Category Archives: Religious Liberty

Vanderbilt University’s Discriminatory Policies
Against Campus Religious Organizations:
An Update

Posted on May 11, 2012 by the editors of SBC Today

In February 2012, SBC Today published a series of articles warning about the impact of Vanderbilt University’s “all comers” policies on Christian student organizations on campus (see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4). The so-called “non-discrimination policy,” … Continue reading →

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The Debate Is about Conscience, not Contraceptives

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Richard Land

Richard Land is President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Note to our readers: Many Christians – both Catholics and evangelicals – have expressed profound concern about the Obama administration’s decision to force employers to include … Continue reading →

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Religious Discrimination at Vanderbilt, Part 4:
Why Is the Vanderbilt Administration
Ignoring Nationwide Appeals to
Reconsider Its Religious Discrimination Policy?

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Steve Lemke

Dr. Steve Lemke is Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, and McFarland Chair of Theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and the Editor of the Journal … Continue reading →

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Religious Discrimination at Vanderbilt, Part 3:
Is the Vanderbilt University Administration Disseminating
Misinformation about Its Policies to Repress
Christian Organizations on Campus?

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Steve Lemke

Dr. Steve Lemke is Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, and McFarland Chair of Theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and the Editor of the Journal … Continue reading →

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Religious Discrimination at Vanderbilt, Part 2:
Why Is Vanderbilt Violating the
Constitutional Rights of Its Students?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Steve Lemke

Dr. Steve Lemke is Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, and McFarland Chair of Theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and the Editor of the Journal … Continue reading →

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Religious Discrimination at Vanderbilt, Part 1:
Why Is Vanderbilt University
Persecuting Its Christian Students?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Steve Lemke

Dr. Steve Lemke is Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, and McFarland Chair of Theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and the Editor of the Journal … Continue reading →

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Twelve False Assumptions People Make About Baptists (Part Two)

Posted on April 1, 2011 by sbctoday

Dr. Dan Nelson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Camarillo, CA 7.     . . . that we are controlled by a Hierarchy First, the Bible does not teach that we should have a hierarchy of religious officials over the church. Pastors lead … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Baptist Identity, Church, Ecclesiology, Religious Liberty, Salvation | 8 Comments

Twelve False Assumptions People Make About Baptists (Part One)

Posted on March 31, 2011 by sbctoday

Dr. Dan Nelson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Camarillo, CA The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch by people who saw their lives. They assumed they were like Jesus by how they lived. All of us have been confronted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Baptist Identity, Church, Ecclesiology, Religious Liberty, Salvation | 50 Comments

Podcast Episode 16

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Wes Kenney

The Thanksgiving week edition of the SBC Today podcast includes discussions about the Manhattan Declaration, the Georgia Baptist Convention’s removal of a member church, and our Thanksgiving travel plans. We enjoyed the discussion, and hope you will, as well. Listen … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, Cooperation, Georgia Baptist Convention, Marriage, Podcast, Religious Liberty, Sanctity of life | 3 Comments

The Irony of Dearborn, Michigan

Posted on July 29, 2009 by SBC Today

We are grateful to Dr. Ergun Caner for providing to us his perspective on the recent firing of a Christian wrestling coach by a Muslim high school principal in Dearborn, Michigan. Ergun Mehmet Caner is the President and Dean of … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Author, Islam, Religious Liberty | 34 Comments