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The ERLC, Joe Carter and Kim Davis: Wrap-up

For the past two days, I have had an interaction with Joe Carter, a colleague of Russell Moore at the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission (ERLC). The interaction revolved around the ERLC’s position regarding Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk of Court, Kim Davis, and her decision to not resign from her position while dissenting from issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals. Though our interaction was cordial and appreciated, I nonetheless still believe that the ERLC’s position is dangerous and contradictory. Our disagreement seems to revolve around three issues; Is she breaking the law, have accommodations been sought and/or denied, and should she resign from her position?

The Problem With the ERLC and Interfaith Coalitions

Ecumenical movements within the Church and those who propagate them should be considered with caution. One prominent propagator of such movements is the Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (ERLC). The ERLC has been known to make questionable dives into the waters of faith-based alliances with organizations that hold to completely different sets of doctrinal beliefs than do Bible-believing Southern Baptists. It has rightly been criticized by concerned Christians for doing so. Unfortunately, critics of the ERLC and similar organizations are often accused of slandering people of faith, causing division, rejecting diversity, or even spreading hate. Questions, not unlike the trap questions asked of Jesus by Jewish leaders during the first century, are thrown at the critics of ecumenism in attempts to discredit their concerned stances. Many times, these questions are nothing more than straw-men tactics that shown no real concern the specific issue at hand. When responding to such questions, critics of unhealthy ecumenism should strive to respond with sound logic and thoughtful biblical exegesis. Consider the following admonishments from the Apostle Paul in light of notable activities of the ERLC.

LC, Steve Folmar, and Unconquerable Ignorance.

The Town Talk continues to do the work of Kelly Boggs and the Baptist Press, with a shiny brand new story coming out yesterday, September 14, 2014. The trustee board met last night in an informal session and will meet again tomorrow, September 16.  As the Town Talk points out, this will be the first meeting … Read more

Former ERLC Lobbyist Endorses Democrat Joe Biden for President

I don’t like to get political on this blog. I think doing so can distract from the mission. I want people to focus on Jesus and his church. This is a polemics blog and I don’t use it to polemicize political candidates on either side. Frankly, I think many Christians are more focused on the … Read more

Pastor John MacArthur Receives Standing Ovation for Welcoming Congregants to the ‘Grace Community Church Peaceful Protest’

Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church brought the house down when he opened up his service with an iconic introduction to his congregation, leading to 20 seconds of raucous cheering and clapping, even as California law enforcement agencies looked on and took pictures and collected evidence of the church in defiance of the states … Read more

Islamic Clerics Ban Hand Sanitizer Because It Uses Alcohol

The rules for wiping the buttocks after defecating in the Quran and Islamic teachings is called Qadaa’ al-Haajah. And the rule for derrière hygiene for Muslims is that they wipe their buttocks with only water and their left hand. And to be fair, Muhammad did say you could use rocks or stones to wipe your … Read more

Downgrade! LCMS Lutherans Marching and Quoting Black Liberation Theologist James Cone

The downgrade continues in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, the second-largest Lutheran denomination and one of the more conservative ones, as several LCMS pastors marched in the Faith March For Justice in Manhattan while holding Black Lives Matter signs and allegedly quoting Black Liberation Theology founder and super-racist heretic James Cone. What is especially interesting is … Read more

ERLC Official Uses Platform to Attack SBC Whistleblowers

The assurances and claims from Albert Mohler and Danny Akin that their seminaries haven’t experienced “liberal drift” have been exposed as absurdly fraudulent, thanks largely to the work of SEBTS graduate, Jon Harris. Using video, writings, and personal testimonies of students and professors, Harris has led a string of whistleblowers to testify credibly to what … Read more

Queer ELCA Pastrix Ordained With Drag Queen Nuns While Jennifer Knapp Serenades

In what has to be the strangest title for a post we’ve ever written, we wanted to bring you this story in case you ever wondered how “different” the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has become. It’s the tale of the ordination of Pastrix Dawn Bennet into the ELCA, and the celebration surrounding that most … Read more

ERLC Tells Churches They Have Close if Government Demands It

The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, a left-leaning Social Justice organization that masquerades as a Southern Baptist entity supposedly designed to advocate for religious liberty, is telling denominational churches to close down if the government demands it. Restricting churches from gathering to worship is a government power, according to Russell Moore, the Democrat president of … Read more

ERLC Leader Says Denying Trinity is Just a “Small Doctrinal Difference”

Russell Moore’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is stacked with the most vehement proponents of ‘woke’ social religion that they are now defending Steven Furtick by claiming that a belief in the Holy Trinity is only a “small doctrinal sliver of difference.” As Reformation Charlotte has previously reported, Susan Codone serves the ERLC leadership … Read more