http://www.albertmohler.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:23:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sports have taken an increasingly influential role in the lives of evangelical Christians.  While sports have the potential to give Christians a good platform for Christian witness, they also have the potential to lead Christians into idolatry.  On today’s show, Dr. Mohler interviews journalist and author Ted Kluck about the ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/09/christianity-and-sports-wheres-the-balance/ The tragic sinkings of the two ships Titantic and Lusitania reveal two very different stories.  On the Titantic, many men gave up their seats for women and children.  This was not the case on the Lusitania.  In today’s post-modern culture, the traditional assumptions about men and their responsibilities toward women ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/08/women-and-children-first-a-tale-of-two-ships-2/ The onslaught of modernity has challenged basic assumptions about marriage that existed merely decades ago.  Instead of marriage being the beginning of the permanence of experience between a man and woman, many couples are opting to experience permanence before marriage.  This trial before error approach to marriage is pervading the ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/05/permanence-before-experience-the-wisdom-of-marriage-2/ The scenario is well known, and the story still haunts the modern mind. The great ocean liner that was built as unsinkable struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912 and sank early the next morning, taking 1,517 of 2,223 lives on board. The RMS Titanic became a parable of modernity ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/05/women-and-children-first-a-tale-of-two-ships/ 2010 Shepherds Conference http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/04/no-little-people-no-little-sermons-john-9/ Having recently celebrated 40 years of ministry, Dr. John MacArthur has been a faithful expositor of God’s Word and shepherd of God’s people.   His ministry has benefitted many across the globe.  On today’s show, Dr. Mohler has the privilege of sitting down with Dr. MacArthur for a conversation and to ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/04/an-interview-with-dr-john-macarthur/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/03/ask-anything-wednesday-261/ Catherine Davis is a woman with a message, and that message is getting harder to ignore. "Black children are an endangered species." The Director of Minority Outreach for Georgia Right to Life, Davis is taking that message to the public, along with a massive public awareness campaign that has captured national ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/03/newsnote-black-children-are-an-endangered-species/ Frustrated by a perceived lack of success with minorities, the Georgia Right to Life recently hired a black woman, Ms. Catherine Davis, to make the case against abortion to minority audiences.  Ms. Davis began making the case that abortion is the key tool in the hands of those who seek ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/02/the-racial-case-against-abortion-an-interview-with-ms-catherine-davis/ Rightly understood, marriage is all about permanence. In a world of transitory experiences, events, and commitments, marriage is intransigent. It simply is what it is -- a permanent commitment made by a man and a woman who commit themselves to live faithfully unto one another until the parting of death. That ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/02/permanence-before-experience-the-wisdom-of-marriage/ Uwe and Hannelore Romeike may have been considered outside the norms of civil society in their native Germany, but not in Morristown, Tennessee, where they and their five children now live.  The Romeike’s were banned from homeschooling in Germany and moved to Tennessee where they were granted asylum by a ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/01/where-homeschooling-is-outlawed-asylum/ Uwe and Hannelore Romeike may have been considered outside the norms of civil society in their native Germany, but not in Morristown, Tennessee, where they and their five children now live. The Romeikes are homeschoolers who are determined to provide the education for their children, ranging in age from two ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/01/newsnote-where-homeschooling-is-outlawed-asylum/ The present political climate in the United States reveals a wide range of expectations of the government.  Some citizens desire an expansive government that provides solutions to many of the problems of its citizenry.  Other citizens expect a limited government that stays within the boundaries of narrowly-defined duties.  The Scriptures ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/26/government-expectations/ The Rev. Eric Bergman thinks he has seen the future -- and it isn't Protestant. Known as Father Bergman now, Rev. Bergman became a Catholic priest after serving for years as an Episcopalian minister. His conversion to Roman Catholicism came, he relates, after he began to ponder the moral and ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/26/is-the-reformation-over/ Both sides in the federal trial over same-sex marriage have now rested, and the nation awaits the decision of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker. Nevertheless, the judge's decision will not put the matter to rest, no matter his ruling. Both sides have pledged, if they lose, to appeal his ruling ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/25/mere-moral-opprobrium-far-more-than-marriage-is-on-trial-3/ All laws are intended to have an effect, but one of the perverse rules of politics is that laws often have effects very different than those desired or expected. Beyond this, the operational reality of a law, once passed into statute and interpreted by courts, is very often different than ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/25/newsnote-a-message-from-michigan/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/24/ask-anything-wednesday-260/ A recent article in Forbes magazine reveals that liberals and liberalism have pervaded every sector of society.  