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Background Christianity Protestantism Anabaptists General Baptists Particular Baptists Landmarkism The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a United States-based cooperative ministry agency serving Baptist churches around the world. ... logo of the southern baptist convention This work is copyrighted. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ... Protestantism is one of three primary branches of Christianity. ... Anabaptists (re-baptizers, from Greek ana and baptizo; in German: Wiedertäufer) are Christians of the so-called radical wing of the Protestant Reformation. ... Baptists were first identified by the name General Baptists in 17th century England. ... The name Reformed Baptist does not refer to a distinct denomination but instead is a description of the churchs theological leaning. ... Landmarkism is a ecclesiological viewpoint held by some Baptists concerning the origin and nature of the church. ...

Baptist theology London Confession, 1689 New Hampshire Confession, 1833 Baptist Faith & Message The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith was written by Calvinistic Baptists in England to give a formal expression of the Reformed and Protestant Christian faith with an obvious Baptist perspective. ... In 1833, Baptists in the United States agreed upon a confession of faith around which they could organize a missionary society under the Triennial Convention. ... The Baptist Faith and Message (BF&M) is a Southern Baptist Convention confession of faith. ...

Doctrinal distinctives Biblical inerrancy Autonomy of the local church Priesthood of believers Two ordinances Individual soul liberty Separation of church and state Two offices Biblical inerrancy is the belief that the Bible is without error. ... Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ... The priesthood of all believers is a Protestant doctrine founded on the First Epistle of Peter, 2:9: But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into... Baptist ordinances, the term for the sacraments within Baptist theology, are the Lords Supper and Believers baptism. ... Soul competency is a Christian theological perspective on the accountability of each person before God. ... Some important Baptist figures in the struggle for Separation of Church and State were John Smyth, Thomas Helwys, Edward Wightman, Leonard Busher, Roger Williams (who was a Baptist for a short period but became a seeker), John Clarke, Isaac Backus, and John Leland. ... Baptists only recognize two Scriptural offices, those of pastor-teacher and deacon. ...

People John Smyth John Spilsbury Charles Spurgeon Lottie Moon Billy Graham Adrian Rogers Paige Patterson Albert Mohler John Smyth (1570 - c. ... John Spilsbury was an English Baptist minister who led the Particular Baptists during the Eighteenth Century. ... Charles Spurgeon Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly C.H. Spurgeon, (June 19, 1834 – January 31, 1892) was Englands best-known and most-loved preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. ... Lottie Moon Lottie Moon (1840-1912) was a missionary to China who spent 40 years helping the Chinese - weighing only 50 lbs at her death having given away all she had to aid the starving Chinese. ... Billy Graham, April 1966 Rev. ... Adrian Rogers Adrian Rogers,Th. ... Paige Patterson is a Southern Baptist theologian who served as the eighth president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. ... R. Albert Mohler, Jr. ...

Related organizations Cooperative Program North American Mission Board International Mission Board LifeWay Christian Resources Women's Missionary Union Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Baptist Press Cooperative education is a structured method of combining academic education with practical work experience. ... The North American Mission Board (NAMB) was founded in 1997 out of the roots of the Home Mission Board. ... The International Mission Board (or IMB) is a missionary sending agency affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention which opperates in virtually every nation except the United States and Canada (these nations are serviced by the SBCs North American Mission Board). ... LifeWays headquarters, One LifeWay Plaza, are located in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Womens Missionary Union is an auxiliary of the Southern Baptist Convention that was founded in 1888. ... The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is the political advocacy agency of the Southern Baptist Convention. ... Baptist Press (BP) is a religious news service based at the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

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R. Albert Mohler, Jr. (born October 19, 1959) presently serves as the President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, the ninth person to hold that position. Image File history File links Media Photo of R. Albert Mohler, Jr. ... Image File history File links Media Photo of R. Albert Mohler, Jr. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is located in Louisville, Kentucky and is the flagship seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention, or SBC. Southern Seminary or SBTS is the oldest of the seminaries in the SBC and was founded in Greenville, South Carolina in 1859 by James Petigru Boyce who served... Louisville redirects here. ...

He has been a member of the board of James Dobson's Focus on the Family since August 31, 2004.[1] James Dobson, Ph. ... Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF), founded in 1977, is an evangelical Christian 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the United States. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is married to Mary Mohler (née Kahler), with whom he has two children, Katie and Christopher.

Early life, education, and publicity

Mohler is a native of Lakeland in central Florida. As a child he attended Lake Yale, a Florida Baptist campground. During his Lakeland years he attended Southside Baptist Church. [2] [3] Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Mohler attended college at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida as a Faculty Scholar. He then received a B. A. from Samford University, a private, coeducational Baptist-affiliated college in Birmingham, Alabama. His graduate degrees, a Master of Divinity and Ph.D. in "Systematic and Historical Theology," were conferred by The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, also known as Southern Seminary. Florida Atlantic University, also commonly referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a state university located in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. ... A City for All Seasons Location of Boca Raton in Palm Beach County, Florida. ... Palm Beach County is a county located in the state of Florida. ... Samford University is an private, coeducational, Baptist-affiliated university located in Homewood, Alabama, (a suburb of Birmingham). ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ... The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is located in Louisville, Kentucky and is the flagship seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention, or SBC. Southern Seminary or SBTS is the oldest of the seminaries in the SBC and was founded in Greenville, South Carolina in 1859 by James Petigru Boyce who served...

Mohler has been recognized by several publications, including Time Christianity Today as a leader among American evangelicals. Time.com called him the "reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the U.S"^{[citation needed]}, while the Chicago Tribune termed him "an articulate voice for conservative Christianity at large"^{[citation needed]}. Two distinct views exist on the meaning of time. ... Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. ... The word evangelicalism usually refers to a tendency in diverse branches of conservative Christianity. ... The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois. ...

In addition, Mohler is listed in Who's Who in America and other biographical reference works and serves on the boards of several organizations including Focus on the Family. He also serves on the Board of Reference for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) is an evangelical Christian organisation that promotes the complementarian, (as opposed to the egalitarian) view on gender issues. ...

Mohler also serves Professor of Christian Theology at Southern Seminary. His writings have been published throughout the United States and Europe. He has contributed to several books including Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, Here We Stand: A Call From Confessing Evangelicals and The Coming Evangelical Crisis. He served as General Editor of The Gods of the Age or the God of the Ages: Essays by Carl F. H. Henry and served from 1985 to 1993 as Associate Editor of Preaching, a journal for evangelical preachers. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. Forthcoming book projects include works on the future of evangelical theology and on the evangelical responses to what he terms a "crisis" in American culture.^{[citation needed]}

Mohler has presented lectures or addresses at a variety of conservative evangelical universities including Wheaton College and Samford University.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Southern Seminary)

Mohler joined the staff of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky in 1983 as Coordinator of Foundation Support. In 1987 he became Director of Capital Funding, a post he held until 1989. While still a student he served as assistant to then-President Roy Honeycutt. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is located in Louisville, Kentucky and is the flagship seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention, or SBC. Southern Seminary or SBTS is the oldest of the seminaries in the SBC and was founded in Greenville, South Carolina in 1859 by James Petigru Boyce who served... Louisville redirects here. ...

In February 1993, Mohler was appointed the ninth President of the Seminary by the institution's board of trustees, succeeding Roy Honeycutt.

The "Conservative Resurgence"

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Though founded upon its Abstract of Principles, since the 1950's, Southern Seminary had grown increasingly liberal and had moved away from the tradition of biblical inerrancy that it had once held. Many in the Southern Baptists were calling for a return to such traditional teachings. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ...

With the appointment of Mohler to the office of president by the trustees, the seminary saw a wholesale shift back toward a more conservative biblical theology (a move toward "confessional fidelity") and a rapid exodus (both voluntary and compulsory) of more than 60 percent of the faculty. Supporters of Mohler believed that this was necessary to maintain Biblical integrity. The Carver School of Social Work, considered too liberal and outside the biblical mandate of the Church, was eventually dissolved. It has now been replaced by Southern Seminary's undergraduate program, Boyce College.

Membership in the Southern Baptist Convention has increased since the conservative revival, growth that Mohler's supporters tend to attribute to the convention's rightward shift^{[citation needed]}. Southern Seminary saw its largest enrollment in its history during the Spring semester 2006. The seminary is now one of the most endowed and largest seminaries world-wide.[4]

Paige Patterson, a former Southern Baptist Convention president and fellow seminary president, said Mohler's leadership “will mean that they recover their evangelical emphasis there” and that Mohler's Presidency meant that “the worst of the problems” were over: “Al Mohler has the brains of Erasmus and the courage of Luther.” Paige Patterson is a Southern Baptist theologian who served as the eighth president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. ... The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a United States-based cooperative ministry agency serving Baptist churches around the world. ... Desiderius Erasmus in 1523 Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, probably 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. ... Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was a German monk,[1] priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer. ...

