I want a starting page that is not a blog. But I want it to list current blog

What is the proper way to design the page when I want the starting page to list the titles and date of the entries, and then I have a button on there that links it to the current posts (like how normal blogs start off by default)?

The way I have it now is I have the index.php in the theme listing the titles and date on the starting page and can’t figure out how to put back on a new page the normal blog start off page.