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Let me preface this by saying the only people I know who’ve seen the “New Moon” movie are enthusiastic teenage girls and Boyce College Dean Denny Burk. I can guarantee you, though, that lots of adolescent and post-adolescent women in your congregation have seen the movie and are reading the novels in the “Twilight” series. Touchstone, a magazine where I serve as a senior editor, just ran a fascinating article on the theology behind the series. Jonn Granger, who was called by Time magazine the “dean of Harry Potter scholars,” wrote this piece, focusing on what he sees as the distinctively Latter-day Saint theological-literary structure behind the series. Read it, and think about his thesis. What does the “Twilight” series tell you about what young women in your communities are longing for? What does it tell you about the appeal of Mormonism?
How Much Do I Need to Know About My Potential Spouse’s Sexual Past? My Response
— Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 —
Below is a “Questions and Ethics” letter I posted a while back. Here are some of your responses to this query. Below is my response to the writer.
Dear Dr. Moore,
I am a young single Christian woman. I made a commitment at a very young age to remain sexually chaste, and I’ve [...]
Keep Reading...You Are Not Your Worldview: Finding the Freedom to Let the Faith Defend Itself (2 Corinthians 4:1-6)
— Monday, March 8th, 2010 —
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This sermon, “You Are Not Your Worldview: Finding the Freedom to Let the Faith Defend Itself” (2 Corinthians 4:1-6), was originally preached at Alumni Chapel at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on Thursday, March 4, 2010.
Keep Reading...Great Commission Humility, Great Commission Power (Acts 18:24-28)
— Friday, March 5th, 2010 —
Great Commission Humility, Great Commission Power (Acts 18:24-28) from Russell Moore on Vimeo.
This sermon, “Great Commission Humility, Great Commission Power” (Acts 18:24-28), was originally preached on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at Highview Baptist Church [...]
Keep Reading...Reflections on Adopting for Life 2010
— Thursday, March 4th, 2010 —
Now that I’m pulling myself out of the post-conference coma, I thought I’d give a few words of reflection on this past weekend’s “Adopting for Life” conference.
If I had to give a theme to the weekend, the theme would be “freedom,” a concept that is increasingly important to me. Where the Spirit of the [...]
Keep Reading...We Aren’t the World
— Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 —
I have a post up on The Resurgence site today on misguided Christian outrage. The post responds to folks who’ve been asking me if I’m offended that the new version of “We Are the World” leaves out Willie Nelson’s line about the Lord from the 1984 version. I think there’s a bigger [...]
Keep Reading...How Much Do I Need to Know About My Potential Spouse’s Sexual Past?
— Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 —
Below is the latest installment of our “Questions and Ethics” series. As always, read the scenario below and let me know in the comments section what I should advise in the situation. What would you counsel?
Dear Dr. Moore,
I am a young single Christian woman. I made a commitment at a very young age [...]
Keep Reading...Philippi Prison Blues: Finding Freedom in Gospel and Mission (Acts 16:25-34)
— Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 —
Philippi Prison Blues: Finding Freedom in Gospel and Mission (Acts 16:25-34) from Russell Moore on Vimeo.
This sermon, “Philippi Prison Blues: Finding Freedom in Gospel and Mission” (Acts 16:25-34), was originally preached on Sunday, February 14, [...]
Keep Reading...Is Embryo Adoption Immoral?
— Monday, February 22nd, 2010 —
I received an email from a man who was upset about a couple in his extended family who are pursuing a so-called “snowflake adoption,” the adoption of a “frozen embryo” (to use, for clarity’s purpose only, the satanically clinical lingo of the current era). This couple had been led to do this after reading [...]
Keep Reading...Worse Than an Atheist: Work, Family, and Male Headship (1 Tim 5:8)
— Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 —
Worse Than an Atheist: Work, Family, and Male Headship (1 Tim 5:8) from Russell Moore on Vimeo.
This sermon, “Worse Than an Atheist: Work, Family, and Male Headship” (1 Tim 5:8), was originally preached on Sunday, [...]
Keep Reading...Is It Okay for Me to Opt Out of Social Security? My Response
— Monday, February 15th, 2010 —
Last week I posted the following question. You weighed in here. Now it’s my turn.
Dear Dr. Moore,
I’m a young Baptist minister. As I was about to be ordained, I was told that I’d now be considered “self-employed” for purposes of paying my Social Security payroll taxes. This means the church won’t pay [...]
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