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  Editorial: The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth

  There are facts and interpretations of the facts, and there is the truth. Are we willing to face the truth, especially the truth about ourselves?

  01/08/2020 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: The importance of finding truth among competing claims

  When it’s paramount to know the truth, how do we discern it among so many competing claims? Jack Goodyear offers straightforward counsel.

  01/07/2020 - By Jack Goodyear

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  Review: A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman

  Dalese Black reviews A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman by Holly Beers, a stark account of a woman’s life in ancient Ephesus.

  01/04/2020 - By Dalese Black

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  Editorial: We need to be clear-eyed about good will to all in 2020

  If last year was any indication, 2020 will test our resolve even further. Will we see any clearer our need to be people of Christ’s peace and good will?

  01/02/2020 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Analysis: Top Baptist Standard opinion articles in 2019

  Editor Eric Black describes the most-read opinion articles and topics published in the Baptist Standard during 2019.

  12/27/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: It’s the week before Christmas, and we’ve work to do

  Though we sing of “peace on Earth,” these are restless times. Followers of Christ need to remain above the divisiveness. There’s work to be done … together.

  12/18/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What does a prophet look like?

  How does our response to someone like Greta Thunberg match our response to people God sends to get our attention, the prophets?

  12/12/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Weed pulling: You have to be careful with metaphors

  Metaphors are risky, yet we use them all the time. Editor Eric Black reflects on an unintended consequence of a metaphor he used in a recent editorial.

  12/04/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

• Review: Dementia from the Inside: A Doctor’s Personal Journey of Hope

  Editor Eric Black reviews Dementia from the Inside: A Doctor’s Personal Journey of Hope by Dr. Jennifer Bute.

  12/03/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What should an alien know about Thanksgiving?

  Of all the things we might want people to know about Thanksgiving, what should they know?

  11/26/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Beth Moore doesn’t ‘have an axe to grind’

  Beth Moore preached a momentous sermon during the inaugural National Preaching Conference hosted by Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  11/21/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Lowrie named recipient of Paul Powell Award in preaching

  D.L. Lowrie, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and denominational leader, became the first recipient of the Paul Powell Award in preaching at the National Preaching Conference.

  11/21/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor