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{{Short description|American evangelical theologian (born 1959)}}
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'''Richard Albert Mohler Jr.''' (born October 19, 1959) is an American [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] theologian,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.albertmohler.com/2013/03/25/the-making-of-christianity-in-the-west-a-conversation-with-peter-brown/
|title=The Making of Christianity in the West — A Conversation with Peter Brown (Self professed in course of the interview)
|year= 2013
|access-date=June 6, 2016
}}</ref> the ninth president of [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary|The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], and host of the podcast ''The Briefing'', where he daily analyzes the news and recent events from an evangelical perspective.
==Education and personal life==
Mohler was born on October 19, 1959, in [[Lakeland, Florida]]. During his Lakeland years, he attended Southside [[Baptists in the United States|Baptist]] Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/3499.article |title=Speakers say heart of Gospel is to show God's glory |work=Florida Baptist Witness |year=2004 |access-date=2008-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928095234/http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/3499.article |archive-date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> Mohler attended college at [[Florida Atlantic University]] in [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]] in [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]] as a Faculty Scholar. He then received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Samford University]], a private, coeducational [[Baptist]]-affiliated college in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]. His [[Master of Divinity]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degrees in systematic and historical theology were conferred by the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]].<ref name="albertmohler.com">{{Cite web|url=https://albertmohler.com/about|title=About|website=albertmohler.com}}</ref>
==Career==
In addition to his presidency at SBTS, Mohler was the host of ''The Albert Mohler Program'', a nationwide radio show "devoted to engaging contemporary culture with [[Christianity|Christian]] beliefs."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.albertmohler.com/radio_list.php | title = The Albert Mohler Radio Program | access-date = 2008-02-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080219192339/http://www.albertmohler.com/radio_list.php | archive-date = 2008-02-19 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He currently produces a weekday podcast on the news, ''The Briefing'', in which he provides commentary on current events from a Christian point of view, often providing a historical background as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://albertmohler.com/the-briefing|title=The Briefing|last=Mohler|first=Albert|website=albertmohler.com|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref>  He also regularly broadcasts interviews with various different people on a podcast called ''Thinking in Public''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thinking in Public|url=https://albertmohler.com/thinking-in-public|access-date=2021-04-05|website=albertmohler.com|language=en}}</ref> He is former vice chairman of the board of [[Focus on the Family]] and a member of the [[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cbmw.org/Board-of-Directors | title = Board of Directors | publisher = [[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]] | access-date = 31 December 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110111045756/http://www.cbmw.org/Board-of-Directors | archive-date = 11 January 2011 }}</ref> Mohler has presented lectures or addresses at a variety of conservative evangelical universities.<ref name="albertmohler.com"/>
Mohler served as editor of ''The Christian Index'',<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.christianindex.org/ | title = The Christian Index}}</ref> the biweekly newsletter of the [[Georgia Baptist Convention]]. From 1985 to 1993 he was Associate Editor of the [[bi-monthly]] ''Preaching Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.preaching.com/ |title= Preaching Magazine}}</ref> Mohler also served on the Advisory Council for the 2001 [[English Standard Version]] (ESV) of the Bible. Mohler previously blogged on [[Crosswalk.com]], a web site maintained by Salem Web Network of [[Richmond, Virginia]].<ref name="Crosswalk.com">{{cite web |url= http://christianity.com/Blogs/mohler/ | first =Albert | last =Mohler | type = blog | publisher = Crosswalk | title = Christianity | access-date=2007-10-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012092429/http://christianity.com/Blogs/mohler/ | archive-date = 12 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> Mohler currently blogs on his website, where his podcasts can also be listened to for free.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AlbertMohler.com – Cultural commentary from a Biblical perspective|url=https://albertmohler.com/index.php|access-date=2021-04-05|website=albertmohler.com|language=en}}</ref>
