The ERLC sent this letter to the Trump...
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 6, 2024—ERLC President Brent Leatherwood...
The questions we face today regarding life, religious liberty, marriage and family, and human dignity require more than platitudes and theories. Our churches and communities need to be able to clearly understand and articulate why our convictions are undergirded by the timeless truths of God’s Word and principles of wisdom.
Our essays our designed to explore relevant topics in a more in-depth fashion than a standard article. They will help you answer the “why” of various issues that are the focus of the ERLC’s advocacy work.
The essays we produce are for you. Share them with your friends, neighbors, and church members as you work out how to live as a disciple of Jesus in today’s world.
View our most recent essays exploring the cultural issues affecting our churches and communities.
From Election Cycles to Cathedral Building
When Baptist U.S. Congressman Brooks Hays addressed the Baptist World Alliance in Copenhagen in 1947, he insisted that Baptists could not compromise on religious liberty. However,...
Strengthening the Christian pro-life ethic after Roe
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in the summer of 2022 was a watershed moment in the pro-life movement. It overturned the deadly precedent...
Series Part 4: Understanding the significance of worldviews
In this series we’ve defined what a worldview is, considered the role of plausibility and community in shaping beliefs, and looked at the faith commitments that...
Series Part 3: Understanding the significance of worldviews
Almost all of our beliefs and values are built on the foundation of our worldview. But the worldview itself is supported by another foundation, what we...
Series Part 2: Understanding the significance of worldviews
Why do you believe what you believe? The most common reason people will give for why they hold the beliefs they do is because those beliefs...
Series Part 1: What is a worldview?
Whatever happened to “worldview”? There was once a time when the term was ubiquitous within American evangelicalism.
How Christian Leaders Can Respond Courageously, Cooperatively, and Locally
This is a unique moment in the history of American Christianity: Legal protections for the expression of faith in the public square have never been stronger...
From Election Cycles to Cathedral Building
When Baptist U.S. Congressman Brooks Hays addressed the Baptist World Alliance in Copenhagen in 1947, he insisted that Baptists could not compromise on religious liberty. However,...
Where does the Baptist commitment to religious liberty originate? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and...
The aim of this essay is to offer an overview of the Southern Baptist understanding of religious liberty. Religious liberty advocacy has been a primary concern...
Series Part 4: Understanding the significance of worldviews
In this series we’ve defined what a worldview is, considered the role of plausibility and community in shaping beliefs, and looked at the faith commitments that...
Series Part 3: Understanding the significance of worldviews
Almost all of our beliefs and values are built on the foundation of our worldview. But the worldview itself is supported by another foundation, what we...
I have two toddlers, so I watch a lot of children’s television. I have seen an episode of nearly every major children’s show and many of...
We need citizens who love their neighbors, not draftees obligated by the government
In 1944, as the United States was fighting World War II, the government and policymakers turned their eyes to preparing for the end of the hostility....
Until recently, the realities of marriage, family, gender, and sexuality were standard fare in Western society. Routinely, men and women married and remained married for life...
Series Part 4: Understanding the significance of worldviews
In this series we’ve defined what a worldview is, considered the role of plausibility and community in shaping beliefs, and looked at the faith commitments that...
Series Part 3: Understanding the significance of worldviews
Almost all of our beliefs and values are built on the foundation of our worldview. But the worldview itself is supported by another foundation, what we...
Series Part 2: Understanding the significance of worldviews
Why do you believe what you believe? The most common reason people will give for why they hold the beliefs they do is because those beliefs...
Mental health is a complex topic in need of serious and compassionate thought from a Christian perspective. The struggles many face with mental health are no...
The theological doctrine of the imago Dei is grounded in the truth that every human being possesses an inherent dignity, value, and worth by virtue of...
Series Part 4: Understanding the significance of worldviews
In this series we’ve defined what a worldview is, considered the role of plausibility and community in shaping beliefs, and looked at the faith commitments that...
Series Part 3: Understanding the significance of worldviews
Almost all of our beliefs and values are built on the foundation of our worldview. But the worldview itself is supported by another foundation, what we...
Series Part 2: Understanding the significance of worldviews
Why do you believe what you believe? The most common reason people will give for why they hold the beliefs they do is because those beliefs...
Series Part 1: What is a worldview?
Whatever happened to “worldview”? There was once a time when the term was ubiquitous within American evangelicalism.
