Albert Mohler
National Conservatism Conference puts the best and worst of the GOP on display
By Jacob Lupfer — September 17, 2022
(RNS) — Conservatism may have something to say about important issues, but it will need more worthy messengers.
What the Bible really says about loan forgiveness
By Roger S. Nam — August 25, 2022
(RNS) — Hint: It’s complicated (just kidding, it's really not).
Deconstruction is a valid Christian practice. Ask Martin Luther.
By Andre Henry — January 5, 2022
(RNS) — Deconstruction has long been seen as a healthy expression of Christian faithfulness.
Albert Mohler’s darkest hour
By Jonathan Merritt — June 18, 2021
(RNS) — In his bid to lead America’s largest denomination, he was his own worst enemy.
A guide to what’s at stake at the Southern Baptist Convention’s historic annual meeting
By Paul O'Donnell — June 15, 2021
(RNS) — A one-stop update on what will be decided in Nashville, and how the Southern Baptists arrived at their crossroads on race, gender and sexual abuse.
Supreme Court throws abortion fight into center of midterms
By David Crary and Jill Colvin — May 18, 2021
(AP) — For many evangelicals, the case could serve as a validation of more than four decades of persistent work and a sometimes awkward relationship with former President Donald Trump.
Six white men shouldn’t decide Southern Baptist position on race
By Maina Mwaura — December 8, 2020
(RNS) — Last week’s statement from the presidents of six SBC seminaries opposing critical race theory isn’t good for the denomination or evangelism.
COVID vaccines are moral to use, say ethicists, Catholic bishops
By Bob Smietana — November 25, 2020
(RNS) — ‘We have seen the polls looking at how many people are willing to take the vaccines and we’re very concerned the number is much lower than it should be,’ said an ethicist at the Christian Medical & Dental Association.
Albert Mohler reckons the cost of his Trump support
By Jacob Lupfer — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — In defending his endorsement of Trump, the next leader of the Southern Baptist Convention keeps alive the SBC’s past and future problems with race.
‘Pope’ Albert Mohler and the catholicization of conservative evangelicalism
By Jacob Lupfer — October 30, 2020
(RNS) — The pope's adoption of civil unions has sharply delineated a momentous shift from the Baptist battles of the last generation.
How a Western megachurch pastor fell in love with Eastern meditation
By Jarrett Stevens — February 11, 2020
(RNS) — Coming from an evangelical upbringing, I’ve heard religious leaders cast meditation as a dangerous pagan practice. But Western Christians have missed out since abandoning our own tradition of meditation.
Paige Patterson feared backslide after election of first black SBC president
By Adelle M. Banks and Yonat Shimron — November 14, 2019
(RNS) — A newly discovered letter from one former prominent leader of the Southern Baptist Convention to another reveals a depth of mistrust and suspicion toward the denomination's first black president.
Mohler, prominent Southern Baptist, will be nominated to lead denomination
By Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks — November 4, 2019
(RNS) — Nominating Mohler was a preemptive move intended to block candidates from the denomination's more zealous "God and country" faction during what will be a potentially tumultuous U.S. presidential campaign.
If God created the whole world, why is treating plants as holy so crazy?
By Benjamin Perry — October 2, 2019
(RNS) — The furor over #PlantGate may help explain why it’s so difficult to make progress in responding to climate change.
Southern Baptists have more repenting to do
By Brian D. McLaren — May 29, 2018
(RNS) — Unfortunately, the bulk of Albert Mohler’s agony and call for mercy focused not on the pain suffered by women and girls at the hands of church leadership, but on the 'humiliation' of his tribe, the SBC, which is led exclusively by men.
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