By Eric Metaxas, Breakpoint commentaries. In a few weeks, hundreds of thousands of people will join the March for Life in Washington, DC. What if there were three times that many praying? January 22nd is the 43rd anniversary of the worst Supreme Court decision in our nation’s history. With Roe v. Wade, seven robed men…
By Russell Moore, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Our television screens glow with images of criminal rioting and assault on police officers in the streets of Baltimore. This is in the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, despite the pleas from Gray’s family for calm. The horrific scene seems…
By Phillip Bethancourt, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. If we could rewind the clock to 1973, would the outcome of Roe v. Wade have changed if churches fully embraced the sanctity of life and rallied together to pray for its protection? It is impossible to know. But what we do know is that our nation may be…
The headlines since March 17 have been crystal clear: Presbyterians approve same-sex marriage. By a majority vote of its presbyteries (regional bodies), the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) ratified an amendment to its constitution sent down last summer by its General Assembly that allows ministers to perform and churches to be used for same-sex weddings. In immediate response,…
By Erin Davis, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission“Marriage under fire” “Government to hear testimony on the re-definition of marriage” “Biblical definition of marriage questioned” I didn’t rip these headlines from today’s blog roll. Not yesterday’s either. Yes, I know they are an accurate description of the state of the marriage debate our country is…
By Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, posted on The Gospel Coalition Editors’ note: Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, delivered the following address to a worldwide gathering of religious leaders at the Vatican on the necessity of complementarity and the importance…
By Chelsen Vicari, Juicy Ecumenism blog Following Sen. Rubio’s keynote address to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and Catholic University of America’s joint “upward mobility” symposium was a panel discussion featuring faith leaders including, Russell Moore, president of Southern Baptist ERLC, Penny Nance, president and CEO of Concerned Women for…
By Russell Moore The Bible tells us that the king of Israel once wanted to hear from the prophets, as to whether he would be victorious over his enemies. All the court prophets told him exactly what he wanted to hear. Yet the king of Judah, wisely, asked whether there might be another voice to…