The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church

The president of Southern Seminary reveals how secularism has infiltrated every aspect of society and how Christians, equipped with the gospel of Jesus Christ, can meet it head on with hope, confidence, and steadfast conviction.

A storm is coming. Western civilization and the Christian church stand at a moment of great danger. The storm is a battle of ideas that will determine the future of Western civilization and the soul of the Christian church. The forces we must fight are ideologies, policies, and worldviews that are deeply established among intellectual elites, the political class, and our schools. More menacingly, these ideas have also invaded the Christian church.

From threats to religious liberty and redefinitions of marriage and family to attacks on the sacredness and dignity of human life, the perils faced by the West and the church are unprecedented. How should Christians respond to this challenge?ย The Gathering Stormย provides the answer, addressing each dimension of culture and showing Christians how to give an answer for the hope that is within them and how to contend for the faith that was once and for all delivered to the saints.

About the Author

R. Albert Mohler Jr. has been called “one of Americaโ€™s most influential evangelicals”ย (Economist) and the “reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement” (Time.com). Theย president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, he writes a popular blog and a regular commentary, available at AlbertMohler.com, and hosts two podcasts:ย The Briefingย andย Thinking in Public. He is the author of many books, includingย We Cannot Be Silentย andย The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down, and has appeared in theย New York Times,ย theย Wall Street Journal,ย USA Today, and on programs such as NBC’sย Today, ABC’sย Good Morning America, andย PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He and his wife, Mary, live in Louisville, Kentucky.

Biography

Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. serves as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary โ€“ the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world.

Dr. Mohler has been recognized by such influential publications as Time and Christianity Today as a leader among American evangelicals. In fact, Time.com called him the โ€œreigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the U.S.โ€

In addition to his presidential duties, Dr. Mohler hosts two programs: โ€œThe Briefing,โ€ a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview; and โ€œThinking in Public,โ€ a series of conversations with the dayโ€™s leading thinkers. He also writes a popular blog and a regular commentary on moral, cultural and theological issues. Called โ€œan articulate voice for conservative Christianity at largeโ€ by The Chicago Tribune, Dr. Mohlerโ€™s mission is to address contemporary issues from a consistent and explicit Christian worldview.

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