Mohler was also instrumental in the mid-1990's restructuring of the Southern Baptist Convention, which saw the Convention shift from a mixture of moderate and conservative voices to a solidly conservative base. After the restructering had occurred, Mohler sought to enforce these doctrinal changes. This led to his involvement in the drafting of the controversial 2000 revision of the Baptist Faith and Message, which added an exhortation from Ephesians 5 for wives to "submit graciously" to their husbands and for husbands "to love his wife as Christ loved the church", and removed a clause referring to Jesus Christ as the standard by which the Bible is to be interpreted. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a United States-based cooperative ministry agency serving Baptist churches around the world. ... The Baptist Faith and Message (BF&M) is a Southern Baptist Convention confession of faith. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The Convention required missionaries and other representatives to sign the new Baptist Faith and Message, and those who refused to sign were dismissed or resigned. This marked a significant change in the Convention, given traditional Baptist opposition to creeds and the Baptist doctrines of Soul Competancy and Priesthood of the Believer. A creed is a statement of belief — usually religious belief — or faith. ...

Media and Editorial Work

Mohler served as editor of The Christian Index [5] the biweekly newsletter of the Georgia Baptist Convention [6]. From 1985 to 1993 he was Associate Editor of the bi-monthly Preaching Magazine [7]. This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

Mohler served on the Advisory Council for the 2001 English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV.) The English Standard Version (ESV) is an English translation of the Bible. ...

Starting July 29, 2003 and continuing to the present (June 2006), Mohler blogs on CrossWalk.com, a web site maintained by Salem Web Network of Chesterfield, VA. July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He presently is heard on a nationally syndicated radio talk show, The Albert Mohler Program, and also maintains a web site, where podcasts of the program, articles and essays, and his blogs and commentaries can be found www.albertmohler.com.

Theology

Shortly after his term as President began, Mohler drafted a policy (which was ratified by the trustees) that the Seminary would only hire professors who agreed to sign an Abstract of (theological) Principles. Those who refused to sign it were dismissed or resigned.

Theologically, Mohler represents an intellectual, conservative, evangelical Christianity. He advocates a complementarian position on gender, the sanctity of human life, and opposes homosexual marriage. [8] . He believes in the "verbal plenary inspiration" of the Bible, and that it is the inerrant, infallible Word of God and as essential for every aspect of every Christian's life. Complementarianism is a view of the relationship between the genders that differs from Gender egalitarianism in that it believes that each gender is distinct and has, at least in some setting, different yet complementary roles. ...

Mohler often collaborates with several Reformed pastors and theologians through a blog entitled Together for the Gospel. These include C. J. Mahaney, charismatic-Calvinist and founder of Sovereign Grace Ministries, Mark Dever, Southern Baptist pastor and founder of 9Marks Ministries, Ligon Duncan, a Presbyterian (PCA Moderator), R. C. Sproul of Ligonier ministries, John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, and John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church. The Reformed churches are a group of Christian Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Calvinist system of doctrine, which first arose especially in the Swiss Reformation led by Huldrych Zwingli, but soon afterward appeared in nations throughout Western Europe. ... Together for the Gospel is much more than a conference. ... Charles Joseph Mahaney is the leader of Sovereign Grace Ministries, a church planting group in the United States. ... Sovereign Grace Ministries is a non-denominational, Reformed [[Charismatic (movement)Charismatic group of Christian churches primarily located in the United States. ... Mark Dever is a Capitol Hill Baptist Church pastor in Washington, D.C.. He is also the director of 9Marks Ministries (formerly known as the Center for Church Reform). ... 9Marks Ministries (formerly known as the Center for Church Reform) is a Christian organisation set up by Mark Dever, the pastor of a baptist church in Washington, D.C.. Dever who is the author of a book called Nine Marks of a Healthy Church. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... R.C. Sproul Dr. Robert Charles Sproul (born 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American, Calvinist theologian, and pastor. ... John Piper John Stephen Piper (born 1946) is a reformed Baptist minister and author, currently serving as senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN. // Biography Piper was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Bill and Ruth Piper January 11, 1946. ... John MacArthur John F. MacArthur, Jr. ...

