As many of you know, I am the Dean of Boyce College in Louisville, Kentucky (which is the undergraduate arm of Southern Seminary). Every Monday night, our Boyce students gather for “Dorm Meeting,” which is like a chapel service for our on-campus population. I love this meeting and want to share some of it with you. We’ve had some great sermons this semester, and you can download and hear them for yourself at the Boyce College Blog. Our speakers this semester have included Tom Schreiner, Jim Hamilton, and Russell Moore. To download and hear these messages, visit the Boyce College Blog. If you are interested in hearing the kind of…
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An Atheist’s Reflections on Hatred and Proselytizing
Penn Gillette (of ‘Penn and Teller’ fame) tells the story of a man who gave him a Bible after one of his shows. Penn is an atheist, but something about this person made an impression on him. As he describes this encounter, he reflects on the morality of proselytizing, and he asks this question: “How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize?”
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John Mark Reynolds at Southern Seminary
Dr. John Mark Reynolds‘ recent Norton Lectures at Southern Seminary were some of the most stimulating addresses that I have ever heard on how science relates to religious belief. As you listen to the lectures, you find that he’s not a Calvinist nor a presuppositionalist in his approach to apologetics. You can download the lectures at Southern’s website or listen to them below.
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The times, they are a-changing . . .
One of the big stories this weekend was that the chairman and CEO of General Motors is resigning his position. What is even bigger news is that he is doing so at the behest of the Obama administration. What is even bigger news than that is that General Motors says the Obama administration is working to “restructure” the auto industry. You read that correctly. The government is going to restructure an entire industry. This does indeed signal a “tectonic” change in the way that business relates to government (see Politico.com story). Here’s how the New York Times is reporting it: “The White House on Sunday pushed out the chairman of…
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Interview with Widow of Fred Winters
Earlier this month, Pastor Fred Winters was murdered while preaching in a Sunday morning worship service at the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois. CBS News interviewed his wife, and she offered her forgiveness and prayers to the man who killed her husband. It’s a remarkable interview and worth your time to watch.
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Infanticide for Unrighteous Mammon
From the Associated Press: The pregnant woman showed up at the medical center in flip-flops and in tears, after walking there to save bus fare. Her boyfriend had lost his job, she told her doctor in Oakland, Calif., and now _ fearing harder times for her family _ she wanted to abort what would have been her fourth child. “This was a desired pregnancy _ she’d been getting prenatal care _ but they re-evaluated expenses and decided not to continue,” said Dr. Pratima Gupta. “When I was doing the options counseling, she interrupted me halfway through, crying, and said, `Dr. Gupta, I just walked here for an hour. I’m sure…
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Prayer Tips from Johnny & Chachi
Johnny and Chachi (founders of Get in Here Ministries) are back, and they have some “Killer Prayer Tips” to help improve your prayer life. My favorite is the advice about “unspoken” prayer requests. Very helpful.
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‘Gay Marriage’ in the Dictionary. So what?
Last week, the conservative news website WorldNetDaily reported that the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary has revised its definition of the word marriage. In its online and print editions, the dictionary includes in its definition of marriage the following line: “the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage.” The WorldNetDaily report also references the above YouTube video and implies that the expanded definition somehow means that the dictionary’s publisher has taken sides in the current debate over same-sex “marriage.”
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How’s Your Bracket?
The first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament are now over, and there’s only one relevant question. How’s your bracket? More specifically, how many of the “Sweet Sixteen” did you correctly pick? I didn’t foresee Wake Forest’s first round loss to Cleveland St. (Did anybody?), so I was 15 for 16. Did anybody go 16 for 16? Here’s my updated bracket: Denny’s Picks R Da Bomb.
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CTR on Interracial Marriage
The most recent issue of the Criswell Theological Review has just been released, and its theme is interracial marriage. Essays treat themes such as the “curse of Ham” and “interethnic marriages in the New Testament.” Contributors include J. Daniel Hays, Craig Keener, Edwin M. Yamauchi, Russell D. Moore, and George Yancey. In his editorial, R. Alan Streett writes: “With the inauguration of President Barack Obama, a new era of race relations has begun in America. This child of a racially mixed marriage has captured the highest office of the land and the imaginations of people around the world. One cannot help but notice the complexion of America is changing. .…