Posted in Culture, Current Affairs, Public Square on Nov 5th, 2008
Note: The following email message was sent to the Southeastern Seminary community earlier today. Thanks to Dr. Albert Mohler for permission to reprint his article.
America has elected a new president in Barack Obama. A number of students and friends has asked me for my thoughts and reaction to this historic moment in our nation.
My close [...]
Posted in Culture, Current Affairs, Public Square, Theology on Oct 14th, 2008
“Why Faithful Evangelicals Cannot Vote for Barack Obama”
By: Daniel L. Akin
The secular media and some pollsters are: 1) arguing that many evangelicals are considering voting for Senator Barack Obama and 2) attempting to provide a rationale for why they could morally justify voting for him. Attached is a lengthy and compelling argument by Professor [...]
Posted in Culture, Current Affairs, Global Affairs, History, Ministry, Public Square, SBC, Theology on Oct 13th, 2008
Last Thursday and Friday, David Nelson and I were among the six speakers at a conference titled The Politics of Jesus: Timeless Answers for Today’s Questions. The conference was hosted by the Council on Public Affairs of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Owen Strachan of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at [...]
Posted in Culture, History, Ministry, Mission, Public Square, SBC, Theology on Sep 16th, 2008
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina recently conducted an Insight Podcast with the contributors to Between the Times. You can read about the podcast here. To listen to the podcast, check out the Insight website. You will also find a number of other helpful podcasts available at Insight’s website. Those of us at Between [...]
Posted in Books, Culture, Current Affairs, Family, History, Ministry, Public Square, SBC, Theology on Sep 6th, 2008
Yesterday afternoon Baptist Press published a “First Person” (editorial) I authored titled “Gender and the Vice Presidency.” I argue that, biblically speaking, gender should not disqualify a political candidate. Christianity Today’s online edition published my review of David Dockery’s Southern Baptist Consensus and Renewal (B&H, 2008). It is a fantastic book and I highly recommend [...]
Posted in Culture, Current Affairs, Ministry, Public Square, Theology on Aug 7th, 2008
Ethical and moral decision-making in the 21st century is confronted with many new and diverse challenges, and a radically biblical perspective is demanded. A genuinely Christian mindset is required. What is needed is what Don Carson calls a “world Christian.” What does he mean by that? Four things:
Their allegiance to Jesus Christ and his kingdom [...]