Archive - General Articles
ERLC trustees to be led by new chairman
An Arkansas pastor has become chairman of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission after the resignation of a retired Indiana minister who was leading the Southern Baptist entity’s trustee board. more »
By Art Toalston - May 23, 2012
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Much ado about marriage
For all the fanfare on marriage over the past week, one might have mistakenly thought it was National Marriage Week—the annual occasion that fell on the calendar precisely three months earlier, Feb. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 17, 2012
Topic: Family, Children, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty, ,
LIFE DIGEST: ‘Intensity gap’ prompts NARAL departure
The “intensity gap” on abortion in the United States helped convince the president of NARAL Pro-choice America to step aside.
Nancy Keenan, head of one of the country’s leading abortion rights organizations for nearly eight years, will leave her post at the end of the year, The Washington Post reported May 10. more »
By Tom Strode - May 15, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation,
DOJ silent on prosecuting pandemic of obscenity
Back in 2009, health officials warned Americans of the possibility of a major outbreak of the potentially deadly swine flu. At the time, President Obama declared it a national emergency. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 10, 2012
Topic: Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Addictions, Sexual Purity, Pornography, Issues,
Baptist Press report on Land’s apology
A five-part apology for “injudicious comments” was released May 9 by Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, regarding the Trayvon Martin killing. more »
By staff - May 10, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, Racial Reconciliation,
SBC’s Land recognized for commitment to immigrant community
The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference recognized Richard Land for his focus on the needs of the immigrant community in a ceremony April 26. more »
By Elizabeth Wood - May 3, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, Immigration, Racial Reconciliation,
Legalizing online poker gambling: A losing wager for America
Predictably, the news cycles these days have been largely consumed with the unpredictable—the outcome of the 2012 presidential election and, to be answered sooner, the announcement of the No. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 3, 2012
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling,
VAWA not the solution to domestic violence
One of the age-old tricks of the legislating trade is to name legislation with a title that sounds either catchy or simply too good to oppose. Naturally, lawmakers invoke this tactic on both helpful and harmful bills alike. more »
By Doug Carlson - Apr 25, 2012
FIRST-PERSON: Chuck Colson—God’s man in the arena
Chuck Colson (1931-2012) was a giant among Christians in America. If there was an Evangelical Mount Rushmore, Chuck Colson would be on it.
Those of us privileged to know Chuck only this side of his conversion to personal faith in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior found it hard to fathom that this was the same Chuck Colson who was President Nixon’s ruthless master of dirty tricks and political hardball. more »
By Richard Land - Apr 24, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, ,
Richard Land issues open letter of apology for controversial Trayvon Martin comments
Richard Land has written an open letter of apology for comments he voiced about the infusion of politics into the Trayvon Martin killing.
Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, made the apology in a letter to SBC President Bryant Wright, an Atlanta-area pastor, on April 16. more »
By Art Toalston - Apr 19, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, National,