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  Editorial: Longing for revival after rupture, realignment

  The Ascent gathering was a reprieve from the troubles of worldly and religious politics. I wasn’t expecting that.

  03/26/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: You are a witness, like it or not

  You are a witness. What is your testimony? I am a witness. What is my testimony? … Does the question give you cold sweats? Depending on the day, the time,…

  03/20/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: In a divided time, we must model civil disagreement

  Editor Eric Black calls to account how Christians communicate their opinions and convictions to and about those with whom they disagree.

  03/13/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Ugly in one hand, beauty in the other

  We live in the tension of holding ugliness in one hand and beauty in the other. We must do more than live with it.

  03/06/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Stick to your God-determined mission

  What is your God-determined mission, that thing God’s called you to do, no matter what? If you don’t know, this is the time to figure it out.

  02/26/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Gambling industry betting big on our money

  How many lobbyists does it take to get gambling expansion approved by the Texas Legislature? I bet it takes more than you think.

  02/19/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Las Escrituras dicen que debemos apoyar a nuestros hermanos inmigrantes

  Es posible adoptar una política migratoria sensata, humana y con sentido común, y los cristianos pueden contribuir a que se haga realidad. Las Sagradas Escrituras son nuestra guía.

  02/13/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Scripture says to stand with our immigrant siblings

  Common sense, sound, humane immigration policy is possible, and Christians can help make it happen. Scripture is our guide.

  02/13/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Support religious freedom. Reject HR 59.

  Any government that attempts in any way to determine what constitutes “the full counsel of biblical teaching” oversteps its bounds.

  02/05/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: How the Holocaust happens

  The Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz was liberated on Jan. 27, 1945. Its horrors didn’t have to happen. This is how they can happen again.

  01/29/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Truth is for us to pursue, not to shape

  We should bring all our faculties to bear on seeking truth, because ultimately, we will answer to it, Editor Eric Black contends.

  01/23/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: How to pray for the 89th Texas Legislature

  We need to ask God to give our elected officials wise counsel, clear thinking, discernment, and a heart for what is good and right.

  01/15/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor