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• Render Not to Caesar What Is God’s November 20th, 2009
  I just finished reading and signing The Manhattan Declaration (MD), and I urge you to do the same. The Manhattan Declaration is a document affirming the sanctity of human life, the sanctity of marriage, and the rights of conscience and religious liberty.
  Denny Burk
• The Blur of Gender — Is The New York Times Trying to Tell Us Something? November 20th, 2009
  Is The New York Times trying to tell us something? Just eleven days after running a story on gender-bending teenagers on the front page of its "Style" section, the paper is back with yet another front page story in the same section, this time on gender-bending young adults. The articles even cite the same psychologist as authority. What's going on here?
  R. Albert Mohler Jr.
• When Morality Collapses — The Therapeutic Evasion November 19th, 2009
  Any civilization requires a stable, rational, and consensual moral framework in order to survive. Western civilization has been built on a framework of Christian morality, with the so-called "Judeo-Christian ethic" providing the moral principles that support laws, ethical reasoning, and moral impulses.
  R. Albert Mohler Jr.
• Turning the Bible into Toilet Paper November 18th, 2009
  I mentioned yesterday that I am in New Orleans this week to deliver a paper on homosexuality at the Evangelical Theological Society. Yesterday I came across an article that relates to the subject matter of that paper.
  Denny Burk
• NewsNote: Cartooning the Word — R. Crumb’s “The Book of Genesis” November 17th, 2009
  In all likelihood, most people would never even imagine a cartoon version of Genesis. Nevertheless, the cartoon version has arrived, and it is attracting no small amount of attention. The Book of Genesis Illustrated is by famed cartoonist R. Crumb. Famous among cartoonists for his work as far back as the 1960s, Crumb has always combined cartoons and a social/political agenda.
  R. Albert Mohler Jr.