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Make Way for “Non-Human Persons?”

Are dogs, pigs and children all the same?  Some would argue that animals should be defined as non-human persons, with the rights and privileges that all human persons share.  Is this right?  Understanding the many distinctives between people and animals is essential to understanding the meaning of persons being made in God’s image.  At the…

Nothing in My Hands I bring: What is the Gospel?

What is it that makes a person right before God?  The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is one of grace and mercy, given to Christians by the work of Jesus Christ.  Moralism is not the gospel.  Though people are wired to hide their sins from neighbors, nothing can hide sin from a holy God. …

The Latest in the Brave New World of Bioethics

It seems like the typical week now brings an unprecedented surge of troubling new developments in the world of bioethics. From movements to dismantle human exceptionalism, granting rights to apes and even ‘nature’, to the spread of the so-called “right to die” crusade, Christians are in need of reliable information on all of these fronts….

The Therapeutic Culture and ‘Video Game Addiction’

A report submitted to next week’s meeting of the American Medical Association recommends that “video game addiction” be added to the manual used for psychiatric diagnoses. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler considers what this says about families, entertainment, and the therapeutic culture in which we live.

Thanksgiving Turkey and Animal Rights

Should Humans Have Priority Over Animals?


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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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