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Mohler's summer reading list

June 10, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

[NOTE: Summer is a time for leisurely reading and I have made it a practice over the years of publishing short lists of recommended books for men and women. I hope to do that later this week. Until then, below is Albert Mohler's annual summer reading list, which invariably leads to me to annually blow out my book budget--Pastor Jeff.]

By R. Albert Mohler Jr.

Wanting a mom & dad -- the children of same-sex couples

June 04, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

[NOTE: The following column is reprinted from Baptist Press-www.pbnews.net]

By Eric Metaxas

Blog under renovation

May 19, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

We are making some necessary repairs and changes to the blog and will return to blogging around June 1. Thanks for your patience as we address some technical issues that will enable to blog to function well again.

The Gay Marriage Campaign and the Despotism of Conformism

May 08, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson
By Justin Taylor The Gay Marriage Campaign and the Despotism of Conformism Journalist Brendan O’Neill, who is an atheist (in terms of religion) and a libertarian (in terms of politics), recently wrote about “the peculiar non-judgmental tyranny of the gay-marriage campaign, which judges harshly those who dare to judge how people live.” He writes, “Opponents of gay marriage are now treated by the press in the same way queer-rights agitators were in the past: as strange, depraved creatures, whose repenting and surrender to mainstream values we await with bated breath.” He thinks this

Not a pioneer, not a hero: Some thoughts on Jason Collins

May 03, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

              Sports Illustrated this week dropped a bombshell on the world of professional sports by announcing through its cover story that veteran NBA center Jason Collins has come out of the closet as an openly gay athlete. Predictably, the mainstream news media has hailed Collins as a hero and a pioneer. And predictably, his “coming out” has been compared to Jackie Robinson, to MLK, to the first men to walk on the moon, to the discovery of penicillin, numerous great days in world history, etc.

Jackie Robinson and the beauty of the Gospel in real life

May 01, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

Jim Crow began to die a slow, stubborn and protracted death in America on April 15, 1947. On that day, Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson took the field as the starting first basemen for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the team’s season opener against the Milwaukee Braves. On that day, Robinson became the first black man to play in a Major League baseball game. On that day, the curtain that had barred hundreds of talented baseball players from participating in big leagues on the basis of skin pigmentation was torn in two.

9 Things You Should Know About Planned Parenthood

April 26, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

 By Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition

Today, President Obama will give a speech at Planned Parenthood Federation of America's 75th anniversary gala, making him the first sitting president to address the group. Here are nine things you should know about the nation's largest abortion provider.

Tolle Lege: Keller on the Meaning of Marriage

April 19, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

[NOTE: Below is a very fine review of Keller's book on marriage from the Gospel Coalition.]

By Collin Hansen, The Gospel Coalition

Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God. New York: Dutton, 2011. 288 pp. $25.99.

Maybe you’ve noticed the parade of marriage books released in the last several years or soon-to-be published by preachers. This list is not nearly exhaustive:

How sovereign is God?

April 17, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

[NOTE: Here is an excellent meditation from Justin Taylor on God's meticulous and comprehensive sovereignty.]

3801 Lancaster: Mind-boggling and deeply tragic

April 16, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

Some of you may have heard the horrific story that has emerged out of a Philadelphia abortion mill operated by the butcher/madman also known as Dr. Kermit Gosnell. The video link below will access a powerful and horrendous expose of Gosnell's shop of abortion horrors, unveiled when FBI and detectives raided the clinic in February of 2010. What you will see is almost unthinkable and illustrates that holocaust going on in the abortion mills that murder 5,000 children per day in this country.