Center for Baptist Leadership (CBL)

Evangelical Struggle Sessions

How churches — and evangelical leaders — turn truth tellers into targets.

Nov 23, 2025 • Michael Clary

Sunday Essay: Charlie Kirk and the Cognitive Dissonance of Christian Elites

Most evangelical institutions prefer inoffensive academics and polite pastors over powerful prophets. That's not going to cut it.

Oct 19, 2025 • Michael Clary

Sunday Essay: Voddie Baucham, The Minister of Defense

Voddie defended the faith like a man who had “been with Jesus.” And now he is.

Oct 5, 2025 • Mark Coppenger

What Happened at The Southern Baptist Convention? - My CrossPolitic Interview

The direction of America's largest Protestant denomination is...mixed. But there's more encouraging news than not.

Jun 15, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

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How George Soros Uses the Evangelical Immigration Table & the ERLC to Manipulate Southern Baptists

The facts are not complicated. The paper trail is all too clear. Yet the "Ethics" and Religious Liberty Commission -- along with Baptist Press …

May 25, 2025 • David Mitzenmacher

Good News! SBC Investment Firm Takes a Stand Against the Abortion Pill

GuideStone demonstrates how SBC entities can course-correct and become a force for Christian values in the public square.

Mar 23, 2025 • David Mitzenmacher

EXTRA EDITION: Is NAMB Trading Baptist Convictions for Federal Grant Funding?

The SBC elite’s defense of taking refugee money from the Biden Administration pointedly avoids all the main issues.

Feb 23, 2025 • Guest Author

It’s 2025: Time for Evangelicals to Ditch “Loser Theology” and Build to Win

The American church has been given four years of a respite from the Progressive onslaught. We must capitalize on the moment with bold action and agency.

Feb 16, 2025 • Michael Clary

J.D. Vance, and Why Progressive Christians Hate the Doctrine of “Ordered Loves”

The Vice President takes Progressive Evangelicals to church on basic Christian teachings. Their teaching is political, not Biblical.

Feb 9, 2025 • Michael Clary

Social Justice vs. Biblical Justice: An Incompatible Difference

While many Christians who use the term positively may be well-intentioned, the truth is that phrase — Social Justice — doesn’t mean what they think it…

Jul 24, 2021 • William Wolfe

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