Grasping the Crux

I recently re-read an article written by one of the greatest theologians of modernity. The article is entitled Our Secularized Civilization and the author is Reinhold Niebuhr. Its a little thick. And it is dated 1926. And since he never had a reality television show,...

Turnabout Isn’t Always Fair Play

Duke’s lacrosse players are exonerated. Don Imus has been fired. Don lost his job in a matter of days. The falsely accused Duke students lost their reputation over the course of a year or so. What are the differences?  The wronged parties in the Imus case were...

Wake Up, Don Imus

Don Imus has made the news for the past few days. While some are calling for his resignation and termination, Don is quite probably enjoying a ratings boost. I’m not calling for a resignation from Imus. I’m doing what I always do: I’m calling for you...

Balance of Wills

Work and rest. Serious and silly. Past and future. Creativity and logic. People try to balance things all the time. I’m one of them. My work and home lives are intricately bound together, yet I try to seperate them in order to balance them. My kids expect me to...

Mohler in the Middle

We have another unfortunate situation. The president of the leading Southern Baptist seminary has incurred sharp attacks from both the left and right by suggesting that a biological basis for homosexuality may be proven, and that prenatal treatment to reverse gay...