The apostle Paul writes, If the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. -1 Cor. 15:16-17 There is no more fundamental issue regarding the truthfulness and the hope of Christianity than the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That is why Southern Seminary and Boyce College are hosting a youth conference on just that topic later this month. The speakers include Albert Mohler, Russell Moore, Jimmy Scroggins, and Greg Gilbert. If you have a church youth group or know of a youth group, I encourage you to get them…
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Chávez’s Last Words and Yours
The head of Venezuela’s presidential guard was with Hugo Chávez during his final moments. His report on Chávez’s last words paints a picture of a man desperately clinging to life. According to this report, Chávez said: I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die. As a rule, I’m no fan of socialist dictators—particularly those of Chávez’s ilk. But this strikes me as one of the saddest things I’ve ever read. I grieve to think about what the horror of his final moments must have been like. Death is no respecter of persons—not even of billionaire Presidents who command a cult-like following among their countrymen. Not even of you.…
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Raising children in a pervasive culture of pornography
Rod Dreher’s post on the inconsistencies of “Lifestyle Liberalism” is a must-read. It is hitting at some pretty fundamental issues, and it does so from a number of different angles. First, it’s wrestling with how to raise kids (especially sons) in an age in which pornography is so pervasive and available. Second, it exposes the moral listlessness of liberalism, which in the wake of the sexual revolution has destroyed all boundaries around sexual behavior. Third, it exposes the fact that there are so few institutions left standing today that will support parents in resisting the sexual lasciviousness of our culture.
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What we talk about when we talk about Oldsmobiles
The new trailer for Rob Bell’s forthcoming book is out (see above). If you don’t want to spend three minutes watching it, here’s my quick summary of it.
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Rescued
This is a preview of a new Easter video from Igniter Media. These guys do great work. You can purchase the HD version without the watermark at their website. *Note: This video contains some graphic imagery.
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No one was safe in SBTS’s chapel today
Kevin Smith brought the heat today in SBTS’s chapel. It was a political sermon in all the right ways. No one was safe. In my view, he simply said what needed to be said. He contended that there’s a big difference between American Christianity and Christians in America. Taking his lead from 1 Pet. 2:9-12, he said that Christians have forgotten what it means to be a “peculiar” people—strangers and aliens on our way to another place. He dinged Republicans, Democrats, whites, blacks and everyone in between…in a good way. In a prophetic way. Listen to this sermon. You can watch the video above, download the audio here, or listen…
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Full video of Doug Wilson’s debate with Andrew Sullivan about gay marriage
I wrote two posts about this debate last week (see here and here), but until now the video hasn’t been available. You can see all of it above. If you don’t have time for all two hours, you can watch about four and a half minutes of highlights below. A big thanks and hat tip to CanonWired.com for making these available.
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Alabama police chief apologizes for not protecting the “Freedom Riders”
John Lewis and other Freedom Riders were beaten by members of the Ku Klux Klan during a demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama on May 20, 1961. The police stood by and watched as racists ravaged the peaceful protesters.
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Does gay marriage lead to polygamy?
Doug Wilson gives his post-mortem on his debate with Andrew Sullivan over gay marriage. The audio and video have not been released yet, but apparently there was quite a row over Wilson’s contention that the legalization of gay marriage will lead to the legalization of polygamous marriage. The arguments for the one are identical to those in favor of the other. Thus if you accept those arguments with respect to gay marriage, it will be impossible to deny them for polygamous marriage. Wilson elaborates on why Sullivan so vigorously opposed the point: The reason that Andrew was so adamant about rejecting the logical consequence of polygamy is that it would…
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Why Doug Wilson lost the debate with Andrew Sullivan on gay marriage
Peter Leithart witnessed the very recent debate between Doug Wilson and Andrew Sullivan on the issue of gay marriage. I encourage you to read his take-aways from the debate. Leithart doesn’t say in so many words that Wilson lost the debate, but he does say that he came away deeply impressed with the difficulties that Christians have defending a biblical view of marriage. Leithart is convinced that Wilson’s arguments (and ours!) are not going to gain traction with secular people. Here’s why: Perhaps Christians are called to do no more than speak the truth without worrying about persuasiveness. Perhaps we have entered a phase in which God has closed ears,…