Society & Culture

“ ‘We unite our voices to declare that there is a version of American nationalism that is trying to camouflage itself as Christianity — and it is a heretical version of our faith,’ the letter reads.” - RNS

“The Gospel precedes politics, social change, and all else. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation (Rom 1:16), and all else follows from it. This does not, however, mean a pietistic retreat from society. Just the opposite.” - W. Graham

“Contra those who insist that “you can’t legislate morality,” it is in fact impossible for law and legislation to refrain from shaping the moral culture. One reason for this is that all laws have a moral logic built into them.” - Acton

“When research looks beyond affiliation, the move away from religious institutions becomes more nuanced.” - C.Today

SBC President: “CRT is an important discussion, and I’m all for robust theological discussion about it. For something as important as ‘what biblical justice looks like,’ we need careful, robust, Bibles-open-on-our-knees discussion.

Many conservative Christians … had already embraced a faith that championed an us-vs.-them militancy … an appreciation for coarse language and even violence when directed at the right targets, and a thinly veiled misogyny that kept women in their (God-given) place.

“…the ‘solution’ creates two new problems. Low interest rates and inflation punish savers and reward investors by making more capital available and driving people to seek a higher rate of return in the stock market. The study found that a monetary shock would raise stock prices by 5%, raising the annual incomes of white people by 200% to 300% more than those of blacks.” - Acton

On Cultural Understanding, Part 2: The United States - Olinger

“But we can also fight abortion, says French, on the demand side. That is, persuading women not to get abortions. They have the ‘right to choose,’ so we can encourage them to choose life. This tactic is already showing success. The abortion rate…is lower now than it was before it was legalized!” - Veith

“As a co-editor and contributor to Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique (2017), [Grudem] presents many excellent biblical and theological criticisms of theistic evolution.