From the media to the university, a progressive approach to not only public policy but also humanity itself sets the agenda in most culturally important institutions.  Christian discipleship demands that the Christian bring ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/23/liberalism-and-society/ Tiger Woods’ recent apology for his moral failures have brought Buddhism to the center of the popular conversation around the world.  Woods confessed that he violated his Buddhist faith by craving things outside of himself and engaging in a fruitless search for security.   Rather than simply being a fruitless search ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/22/tiger-woods%e2%80%99-buddhist-confession/ Americans are accustomed to a certain kind of public confession, argues Susan Wise Bauer -- and that means a confession that is shaped by the Christian faith. Indeed, in her seminal book, The Art of the Public Grovel, Bauer argues that Americans are actually accustomed to a public confession that ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/22/newsnote-tiger-woods-buddhist-confession/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/21/matthew-2636-46/ A recent poll released by USA Today reveals that American parents are unfailingly optimistic about their children's future.  Parents hold optimistic hope for their children even though they are pessimistic about their present circumstances.  Yet, worldly hope is temporal, and the hope given in the Scriptures is eternal.  While the ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/19/just-how-optimistic-should-we-be/ "It is well and good for the preacher to base his sermon on the Bible, but he better get to something relevant pretty quickly, or we start mentally to check out." That stunningly clear sentence reflects one of the most amazing, tragic, and lamentable characteristics of contemporary Christianity -- an ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/19/falling-on-deaf-ears-why-so-many-churches-hear-so-little-of-the-bible/ The delay of marriage is a huge problem. Christians should be in the forefront of seeing and understanding the problem. On today's show Dr. Mohler focused on the importance of young adolescents marrying early. In today's culture, many young adults choose to delay marriage because of the lack of godly ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/18/young-adolescents-and-marriage/ You have to give David Lapp credit. The 22-year-old young man knew what he wanted, and he got her -- a wife. It wasn't easy. When David and his wife Amber told her father that they wanted to get married (at ages 22 and 21, respectively), he hit the ceiling. Thankfully, ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/18/did-he-get-married-too-young/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/17/ask-anything-wednesday-259/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/17/matthew-2626-35/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/16/thinking-green-%e2%80%94-the-new-religion-2/ A recent study released by the Religious Institute, a liberal organization that advocates "progressive" understandings of human sexuality, urges preachers to preach more about sex from the pulpit.  Yet, this organization is urging an inclusive message about sexuality that is not in accord with the Scriptures.  On today's show, Dr. ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/15/title-are-preachers-too-silent-about-sex/ Lisa Miller of Newsweek begins her article with what would seem to be a statement beyond dispute:  "It doesn't take a degree from Harvard to see that in today's world, a person needs to know something about religion." Note that she does not make any specific religious or theological claims, ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/15/newsnote-how-secular-can-education-be/ The recent success of the movie Avatar demonstrates an ongoing fascination in the popular culture with spirituality and redemption.   Yet, the popular culture’s thinking on this crucial subject can only vaguely mirror the truths revealed in Scripture.  How should Christians think and interact with the popular culture?  On today’s show, ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/12/avatar-and-the-popular-culture/ More sex in the pulpit? That's the call from the Religious Institute -- a liberal organization that advocates "progressive" understandings of human sexuality. The group has issued a new report, "Spirituality and Religion 2020" that spells out goals for the next decade. As a Religion Dispatches press release about the report ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/12/are-preachers-too-silent-about-sex/ A recent study reveals that over one-third of the members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) no longer believe that Jesus Christ is the exclusive way to salvation.  