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.

Girl Wrestlers, Blue Parakeets, Talkative Men, and Other Interesting Stuff

— Saturday, May 30th, 2009 —

The Spring 2009 issue of the Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (JBMW) should be on its way to subscribers’ mailboxes any day, and you’ll want to read it. Here are some highlights.

Tom Schreiner reviews Scot McKnight’s book, The Blue Parakeet. Just picture Sylvester the Cat with a blue feather in his [...]

Quote of the Moment

— Friday, May 29th, 2009 —

The strip had allowed him an illusion of eternity. Comics never end, no story is ever finished, four more blank white panels await the next installment. When he finally fell ill, the fantasy was irrevocably broken, and he discovered that he was a creature of time, ordinary after all.

─David Michaelis in his (very sad) [...]

Joan or John? My Answer: Part Five

— Friday, May 29th, 2009 —

The past several posts have looked at a question I posed to a group of seminary students in a Christian ethics class. Read the question here, and the previous four posts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4).

Since I posted the question about John/Joan, I’ve had two [...]

But Does the Bible Believe You? Why Our High View of Scripture Ought to Make Us Nervous (2 Peter 1:12-2:3)

— Thursday, May 28th, 2009 —

But Does the Bible Believe You? from Russell Moore on Vimeo.

This sermon, “But Does the Bible Believe You? Why Our High View of Scripture Ought to Make Us Nervous” (2 Peter 1:12-2:3), was originally preached [...]

Joan or John? My Answer: Part Four

— Thursday, May 28th, 2009 —

If you’re just joining this discussion, read the question I’m answering, and the previous three posts (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) before you dive in here.

In saying that I don’t think Joan can continue to live as a “woman,” I am not saying that regeneration will mean that he [...]

Quote of the Moment

— Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 —

A philanthropist may be said to love anthropoids. But as Saint Francis did not love humanity but men, so he did not love Christianity but Christ. Say, if you think so, that he was a lunatic loving an imaginary person, but an imaginary person, not an imaginary idea.

─G.K. Chesterton in his majestic biography, Saint [...]

Joan or John? My Answer: Part Three

— Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 —

Again, this is part of a series, so read the question I’m answering, and then both the first and second post before you tread on into this complicated scenario.

So “Joan” is willing to forsake her life as a woman, as “John,” and embrace his identity as the man God created him to be. [...]

First Baptist Church of Covington, Georgia

— Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 —

Dr. Moore will be preaching at First Baptist Church of Covington, Georgia on June 7, 2009.

Bayou View Baptist Church, Gulfport, MS

— Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 —

Dr. Moore will be preaching at Bayou View Baptist Church in Gulfport, Mississippi on May 31, 2009.

Joan or John? My Answer: Part Two

— Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 —

Before you read this post, be sure you’ve read the question to which I’m responding here, and the first part of my attempted answer. Otherwise, you’ll be very, very confused.

On the question of whether “Joan” should go reverse her so-called “gender reassignment” surgery, my answer is no. First of all, no surgery [...]