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.

“Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams

— Friday, February 3rd, 2012 —

In this week’s episode of “The Cross and the Jukebox,” we take a look at an old song by Hank Williams, “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” For many, this song represents exactly the caricature they envision country music to be: sad songs about failed love. But what this song actually reveals is a very [...]

The Planet of the Apes and Christian Eschatology

— Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 —

Today I launched a new semester of my Doctrine of the Last Things class, with the showing of a clip from the movie The Planet of the Apes.

The clip my students watched was in the closing moments of the 1968 film, as Charlton Heston is [...]

The Humanity of Christ Matters

— Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 —

Several years ago, a brutal stomach virus crept through the seminary community where I serve as dean. One day, knowing [...]

Should I Marry a Man with Pornography Struggles? My Response

— Monday, January 23rd, 2012 —

A couple of months ago, I posted a question about an ethical dilemma a recently engaged woman is facing. She just found out that her spouse to-be has had “ongoing struggles with pornography.” She isn’t sure what to do, or how to make sure [...]

The Evangelical Uneasy Conscience Faces the Future

— Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 —

It’s a little book by a dead man from the last generation, and it just might be the road-map for the future of American Christianity. I’m referring to the late theologian Carl F. H. Henry’s 1947 book “The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism.” [...]

The Gospel in an Abortion Culture

— Thursday, January 19th, 2012 —

As the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision approaches, most Christians recognize, and rightly so, the loss of millions of unborn human lives. What we often forget is the second casualty of an abortion culture: the consciences of countless [...]

The Next Billy Graham Might Be Drunk Right Now

— Monday, January 2nd, 2012 —

Whenever I start to get discouraged about the future of the church, I remember a conversation I had a few years ago with evangelical theologian Carl F. H. Henry on what would turn out to be his last visit to Southern Seminary before his death.

Several [...]

An Open Letter to a Newborn Son

— Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 —

To Taylor Eugene Moore,

You certainly made last Sunday memorable.

I was just about to preach when I noticed your mother wasn’t in her normal pew at our church. I slipped out during the offering and found her in the foyer. She told me she was in [...]

Let’s Stop Ignoring Joseph

— Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 —

I played a cow in my first-grade Christmas pageant, and I had more lines than the kid who played Joseph. He was a prop, or so it seemed, for Mary, the plastic doll in the manger, and the rest of us. We were just following [...]

“Merry Christmas from the Family,” by Montgomery Gentry

— Monday, December 19th, 2011 —

“Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk” is not the typical opening of a Christmas carol. But in this week’s episode of “The Cross and the Jukebox,” we take a look at Montgomery Gentry’s version of the song, ”Merry Christmas from the Family,” a song that explores the darker side of [...]