Faced with a new law that recognizes same-sex marriages, many pastors in Washington, D.C. are wrestling with the question of how to handle same-sex couples that desire marriage.  In an article this week, the Religion News Service catalogs the struggles of various churches on this issue.  Many have simply gone the way of culture and…

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. Mohler urged Christian preachers to…

Sex education is hardly innocent. Much of the material being taught to students is ideologically motivated and birthed from an inherently secular worldview. This ideology is often intentionally subversive to the values that parent’s have for their children, and parents are usually ignorant to what their children are being taught. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler…

In his acceptance speech last night at the Academy Awards, actor Sean Penn told supporters of California’s Proposition 8 that their opposition to gay marriage was a cause of “great shame” and would lead to “shame in their grandchildren’s eyes.” On today’s program, Dr. Mohler asks whether or not Penn’s assessment is realistic and what…

The media has been abuzz about new research suggesting that abstinence pledges have little impact on the actual behavior of teenagers. However, a number of commentators have recently pointed out that much of the reporting missed one critical point: teenagers from conservative religious families clearly do delay sexual activity. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler discusses…

A new study by the RAND Corporation draws a scientific link between sexual content on television and teenage sexual behavior. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler looks at the study and points to the responsibility of Christian families to exercise tremendous discernment and judgment as “media consumers.”

Most evangelicals would agree that the new sexual tolerance of our culture is one which the church must resist. But to what extent have we, in our churches, bought into the hyper-sexualization of the culture? On today’s program, Dr. Mohler discusses the ways in which a biblical worldview addresses our own cultural obsession with all…

In her recent book, Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics, historian Dagmar Herzog suggests that evangelical Christians have largely been conformed to the standards of the sexual revolution, rather than transforming the culture around them. On today’s program, guest host Russell Moore welcomes Prof. Herzog to the program.

Over the past twenty years, evangelical churches have seen the “worship wars” take center stage. All too often, however, the debate has lacked much of a theology of worship. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler welcomes Bob Kauflin, author of Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God, for an extended conversation about the…

A growing number of politicians are calling for expanding mandatory childhood education to include preschool, requiring that families with children as young as 3 and 4 send them off to school. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler explores the idea and takes into consideration some of the presuppositions that drive the proposal.