Will Religion Unite or Divide Under Biden?
Will faith be a force in uniting — or furthering divisions — during the incoming Joe Biden presidency? Are divisions among believers an outlier or do they mirror trends seen in secular arenas in...
View ArticleSouthern Baptist Policy Chief Calls on Trump to Resign
The top official at the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) public policy office has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to resign, following the storming of the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday by a...
View ArticleERLC’s Russell Moore Addresses “Blasphemy” on Capitol Hill
On Friday, January 8, the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) hosted a conversation with its president, Dr. Russell Moore, and policy communications director Jeff...
View ArticleChristian Colleges Talk Social Justice, Theological Orthodoxy
Who among us has not felt trapped between the appeal of social justice activism and a commitment to theologically orthodox beliefs? There shouldn’t be contradiction between a scripturally rooted...
View ArticleTim Keller and Russell Moore on the Resurrection and Ordering of Our Loves
Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), recently welcomed Tim Keller, theologian and founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian...
View ArticleChristianity Sí, Denominations Non
There’s lots of conversation about Russell Moore’s quitting not only as head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy agency but the convention itself, joining a nondenominational church...
View ArticleMainliners, Evangelicals, Catholics & Sexual Abuse
In a departing letter, Southern Baptist national leader Russell Moore cited the “spiritual and psychological abuse of sexual abuse survivors” in the Southern Baptist Convention. He recalled “sexual...
View ArticleSouthern Baptists Struggle to Escape Controversy Around Russell Moore Exit
Internal politics, disagreements, and scandals have wreaked some havoc in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in recent years, nowhere more so than in the dramatic exit of Dr. Russell Moore from his...
View ArticleBaptist Moore Castigates ‘Tribal Belonging’ of Christian Nationalism
How should Christians think about identity rooted in particular ethnicities, geographies and cultures compared with our call to universal fellowship in Christ? Surely the call to love extends beyond...
View ArticleRussell Moore Condemns Prioritization of Unity at the Expense of Truth
Thousands of Southern Baptist delegates, known as “Messengers,” descended upon Anaheim, California, June 12-15 for one of the most crucial conferences in Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) history. The...
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