Inclusivism and Pluralism

Mohler is a proponent of exclusivism. For Mohler, this means that Jesus is the only way through which an individual can attain salvation or communicate with God the Father. As a Calvinist, Mohler believes that human salvation is a free gift from God, and cannot be earned by human action or will. He has publicly advanced this position with respect to Judaism, Islam, and Catholicism. He recently stated that "any belief system, any worldview, whether it's Zen Buddhism or Hinduism or dialectical materialism for that matter, Marxism, that keeps persons captive and keeps them from coming to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, yes, is a demonstration of Satanic power."[9] For other uses, see Trinity (disambiguation). ... Calvinism is a system of Christian theology and an approach to Christian life and thought, articulated by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer in the 16th century, and subsequently by successors, associates, followers and admirers of Calvin and his interpretation of Scripture. ... Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Catholic, One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church be merged into this article or section. ...

Islam

In the months after the events of September 11, 2001, when many Protestant American churches were organizing interfaith prayer services in an effort to improve Christian-Islamic relations, Mohler spoke about the differences between Jesus as seen in Christianity and Jesus in Islam. Mohler characterized Islamic views of Jesus as false and destructive : The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... Isa redirects here. ...

I'm no specialist in Islamic theology. I'll let those who are debate whether or not there is that kind of militancy and warrior culture within Islamic theology. But I want to say as a Christian theologian, the biggest problem with Islamic theology is that it kills the soul.

The bigger problem with Islam is not that there are those who will kill the body in its name, but that it lies about God [and] presents a false gospel, an un-gospel...These are difficult things to say. This is not polite.[10]

On March 17, 2006 he said on the Fox News Channel, that Muslims are "motivated by demonic power" [11]. March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Fox News Channel (FNC) is an American cable and satellite news channel. ...

Views on Catholicism

Mohler is a critic of Catholicism, saying, "it is a false church and it teaches a false gospel."(Larry King Live, March 2000)

Media Appearances

Mohler appeared on MSNBC's Donahue on August 20, 2002. [12]. The subject was Christian evangelization of Jews. The show's host along with members of both Catholic and Jewish clergy criticized Mohler's insistence that salvation lies exclusively in the personal acceptance of Christ before the afterlife. MSNBC, a combination of MSN and NBC, is a 24-hour cable news channel in the United States and Canada, and a news Website. ... Phil Donahue Phillip John Donahue (b. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

On April 15, 2003, Mohler granted an interview [13] published in Time Magazine. The subject was the issue of evangelization of Iraqi Muslims in the form of Christian aid groups. April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

On May 5, 2003, Mohler appeared on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, also discussing the issue of evangelization of Iraqis. At issue was whether the coupling of evangelization with basic human aid relief might be perceived as aggressive or coercive by the Iraqi people, and whether such a perception, if widespread, might place other relief workers in jeapordy. Mohler argued that biblical, evangelical Christianity is not uniquely American, but exists as a movement throughout the world, so that Christian witnessing is not, in his view, to be interpreted as a move on the part of any single nation against the religion of another. At the same time however, Mohler ackowledged the need for "sensitivity," and distanced himself from the idea that religion coerced. When pressed, Mohler expressed support for the idea of religious freedom as a theoretical matter of law. (Debate Over Christian Aid to Iraq Nationally Aired in The Christian Post) May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fresh Air is a radio show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States each week. ... All I Did Was Ask, by Terry Gross Terry Gross (born 1951) is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio. ... The Christian Post is a pan-denominational, Evangelical-leaning Christian newspaper based in Washington, D.C.. It is an operating division of The Christian Post Company - a multimedia firm whose principal member productions include digital publications ( www. ...

On December 18, 2004, Mohler debated retired Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong on Faith Under Fire, a program hosted by Lee Strobel and appearing on PAX, a Christian television network. The subject was the historicity and truthfulness of the Bible. December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Reverend Dr John Shelby Spong is the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark (based in Newark, New Jersey). ... Former atheist and Christian Apologist Lee Strobel Lee Strobel, a former legal editor for the Chicago Tribune, is a Christian apologist and former teaching pastor of Willow Creek Community Church. ... i: Independent Television, or simply i, is a broadcast and cable television network first broadcast on August 31, 1998 under the name Pax TV (early on in its development, it was called PaxNet). ...

Speaking Engagements

On June 17, 1999, Mohler preached to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in Louisville, Kentucky. He prefaced his remarks, in part, by saying "As a citizen of Louisville, I'm so glad to have a Presbyterian group here that doesn't have a gay and lesbian caucus." Mohler has written an article(s) entitled "Homosexuality & the Bible" [14] [15] June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

On October 31, 2004, Mohler spoke at the First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Georgia on the subject "Deciphering the Da Vinci Code." Mohler has written several articles about the Da Vinci Code. [16] [17] October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Baptist Church The first Baptist Church founded in America. ... Woodstock is a city located in Cherokee County, Georgia. ...

On November 5-6, 2004, Mohler spoke at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, giving presentations entitled "Being Men and Raising Men," and "Embracing God's Design for Marriage." The first of these events was open only to men: the church's web site described it as a "more than relevant topic in a culture marked increasingly by unbiblical views of male and female roles." The second event was open only to engaged and married couples. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Advertisement for christian fundamentalist church, religious services times, address, books by pastors, pastors names,a plug for their school, big red doors, etc. ... Motto: Nickname: Location in Maryland Founded Incorporated 1802 April 5, 1878  County Montgomery County Borough Parrish Mayor Sidney A. Katz Area  - Total  - Water 26. ...

On November 8-9, 2004, Mohler spoke at the annual meeting of the Florida Baptist State Convention. [18] November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ...

On May 21, 2005, Mohler gave the commencement address at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. Mohler told graduates they could display the glory of God by telling and defending the truth, sharing the gospel, engaging the culture, changing the world, loving the church and showing the glory of God in their own lives. [19] May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... This institution is unrelated, other than by coincidence of name, to the Union Institute and University located in Cincinnati, Ohio, or to the Union Colleges located in Barbourville, Kentucky, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Schenectady, New York. ...

Justice Sunday

Mohler is on the board of directors of Focus on the Family. In this role he was one of the principal organizers of Justice Sunday, a nationally televised event broadcast from Highview Baptist Church (Louisville, Kentucky), Mohler's home church, in Louisville, Kentucky on April 24, 2005. Mohler shared the stage with Charles Colson, and Focus on the Family founder James Dobson. U. S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist appeared at the event via videotape. Another host of the program was Family Research Council president Tony Perkins. Justice Sunday is the term used for a series of religious conferences organized by the Family Research Council, headed by James Dobson, and James Dobsons Focus on the Family organizations to protest a perceived liberal majority of the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to... Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF), founded in 1977, is an evangelical Christian 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the United States. ... Justice Sunday is the term used for a series of religious conferences organized by the Family Research Council, headed by James Dobson, and James Dobsons Focus on the Family organizations to protest a perceived liberal majority of the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to... Louisville redirects here. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Booking photos of Charles Colson, 1974. ... Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF), founded in 1977, is an evangelical Christian 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the United States. ... James Dobson, Ph. ... William Harrison Bill Frist (born February 22, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee. ... The Family Research Council (FRC) is a Christian conservative non-profit lobbying organization, formed in the United States by James Dobson in 1981 and incorporated 1983. ... Tony Perkins is the President of the Family Research Council, a spinoff of James Dobsons Focus on the Family, a conservative evangelical Christian lobbying group. ...

The purpose of the broadcast was to mobilize the conservative base in lobbying the United States Senate to curtail debate on the nominations to the Federal Judiciary made by George W. Bush. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American businessman and politician, was elected in 2000 as the 43rd President of the United States of America, re-elected in 2004, and is currently serving his second term in that office. ...

We want to communicate to all that we are not calling for persons merely to be moral. We want them to be believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, because we don’t just need instruction, we need salvation. Now, because of that, something has to explain why we would take this time on a Sunday night to talk about something like the federal judiciary. I want to make clear why there is such a sense of urgency that we would do this. It’s because so much that is precious to us, so much that is essential to this civilization, this culture, this great democratic republic is in the hands of the courts. And we know that means that much is at risk. Because we have been watching. And we have been learning. For far too long, Christians have been concerned to elect the right people to office, and then go back home. We have learned the importance of the electoral process, and yet we’re also discovering that that third branch of government, the judiciary, is so very, very important. We have been watching court cases come down the line. In 1973, Roe v. Wade, just declaring a woman’s right to an abortion. We now know in the aftermath of that decision, that Justice Blackman, who was the author of the majority opinion, even has admitted that they were determined to legalize abortion, and they just went to the Constitution to try to find an argument that would get them where they wanted to go. And they did. Now, that was a wake-up call for Americans to say, now wait a minute, there’s nothing in the Constitution about abortion. By no stretch of the imagination did the founders of this nation and the framers of that document intend for anyone to be able to read those words and find a right to kill unborn children. -- April 24, 2005 April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

[20] (Democracy Now, May 5, 2005) Full Text at American Rhetoric May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Torture

On December 20, 2005, Mohler addressed the problem of whether torture should be used by American military forces in order to gain important information from terrorist suspects. Although he spoke out against any form of legal codification, he did state the following: Torture is any act by which severe pain, whether physical or psychological, is intentionally inflicted on a person as a means of intimidation, deterrence, revenge, punishment, sadism, or information gathering. ...

