Theologian & writer • Editor at Large @CTmagazine • Host, Russell Moore Show • Haslam Chair Visiting Professor @lipscomb • Author, Losing Our Religion
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Christian, if you cannot say definitively, no matter what, that adults creeping on teenage girls is wrong, do not tell me how you stand against moral relativism.
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We thought Dr. Huxtable was our role model, and we were wrong.
Elvin is.
"Every job is worthwhile." Former 'Cosby Show' actor Geoffrey Owens speaks out over job-shaming incident ti.me/2LWIfOc
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A church that worships Jesus stands up for vulnerable women and girls. A church that worships power sees them as expendable.
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The reports of the conditions for migrant children at the border should shock all of our consciences. Those created in the image of God should be treated with dignity and compassion, especially those seeking refuge from violence back home. We can do better than this.
Government moves most of the children out of a Texas Border Patrol station after AP report that more than 300 children were held there in perilous conditions. Thirty children remain at the facility. apne.ws/CYt0BG4
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Vladimir Putin ruthlessly persecutes those who preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, holds orphans hostage from waiting families for his political purposes, murders dissidents and journalists, attacks democratic institutions and nations.
Morality is not relative.
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Mr. President, people are dead. The Capitol is ransacked. There are 12 dangerous days for our country left.
Could you please step down and let our country heal?
The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!
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The cruelty to and lying about Haitian immigrant families is satanic to the core. Children are terrified and God is mocked. The time for repentance is now.
BREAKING -- Springfield Mayor tells me he believes that yesterday and today's threats are directly related to unsubstantiated claims about Haitian migrants. Law enforcement has swept and cleared the targeted facilities listed on today's threat.
"We need help not hate"
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This is not about politics. This is about our country, about the rule of law, and about the sanctity of human life. russellmoore.com/2021/01/11/…
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My thoughts on the horrifying revelations today about the SBC Executive Committee.
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President @realDonaldTrump, you have a moral responsibility to call on these mobs to stop this dangerous and anti-constitutional anarchy. Please do so.
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This mob attack on our Capitol and our Constitution is immoral, unjust, dangerous, and inexcusable. What has happened to our country is tragic, and could have been avoided.
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“So I said to them, ‘Let any who have gold take it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf- which can be yours for the low, low price of five easy installments of $19.99”
Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless The USA Bible. @TheLeeGreenwood godblesstheusabible.com/?sld…
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Devastated to write that my father died at 1:03 this afternoon. He was a good man who loved his wife, his children, and his grandchildren, and was loved. We are heartbroken.
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Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a tyrant. He is an abuser of evangelical Christians, other religious minorities, and even his own country’s orphans. And now he attacks a neighbor, a democracy, a friend of the USA.
God save Ukraine 🇺🇦
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Billy Graham was, in my view, the most important evangelist since the Apostle Paul. He preached Christ, not himself, not politics, not prosperity. When many saw evangelicals as just so many Emer Gantrys, he carried unimpeachable personal integrity.
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The church of Jesus Christ is led by, among others, our brothers and sisters from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. They are us.
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Antisemitism is, by definition, a repudiation of Christianity as well as of Judaism. Jesus is a son of Abraham, of the tribe of Judah, of the line of David.
As Christians, we are, all of us, adopted into a Jewish family, an Israelite story.
Today we should lament.
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The question is what it has always been- fit or unfit. And the answer was obvious all along. Character matters, still.
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It is shameful that the House tax reform plan still includes the removal of the adoption tax credit.
Funding Planned Parenthood, but taxing adopting families.
This is not pro-life, by any definition of the word.
Let’s fix this.
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The church of Jesus Christ will outlast the United States of America. If that doesn't sound like good news to you- reconsider.
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Today I have the heartbreaking responsibility of preaching the funeral of my Dad. Any prayers you can spare would be appreciated.
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John McCain was a hero. He was tortured for his country, and stood up to his captors with courage. Ever since, he’s stood up for the ideals of democracy and freedom at home and around the world.
His death is an incalculable loss for our nation.
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Disgusting beyond words.
If you can wave this away, if you can “what-about” this, if you tell us that holding accountable those incited and carried this out is “divisive,” then you are the moral relativists you warned us about.
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This is outrageous. The Congress should fix this immediately. Too many families have been torn apart.
After years living in the U.S. for 30 years, a 39-year-old immigrant in metro Detroit was deported this morning to Mexico. Escorted by ICE agents, he said bye to wife and 2 kids before boarding. He was brought to US from Mexico when he was 10-yrs-old, too old to qualify for DACA:
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Absolutely inexcusable. Our Capitol is attacked. And this is the response. Shameful beyond words. I grieve for our country.
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My Russian-born son is standing up to serve his country, the United States of America 🇺🇸. KGB thugs such as Vladimir Putin don’t understand a country whose greatness is not in blood and soil, but in liberty and justice for all.
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Along with Christmas, we are celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the USSR. If not for that, we would not have our sons, adopted from a Russian orphanage in 2002.
Tomorrow one of them, Ben, swears in to the United States Air Force.
