Moore, 41, a native of Biloxi, Miss., will be the eighth president of the entity charged by Southern Baptists with addressing moral and religious freedom issues. With a background in government, the pastorate and seminary training, he already is well-known as a commentator from a Southern Baptist and evangelical Christian perspective on ethics, theology and... Continue Reading

Somewhere along the way, feminism lost its way, and power became the “be all and end all.” The movement forgot that “having it all” included the personal dimension. Life is not just profession and career. Success is not measured just in paycheck, power, and status. Feminism has lost sight of what it is that women... Continue Reading

Nobody did more to introduce and promote the concept that the Kingdom of God has already come but not yet fully come than Fuller Theological Seminary Professor Dr. George Eldon Ladd (1911 – 1982). In Jesus Christ the Kingdom has broken into this world and manifested itself in this present age. Redemption has been accomplished... Continue Reading

For Peabody and many addicts he’s sponsored, the key to becoming “a free man” has been rigorous and urgent application of the 12 steps, from taking fearless moral inventory to making painful amends. Yet mainstream AA meetings routinely do a “disservice,” he argues, by leading attendees to believe that meetings and sponsors – rather than... Continue Reading

Liddell’s life provides a tremendous challenge to those in ministry today. Some refuse to do ministry out of fear that they are not gifted enough, not trusting in the Lord. And others do ministry relying too much on their giftedness and slick presentations, also not trusting in the Lord. Both paths fail to trust in... Continue Reading

What is it about Francis Schaeffer that keeps books coming off the presses almost 30 years after his death? Bill Edgar shows some reasons why in an effective new analysis, Schaeffer on the Christian Life, Countercultural Spirituality. Part of Crossway’s Theologians on the Christian Life series, the book shows how the unusual man became so... Continue Reading

On January 23, 1546, Martin Luther traveled to Eisleben, his hometown, to arbitrate a family dispute between two brothers, the counts of Mansfield. Through his mediation, the two reconciled. However, Luther, sixty-two years old and weary of the many demands on his life, fell ill. Knowing the end was near, he wrote his last will... Continue Reading

In short, Portman appeals to at least three biblical doctrines to support his embrace of gay marriage: (1) the love of God, (2) the Golden Rule, and (3) creation. His understanding of all three of those doctrines is distorted at best and calls for a response.   Last week Senator Rob Portman announced a dramatic... Continue Reading

Bell went on to say that while it used to be fair to equate evangelicals with social conservatism, that assumption no longer holds true. More pointedly, he said, “I think we are witnessing the death of a particular subculture that doesn’t work. I think there is a very narrow, politically intertwined, culturally ghettoized, Evangelical subculture... Continue Reading

North Dakota lawmakers also approved legislation on Friday that would be the first in the nation to prohibit abortions performed because of genetic conditions, such as cystic fibrosis or Down syndrome. It too awaits the governor’s signature.   With little debate, the North Dakota Senate passed the strictest abortion ban in the nation Friday. The... Continue Reading