I don’t have two hours and forty minutes to listen to Sean DeMars’s interview with Albert Mohler, so I am glad that Mark Wingfield did. Here are a few snippets of his piece at Baptist News Global: Toward the end […]
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Albert Mohler is free to advance his Christian nationalism, but he should be more careful when using American history to do it.
Albert Mohler believes that the United States was built, and should continue to be built, on a Christian foundation. Read his entire argument here. The piece stems from his 2024 speech to the National Conservatism Conference. Let’s see how Mohler […]
Albert Mohler: “I don’t think we can run from someone calling us a Christian nationalist…God’s truth is to be translated into civic law”
Watch: He seems to gladly embrace the label “Christian nationalist.” At the end he says to the man who asked the question: “I hope that makes sense.” Actually, it doesn’t make sense to me. Either the state privileges Christianity or […]
Albert Mohler’s theology is not particularly helpful for explaining what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania over the weekend
In his take on the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes: For Donald Trump, his last breath could have come yesterday, broadcast to the entire world. Thankfully, that was not the […]
Albert Mohler: “I want to maximize the Christian commitments of the state, the civilization”
The National Conservatives are meeting this week in Washington D.C. Speakers include Stephen Miller (Trump immigration adviser), John Eastman (indicted lawyer who tried to help Trump steal the 2020 election), Walter Russell Mead (Bard College), Megan Basham (MAGA writer), R.R. […]
Albert Mohler, Doug Wilson, and Steve Bannon will speak at the National Conservatism conference in July
The National Conservative movement is hosting its fourth annual conference in July. Watch: Speakers include: Albert Mohler (President Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Steve Bannon (Trump adviser and alt-right leader) Josh Hawley (U.S. Senator from Missouri) Stephen Miller (Trump adviser and […]
Albert Mohler on the elite university presidents who testified before congress: “The moral rot starts at the top”
I just want to make sure I get this straight. Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Joined an amicus brief designed to limit his seminary liability for sexual abuse claims. Said he would support Doug Mastriano […]
Rick Warren on the SBC’s Executive Committee & Albert Mohler’s seminary: “They have no intention of helping victims of the sexual abuse they covered up.”
Here is Jeremy Gray at Alabama.Com: The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Kentucky State Supreme Court arguing an expanded child abuse law should not allow claims to be brought against “non-perpetrators” such as religious organizations, the Louisville […]
Albert Mohler says he would vote for Kari Lake or Doug Mastriano and then tries to explain why he wouldn’t vote for a pro-life candidate who “could not uphold the Constitution.”
Yes, you read the headline correctly. Perhaps you are as confused as I am. Over at The New York Times, Astead Herndon, the son of a Christian pastor and the host of “The Run-Up” podcast, talks about evangelicals, Trumpism, and […]
Albert Mohler is “taking names,” preparing for “war,” and telling evangelical voters that they are “unfaithful” Christians if they don’t vote GOP
He spoke last night at the Family Research Council’s Pray, Vote, Stand Summit in Atlanta: Watch: Recently Mohler said he was a Christian nationalist. Now we have him saying that anyone who doesn’t vote his way is an unfaithful Christian. […]
Albert Mohler’s “Christian world view” was on full display in his ugly piece on the legacy of Ronald Sider
Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, likes to talk about how he discerns current events through his “Christian world view.” Well, Mohler’s “Christian world view” was on full display yesterday in his reflection on […]
Albert Mohler: Christian nationalist
Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, recently interviewed Israeli philosopher Yoram Hazony on his podcast. Hazony is the author The Virtue of Nationalism (2018) and the more recent Conservatism: A Rediscovery. Watch: Some highlights: 7:50ff: Hazony defines a […]
Albert Mohler responds to David Brooks’ essay on evangelical reformers
Writing at WORLD magazine, the latest imperial conquest of the fundamentalist fiefdom over which he presides, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler has responded to David Brooks’s recent New York Times piece on evangelical dissenters. Let’s break it down: […]
Albert Mohler interviews Gordon Wood
The 87-year-old American historian has a new book out. It is titled Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution. Listen here. At about the 34:00 mark Mohler asks Wood about how he does history. Wood talks about the ahistorical […]
Will the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention be Mike Stone or the left-leaning compromiser Albert Mohler?
The guy in the video below wants Mike Stone to be the next president: Yes, THIS Mike Stone. Meanwhile, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler seems to be running as the leftist candidate. 🙂 Stay tuned.
Rick Warren’s church ordains three women. Albert Mohler and the rest of the Southern Baptists are not happy.
Southern Baptist’s do not ordain women. Rick Warren‘s Saddleback Church is one of the largest Southern Baptist Church’s in the country. Last weekend Saddleback ordained three women pastors. Here is Bob Smietana at Religion News Service: Saddleback Church, one of […]
At least one Southern Baptist congregation might leave the denomination after Albert Moher’s recent opinion piece on the Trump felony conviction:
Earlier this week I said a few things about Albert Mohler essay on Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions. You may recall his piece–it is the one in which Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, calls Joe […]
David French hits back at the “absurdity” of Al Mohler’s attack on him even as evangelical right-wingers try to write him out of Christianity
Earlier this week we called your attention to Al Mohler’s attack on David French. Mohler was very upset with French’s support of the Respect for Marriage Act. Get up to speed here. David French has now hit back against Al […]
David French’s civic pluralism versus Al Mohler’s Christian nationalism
Last week, the Senate advanced the Respect for Marriage Act. The bill legalizes (“provides statutory authority” for) same-sex and interracial marriages. Here is a summary of the bill from Congress.Gov: Specifically, the bill repeals and replaces provisions that define, for […]
Andrew Sullivan to Al Mohler: “It is not conservative to declare absolute truths and then impose then on society”
Al Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and editor of World magazine’s new “Opinions” section, recently challenged the politics of New York Times columnist David Brooks in a piece titled “Sir, you are not a conservative.” In response […]