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Yet another rally in Washington… The New York Times claims a victory for families… A prominent abortion doctor dies… The Supreme Court looks again at free speech… Ted Haggard makes an odd argument… And the Reformation is reconsidered

The Nomination of Elena Kagan: What Questions Should Christians Be Asking?

With the summer quickly approaching, Americans ready themselves for another Supreme Court nomination battle.  Today, President Obama nominated the current Solicitor General of the United States, Elena Kagan, to be the next Supreme Court Justice.  Given the crucial role the Supreme Court now plays in the shaping of American culture and life, Kagan’s nomination is…

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Free Assembly Under Threat? The Curious Case of the Christian Legal Society

Must a Christian group give up its convictions in order to maintain its recognized status?  That’s the question the Supreme Court must answer as it considers the recently-argued case, Christian Legal Society v. Hastings.  The issue in this case is whether the Christian Legal Society at the University of California - Hastings Law School should be…

Christian Persecution — Remembering Brothers and Sisters Suffering Around the World

The Word of God promises that suffering produces endurance and strengthens a Christian’s faith in God’s love and final authority. And Christians around the world today are no strangers to suffering for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. Listen as Dr. Mohler discusses the state of persecution in the Christian Church with…

What to Expect from the Sotomayor Hearings

Once again, the President of the United States has appointed a justice to the Supreme Court. But before an appointee officially becomes a member of this life-long club, the Senate must give advice and consent to nominees. Confirmation hearings are taking place this week in Washington, D.C. for judge Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic nominee…

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The Twilight of the Books?

Writing in The New Yorker, Caleb Crain warns that literary reading is fast disappearing as Americans are shifting attention to amusements. In “The Twilight of the Books,” Crain cites a number of research reports from both the United States and the Netherlands and argues that we are just not reading as previous generations had read….

The Death Penalty And The Christian Worldview

The recent announcement that the American Bar Association has condemned the use of the death penalty in the American criminal system has only heightened the national debate over executions. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler encourages a balanced, yet biblical, conversation about the death penalty.

So What Does an Atheist Do With the Bible? — Ideology Meets Etiquette

Author Christopher Hitchens, striving for the uncontested title as the World’s Most Strident Atheist, suggests that our culture is experiencing “something like a change in the zeitgeist” — that that change means a new openness to atheism. His book, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, is a direct assault upon belief in God….

Are Boys Any Better Off?

The cover story in the most recent issue of TIME is all about the educational condition of boys in America. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler is joined by Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys, for a discussion about how our boys are doing.

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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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