Russell D. Moore

Russell D. Moore

Christian Post Guest Columnist

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  • Why I didn't watch the new 'Joker' movie

    Why I didn't watch the new 'Joker' movie

    Several people, knowing that I am a DC Comics fan, asked if I had seen the new film, Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix. The answer is no, for lots of reasons.

  • White nationalist terrorism and the Gospel

    White nationalist terrorism and the Gospel

    White nationalism is not just another ideology, in a world filled with competing opinions. White nationalism is a manifestation of an ancient evil that we as Christians, of all people, ought to recognize immediately.

  • New York and the culture of death

    New York and the culture of death

    Many were alarmed and dispirited by footage this week of raucous cheering in the New York state Senate chamber. The applause and laughter was for a bill to remove any protections as persons from unborn children at any stage of pregnancy.

  • In Defense of the Unspoken Prayer Request

    In Defense of the Unspoken Prayer Request

    Lord knows we need lots of things changed in American Christian culture, but the unspoken prayer request isn't one of them.

  • Russell Moore: Southern Baptists, Don't Let Donald Trump Divide Us

    Russell Moore: Southern Baptists, Don't Let Donald Trump Divide Us

    What does a family Christmas look like after a divisive election?

  • The Problem With Our Holly Jolly Christmas Songs

    The Problem With Our Holly Jolly Christmas Songs

    Simeon the prophet never wished anyone a "holly-jolly Christmas" or envisioned anything about chestnuts roasting on an open fire. But what about our songs, the songs of the church?

  • How Martin Luther King Jr. Overcame 'Christian' White Supremacy

    How Martin Luther King Jr. Overcame 'Christian' White Supremacy

    On the question of civil rights in the American Christian context, there is little question that, with few exceptions, the "progressives" were right, often heroically right, and the "conservatives" were wrong, often satanically wrong.

  • Is Gun Control a Christian Issue?

    Is Gun Control a Christian Issue?

    My views on the issue are informed, I hope, by my conscience as a Christian, which is to be shaped by Scripture and the church. But it is not a "Thus saith the Lord" command with the authority of Scripture.

  • Apocalypse at Christmas Time

    Apocalypse at Christmas Time

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The stirrings of holiday cheer are all around us, from the Bing Crosby music loop at the Home Depot to the inflatable glowing Santas that every neighborhood seems to have.

  • Evangelicals Must Support Religious Freedom for Muslims and Denounce Trump

    Evangelicals Must Support Religious Freedom for Muslims and Denounce Trump

    Donald Trump is at it again. This time, the Republican presidential frontrunner suggests that the United States should close the border to all Muslims — including Muslim-Americans traveling abroad