Russell D. Moore

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  Feb 21, 2012

  Always Mardi Gras and Never Easter

  There's nothing quite as bleak as a city street the morning after Mardi Gras. The steam of the humidity rises silently over asphalt riddled with forgotten doubloons, broken bottles, littered cigarettes, used condoms, clotted blood, and mangled vomit.

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  Feb 16, 2012

  Gambling and the Common Good

  Pro-gambling elected officials aren't evil villains (necessarily). Many of these elected officials have good aims. But I think both proponents and opponents of expanded gambling see this as merely a "values" issue.

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  Feb 13, 2012

  Let's Have More Worship Wars

  Most of our varying critiques of musical forms are often just narcissism disguised as concern about theological and liturgical downgrade. That's why I think we need more, and better, worship wars.

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  Feb 2, 2012

  The Planet of the Apes and Christian Eschatology

  Eschatology and discipleship in the church is kind of like sex education in the home. Just because you don't talk about sex with your kids doesn't mean they will grow up ignorant of sex.

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  Jan 28, 2012

  The Humanity of Christ Matters

  Why is it so hard for us to imagine Jesus vomiting? The answer to this question has to do, first of all, with the one-dimensional picture of Jesus so many of us have been taught

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  Jan 25, 2012

  Should I Marry a Man With Pornography Struggles?

  A couple of months ago, I posted a question about an ethical dilemma a recently engaged woman is facing.

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  Jan 20, 2012

  The Gospel in an Abortion Culture

  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 men and women.

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  Jan 3, 2012

  The Next Billy Graham Might Be Drunk Right Now

  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.

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  Dec 26, 2011

  An Open Letter to a Newborn Son

  Early on in your unborn life, a doctor told us he thought you would have Down Syndrome.

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  Dec 22, 2011

  Let's Stop Ignoring Joseph

  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.