2006 Archives
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Listen to the ‘deep cry’ of ‘off-pitch’ people
Posted: 4/13/06
Listen to the ‘deep cry’ of ‘off-pitch’ people
By Marv Knox
Editor
SAN ANTONIO—The same God who hears the perfect-pitch songs of blue whales expects Christians to hear the “deep cry” of hurting people, Bill Leonard reminded participants at the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission’s annual state-wide conference.
04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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EDITORIAL: Two steps to change Texas for better
Posted: 4/13/06
EDITORIAL:
Two steps to change Texas for betterWe have seen the future, and it is brown.
State Demographer Steve Murdock recently consulted Baptist General Convention of Texas institutional presidents. He sketched a paint-by-the-numbers portrait of Texas Today and Texas Tomorrow. Not too long ago, our state achieved a nonmajority culture; Anglos now comprise less than 50 percent of the population, and no ethnic group holds a majority. Eventually, however, Hispanics will become the majority. With the pace of Hispanic growth rapid but uneven, statisticians such as Murdock can’t predict exactly when that moment will occur, but they seem to keep moving the date nearer and nearer.
Even as Murdock spoke to Texas Baptist leaders about our population shift, Congress debated federal laws that regulate immigration, a key force driving demographic change. We’ve discussed immigration reform in this space before. Frankly, Texas Baptists—like the rest of the country—don’t agree on this vital issue. But we can pray for consensus on at least two points: People of faith, particularly working through their churches, never should face prosecution for ministering to hurting and needy people, even illegal immigrants. And shame on us if we continue to allow people to die in the backs of tractor-trailers.
04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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