Under certain circumstances, most morally sensitive persons would surely allow interrogators to yell at prisoners and to use psychological intimidation, sleep deprivation, and the removal of creature comforts for purposes of obtaining vital information. In increasingly serious cases, most would likely allow some use of pharmaceuticals and more intensive and manipulative psychological techniques. In the most extreme of conceivable cases, most would also allow the use of far more serious mechanisms of coercion – even what we would all agree should be labeled as torture.

...I would argue that we cannot condone torture by codifying a list of exceptional situations in which techniques of torture might be legitimately used. At the same time, I would also argue that we cannot deny that there could exist circumstances in which such uses of torture might be made necessary.

(Torture and the War on Terror: We Must Not Add Dirty Rules to Dirty Hands - albertmohler.com)

Quotes and Resources

• "When a denomination begins to consider doctrine divisive, theology troublesome, and convictions inconvenient, consider that denomination on its way to a well-deserved death." (Southern Baptist Convention meeting, July 1995)
• "Don't Just Do Something: Stand There. Don't Just Stand There: Do Something." [21]
• "Modeling Modesty" by Mary Mohler [22]
• "Transforming Culture: Christian Truth Confronts Post-Christian America" [23]
• "Ministry is Stranger Than it Used to Be: The Challenge of Postmodernism" [24]
• "The Urgency of Preaching" [25]
• "Biblical Pattern of Male Leadership Limits Pastorate to Men" [26]
• "Does God Give Bad Advice? The "Open" View of God Stakes its Ground" [27]
• "Keeping The Faith In a Faithless Age: The Church As The Moral Minority" [28]
• "The Compassion of Truth: Homosexuality in Biblical Perspective" [29]
• "The Scandal of the Empty Tomb: The Glory of the Resurrection" [30]
• "Consider Your Calling: The Call to the Ministry" [31]
• MP3 on "The Nature of True Beauty" [32]
• "The Seduction of Pornography and the Integrity of Christian Marriage" PDF and MP3 [33] [34].
• MP3 address on "Justice Sunday" [35]
• Links to Mohler's favorite bloggers [36]
• Russell D. Moore, Senior Vice President of Academic Administration, and Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Seminary, presented an article at ETS [37] entitled "After Patriarchy, What? Why Egalitarians Are Winning the Evangelical Gender Debate" [38]

Dr. Russell D. Moore is Senior Vice President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and executive director of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. ... ETS is an abbreviation of: École de technologie supérieure, an engineering school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Educational Testing Service, which administers tests such as SAT and GRE Emission Trading Scheme (see also European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)) Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, a medical procedure Enhanced Traction...

Selected bibliography

Books edited by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

• Gods of This Age or God of the Ages? Essays by Carl F. H. Henry (Editor) ISBN 0-8054-1548-3
• Theological Education in the Evangelical Tradition (Editor, with D. G. Hart) ISBN 0-8010-2061-1

Carl F. H. Henry (January 22, 1913 - December 7, 2003) was an evangelical Christian theologian, who founded the magazine Christianity Today as a scholarly voice for evangelical Christianity and as a challenge to the liberal Christian Century. ...

Books to which R. Albert Mohler, Jr. has contributed

• Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for Preaching ISBN 1-57358-144-5
• The Coming Evangelical Crisis: Current Challenges to the Authority of Scripture and the Gospel by R. Kent Hughes (Editor), John MacArthur, Jr. (Editor), R. C. Sproul (Editor), Michael S. Horton (Editor), Albert, Jr. Mohler (Editor), John H. Armstrong (Editor) (Moody, 1996) ISBN 0-8024-7738-0
• The Compromised Church John H. Armstrong (Editor) (Crossway Books, 1998) ISBN 1-58134-006-0
• Why I Am a Baptist Tom J. Nettles and Russell Moore Eds. Chapter 6 (p. 58), entitled "Being Baptist Means Conviction" (Broadman & Holman , 2001) ISBN 0-8054-2426-1

R.C. Sproul Dr. Robert Charles Sproul (born 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American, Calvinist theologian, and pastor. ...

External links

• SBTS The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
• AlbertMohler.com Official website of Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr.
• Boyce College Boyce College, the undergraduate school of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• The Christian Post
• TG4G Together for the Gospel
• Henry Institute Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement
• Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals Dr. Mohler is a member of the Alliance's Council.