What I really appreciate about this article is Dr. Moore's wise & loving response. It's worth the few minutes it takes to read, especially if you happen to find yourself in a similar situation. You can read it here.
Showing posts with label Russell Moore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russell Moore. Show all posts
Should We Marry if We Are Theologically Divided?
Dr. Russell Moore recently had a couple write in and ask him this question. To make it even more interesting, the young man is a self-proclaimed Reformed, dispensational fundamentalist while the young woman is a Pentecostal. If you are not familiar with those terms, suffice it to say that they differ on lots of theological topics.
What I really appreciate about this article is Dr. Moore's wise & loving response. It's worth the few minutes it takes to read, especially if you happen to find yourself in a similar situation. You can read it here.
What I really appreciate about this article is Dr. Moore's wise & loving response. It's worth the few minutes it takes to read, especially if you happen to find yourself in a similar situation. You can read it here.
Should I Tell My Son He Was Conceived in Rape?
Russell Moore has written an excellent response to this question.
Tattoos, Parents, & the Rebellious Heart
I just read a short article by Russell Moore answering a 19 year-old's following question: "Should I get a Christian tattoo (even if my parents don't like it)?" What I really appreciated about his response was not his answer (though I did completely agree with it), but his wise thought for the teenager at the very end of his response.
Earlier in the article, the teenager says he (or she) would like to get a cross tattoo with the words, "Flee Immorality: You Were Bought With a Price" to serve "as a measure of accountability for himself as the years go by, in case the zeal he has for the gospel ever wanes & he's ever in a place of temptation." Good motives, but I hope he hears Dr. Moore's reply.
Earlier in the article, the teenager says he (or she) would like to get a cross tattoo with the words, "Flee Immorality: You Were Bought With a Price" to serve "as a measure of accountability for himself as the years go by, in case the zeal he has for the gospel ever wanes & he's ever in a place of temptation." Good motives, but I hope he hears Dr. Moore's reply.
"A tattoo won’t stop you from wrecking your life, no matter what it says. The rebellious heart gets what it wants, and will do what it takes to get there. An immoral man can easily scoff at the tattoo, or even blaspheme as a result of it in the throes of his rebellion. Instead of working to embed the gospel on your skin, embed it on your conscience. Cultivate repentance, confession, and seeking the life of Christ. The answer for you isn’t your own skin ink but Someone Else’s nail scars."
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