Jonathan Merritt has an article making the rounds today about the Christian conference circuit and whether or not it’s sexist. He provides a quick round-up of some major Christian conferences and finds that out of 805 speakers, only 159 are women. That’s only 19%. He then concludes, While I don’t think we can conclude that the Christian conference industry is downright sexist, we can say that most conferences have some serious work to do if they want their stage to look anything like the 21st century church.

I had a stimulating conversation with Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt on the “Mortification of Spin” a few weeks back. All you need to know about Trueman and Pruitt is revealed in their bumper music. I think they’re the only hosts in all of Christendom featuring Led Zeppelin during the outro. I understand there’s some bit of intrigue with that. Apparently if you play the outro music backwards, you can hear someone saying “I buried Carl.” (…but I digress…) It really was a pleasure visiting with these men. The episode is now posted online, and you can download it here or listen to it below. [audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/mos.alliancenet.org/M027.master.mp3]

A couple of weeks ago, I sat for an interview with Southern Seminary’s Towers magazine about What is the Meaning of Sex? The questions I answered include the following: 1. Why is your book necessary? 2. What’s your book saying that’s unique compared to other books on the topic? 3. What role should natural law play in a Christian’s arguments when discussing sexual ethics issues? 4. What role does hermeneutics play in sexual ethics? 5. What challenges do the new sexual norms present for Christians and for the church? 6. Why should a pastor care about these issues? 7. What is the meaning of sex? 8. What do you hope…

“The weekly task of pastoral ministry: read yourself full, write yourself clear, pray yourself hot, preach yourself empty.” –Kevin DeYoung

Russell Moore recently interviewed me about What Is the Meaning of Sex, and the audio is now available online. I am very grateful for this interview, and I have to say that it is unlike almost any other that I’ve done so far. Dr. Moore was careful to probe the pastoral and practical implications of this book, and he does so with his customary wit and humor. The conversation is about 15 minutes long, and it’s available on the website of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. You can also listen to it below or download it here.