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The so-called Alt-Right white supremacist ideologies are anti-Christ and satanic to the core. We should say so. #SBC17
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Congratulations to President @JoeBiden. You have my prayers for blessing, wisdom, health, and success in leading our country. 🇺🇸
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The death of @timkellernyc is an incalculable loss to the church, the world, to those of us who loved him, those of us he helped in our darkest hours.
This is gain for Tim, now in the presence of Christ. He need no longer explain the reason for God, just to enjoy him forever.
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To those of you who have been bullied and intimidated, had your names and your reputations destroyed by those in ecclesial power because you spoke up about abuse, or stood with those who did:
Jesus is far better than this. And he’s watching.
Goodbye to all of that.
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Shameful and disgraceful. A great Christian man who lived through his children barely surviving a school shooting.
Southern Baptists, how much more of this are you going to let go on?
You cannot pretend not to see what is happening in your name.
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Evil indeed; satanic, in fact.
A 'salute' that heralded the mass murder and torture of millions. A 'salute' raised in #Charlottesville last night. Not "alt-right." Evil.
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Be pro-life, from conception to resurrection. Stand up for women and children. Care for those in peril. Above all, teach & live the gospel.
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My oldest son was born at 28 weeks, fighting for life and with severe health issues, in a Russian village. I thank God every day his birthmother did not share the ghoulish view of his worth and dignity that we are hearing today.
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Looks like the House leadership wants to double down on removing adoption tax credit, all while funding Planned Parenthood.
This move hurts children, adopting families and actually costs the govt $ in the long term.
Insane.
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Evangelical Christians ought to be the most dogged opponents of sexual predation and violence in the universe.
The Bible tells us so.
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Children shouldn't suffer because of the decisions of their parents, especially when they have tried to make things right. #DACA
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We as a nation should not rest for a moment until every single one of these terrorists is brought to justice. And we should honor these police officers for their heroism for the rest of our lives.
Attacked with bear spray, pipes and their own batons: D.C. police describe brutal and chaotic moments at the U.S. Capitol wapo.st/35H5nNs
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The damage done to the gospel this year, by so-called evangelicals, will take longer to recover from than the '80s TV evangelist scandals.
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It is disgusting and disgraceful that our children are growing up to see this as normal. May God have mercy.
Trump on Liz Cheney: "Let's put her with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels shooting at her. Let's see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face."
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Under any Christian vision of justice, there is no situation in which the mob murder of a person can be morally right, nor grounds for a person to be chased down and shot by private citizens. erlc.co/3dm7Kqc
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Grateful for justice rendered in Minneapolis. Let’s remember today the family of George Floyd. And let’s work together for a new era of racial justice and American hope.
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Glad to see that the Administration is listening to Americans on the moral atrocity of separating children from parents at the border. This is a good first step. Now let’s fix this system. We can have security while still showing compassion to those fleeing violence.
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Glorifying people who violently attacked our Capitol. Calling a Capitol police officer a “thug.” What a moral disgrace this is.
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This is why I spend so much time talking about nominal, culturally Christian “religion.” It is predatory, soul-twisting, covers over violence and racism and molestation.
The gospel of Jesus Christ brings life and joy and rest and peace.
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As a Mississippian, I am grateful beyond words that the Mississippi House has voted to take the Confederate Battle Flag off of our state flag. It’s time for a new day.
#TakeItDown #changetheflag
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Since @TuckerCarlson called me a “breastfeeding Christian” last night on his show, a good reminder for me to add this to my devotional time this morning:
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Some personal news. christianitytoday.com/ct/202…
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From the first time we saw this sweet face in a baby crib in a Russian orphanage to today, as he leaves with the United States Air Force, we love our son, Ben, and are proud of him.
#adoptedforlife
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People who grumble about millennials genuinely do not know what they're talking about. God is raising up some God-aflame young men & women.
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I would not be in ministry today for it were not for @BethMooreLPM.
That is 100 percent fact. When I was discouraged and ready to give up, she was there with and for Maria and me and our kids.
We will never forget that, and I pray one day to live up to her example.
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Parents of small children, don’t let people fill you with dread about “just wait till the teenage years.” We find these years a source of joy, and even fun. I’ve been a teenager, and I’ve parented teenagers. This is the better part.
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The release of pastor Andrew Brunson is an answer to the prayers of millions of Christians around the world. We pray that this crisis will remind us to continue to pray for those imprisoned by oppressive regimes around the world because of their religious faith.
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Political violence is evil to the core and is an attack on everything this country represents. Attempted murder is an attack on the image of God. This is awful.
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YES! Both houses of legislature have now voted. The Confederate Battle Flag is coming down off of the Mississippi flag. As a Mississippian, I am proud and grateful for a new day.
#TakeItDown #changetheflag
As a Mississippian, I am grateful beyond words that the Mississippi House has voted to take the Confederate Battle Flag off of our state flag. It’s time for a new day.
#TakeItDown #changetheflag
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This is nothing short of a scandal and a crisis. There should be no tolerance for, or covering up of, sexual abuse of the vulnerable ever, especially within the church of Jesus Christ. houstonchronicle.com/news/in…
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. @rachelheldevans leaves behind a husband and two small children, one 3 and one less than one year old. As many as can, let’s please help this grieving young family with the overwhelming medical bills:
gofundme.com/supporting-rach…
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Happy 65th birthday to my sister-from-another-mister @BethMooreLPM. She has been my “gateway drug” to sanity over the past seven years!
