Moore to the Point
By Russell D. Moore. Russell D. Moore serves as the teaching pastor at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. In addition, Dr. Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Find sermons and other resources to help Christians engage the culture from a biblical worldview at www.russellmoore.com.

Making Men Moral

— Friday, February 27th, 2009 —

I returned last night from speaking at Union University’s conference, “Making Men Moral: The Public Square and the Role of Moral Judgment.” The conference celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the publication of the first major book by my friend Robert P. George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University.

The conference [...]

Your Birth Father Has Fangs

— Thursday, February 26th, 2009 —

Imagine for a moment that you’re adopting a child. As you meet with the social worker in the last stage of the process, you’re told that this twelve-year old has been in and out of psychotherapy since he was three. He persists in burning things, and attempting repeatedly to skin kittens alive. He “acts [...]

Is There a Golden Calf in Your Nativity Scene?

— Thursday, February 26th, 2009 —

Is There a Golden Calf in Your Nativity Scene? from Russell Moore on Vimeo.

This sermon, “Is There a Golden Calf in Your Nativity Scene? How the First Commandment Drives Us to Christ” (Exod 32:1-33:6), [...]

Adoption as Cosmic and Missional

— Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 —

Whenever I tell people that I’m working on a book on adoption, they’ll often say something along the lines of, “Great. So, is the book about the doctrine of adoption or, you know, real adoption?” That’s a hard question to answer, because you can’t talk about the one without talking about the other. Also, [...]

Is There a Golden Calf in Your Nativity Scene? How the First Commandment Drives Us to Christ (Exod 32:1-33:6)

— Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 —

The Purpose-Driven Paddle

— Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 —

The Purpose-Driven Paddle from Russell Moore on Vimeo.

This sermon, “The Purpose-Driven Paddle: Discipline, Parenting, and the Kingdom of Christ” (Heb 12:3-11), was originally preached on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Highview Baptist Church [...]

Does Your Child’s Cell Phone Preach Another Gospel?

— Monday, February 9th, 2009 —

I’m afraid I’m not the most popular pastor with the ten to fourteen-year-old demographic in my church right now. I took on an issue, parenthetically, yesterday that caused frenzied looks and agape mouths. I dared to question the theology of text-messaging.

Rifling through some things the other day I found some church bulletins from my [...]

The Purpose-Driven Paddle: Discipline, Parenting, and the Kingdom of Christ (Heb 12:3-12)

— Sunday, February 8th, 2009 —

Let Them Eat Slate: Why’d We Rather Be Fed than Fathered (Matt 3:16-4:4)

— Thursday, February 5th, 2009 —

Are Prenuptial Agreements Okay for Christians?

— Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 —

A pastor emailed me recently to say that he’d been in the process of preparing a couple for marriage. In the flow of premarital counseling he learned that the man had insisted that his future wife sign a prenuptial agreement, and that she’d agreed to it. The pastor told the couple they’re not ready [...]