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“It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — “turn the other cheek” — [and] to have someone come up after to say, “Where did you get those liberal talking points?” And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, “I’m literally quoting Jesus Christ,” the response would not be, “I apologize.” The response would be, “Yes, but that doesn’t work anymore. That’s weak.” And when we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we’re in a crisis.”
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He criticized Donald Trump and the Southern Baptist Convention’s response to a sexual abuse crisis.
Russell Moore was one of the top officials in the Southern Baptist Convention.
According to Moore, Christianity is in crisis in the United States today.
Listen to the full All Things Considered conversation with Russell Moore by tapping the play button at the top.
Moore spoke to All Things Considered’s Scott Detrow about what he thinks the path forward is for evangelicalism in America.
On how he begins to address the issues he sees:
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