The PCUSA is another example of the slide into liberalism that many denominations have taken in recent ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/11/vanishing-christianity-%e2%80%94-a-lesson-from-the-presbyterians/ "Liberal Protestantism, in its determined policy of accommodation with the secular world, has succeeded in making itself dispensable." That was the judgment of Thomas C. Reeves in The Empty Church: The Suicide of Liberal Protestantism, published in 1996. Fast-forward another fourteen years and it becomes increasingly clear that liberal Protestantism ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/11/vanishing-christianity-a-lesson-from-the-presbyterians/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/10/ask-anything-wednesday-258/ The International Planned Parenthood Federation [IPPF] has a plan for your child -- and for every young person on earth. The influential group is calling for compulsory comprehensive sexuality education for every child and young person ages 10 to 24 on the planet. The report, recently released by the IPPF, gets ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/10/mandatory-sex-education-for-ten-year-olds-yours/ A new study by Planned Parenthood urges intensive sex education for 10 year olds.  The study asserts that because teens will be sexually active, sex education should start at younger ages and include information on how to make sex itself more pleasurable.  On today’s program, Dr. Mohler critiques this study ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/09/sex-education-for-10-year-olds/ A visit to your local college or university campus is likely to reveal that a revolution has taken place. On many campuses, young women now outnumber young men, and a gender gap of momentous importance is staring us in the face. This gender gap has been growing for some time now, ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/09/newsnote-where-are-the-young-men/ Recent data tells a sad tale about gender disparity on College and University Campuses: women outnumber men 60% to 40%.  The results demonstrate that men are not seeking out higher education.  The biggest revolution taking place on college campuses is a gender revolution.  What do these trends tell us about ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/08/college-campuses-where-have-all-the-men-gone/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/07/matthew-2614-25/ What makes gifted children special and unique, setting them apart from their peers?  Jennifer Senior, writing for New York Magazine, has published a fascinating piece on the myth of gifted children.  She asks the question, can the entire future of a child be determined by an exam they take as ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/05/life-planning-for-toddlers-the-myth-of-gifted-children/ You do not have to look far to find evidence of the fact that males are in trouble in these confused and confusing times. On the university campuses, women undergraduate students outnumber young men by a clear margin -- 60% to 40%. A frightening percentage of young males are or ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/05/newsnote-masculinity-in-a-can-fight-club-at-church-and-the-crisis-of-manhood/ What is that makes a boy become a man?  Is it the accoutrements he purchases or the people he associates with?  While some external factors make a difference in rearing a young man, boys don’t become men by dousing themselves with strong smelling deodorant.  The New York Times has recently ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/04/masculinity-in-a-spray-can-the-call-for-men-in-today%e2%80%99s-church/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/03/ask-anything-wednesday-257/ Arno was inseparable from Mr. Penguin. The little Haitian boy was almost three years old, and the plush penguin with the word "love" inscribed upon it was his most treasured object. The orphan and his penguin were always seen together. The boy had been given the penguin just after his birth. ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/03/adopted-for-life-and-death/ President Obama and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have recently come out and said that the controversial Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy should be repealed in the United States military.  This specific topic causes both sides of the issue to argue their respective opinions with passion and ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/02/what-to-do-with-dont-ask-dont-tell/ http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/02/spring-2010-southern-seminary-convocation-that-the-works-of-god-might-be-displayed-whats-missing-from-preaching-today-john-9/ The whole world is watching a Baptist group from Idaho that tried to take a group of 33 Haitian orphans away from their homes in light of the recent earthquake.  Certainly many Haitian children will be in desperate need of adoption in the coming months.  But are the actions of ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/01/shepherding-orphans-in-haiti/ We are fast becoming the pornographic society. Over the course of the last decade, explicitly sexual images have crept into advertising, marketing, and virtually every niche of American life. This ambient pornography is now almost everywhere, from the local shopping mall to prime-time television. By some estimations, the production and sale ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/02/01/hijacking-the-brain-how-pornography-works/ Both sides in the federal trial over same-sex marriage have now rested, and the nation awaits the decision of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker. Nevertheless, the judge's decision will not put the matter to rest, no matter his ruling. Both sides have pledged, if they lose, to appeal his ruling ... http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/01/29/mere-moral-opprobrium-far-more-than-marriage-is-on-trial-2/