• 

  Richard Ray: Focus on compassion, and miracles will follow

  I have noticed a rise in Christians desiring to witness signs from God. They are looking everywhere for these signs, whether in worship services, during their prayer time or as they look to the sky.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Kathy Hillman: Thirsty? Life-giving and eternal-life-giving water

  Thirsty? Our son Marshall was thirsty, although he didn’t yet know it. Both Marshall and Michael played Little League that summer, often back-to-back. With temperatures soaring in the 90s, Marshall’s…

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Baptist Briefs: Judges criticize ruling against GuideStone

  Judges criticize earlier ruling against GuideStone. S.C. Baptists seek answers from university trustees.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Texas Tidbits: Clay shoot raises money for disaster relief

  Shooting event raises money for disaster relief. Wayland named a top college for adult students. TBM cooperates with Salvation Army to provide pure water.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Europe’s refugee crisis stirs consciences, but responses vary

  Europe’s refugee crisis has inspired faith communities across the continent to open their doors to the newcomers and advocate for more state and private help, but the urgency of their calls and the depth of responses to them vary from country to country.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  One Texas household in six struggles to avoid hunger

  Texas has a higher percentage of food-insecure households than the national average and ranks second in the nation in terms of total households struggling to avoid hunger, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Down Home: Why use a real word when a made-up word will do?

  Hanging out with little kids will expand your vocabulary. My grandson, Ezra, recently reminded me of the word-warping, lexicon-lengthening, expression-expanding power of childhood imagination.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Hearing launches push to defund Planned Parenthood


  House Republicans began their effort to defund Planned Parenthood Sept. 9 with the first in a series of hearings intended to show the group illegally harvests and sells tissue from aborted fetuses, a claim the group vehemently denies.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Editorial: How do we balance religious liberty and rule of law?

  If you could collect a dime every time U.S. media mention “religious liberty” between now and Election Day 2016, you could fund your own Super-PAC—or maybe even bankroll your own run for the White House.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Right or Wrong? Listen to detractors

  Right or wrong? A consultant suggested a church should listen only to positive, encouraging people.  Can’t churches learn from both encouragers and discouragers?

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Tarleton State: Freshman introduced to Jesus

  Student Missions Blog: “Do you have to have a Bible to be here?” she asked. It was obvious this was not somebody who had spent much time in church.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

• 

  Book Review: The Baptist Story

  Three Baptist historians emphasize three themes that have characterized Baptists for 400 years: “promoting liberty of conscience, following Christ’s will in our individual lives and churches, and proclaiming the gospel everywhere.”

  09/09/2015 - By Ken Camp