R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

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• Aug 7, 2012

  Gore Vidal and the Sky God

  The death of author and controversialist Gore Vidal last week brought an end to one of America's most gifted and flamboyantly offensive literary voices. In his 1992 Lowell Lecture at Harvard University, Vidal attacked not just Christianity, but the very notion of monotheism.

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  Jul 21, 2012

  The Dark Night in Denver – Groping for Answers

  How could such a thing happen? How could a human being do such a thing? There is no easy answer to this question. The easy answers are never satisfying, and they are often based in the confused moral calculus of popular culture. Christians are driven by instinct to think in biblical and theological terms.

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  Jun 7, 2012

  Southern Baptists and Salvation: It's Time to Talk

  A recent statement on the doctrine of salvation has received a good bit of attention in recent days. It is no small matter that Southern Baptists are discussing how best to speak of God's salvation, even as we are fully engaged in the task of reaching the nations with the Gospel of Christ.

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  Jun 6, 2012

  Can Christians Use Birth Control?

  The effective separation of sex from procreation may be one of the most important defining marks of our age–and one of the most ominous. This awareness is spreading among American evangelicals, and it threatens to set loose a firestorm.

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  Jun 2, 2012

  The Seduction of Pornography and the Integrity of Christian Marriage, Part 2

  Marriage is not merely the arena for sexual activity, it is presented in Scripture as the divinely-designed arena for the display of God's glory on earth as a man and a wife come together in a one-flesh relationship within the marriage covenant.

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  May 30, 2012

  The Seduction of Pornography and the Integrity of Christian Marriage, Part 1

  The most important answer we can give to pornography's rise in popularity is rooted in the Christian doctrine of sin. As sinners, we corrupt what God has perfectly designed for the good of His creatures and we have turned sex into a carnival of orgiastic pleasures.

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  May 10, 2012

  Evolution's End? President Obama Calls for Same-Sex Marriage

  President Obama's call for the legalization of same-sex marriage yesterday is an historic and tragic milestone. An incumbent President of the United States has now called for a transformation of civilization's central institution.

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  May 5, 2012

  Bigotry on the Ballot? No, Dishonesty in the Editorial

  The New York Times regularly promotes same-sex marriage in its editorials and news coverage. Even so, the paper's latest editorial serves as a display of how the argument for homosexual marriage is often pressed with what can only be described as undisguised intellectual dishonesty.

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  May 1, 2012

  Is the Megachurch the New Liberalism?

  A shot now reverberating around the evangelical world was fired by Atlanta megachurch pastor Andy Stanley in recent days. He told the congregation an account that seemed to normalize homosexuality.

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  Apr 30, 2012

  The Case of the Lesbian Den Mother: Moral Reasoning Exposed

  Sexual relationships are off-limits for moral judgment. Once sexual behavior is removed from moral scrutiny, what will be next to be declared off-limits.