In 2018, Mohler labeled turmoil in the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] as the SBC's "own horrifying #MeToo moment" and said it stemmed from "an unorganized conspiracy of silence" about sexual misconduct and abuse.<ref name=":1" /> He wrote that the SBC's "issues are far deeper and wider" than the controversy surrounding [[Paige Patterson]], who'd been moved that day from president to president emeritus of [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpnews.net/50958/mohler-confronts-sbcs-horrifying-metoo-moment|title=Mohler confronts SBC's 'horrifying #MeToo moment'|website=Baptist Press|date=24 May 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref>
In early 2019, explosive newspaper reports of sexual abuse by church leaders and volunteers shook the Southern Baptist Convention, and Mohler called for independent third-party investigations.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/02/11/693668194/southern-baptist-leaders-grapple-with-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-by-pastor|title=After Explosive Sex Abuse Allegations, Southern Baptist Leaders Promise Reform|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> Just days after the Houston Chronicle's 2019 report of allegations of hundreds of sexual abuse cases (some of which were not reported to law enforcement),<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Southern-Baptist-sexual-abuse-spreads-as-leaders-13588038.php|title=20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms|date=2019-02-10|website=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> Mohler apologized in an interview with the newspaper for supporting a religious leader who was accused of helping conceal sexual abuses at his former church.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/houston/article/Leading-Southern-Baptist-apologizes-for-13618120.php|title=Leading Southern Baptist apologizes for supporting leader, church at center of sex abuse scandal|first=Robert|last=Downen|date=2019-02-14|website=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> Some have lauded Mohler, while others have questioned the timing and motivations of these comments.<ref name=":0" /> One day after Mohler's remarks to the Houston Chronicle, his Southern Baptist Theological Seminary office released a related statement by him.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://news.sbts.edu/2019/02/15/statement-r-albert-mohler-jr-sovereign-grace-churches/|title=Statement from R. Albert Mohler Jr. on Sovereign Grace Churches|date=2019-02-15|website=News – SBTS|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref>
==Southern Baptist Theological Seminary==
Mohler joined the staff of the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Kentucky]], in 1983 as Coordinator of Foundation Support. In 1987, he became Director of Capital Funding, a post he held until 1989. From 1983 to 1989, while still a student, he had served as assistant to then-President [[Roy Honeycutt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.sbts.edu/2004/12/22/roy-honeycutt-southern-seminary-president-from-1982-1993-dies/|title=Roy Honeycutt, Southern Seminary president from 1982–1993, dies|date=December 22, 2004|website=News – SBTS}}</ref> In February 1993, Mohler was appointed the ninth President of the seminary by the institution's board of trustees to succeed Honeycutt.<ref name="albertmohler.com"/>
==Theology and other faiths==
In 2008, Al Mohler declined to sign [[An Evangelical Manifesto]], publishing a lengthy explanation for his decision.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.albertmohler.com/2008/05/12/an-evangelical-response-to-an-evangelical-manifesto-2/ | last = Mohler | first = Albert | date = 2008-05-12 | title = Comments on An Evangelical Manifesto}}.</ref> Mohler is an [[Evangelical]] and an [[Religious exclusivism#Christian exclusivism|exclusivist]], which means that he believes [[Jesus]] is the only way through which an individual can attain [[salvation]] or have a relationship with [[Trinity|God the Father]]. As a [[Calvinist]], Mohler believes that human salvation is a free gift from God which cannot be earned by human action or will and is only given to the [[Predestination|elect]]. He has publicly advanced this position with respect to [[Judaism]], [[Islam]],<ref name= "mm">''The O'Reilly Factor'', Fox News Channel. March 17, 2006.</ref> and [[Catholicism]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.baptiststandard.com/2000/4_3/pages/mohler.html | title = Mohler calls Catholicism 'false church' | work = Baptist Standard | date = 2000-03-03 | access-date = 2008-06-16 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080814232055/http://www.baptiststandard.com/2000/4_3/pages/mohler.html | archive-date = 2008-08-14 }}</ref> He recently stated that "any belief system, any world view, 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 [[Satan]]ic power."<ref name = 'mm' /> He believes Muslims are motivated by demonic power<ref name= 'mm' /> and in the months after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], Mohler characterized Islamic views of Jesus as false and destructive:
{{blockquote |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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=11977 |title= Speak about Islam clearly & without fear, Mohler says |publisher= [[Baptist Press]] |date= 2001-10-19 |access-date= 2008-06-16 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081229110744/http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=11977 |archive-date= 2008-12-29 }}</ref>}}
{{blockquote |The secular world tends to look at Islam as a function of [[ethnicity]] which means seeking to convert these people to Christianity is an insult to them. But Christianity is a trans-ethnic faith, which understands that Christianity is not particular to or captured by any ethnicity, but seeks to reach all persons.
