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.

Is a Deacon Just a Servant?

— Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 —

There’s an entire generation of conservative evangelical churches where one would be more likely to find an unfrozen caveman in the congregation than a biblically-functioning deacon.

Some churches have known little more than a “board” of deacons making decisions for the church. Some have, at worst, a thugocracy in which the meanest and most aggressive [...]

Why Your Church Should Recognize Orphan Sunday

— Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 —

Orphan Sunday is November 8th. Your church should recognize it, and I hate to say that.

I hate to say it not because I don’t believe in the mission of Orphan Sunday, churches from every denomination and tradition calling us to orphan care and adoption. I do, enthusiastically. I hate to say it because I [...]

Michael Moore, Mammon, and Me

— Monday, September 28th, 2009 —

While in Detroit this past Saturday, I saw an advertisement for the new Michael Moore movie denouncing capitalism and the free market system. It irritated me, and then, the more I thought about it, it irritated me more, in ways I didn’t expect.

Moore is, first of all, no relation, and, second, not new to iconoclastic [...]

Deacons. Seriously (Acts 6:1-7)

— Thursday, September 24th, 2009 —

Deacons. Seriously (Acts 6:1-7) from Russell Moore on Vimeo.

This sermon, “Deacons. Seriously” (Acts 6:1-7), was originally preached on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. You can find more [...]

Top Ten Southern Novels

— Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 —

The Oxford American magazine recently asked 134 scholars to vote for the ten best Southern novels of all time. The Nashville Tennessean has an article about it here.

Now, first of all, I haven’t forgiven the Oxford American for moving from Oxford, Mississippi, to Arkansas. Still, it’s a good magazine.

The top ten novels [...]

The Emerging Church: Right and Wrong

— Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 —

Blogger Trevin Wax interviews my friend, doctoral student, and assistant Robbie Sagers about Sagers’s recent writings on the emerging church. Sagers is precisely right to see the so-called “emerging church” as a more complicated issue than either the label’s enthusiasts on the left or critics on the right are willing to grant.

The [...]

Why the John Edwards Story Matters

— Sunday, September 20th, 2009 —

The devil’s accusations against us are often true and so are sometimes, it turns out, those of the National Enquirer. Over a year ago the tabloids announced a secret affair and “love child” for former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.)—the Democrats’ 2004 nominee for vice president. Edwards admitted the adultery and now, according to [...]

The Long Way Around: Why It May Take a Couple Billion Years to Get to Your Best Life Now (Acts 5:27-42)

— Friday, September 18th, 2009 —

The Long Way Around: Why It May Take a Couple Billion Years to Get to Your Best Life Now (Acts 5:27-42) from Russell Moore on Vimeo.

This sermon, “The Long Way Around: Why It May Take [...]

Sabbath and the Rhythm of Creation

— Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 —

There’s something kind of providential about lecturing on Sabbath the day after Labor Day. Today I’ll be discussing with my students the Sabbath and the rhythms of creation.

I do this one day after reading a psychologist explain that Sunday morning for many people is the most depressing time of the week. They’re in motion [...]

Inverting the Economic Order

— Monday, September 7th, 2009 —

Wendell Berry authors a characteristically provocative article in this month’s issue of The Progressive. It made me wonder if the editors understood what he was writing, or if they’re just open-minded enough to include this perspective, one that skewers a leftist vision of big government just as surely as it skewers a corporatist view [...]