Gospel

Is the Orphan My Neighbor?

Why justice for the fatherless is worth the risk

Orphans are unpredictable. Often we don’t know where they’ve come from, what kind of genetic maladies and urges lie dormant somewhere in those genes. For these reasons, fear has become an obstacle to addressing orphans. A leading theologian and adoption advocate says we must fill in the gap left by a contemporary Western consumer culture that extends even to the fatherless.


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Arts + Entertainment

God, Freedom, and "The Adjustment Bureau"

Watching the trailer for “The Adjustment Bureau,” you might sense you’ve seen this film before. You have, kind of. The thriller follows the same narrative pathways as such previous films as “The Matrix,” “The Truman Show,” and “Inception.” Hollywood never makes the same movie only once, if that movie makes money, so this is hardly surprising. But Russell Moore says the real question is why movies about escaping from an illusory universe, of recapturing free will, resonate with filmmakers and moviegoers?


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Church

Still Uneasy After All These Years

The Legacy of Carl Henry

It's a little book by a dead man from the last generation, and it just might be the road-map for the future of American Christianity. Carl F.H. Henry's 1947 book "The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism's" importance might not seem obvious in a digital whirling world of contemporary Christians, but the issues Henry raised over sixty years ago are more relevant than ever. Russell Moore explores the legacy of the late theologian Carl F.H. Henry.


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Government

Immigration and the Gospel

The immigration debate continues to rage within American borders, but as Russell Moore argues, the Christian response to immigrant communities in the United States cannot be “You kids get off of my lawn” in Spanish. While Christians might disagree on the political specifics of achieving a just and compassionate immigration policy, he says our rhetoric must be informed by more than politics. It must be filtered through the lenses of both the Christian gospel and the Christian mission.

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