Friday, April 24, 2026

Albert Mohler uses the recent death of zoologist Desmond Morris to launch a powerful critique of 20th-century secular intellectuals who, he argues, weaponized scientific authority to dismantle the biblical understanding of human identity. Morris, author of the 20-million-copy bestseller *The Naked Ape*, is presented not as a neutral observer but as a key architect of the cultural shift that redefined humans as evolved apes—free from divine image or moral law. Mohler draws a disturbing pattern: figures like Alfred Kinsey and Paul Ehrlich, all trained in zoology or entomology, leveraged their academic prestige to promote radical social agendas—sexual permissiveness, coercive population control—while openly opposing Christian anthropology. He warns that redefining the infant as a 'small ape' or promoting moral permissiveness in parenting, as Benjamin Spock did, is part of a broader strategy to undermine biblical morality. In the second half, Mohler addresses three listener questions with pastoral depth: a fertile couple’s moral dilemma about adoption, a believer’s concern over body donation and cremation, and a young man’s call to ministry. He affirms adoption as gospel-shaped, supports respectful body donation for medical education, and encourages direct theological training for ministry while acknowledging the practical wisdom of a secondary career.