“In 2 Timothy 2:17-18, the apostle Paul names Hymenaeus and Philetus as those who “have swerved from the truth,” and he warns that their talk “will spread like gangrene” if not stopped. Paul modeled the hard but necessary step of publicly rebuking those who lead others astray. Russell Moore’s influence is a spiritual gangrene in the body if left unchecked. A limb with gangrene must be decisively treated, or the infection spreads. In this case, the “treatment” is a public rebuke and distancing, done with the hope of restoration but prepared for rejection.”
(David Mizenbacher – Founders Ministries) There was a time when many conservative evangelical leaders respected Russell Moore as a gifted theologian and champion of biblical values. But that time has long passed. In recent years, a growing number of those same leaders who once platformed Moore have begun privately voicing grave concerns about Moore’s trajectory. The dissonance between private criticism and public silence is untenable—and worse, it is harmful to the church.
As I conducted research for a recent article about the ERLC, published at Christ Over All, I was struck by how often those I spoke with—ERLC supporters and critics alike—expressed grave concern about Russell Moore’s trajectory and continued influence. Yet it seems that too many of those who travel in more respectable circles are willing to express their concerns in private but are hesitant to bring these concerns out into the open.
However, it seemed something shifted this Easter Sunday. Christianity Today, under Moore’s editorial leadership, published yet another theologically subversive article. While Christianity Today’s publication of something unorthodox or even heretical is, sadly, nothing new, what was different this time is that an unlikely coalition of evangelicals who seldom agree on anything finally agreed on something: Christianity Today, under Russell Moore, has completely lost its way.
It is my prayer that this incident serves as a wake-up call. The time has come for evangelical leaders to publicly disavow Russell Moore for the sake of doctrinal integrity and the health of our churches.
Research: Progressive (Social Justice) ‘Christianity’
CRN has compiled a list of false teachers and several other professing Christians we’ve warned you about over the years. The list also contains those we must keep an eye on plus movements, organizations and “frauds, phonies and money-grubbing religious quacks” to mark and avoid as per Romans 16:17-18 such as Russell Moore.