The secular world tends to look at [[Iraq]] and say, well, it's Muslim, and that's just a fact, and any Christian influence would just be a form of Western [[imperialism]]. The Christian has to look at Iraq and see persons desperately in need of the [[good news (Christianity)|gospel]]. Compelled by the love and command of Christ, the Christian will seek to take that gospel in loving and sensitive, but very direct, ways to the people of Iraq.<ref name="Time_interview">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,443800,00.html |title=Interview: Missionary Work in Iraq |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=2003-04-15 |access-date=2008-06-16 |first=Broward |last=Liston |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511185045/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C443800%2C00.html |archive-date=11 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
==Media appearances==
Mohler appeared on [[MSNBC]]'s [[Phil Donahue|Donahue]] on August 20, 2002.<ref name="Donahue">{{cite web | url= http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=14075 | title= Christ the only way for both Jews, gentiles, Mohler says on 'Donahue' | publisher= Baptist Press | access-date= 2010-05-24 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090912221728/http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=14075 | archive-date= 2009-09-12 }}</ref> The subject was Christian [[Proselytization and counter-proselytization of Jews|evangelization]] of Jews.<ref name="Donahue"/> Mohler and [[Michael L. Brown]], a [[Messianic Judaism|Messianic Jew]], debated this subject as well as Mohler's insistence that salvation lies exclusively in the personal acceptance of Christ before the afterlife with Donahue, a [[Catholic]], and Rabbi [[Shmuley Boteach]], an Orthodox Jew.<ref name="Donahue"/>
On April 15, 2003, Mohler was interviewed by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''<ref>{{cite magazine | last =Liston |first=Broward |url= http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,443800,00.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030803215917/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,443800,00.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 3, 2003 |title = Interview: Missionary Work in Iraq | magazine = Time |date=2003-04-15 |access-date = 2010-05-24}}</ref> on the subject of evangelizing Iraqi Muslims in the form of Christian aid groups.
On May 5, 2003, Mohler appeared on NPR's ''[[Fresh Air]]'' with [[Terry Gross]] to discuss the issue of evangelization of the Iraqis. At issue was whether the coupling of evangelizing 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 jeopardy. 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 acknowledged 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.<ref>''[http://www.christianpost.com/article/general/201/full/debate.over.christian.aid.to.iraq.nationally.aired/1.htm Debate Over Christian Aid to Iraq Nationally Aired] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20060218235236/http://www.christianpost.com/article/general/201/full/debate.over.christian.aid.to.iraq.nationally.aired/1.htm |date=2006-02-18 }}'' in [[The Christian Post]]</ref>
On December 18, 2004, Mohler debated retired [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] bishop [[John Shelby Spong]] on ''[[Faith Under Fire]]'', a program hosted by [[Lee Strobel]] and appearing on [[Ion Television|PAX]], a Christian television network. The subject was the historicity and truthfulness of the Bible.
On December 19, 2013, Mohler appeared on [[CNN]] to discuss the controversy surrounding comments made by [[Phil Robertson]] of [[Duck Dynasty]]. [[GLAAD]] National Spokesman Wilson Cruz was also on the program.<ref>{{YouTube|kqn3cwF5Zig|Albert Mohler on "Duck Dynasty" Suspension: He's "Unquestionably Faithful to the Scripture"}}. Retrieved on 2014-02-01.</ref>
==Speaking engagements==
On November 8–9, 2004, Mohler spoke at the annual meeting of the Florida Baptist State Convention.<ref>[http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/3499.article Speakers say heart of Gospel is to show God's glory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928095234/http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/3499.article |date=2007-09-28 }}. Florida Baptist Witness. Retrieved on 2011-12-10.</ref>
On May 21, 2005, Mohler gave the commencement address at [[Union University]] in [[Jackson, Tennessee|Jackson]], [[Tennessee]]. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uu.edu/news/newsreleases/release.cfm?ID=884 |title=Largest class graduates from Union University – News Release &#124; Union University |publisher=Uu.edu |date=2005-05-23 |access-date=2010-05-24}}</ref>
On February 25, 2014, Mohler delivered a Forum Lecture in the Marriott Center Arena at [[Brigham Young University]] in [[Provo, Utah|Provo]], [[Utah]]. The title of Mohler's lecture was, "Strengthen the Things that Remain: Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Human Flourishing in a Dangerous Age."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albertmohler.com/2014/02/25/strengthen-the-things-that-remain-human-dignity-human-rights-and-human-flourishing-in-a-dangerous-age-an-address-at-brigham-young-university/ |title=Strengthen the Things that Remain: Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Human Flourishing in a Dangerous Age — An Address at Brigham Young University |publisher=AlbertMohler.com |date=2014-02-25 |access-date=2014-02-26}}</ref>
==Justice Sunday==
Mohler was on the board of directors of [[Focus on the Family]]. In this role he was one of the principal organizers of [[Justice Sunday (conservative Christian event)|Justice Sunday]], a nationally televised event broadcast from [[Highview Baptist Church (Louisville, Kentucky)|Highview Baptist Church]], in Louisville on April 24, 2005. Mohler shared the stage with [[Charles Colson]] and Focus on the Family founder [[James Dobson]]. US Senate Majority Leader [[Bill Frist]] appeared at the event via videotape. Another host of the program was [[Family Research Council]] president [[Tony Perkins (politician)|Tony Perkins]].
