Exactly one year ago, I was about to deliver remarks to a Southern Baptist meeting, when the news alerts lit up my phone. The long-predicted Russian invasion of Ukraine had commenced. Russian troops had initiated a new incursion deep into Ukraine’s heartland. After I announced the development to the room, you could sense the audience …
Continue...A racial unity conference on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has been announced by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and The Gospel Coalition. The event — "MLK50: Gospel Reflections From the Mountaintop" — will be held April 4, 2018, in Memphis, half a …
Continue...Slate magazine hailed 2014 as “The Year of Outrage.” It appears that Americans are determined to continue the trend into 2015. Since the morning of January 19, the national media has been hijacked by a controversy nicknamed “Deflate-gate” on social media. By the amount of coverage the controversy has received, you would think deflate-gate was …
Continue...Parenting is a honorable and difficult task, made even more complicated by a world that puts little value in raising children, much less pointing them to Christ and his gospel. Andreas and Margaret Kostenberger have drawn from their own experience as parents to provide the church with a helpful book titled Equipping for Life: A …
Continue...Lindsay Swartz sits down with Trillia Newbell to discuss her new book Fear and Faith: Finding the Peace Your Heart Craves. Newbell is the Director of Community Outreach at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. She has a degree in political science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is currently pursuing her M.A. in biblical …
Continue...In a culture that constantly celebrates women’s independence and freedom, it is strange that a movie about bondage—Fifty Shades of Grey, based on the fastest selling paperback of all time by the same title— is so eagerly anticipated. All of a sudden, words like “submission,” “master” and “obedience” are not only acceptable, but erotic. In …
Continue...Russell Moore recently spoke at the 2015 Gospel Coalition National Conference in Orlando, Fla. His talk, “From Moral Majority to Prophetic Minority: The Gospel and Cultural Engagement,” addresses how Christians can challenge the culture and live on mission for the Kingdom of God in a world that increasingly identifies those who hold to the authority …
Continue...It’s perhaps one of the greatest fears for a parent — that his or her child will become a victim of sexual abuse. Authors and husband and wife, Justin and Lindsey Holcomb, have responded to parents’ concerns by writing God Made All of Me: A Book to Help Children Protect Their Bodies, a resource for …
Continue...Obscenities and Harsh Words in Our Common Life Obscenities, insults, slurs, and other harsh words are a bitter part of our common life together. Unfortunately, we cannot escape them. They are everywhere. We hear them on television, in movies, at grocery stores and restaurants, and at kids’ activities. They are expressed by politicians and other …
Continue...NOTE: The 2015 ERLC Leadership Summit will address “The Gospel and Racial Reconciliation” to equip Christians to apply the gospel on these issues with convictional kindness in their communities, their families, and their churches. This event will be held in Nashville on March 26-27, 2015. To learn more go here. Russell Moore explains the Bible's teachings on the …
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