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Dr. Mohler talks through the format of his forthcoming podcast “Thinking in Public.”

Talking About Santa Claus: What To Teach the Kids?

Santa Claus has taken over the Christmas season. From a historical man giving gifts to needy children, to a jolly old man in a red suit, Christmas has become about far more than a babe in a manger. How should Christians talk about Santa Claus with their children? What is the best way to sensitively…

Is Living Together Really a Big Deal?

Is living together really such a big deal?  In a post-modern culture, where people don’t really believe in the institution of marriage, is there any reason for couples to wait for the benefits of living together?  As Dr. Mohler notes on today’s program, the Church must be careful to address the depth of people’s sin. …

Polyamory: One Relationship? Two? How Many Faithful Relationships for You?

The idle of choice in relationships is destroying faithfulness between couples. Polyamory is the practice of sexual relationships between many couples who are faithful only to a group of people who are agreed upon within the group. This concept of ‘faithfulness’ has nothing faithful in it, and gives people freedom to be ‘faithful’ to whatever…

Waiting Too Long for Marriage

Young Christians are waiting a long time to marry. Is this a good idea? What keeps young people who are committed to honoring the Lord, from marrying those they fall in love with? Listen as Dr. Mohler discusses the shift in culture from marrying your sweet-heart young, to a prolonged, single, long-term dating society. The…

What Christian Fiction Reveals about Christianity

Christian fiction novels are both powerful and influential in the Church. What message does the content of Christian fiction send about where the heart of the Church is today? The stories we buy and read reflect the issues that are most clearly on our hearts. Jennifer Lyell and Justin Taylor join Dr. Moore in discussing…

Hip-Hop in the Name of Christ

Hip-hop and rap music have incredible sway and influence in culture today. How can Christians use this powerful art-form to bring glory to God and see Christ exalted in the life of the Church? Christians are called to do everything they can for the glory of God, including art and rap music. Listen as Dr….

Not Even Close? — Is America Becoming a Post-Christian Culture?

Newsweek magazine’s cover story, “The Decline and Fall of Christian America” continues to evoke controversy and conversation, and much of it is illuminating. Now, Stephen Prothero of Boston University enters the fray with an incisive commentary that throws a few punches.

As Dr. Mohler notes on today’s program, Prothero asserts in today’s edition of USA Today…

The Pornification of a Culture — What’s Going on in the Office Next Door?

The scourge of pornography is now so pervasive that it begins to define the culture at large. America is fast transforming itself from a society that allows and markets pornography into a culture that is pornographic. Boundary after boundary is being transgressed. As Dr. Mohler notes on today’s program, just when you think you are…

5 Years of Facebook: The Moral and Cultural Impact of Social Networking

It’s been five years since Facebook first appeared online, making social networking a massive phenomenon. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler assesses the impact of social networking and media, noting both its pros and cons, especially the opportunity for faithful Christian witness.


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“Abortion is as American as Apple Pie” — The Culture of Death Finds a Voice

Abortion is now one of America’s most common surgical procedures performed on adults. As many as one out of three women will have at least one abortion. In some American neighborhoods, the number of abortions far exceeds the number of live births.

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Learning from Christopher Hitchens: Lessons Evangelicals Must Not Miss

The death of Christopher Hitchens on December 15 was not unexpected, and that seemed only to add to the tragedy.  His fight against cancer had been lived, like almost every other aspect of his colorful life, in full public view. He had told numerous interviewers that he wanted to die in an active, not a passive sense. Then again, there may never have been a truly passive moment in Christopher Hitchens’ life.

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President Obama and Same-Sex Marriage — The Dance Continues

Some predictions are rather safe to make. 2012 is almost certain to be a determinative year on the issue of same-sex marriage. Multiple courts appear poised to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA] and, even more urgently, the appeal on California’s Proposition 8 at the Ninth Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals will set up a certain appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. Given the facts of this case and the significance of the nation’s most populous state, the Supreme Court is almost certain to take the case. This sets the stage for the courts to make some determinative statement on same-sex marriage within the next several months — a decision that will go a long way toward setting the direction of the larger culture.

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We’re All Harry Blackmun Now — The Lessons of Mississippi

Does a baby have to look like a baby to be recognized as a person?

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