Last Friday marked the final live broadcast of The Albert Mohler Program. Delivering that program was one of the great privileges of my life, and one for which I will always be thankful.
Day by day, coast to coast, individuals and families welcomed me into their lives and joined in what we sincerely hoped was "Intelligent Christian Conversation About the Issues That Matter." For years, I eagerly awaited the experience of sitting behind that microphone and talking to America and friends around the world.
And yet, the time came to bring the live broadcast to an end -- not because we had run out of issues that demand attention, but because life is finite and ever changing. As I brought the program to an end, I wanted to share some lessons I learned in the process. I did my best on Friday's program to distill these into "Ten Lessons Learned Behind the Microphone."
1. Christians Are Starved for Intelligent Christian Conversation
There is no shortage of talk in this world, and that includes the Christian world. Nevertheless, much of this talk, on and off the air, is unintelligent even in its aspiration. The cable news networks have become platforms for ideological show fights, with little room for an honest and intelligent debate of the crucial issues at stake. The public space for reasoned conversation is growing more and more constricted, and this extends to virtually every sector of the culture.
Among Christians, much of the talk is superficial, sensationalistic, and unbiblical. Rod Dreher, formerly of The Dallas Morning News, recently remarked that Americans "prefer their religion news to be soft and self-helpy." Frankly, many Christians want their religion to be soft and self-helpy -- a religion that has little to do with biblical Christianity.
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