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The ERLC exists to serve SBC churches by resourcing them with answers to ethical questions and advocating for their convictions in our nation’s capital.
Washington, DC • Nashville, TN ERLC.com Joined April 2009
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Respect and esteem should characterize our task in caring for our aging parents.

Though their physical strength, memory, mental capabilities, and activities diminish with age and illness, such is not true of their image-bearing identity.

Read more about how Christians can faithfully fulfill our he call to honor our elderly parents in this piece from ERLC senior fellow Gregg Allison:
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erlc.com How Christians can honor elderly parents The fifth commandment compels us to, “Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you” (Exod 20:12; cf. Deut, 5:16). While we...
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How do we think about election results as Christians?

First, political disagreements are real and have real-world consequences.

Second, and even more important for Christians, is that we must never give in to the temptation to make politics into some kind of master objective that overwhelms everything, including our devotion to the gospel and the Great Commission.

Read more from ERLC research fellow @hunterbaker:
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erlc.com A Christian perspective after midterm elections Reflect on a Christian perspective after midterms, considering historical events and their impact on current political narratives.
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A major psychology publication has slammed pornography’s critics and endorsed so-called “ethical porn” as able to “enhance people’s well-being.”

ERLC's Evan Lenow said of the article: "Contrary to the author’s conclusion, the harm pornography has done to our society cannot be ignored.

"Pornography produces physical, mental, emotional and relational damage. There is no place for pornography in God’s design for human flourishing, and Southern Baptists have denounced it unequivocally.” baptistpress.com/resource-libra…
www.baptistpress.com Psychology Today claims porn beneficial, draws rebuke of ERLC’s Lenow | Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) – A major psychology publication has slammed pornography’s critics and endorsed so-called “ethical porn” as able to “enhance people’s well-being.”
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As Southern Baptists commemorate Orphans and Widows Sunday, let's remember the Church's responsibility to care for vulnerable children by fostering, adopting and partnering with Baptist children’s homes.

"While our government plays an important role in our social order, the Church must be allowed and willing to actively fulfill the demands of Scripture by proclaiming the redemptive and healing love of Christ to the world." - Zack Pruitt, ERLC vice president of public policy and general counsel

➡️ Read Zack's full article in @BaptistPress: baptistpress.com/resource-libra…
www.baptistpress.com FIRST-PERSON: The government must let the Church fulfill its responsibility to the orpha | Baptist... Today, our government is more powerful and involved in our lives than ever before. Consequently, we look to our elected leaders for solutions to what we too often view as primarily political problems.
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"Despite these losses on measures that would have protected the preborn, the ERLC will not be deterred in unashamedly proclaiming and working toward our nation’s embrace of the value of our tiniest neighbors and the complete eradication of abortion from our society.” - Dr. Evan Lenow, ERLC president

👉 Read more from Baptist Press about the results of Tuesday’s ballot initiatives: baptistpress.com/resource-libra…
www.baptistpress.com ERLC, state leaders respond to Nov. 3 ballot measure successes, failures | Baptist Press BOISE, Idaho (BP) – The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and state executives are applauding the results of select pro-life and pro-female sports ballot measures Nov. 3,...