Baptists and Religious Liberty, and other links

The posting of links does not constitute an endorsement of the sites linked, and not necessarily even agreement with the specific posts linked.

• Baptists and Religious Liberty -- "The Baptist message and the Roman Catholic message are the very antipodes of each other."
• Baptist state convention sued over rape at church camp -- "The lawsuit...claims the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma...breached its duty “to use reasonable care” to protect the teenager from an adult volunteer brought to Falls Creek [Youth Encampment]..."
• Dear Pastor: Apologetics Is a Standard Operating Feature of Gospel-Centered Ministry -- "There is, for Paul, an intrinsic and organic connection between sound doctrine (literally: “healthy doctrine”) and godly and sound living."
• Feeding the Poor -- "The poor are seldom, truly, pitied and quite often despised by those who have an abundance of this world’s goods."
• From the Benedict Option to the Baptist Option -- "Baptists formulated their views of salvation and the church in covenantal terms."
• How to Critique Sermons: A List of Diagnostic Questions -- "Was there something said or implied that is contrary to the teaching of Scripture?"
• Obama's Final Year: US Spent $36 Million in Records Lawsuits -- "An Associated Press analysis of new U.S. data finds the Obama administration in its final year spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its refusal to turn over federal records under the Freedom of Information Act."
• Religious freedom clashes coming to a Sunday school class near you -- "So on the right sometimes as well you see this shrinking of religious liberty to where it really simply means special privilege for Christians."
• School Orders Boy to “Tolerate” Undressing with Girl and Make it “Natural” -- "the lawsuit clearly illustrates the radical sex and gender narrative being forced on every public school locker room in the nation."
• So I Quit Drinking -- "My parents had a complicated relationship with alcohol..."
• The Christian Doctrine of Religious Liberty, by Barrett Duke -- "...in many areas in the rest of the world, persecution for religious faith remains a serious and deadly problem for millions of people of faith, especially, but not limited to, Christians."
• The Separation of Church and State, Religious Freedom, and Baptists -- "On January 5, 1527, [Felix] Manz was sentenced to death, “because contrary to Christian order and custom he had become involved in Anabaptism”."
• The Sufficiency of Scripture & Practical Bible Doctrine -- "This is why many today will say, 'What is right for you is right for you. But what is right for me is right for me'."
• Thinking Biblically about Authority: An Interview with David Wells -- "What is striking about our situation today is that for so many people there is nothing out there that can legitimately validate any action or belief."