Blog Archive
for February, 2005
More Than Moore to the Point
— Sunday, February 27th, 2005 —
A great blessing in my life right now is the experience of working with four brilliant interns—all students of mine at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. God has used all four of these men to help me immeasurably in my ministry at Southern, so forgive me if I boast a bit in how gifted they are.
Henry Institute [...]
Keep Reading...Who’s Afraid of SpongeBob Squarepants?
— Friday, February 25th, 2005 —
The SpongeBob controversy is now behind American evangelicals. But, before we get too far beyond it, perhaps we should ask: what happened here? If all one knew about the controversy was what one heard on CNN and other media outlets, one might think that Focus on the Family head James Dobson was a cantankerous conspiracy theorist. After all, [...]
Keep Reading...Population “Control” and Secular Apocalypticism
— Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005 —
A couple of weeks ago on the “Albert Mohler Program,” I commended an article by Southern Seminary professor Mark Coppenger, entitled “Be Fruitful and Multiply,” which is now up and available on the Henry Institute web site. The Coppenger column has taken all the usual hits, including a cynical response from Keep Reading...
The Meek Shall Inherit Malibu
— Monday, February 14th, 2005 —
In Malibu, California, people don’t talk about Mel Gibson, Jennifer Aniston,
or Barbara Streisand. Instead, they refer to their fellow citizens as “Mel,”
“Jennifer,” or “Barb.” And so it is only natural that
the mayor of the coastal city just goes by his first name, “Winston.”
The average household income of Malibu is probably more than the GDP [...]
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