Dr. Mohler was discharged this morning from Louisville’s Baptist Hospital East. After a two week hospitalization that included extensive abdominal surgery and a four day stay in the Intensive Care Unit due to pulmonary emboli in the lungs, he and the family are overjoyed to be back home.

Dr. Mohler was moved out of intensive care and into a private room at Baptist Hospital East this afternoon and continues to improve following complications from abdominal surgery that was performed Dec. 28.