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]].
{{blockquote|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. (..)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]]'' [declared] a woman's right to an 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.|Albert Mohler, April 24, 2005<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1429230 Democracy Now] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050623121629/http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05%2F05%2F05%2F1429230 |date=2005-06-23 }} May 5, 2005</ref>}}
==Theological views==
=== On Catholicism ===
Mohler believes the [[Catholic Church]] is a "false church" that teaches a "false gospel" and regards the [[Pope|Papacy]] as an illegitimate office.<ref>{{cite book|last=Blumenthal|first=Max|title=Republican Gomorrah|location=New York City|publisher=Nation Books|year=2009|page=141}}.</ref><ref name=ABP>{{Citation | newspaper = ABP news | url = http://www.abpnews.com/faith/theology/item/8300-sbc-leader-denounces-papacy | title = SBC leader denounces papacy | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130316235542/http://www.abpnews.com/faith/theology/item/8300-sbc-leader-denounces-papacy | archive-date = 2013-03-16 }}.</ref> During a March 13, 2014 podcast of ''The Briefing'', Mohler stated that Evangelicals "simply cannot accept the legitimacy of the papacy" and that "to do otherwise would be to compromise Biblical truth and reverse the Reformation."<ref name = ABP /> Mohler has denounced [[Pope Francis]] for his perceived left-leaning leadership.<ref name="The Economist" >{{cite news|title=Catholicism and American Conservatives: Trump's Papal Problem Reopens Some Old Fault Lines|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2016/02/catholicism-and-american-conservatives|access-date=20 February 2016|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=19 February 2016}}</ref>
Mohler stated that he was one of the original signatories to the ''[[Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience|Manhattan Declaration]]'' because it is a limited ecumenical statement of Christian conviction on the topics of [[abortion]], [[euthanasia]] and [[gay marriage]], and not a wide-ranging theological document that subverts confessional integrity. He emphasized that he signed the document in spite of his deep theological disagreements with the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite web| last = Mohler | first = Albert | work = Cross walk | url = http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/mohler/11617136/ | title = Why I Signed the Manhattan Declaration}}</ref>
===Family planning ===
Mohler spoke in June 2004, about married adults who choose not to have children.
{{Blockquote | The Scripture does not even envision married couples who choose not to have children.Christians have bought into this lifestyle and claim childlessness as a legitimate option. It remains a form of rebellion against God's design and order.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gender-news.com/other.php?id=23 |title = Deliberate Childlessness: Moral Rebellion With a New Face| year= 2004| publisher = Gender news | first =R. Albert Jr | last = Mohler | access-date = 2008-01-13}}</ref>}}
Mohler has also been critical of [[Emergency contraception|emergency contraceptives]] that prevent implantation of the fertilized egg, which he believes "involve nothing less than an early abortion."<ref>{{cite web| work = Albert Mohler | date = 2006-05-08 | url = http://www.albertmohler.com/2006/05/08/can-christians-use-birth-control/ |title= Can Christians Use Birth Control?}}</ref>
===Gender roles and sexuality===
In 2017, Mohler signed the [[Nashville Statement]].<ref name="Signatories">{{cite web|title=Initial Signatories|url=https://cbmw.org/nashville-statement/#signers|website=Nashville Statement|publisher=Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref> He opposed the repeal of the US military's "[[don't ask, don't tell]]" policy on the grounds of religious liberty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homosexuality and the Military—What's Really at Stake? |url=https://albertmohler.com/2010/06/04/homosexuality-and-the-military-whats-really-at-stake |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=albertmohler.com |language=en}}</ref> He said of trans people "We cannot affirm someone in a delusion" when asked whether Christians should use a person's preferred name.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohler |first=Albert |date=June 3, 2022 |title=How Would You Address a Transgender Person in a Casual Conversation? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing |url=https://albertmohler.com/2022/06/03/briefing-6-3-22 |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=albertmohler.com |language=en}}</ref>
===Science===
Mohler is a [[young earth creationism|young earth creationist]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://credomag.com/2013/06/why-does-the-universe-look-so-old-albert-mohler/|title = Why Does the Universe Look So Old? (Albert Mohler) – Credo Magazine}}</ref>
===Yoga===
According to Mohler, [[yoga]] practice is not consistent with Christianity.