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Christians sometimes have different interpretation of Romans 13. There is no interpretation of Rom 13 under which this is anything other than an abomination.
For that matter, flip open to any page of Scripture, and the same statement applies.
Enough is enough.
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There are girls and women in our churches, right now, wondering where they can turn as they are molested by predators.
I know Jesus’ answer. What about that of the church?
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Immigrants, & those fleeing from persecution, are not political ideas. They bear the image of a God who sees and knows those the world would deem invisible & ignorable.
Many are our brothers and sisters in Christ; the rest are our mission field, loved by God (Jn. 3:16).
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Hearing from lots of folks about Members of Congress facing death threats if they stand with their consciences on this national emergency.
The only answer to a terrorist mob is what we’ve always had as Americans: “We are not afraid of you.”
We are not afraid of you.
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With heroes like this officer, we just might look back on Millennials as another “Greatest Generation” of those who stood up for their country in the hour of need.
“If it wasn’t my job I would do it for free. It was absolutely my pleasure to crush a white nationalist insurrection,” he said. “And we’ll do it as many times as it takes.”
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What a disgrace. What a scandal to the gospel of Jesus Christ and to the integrity of our witness.
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What a sad and sick and stupid era.
In a time of folly, may the church be wise. In a time of insanity, may the church be prudent. In a time of lawlessness, may the church be obedient. In a time of instability, may the church be the church of Jesus Christ.
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Such a sad day comes to an end. Hug your loved ones close tonight. Remember the shortness of our lives.
Let’s not conform to the pattern of this vicious social-Darwinian age. Let’s kindle kindness, even (especially!) for those outside our tribal silos.
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There would be no Southern Baptist Convention without Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong. We desperately need a resurgence of women’s voices and women’s leadership and women’s empowerment, again. It is way past time.
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A group of wild turkeys showed up in our yard today, silently staring at the house before moving on.
I will admit this was unnerving.
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What a joy to baptize my son, Benjamin Jacob Moore, as my brother in Christ this morning. #Adoptedfor(New)Life
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Cultural Christianity is worse than no Christianity at all, if there is Judgment Day.
Let nominal religion fall. Let the gospel rise.
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What a joy this morning at @ImmanuelNash to baptize my son Jonah as my brother in Christ.
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This is insanity. @dandarling will have a bright future elsewhere. But this is inexcusable.
Some breaking news: @dandarling urged his fellow evangelicals to be vaccinated. Today he was fired by the National Religious Broadcasters
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Abortion culture and racial injustice aren’t two separate impulses, but one. Both are rooted in the counter-Christ idolatry that sees “power,” defined by those in power, as the standard of human dignity and of lives worth living. #NorthamResign
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White nationalism is not just another ideology. It is a manifestation of an ancient evil. It is idolatry. It is Santanic. And the Bible everywhere confronts and condemns such wickedness. erlc.co/31pzuo2
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What is happening right now to the Kurds is an atrocity and a disgrace. Our allies (and innocent men, women, and children) are abandoned to the cruelty of the evil axis of Erdogan, Putin, and Assad, while empowering the Islamic State. This is immoral and unjust and murderous.
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2016 could've been a Ron Swanson vs. Leslie Knope election. Instead it's Tammy 1 vs. Tammy 2. @parksandrecnbc
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Always grateful to learn from and serve with this great leader and friend. Thank you @BethMooreLPM for powerfully leading us last night on the issue of church sexual abuse at our @ERLC event.
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44 years ago today, the Supreme Court defined one's personhood by one's power. As people of the cross, we dissent.
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Christian, your gay or lesbian neighbor is probably really scared right now. Whatever our genuine disagreements, let's love and pray.
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Outrageous and inexcusable. That our country is now numb to the normalization of this is disturbing beyond words.
Behind the scenes of Trump’s dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes trib.al/hryFvP6
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Disappointed that the lives of real people, brought to this country as children and made in the image of God, are now in crisis, because of politics.
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What a joy to baptize my fifth and youngest son, Taylor, this morning as my brother in Christ.
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The adoption tax credit is not just one more policy issue. Vulnerable children ought to be a priority for us all.
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This is a moral abomination. Every single person who stormed our Capitol, and every single person who incited this insurrection, should be held accountable, immediately, to the fullest extent of the law. Every one of them.
This is a disgrace.
US Capitol Police: Officer Brian D. Sicknick passed away tonight due to injuries sustained while "physically engaging with protestors" Wednesday in Capitol.
On force since 2008, he collapsed at division HQ after engaging the mob.
Just not right. Not at all.
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Christians, Let’s Pray for President-Elect Joe Biden russellmoore.com/2020/11/07/…
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. @rachelheldevans and I are, as you know, theological opposites, and we’ve debated each other on all kinds of stuff over the years.
She needs our prayers right now.
Conservatives, progressives, centrists, everybody: let’s pray for RHE.
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