All voluntary baptisms are a miracle to me and stop my mouth as much as if I had just seen Lazarus walk out of the tomb.
–Flannery O’Connor, quoted in Brad Gooch’s excellent biography Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor
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American evangelical Christianity has lost its way.
Only when we see how lost we are, we can find our way again. Only when we bury what’s dead can we experience life again. Only when we lose our religion can we be amazed by grace again.
About Russell Moore
Russell Moore is Editor in Chief of Christianity Today and is the author of the forthcoming book Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America (Penguin Random House).
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