{{Blockquote | When Christians practice yoga, they must either deny the reality of what yoga represents or fail to see the contradictions between their Christian commitments and their embrace of yoga. The contradictions are not few, nor are they peripheral. The bare fact is that yoga is a spiritual discipline by which the adherent is trained to use the body as a vehicle for achieving consciousness of the divine… The embrace of yoga is a symptom of our postmodern spiritual confusion…<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/09/20/the-subtle-body-should-christians-practice-yoga/ | title = The Subtle Body — Should Christians Practice Yoga? |date = 2010-09-20 | work = Albert Mohler | access-date = 2010-10-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006095553/http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/09/20/the-subtle-body-should-christians-practice-yoga/ | archive-date = 6 October 2010 | url-status = live}}</ref>}}
After voicing his stance on the topic, Mohler stated that he was 'surprised by the depth of the commitment to yoga found on the part of many who identify as Christians'.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5huRzyn03vdl7KkdEwQBRc-ZmxuTwD9IMP7400?docId=D9IMP7400 | agency = Associated Press | title = Southern Baptist leader on yoga: Not Christianity |date = 2010-10-07 |access-date = 2010-10-07 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101011055101/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5huRzyn03vdl7KkdEwQBRc-ZmxuTwD9IMP7400?docId=D9IMP7400 | archive-date = 11 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
===Libertarianism===
Mohler has argued that [[libertarianism]] is idolatrous, and as a comprehensive [[world view]] or fundamental guiding principle for human life, is inconsistent with Christian ideals. He is a proponent of personal liberty, but believes such liberties can run into problems when applied in the [[Political philosophy|political sphere]]. The more limited economic libertarianism, on the other hand, can be consistent with the "comprehensive world view that Christianity puts forward."<ref name=ufd20160305>
{{cite web |url=http://www.moodyradio.org/Up-for-Debate/2016/2016-03-05-Can-a-Christian-be-Libertarian/ |title=Can a Christian be Libertarian? |work=Up For Debate with Julie Roys |publisher=moodyradio.org |date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309042556/http://www.moodyradio.org/Up-for-Debate/2016/2016-03-05-Can-a-Christian-be-Libertarian/ |archive-date=2016-03-09 |access-date=2016-03-09 |quote=Can Christians can be libertarians, or is libertarianism inconsistent with Christian ideals? Julie Roys, host of Up for Debate, [discussed] the issue with Al Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who says libertarianism is idolatrous. Challenging his perspective will be Norman Horn, founder of the Christian Libertarian Institute, who argues that "libertarianism is the most consistent expression of Christian political thought." }}</ref>
==Recognition==
''[[Christianity Today]]'' recognized Mohler as a leader among American [[evangelicalism|evangelicals]], and in 2003 ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' called him the "reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the U.S."<ref name = "Time_interview" />
==Selected bibliography==
===Books authored by R. Albert Mohler Jr.===
*''Atheism Remix: A Christian Confronts the New Atheists'' {{ISBN|978-1-4335-0497-6}}
*''Culture Shift: Engaging Current Issues with Timeless Truth'' (Today's Critical Concerns) {{ISBN|978-1-59052-974-4}}
*''He Is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World'' {{ISBN|978-0-8024-5489-8}} (September 1, 2008)
*''Desire and Deceit: The Real Cost of the New Sexual Tolerance'' {{ISBN|978-1-60142-080-0}} (September 16, 2008)
*''The Conviction to Lead: The 25 Principles for Leadership That Matters'', expresses the view that leadership stems from conviction and moral character (2012).
*''We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong'' {{ISBN|978-0718032487}} (October 27, 2015)
*''Acts 1–12 For You'', first in a two-part popular-level commentary on the book of Acts {{ISBN|978-1909919914}} (The Good Book Company, 2018)
* The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits, (Thomas Nelson, 2019)
*''The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church'' {{ISBN|978-1-4002-2021-2}} (Thomas Nelson, 2020))
*''The Disappearance of God: Dangerous Beliefs in the New Spiritual Openness '' Multnomah (May 5, 2009) {{ISBN|978-1601427403}}
===Books edited by R. Albert Mohler Jr.===
* {{Citation | title = Gods of This Age or God of the Ages? Essays by Carl F. H. Henry | isbn = 0-8054-1548-3| last1 = Henry| first1 = Carl Ferdinand Howard| year = 1994| publisher = Broadman & Holman Publishers}}.
*Theological Education in the Evangelical Tradition (Editor, with D. G. Hart) {{ISBN|0-8010-2061-1}}
===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 F. MacArthur|John MacArthur Jr.]] (Editor), [[R. C. Sproul]] (Editor), [[Michael S. Horton]] (Editor), Albert Mohler Jr. (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 D. Moore]] Eds. Chapter 6 (p.&nbsp;58), entitled "Being Baptist Means Conviction" (Broadman & Holman, 2001) {{ISBN|0-8054-2426-1}}
*A Theology For The church [[Daniel L. Akin]] (Editor). Conclusion (p.&nbsp;927) entitled "The Pastor as Theologian" (Broadman & Holman, 2007) {{ISBN|978-0-8054-2640-3}}
*''Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy'' by J. Merrick and Stephen M. Garrett, eds. (Zondervan, 2013) {{ISBN|9780310331360}}
== See also ==
* [[Religion and spirituality podcast]]
==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==Further reading==
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060526191226/http://www.albertmohler.com/documents/ModelingModesty.pdf Modeling Modesty]" by Mary Mohler
*"[http://www.albertmohler.com/2004/07/15/transforming-culture-christian-truth-confronts-post-christian-america/ Transforming Culture: Christian Truth Confronts Post-Christian America]"
*"[http://www.albertmohler.com/2004/07/15/ministry-is-stranger-than-it-used-to-be-the-challenge-of-postmodernism/ Ministry is Stranger Than it Used to Be: The Challenge of Postmodernism]"
*"[http://www.albertmohler.com/2004/07/15/the-urgency-of-preaching/ The Urgency of Preaching]"
*"[http://www.albertmohler.com/2004/07/15/biblical-pattern-of-male-leadership-limits-pastorate-to-men/ Biblical Pattern of Male Leadership Limits Pastorate to Men]"
*"[http://www.albertmohler.com/2009/07/16/does-god-give-bad-advice-the-open-view-of-god-stakes-its-ground-2/ Does God Give Bad Advice? The 'Open' View of God Stakes its Ground]"
*"[http://www.albertmohler.com/2016/04/07/keeping-the-faith-in-a-faithless-age-the-church-as-a-moral-minority/ Keeping The Faith In a Faithless Age: The Church As The Moral Minority]"
*"[http://www.albertmohler.com/2009/07/16/the-compassion-of-truth-homosexuality-in-biblical-perspective-2/ The Compassion of Truth: Homosexuality in Biblical Perspective]"
*"[http://www.albertmohler.com/2009/07/16/the-scandal-of-the-empty-tomb-the-glory-of-the-resurrection-2/ The Scandal of the Empty Tomb: The Glory of the Resurrection]"
*"[http://www.albertmohler.com/2004/07/15/consider-your-calling-the-call-to-the-ministry/ Consider Your Calling: The Call to the Ministry]"
*{{cite web|title = The Nature of True Beauty|url = http://www.sbts.edu/MP3/Mohler/20051114Mohler.mp3|format = MP3}}
*"The Seduction of Pornography and the Integrity of Christian Marriage" [https://web.archive.org/web/20061206231806/http://www.sbts.edu/docs/Mohler/EyeCovenant.pdf PDF] and [http://www.sbts.edu/MP3/Mohler/20040313mohler.mp3 MP3].
*Address on "Justice Sunday" in [http://www.sbts.edu/MP3/Mohler/justice-sunday.mp3 MP3]
*[[Russell D. Moore]], Senior Vice President of Academic Administration, and Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Seminary, presented an article at [[Evangelical Theological Society|ETS]] entitled "[http://www.henryinstitute.org/documents/2005ETS.pdf After Patriarchy, What? Why Egalitarians Are Winning the Evangelical Gender Debate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517160043/http://www.henryinstitute.org/documents/2005ETS.pdf |date=2006-05-17 }}"
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