I was on an airplane when LSU and Arkansas were finishing their epic battle earlier today, so I didn’t get to see the finish in real time. But man oh man have I been drinking in the replays since landing. What a game! In case you missed it, the Tigers were trailing the Hogs late in the fourth quarter when Zack Mettenberger, the starting quarterback, was injured and had to leave the game. LSU’s freshman backup QB, Anthony Jennings, entered the game with 99 yards between him and a touchdown. What happened next will go down in LSU lore. Watch the highlights below to see it for yourself. Unbelievable! Congratulations…
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Is Hobby Lobby “forcing religion” onto employees? Hardly.
The Supreme Court has decided to hear Hobby Lobby’s appeal for protection against Obamacare’s coercive abortion mandate. As I noted yesterday, Obamacare imposes crippling fines on employers who will not purchase insurance plans that cover contraceptives and abortifacient drugs. Hobby Lobby is run by a Christian family, and they have said that paying for chemical abortions violates their most deeply held beliefs. And so the owners have made an appeal to the courts for protection from Obamacare’s coercive violation of their religious liberty.
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Lara Logan deserves a mulligan
There’s a proverb that says “Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own” (Proverbs 26:17). So I may regret wading into the recent controversy about CBS News’ Lara Logan. Nevertheless, ever since I read that CBS News has put her on a leave of absence, I haven’t been able to get one aspect of this story off my mind. Last month on “60 Minutes,” Lara Logan reported a story about the 2012 Benghazi attacks that left four Americans dead. Relying heavily on a single source, her report indicated that the U.S. government was derelict in its response during…
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Tim Keller: Why sex outside marriage is so destructive
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Everything you need to know about the contraception/abortion mandate
Joe Carter has a fantastic essay answering frequently asked questions about Obamacare’s contraception mandate. Christians, it is really important that you understand what this debate is about because this will affect you one way or the other. Obamacare imposes one of the severest restrictions on religious liberty that we’ve ever seen in this country. In many ways, it’s draconian and quite unprecedented. So when you get a chance, go read Carter’s FAQ’s. I’ll list the questions below. You’ll have to go the essay for the answers.
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Owen Strachan’s “Risky Gospel”
Owen Strachan has a new book out today that you need to check out. It’s titled Risky Gospel: Abandon Fear and Build Something Awesome. I just got my copy in the mail not long ago, and I am looking forward to reading it. Here are a few of the endorsements followed by the trailer from Thomas Nelson. Russell Moore: “Some Christians are paralyzed by fear or indecision or constant second-guessing or by the blur of activity in their lives. In this book Owen Strachan points out what’s immobilizing you right now, and to give you the gospel coaching to run the race again. Read this book to stir up courage…
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Hobby Lobby takes its case to the Supreme Court
The news just came out today that the Supreme Court has decided to hear Hobby Lobby’s case against Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate. I have written extensively on this site about the battle that Hobby Lobby has been engaged in for over a year now. In short, Hobby Lobby has been asking for relief from Obamacare’s requirement that they violate their religious beliefs. Obamacare’s mandate is one of the most egregious violation of religious liberty that I have ever seen. As a result of this law, the United States Government forces Christian business owners to pay for abortion inducing drugs in their employees’ insurance plans. It doesn’t matter that the law violates…
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Audio from the Evangelical Theological Society
After my two posts on last week’s ETS meeting, some readers have asked if there is any available audio from the sessions. Yes, there is audio, but unfortunately it’s not free. All of the presentations are available for download (over 620 of them!), but listed below are some of the sessions related to the conference theme—inerrancy. If you’re already planning to buy the Five Views book with Mohler and Enns, some of these papers will probably be superfluous. Nevertheless, the panel discussion with the direct interaction between Mohler and Enns is very interesting. See below.
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ETS inerrancy debate featured in “The Economist”
The most recent print edition of The Economist features an article on the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) and the controversy about inerrancy at its meeting last week. Among other things, the article portrays the ETS discussions as an intramural debate among a dying breed of Christians—a discussion that has no relevance to the modern world, much less to the droves of young people who are leaving the evangelical faith of their parents.
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Understanding the Minister’s Housing Allowance
You may have heard the news over the weekend that a federal judge has ruled that an IRS exemption giving clergy tax-free housing allowances is unconstitutional. In the wake of this ruling, a lot of people have been asking why this exemption exists in the first place. Joe Carter has the best analysis that I’ve seen on the history and the rationale for the ministerial housing allowance. He notes that clergy are not the only ones who have received such exemptions.