[Keep in mind this is about the ERLC who worked with the AFA and think labeling the AFA as that is "an attack"]

Secondly, the ERLC exemplifies, in my view, a model of evangelical cultural engagement. From my vantage point, I can see two major errors plaguing much evangelical public dialogue. The first error is outrage culture, characterized by cultural arrogance, lack of empathy, and poverty of the imagination. Think of this as fundamentalism’s wild haymakers. The second error is a non-confessional, non-evangelical capitulation to the spirit of the age. Forgive the uncouth word picture here, but I almost think of this as the sweat of fundamentalism. It’s a cultural mood meant to correct the hot headed and heavy handed “clobber” of fundamentalism but without giving a biblically responsible alternative. The ERLC has consistently rose above these traps and spoken with a “convictional kindness,” the warm orthodoxy of the New Testament and Christian history. No one is perfect or does this perfectly, yet a consistent pattern is not only possible, it’s commanded by the Lord and mandatory for our mission.

Third, Russell Moore and the ERLC take our culture seriously. They take the ideas of culture seriously. That’s why the ERLC is a consistent source of relevant perspective on current topics. Rather than retreat into a self-referential hole or apathetically chalk everything up to “opinions” or “perspectives” that are all “equal” (which really means all worthless), the ERLC believes that God has something to say about every part of the human story. As theologian Abraham Kuyper said, there’s no part of the universe that Jesus doesn’t claim for his own.