Russell Moore
Author of Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel
About the Author
Russell Moore (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) is the eighth president of the Ethics Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. A widely sought-after commentator, Dr. Moore has been called "vigorous, cheerful, and fiercely articulate" by The Wall Street Journal. show more He is the author of several books, including The Kingdom of Christ, Tempted and Tried, and Onward. He and his wife, Maria, have five children. show less
Image credit: Dr. Moore preaching in chapel at SBTS. By Theology147 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22498114
Series
Works by Russell Moore
Christ-Centered Parenting - Bible Study Book: Gospel Conversations on Complex Cultural Issues (2017) 26 copies
Counseling and the Authority of Christ 13 copies
Christ-Centered Parenting - Leader Kit: Gospel Conversations on Complex Cultural Issues (2017) 4 copies
Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel (DVD Leader Kit) by Russell D. Moore (2009-06-01) (1772) 1 copy
Understanding Four Views on the Lord's Supper[ UNDERSTANDING FOUR VIEWS ON THE LORD'S SUPPER ] by Moore,… (2007) 1 copy
La tentación y el triunfo de Cristo: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ (Spanish Edition) (2020) 1 copy
Christ-Centered Parenting 1 copy
Associated Works
Not Just Good, but Beautiful: The Complementary Relationship between Man and Woman (2015) — Contributor — 36 copies
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- 1971-10-09
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- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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His prose style is like drinking from a fire hose with extremely dense paragraphs. Those paragraphs have so many things worth noting that my Kindle copy now is filled with highlights. The book is not only valuable for Evangelists or Baptists, it is valuable for any church goer in America. Also, many of its lessons can be applied to non-religious situations as well.
The book is divided into sections describing what is being lost and why. The end of each section includes suggestions for compensating for these loses.
Losing our Credibility. The section begins with a reference to the R.E.M. song "Losing My Religion" that had been posted by a woman who said that she was not losing her faith but was afraid she was losing her church and did not believe that her church believed what her church had taught her.
Losing our Authority. This section talks about tribalism and includes statements like "we are called not just to argue about what is true, but to say things we know to be false, just to prove that we are part of the tribe to which we belong." He continues saying that "What a movement rooted in power instead of truth actually wants are people who are willing to accept seemingly crazy ideas .... and to change them at a moments notice." He then emphasizes the "the evangelical culture of the past half century has focused comparatively little on judgement for the hearer, and much more on a different kind of fear - the imminent threat from one's neighbors or culture."
Losing our Identity. This section is focused on culture war issues that consume the evangelical community at the expense of the more religious issues. He sees a worldwide trend evolving towards a "post-Christian right" where culture war issues supplant the religious ones with religious symbols used for "shoring up an ethnic or national identity."
Losing Our Integrity. In 2016, the author had published comments saying that "Trump was morally unfit for leadership." These comments resulted in furious responses from people who were willing toss aside moral judgements in order to support a member of the tribe. He later realized that this willingness to excuse moral failings started long before the 2016 election and could be found in the willingness of so many church leaders to excuse moral failings of all types in their leaders.
Losing our Stability. This section discusses the ideas of revival versus reformation to reset the moral compass of the church. He concludes by saying that American Christianity is in crises. The church is a scandal in all the worst ways. We bear responsibility for that." concluding that we need to "Make Evangelism Born Again."… (more)