In his 1976 campaign for President, Jimmy Carter made much of his being a “born-again” Christian. Many of his fellow Southern Baptists in the solid (but softening) south were delighted to hear what sounded like a plain confession of evangelical faith. But that was then, and this is now.
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More Misunderstanding of Mohler
The media’s misunderstanding of Dr. Albert Mohler’s so-called “gay baby” article continues. Harold Meyerson has this to say in today’s Washington Post: Mohler’s deity, in short, is the God of Double Standards: a God who enforces the norms and fears of a world before science, a God profoundly ignorant of or resistant to the arc of American history, which is the struggle to expand the scope of the word “men” in our founding declaration that “all men are created equal.” This is a God who in earlier times was invoked to defend segregation and, before that, slavery. This is a sad article and ought to elicit our prayers, not scorn.
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Bob Jones on American Idol?
Well, Bob Jones himself isn’t competing on American Idol, but a former student of Bob Jones University is. Chris Sligh (a.k.a. “Fro Patro”), the son of missionaries who spent much of his childhood overseas, is doing his best to become the next American Idol. Yet some of Sligh’s Christian homies aren’t giving him a shout out while he does it.
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Review of Richard Hays’ Faith of Christ
Richard B. Hays, The Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1-4:11, The Biblical Resource Series (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002). lii and 308 pages. $29. In 2002, Eerdmans printed a second edition of what has turned out to be a major contribution on the theology of the apostle Paul. What follows is not a full-blown review of Richard Hays’ watershed book, but I do want to offer a few reflections on it.
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Mohler in The Washington Post
The Washington Post covers the controversy stemming from Dr. Mohler’s “Gay Baby” blog. “The Problem, in A Fundamental Nutshell: ‘Is Your Baby Gay?'” – Washington Post
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A Sober Assessment of the Iraq War (relatively speaking)
The Washington Post’s editorial on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War is perhaps the fairest evaluation that you will be able to read in the mainstream press. The title is “Lessons of War: The fighting in Iraq enters its fifth year.” The editors write:
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NYT: Is the Surge Working?
Though the report is not entirely positive, here are some encouraging words from an unlikely source—The New York Times. This opinion piece evaluates the success of the U.S. troop surge in Iraq:
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Johnny and Chachi Are Back!
Johnny Lang and Chachi Larusso are back! I know you remember Johnny and Chachi from Get In Here Ministries. It was only last year that they were dazzling all of us with their innovative ministry techniques. Now Johnny and Chachi have something else to share with the world: Teamwork. Don’t miss it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3CtrFJJ20 Click here to see the Get In Here Ministries website. Click here to see the Igniter Media Group website so that you can sign-up for the release party of Volume 5 of their work.
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Giuliani on public funding of abortion
In case you missed it, here’s the video of Rudy Guiliani in 1988 supporting publically funded abortions. Here’s the troubling line: “There must be public funding for abortions for poor women. We cannot deny any woman the right to make her own decision about abortion because she lacks resources.” Here’s the video:
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Mohler’s Gay-Baby Article
The Associated Press has been reporting on the response to Dr. Albert Mohler’s essay, “Is Your Baby Gay?” As the AP reports, two arguments from Dr. Mohler’s article have been particularly controversial: