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ERLC Policy Position: Opposing the Reduction of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age
Since the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) was increased to 21 years old by every individual state in the mid-1980s at the prompting of the federal government, there have been some groups and individuals who have sought to lower the legal drinking age. more »
By Andrew R. Lewis - Aug 26, 2008 - (3)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Children, Living, Health
A Perspective on War, Love and Iraq
College campuses around the country are rife with debate over the legitimacy of the War on Terror and, specifically, the war in Iraq. This conversation has also reached the Christian collegiate community, but in a different way. more »
By Joel Heimbach - Aug 26, 2008 - (5)
Topic: Citizenship, War, Issues,
The Christian and Alcohol
As published in the Criswell Theological Review
Excerpt:
Recently, Barrett was enjoying lunch with a good friend. When their conversation turned to their children, he mentioned that his daughter had just turned 21. more »
By Richard Land and Barrett Duke - Apr 18, 2008 - (12)
Topic: Family, Abuse, Addictions, , Substance Abuse, Citizenship, Social Issues
Some Positive Benefits Churches Bring to Communities
The American founders viewed churches as a central institution within American life, because religion provided the moral foundation of self-restraint and community awareness necessary for the success of republican self-government. more »
By Andrew R. Lewis - Mar 13, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty
The Role of Women in Public Life
The question about the role of women in the political life of our nation is an important and certainly timely one. I do not believe that the Bible prohibits women from serving at any level of public life. more »
By Barrett Duke - Nov 8, 2007 - (18)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Marriage, Wives, Parenting, Mothers, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Community Service,
Abortion and Breast Cancer: The Link That Won’t Go Away
There are many well established and well-known causes of breast cancer, such as inheriting a BRCA gene (a defective gene associated with increased breast cancer risk) and being exposed to oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy. more »
By Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., FACS - Nov 2, 2007
Statement on The Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Statement by Richard Land submitted for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Hearing Sept. more »
By Richard Land - Sep 5, 2007 - (4)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Church and State, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty
Cohabitation Confusion: What does the Bible say?
The fact that many couples live together without the legal commitment of marriage surprises few in our morally dysfunctional society. What is surprising is the number of professing Christians who choose to live together without the benefit of marriage. more »
By Hal Lane - Aug 9, 2007 - (76)
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
Tackling the Relationship Between the Church and the State
A Summary of The Divided States of America? by Richard Land
Most conservatives think we have taken God out of this country and we need to put Him back in, asserting that God is on our side and taking patriotism to an idolatrous level. more »
By Steven Griffin - Aug 1, 2007 - (3)
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Human Rights, Religious Liberty
What does the Bible really say about heterosexual marriage and homosexuality?
The evangelical Christian community leads efforts to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose acceptance of homosexuality for one primary reason—biblical revelation. more »
By Hal Lane - Jul 31, 2007 - (42)
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality