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What Stephen King Taught Me About Repentance
— Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 —
Before you start judging me, I don’t read Stephen King’s horror books, and never have (not that there’s anything wrong with that). In the past year, though, I did read, for the second time, King’s insightful little book on writing, called On Writing.
In the book I came across an anecdote I’d highlighted the [...]
Keep Reading...Blessed Are the Ignorant (1 Sam 28:1-25)
— Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 —
Blessed Are the Ignorant (1 Sam 28:1-25) from Russell Moore on Vimeo.
This sermon, “Blessed Are the Ignorant” (1 Sam 28:1-25), was originally preached on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, [...]
Keep Reading...Fathered with Christ (Matt 3:13-4:1)
— Thursday, June 24th, 2010 —
This sermon, “Fathered with Christ” (Matt 3:13-4:1), was originally preached on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. You can find more sermons and other audio from Dr. Moore at our media page.
Keep Reading...Christ and Katrina: Five Years Later
— Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 —
The July/August issue of Touchstone features my article “Christ and Katrina.” You can read it here. The article, recognizing the fifth anniversary of the worst natural disaster in American history, is less about the hurricane itself than it is about a Christian view of home and homecoming.
It was a painful [...]
Keep Reading...Is It Wrong to Display a Picture of Robert E. Lee?
— Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 —
Below is the latest “Questions and Ethics” query. Help me answer this question by telling me your thoughts in the comments. I’ll weigh in later. And remember to send me your real-life ethical dilemma to questions@russellmoore.com.
Dear Dr. Moore,
I’m a young minister in Texas, and a faithful reader of your stuff. Here’s my problem. [...]
Keep Reading...Ecological Catastrophe and the Uneasy Evangelical Conscience
— Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 —
I’ve left my hometown lots of times. But never like this.
Sure, I’ve teared up as I’ve left family and friends for a while, knowing I’d see them again the next time around. And, yes, I cried every day for almost a year in the aftermath of a hurricane that almost wiped my hometown off [...]
Keep Reading...Should We Marry If We’re Theologically Divided? My Response
— Thursday, May 13th, 2010 —
A while back I posted a question from Calvin, a Reformed dispensationalist fundamentalist, and Aimee, a Pentecostal, who have fallen in love and want to get married. Their question is too long to repost, but you can find it here. Y’all gave a spirited round of responses. Here are my thoughts [...]
Keep Reading...Loving My Invisible Neighbor
— Monday, May 10th, 2010 —
It’s easy for me to love my neighbor. It’s easy, that is, as long as my neighbor is invisible.
By that I mean to ask, have you noticed how abstract and ethereal so much of our Christian rhetoric is on virtually every topic?
Some Christians rattle on and on about “The Family” while neglecting their kids. [...]
Keep Reading...Nostalgia Smells
— Saturday, May 8th, 2010 —
With Mother’s Day upon us, Salon magazine set out to show us why we (most of us, anyway) like our mother’s cooking. They interviewed a neurologist who explained, in evolutionary terms, why people are drawn to the familiar, and how tastes are set in one’s childhood, tastes that set the trajectory of [...]
Keep Reading...Walker Percy: Twenty Years Later
— Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 —
Twenty years ago—May 10, 1990—the corpse of the writer Walker Percy was pulled from his bed. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of that moment, then and now, is the absence of the smell of gunpowder.
Percy’s father and grandfather both ended their lives in suicide. The writer who is, arguably, best considered to be Percy’s [...]
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