The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention hosted it’s annual conference this past week, covering topics ranging along hot button issues in culture and how the Church can wisely be salt and light.
Here are some important quotes from the sessions:
If we aren’t raising disciples now, who will carry the torch later? -Jackie Hill Perry
You don’t need to be some special Christian to engage the culture. You just need to follow Jesus. -Trip Lee
We aren’t called to fight more people, we’re called to love more people, to love them like Jesus. -Trip Lee
The shaking of American culture is no sign that God has given up on His church. -Russell Moore
Politics has become a transcendent source of identity that must be dethroned by the gospel. -Russell Moore
We have to increasingly articulate what it means to be a people of God. -Russell Moore
We’re not called to win, we’re called to witness for the truth. -Trevin Wax
We must reclaim the distinctives that make us Christian, not in spite of the world, but for the sake of the world. -Rob Dreher
We are a people of hope and joy through Christ, even in the midst of trials of religious liberty. -Erik Stanley
I believe the reformation of the 21st century will be enacted with a return to discipleship. -Robby Gallaty
If we are not the people who are consistently teaching the word of the Bible, some other authority will fill the void. -Russell Moore
You don’t lead with your politics. You lead with the gospel. -Jimmy Scroggins
Yes, we must be full of truth. But we also must be full of grace. -Nathan Lino
