Should Christians Boycott Starbucks?
A respected pro-family organization announced this week a boycott of Starbucks coffee. The group, which supports legal protection for traditional marriage, launched the “Dump Starbucks” campaign after...
View ArticleKermit Gosnell and the Gospel
Yesterday I was typing the name “Kermit Gosnell,” and my phone auto-corrected the name to “gospel.” I shuddered momentarily. After all, what could be more contradictory than the name of a notorious...
View ArticleGeorge Jones: Troubadour of the Christ-Haunted Bible Belt
George Jones has died, and I am afraid a lot of people will think he was a hypocrite. George Jones was no hypocrite. He was the troubadour of the Christ-haunted South. The raw emotion, and even...
View ArticleOn Mother’s Day, Remember the Infertile
Mother’s Day is a particularly sensitive time in many congregations, and pastors and church leaders often don’t even know it. This is true even in congregations that don’t focus the entire service...
View ArticleIs Your Church Ready for the Marriage Revolution?
The Supreme Court of the United States is set to hand down a set of decisions this summer that could advance a cultural and political shift in the way marriage is defined in this country. Is your...
View ArticleDon Draper Meets Abraham Kuyper
Few would think of television’s Mad Men series as religious programming. The show, set in the 1960s era of cutthroat Madison Avenue advertising business, is almost a high-class soap opera, saturated...
View ArticleJoan or John? A Dilemma in Christian Ethics
Christian theology is about cleaning up after a suicide. What I mean by that is that biblical doctrine exists not simply as a set of abstract, propositional truths, but as a war plan. What we learn...
View ArticleWhy does the IRS get my taxes even when Jesus has my heart?
Over the next couple of days, millions of Americans will endure the filing and, in some cases, the payment of taxes. Taxation has never been particularly popular among Americans, having once incited...
View ArticleAs for me and my house: taking gospel parenting seriously
Several years ago my wife and I went to the emergency room several times – and all with one child, our oldest son, Benjamin. One time he fell out of a tree. One time he climbed up the bricks that...
View ArticleA gospel-focused reenergizing of politics
American evangelicals are, sometimes frantically, trying to adjust to an increasingly post-Christian America. We can no longer pretend that we are a “moral majority,” sharing “values” with the American...
View ArticleTop 5 chapel videos of 2015
One of the great privileges we have at Southern Seminary is the opportunity to hear God’s word proclaimed from some of the top evangelical scholars, pastors, and leaders in our bi-weekly chapel...
View ArticleGod and Country, Crucified: Why It’s Time to Exchange our Civil Religions for...
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View ArticleDriven By Truth: General Session 1 (Audio)
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