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Al Mohler has a new book coming out. This one is on “the new atheism.” From the book’s website:
Something has changed in our culture. Atheism—for centuries a little-regarded belief system—has gained a large hearing through the writings of new atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens. Indeed, atheism is now [...]

Mark Tubbs at Discerning Reader posts some advice from Tim Challies and Al Mohler on effective reading.

Tim Challies has the news that the T4G “Bookstore” list has been posted to the T4G site:
Here is a link to the master bookstore list for Together for the Gospel. “Each of these books were carefully selected for the Together for the Gospel ‘08 book store. Specifically, Al Mohler, CJ Mahaney, Ligon Duncan, and Mark [...]

The Real Issue with Sen. Obama’s Comments:
Liberals tend to speak in functional terms of meaning and purpose. Conservatives tend to speak functionally in terms of social order, stability, and morality.
None of these is a substitute for authentic Christianity — a faith that is predicated on being true — not merely meaningful or helpful.
(Emphasis added.)

Got back this afternoon from Together for the Gospel 2008. It was outstanding! I’ll probably post more later about it, but in the meantime, some quick thoughts and observations at least somewhat related to the conference:

The audio is available here. For free. Woohoo! (Already downloaded…)
The conference had an amazing bookstore, with all selections approved by [...]

Al Mohler looks at one of Details magazines cover stories this month, titled Would You be Okay with a Gay Kid?:
Details magazine is an American version of what the Brits call “laddie mags” — rather racy magazines that present a vision of what the good life is supposed to look like for young adult males. [...]

Breaking news from the Baptist Press…
R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has undergone successful surgery for the removal of a pre-cancerous tumor from his colon.
The surgery was performed in Louisville, Ky., on March 20. Results of pathological testing on the tumor are not yet available, but doctors expect Mohler, 48, to [...]

I was going to comment last week on the new Ellison Research survey on sin, but I figured I would wait a few days and Al Mohler would step up. He provides an analysis, as well as some useful conclusions for Christian response here.

Most Americans believe that what their problem is, is something that has happened to them, and their solution is going to be found within. In other words, they believe that they have an alien problem that is to be resolved with an inner solution, when the Gospel says that we have is an inner problem, [...]