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  Editorial: Finding assurance amid financial uncertainty

  As prosperous as our country is, it does not protect us from financial uncertainty. That kind of assurance must come from somewhere else. I started learning this lesson about 20 years ago.

  03/15/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What it looks like to value women

  More than a dozen women answer the question: “What communicates to you that you are valued as a woman?” Their answers are instructive.

  03/08/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: ‘Education freedom’ contradicts religious freedom

  We need to see the problems “education freedom” poses and respond to them. Its conflict with religious freedom is one Baptists should oppose.

  03/01/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Together is the strength of the BGCT

  Baptists historically have done more good and more ministry together than apart. We are stronger together, in more ways than one.

  02/22/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Planning your 2024 Super Bowl ad

  If your church had a marketing budget—and it does—how should it be spent? We can learn from the He Gets Us Super Bowl ads.

  02/15/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Guest Editorial: God’s word on forgiveness

  Bobby Contreras, chair of the BGCT Executive Board, challenges Texas Baptists to be kind, compassionate and forgiving reconcilers.

  02/08/2023 - By Bobby Contreras

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  Editorial: Tyre Nichols’ death is a call for character

  The basic facts of Tyre Nichols’ death are a sufficient call to Christ-followers to embody the character of Christ in this world in this time.

  02/01/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Learn to see people, not just news about them

  We tell ourselves and those visiting our churches that we welcome people in our buildings. Too often, our words and actions say otherwise.

  01/25/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Women in ministry still a question for BGCT

  As some in the SBC seek to exclude women pastors—of any kind—some Texas Baptists wonder anew where the BGCT stands on women in ministry.

  01/19/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: We need a clear definition of racism

  If we oppose racism in all its forms, we should be able to define all its forms. Otherwise, we are doing little more than virtue signaling.

  01/11/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What a speaker and a safety reveal about us

  What I watched Monday night and Tuesday afternoon is a snapshot, not just of where we are as a culture, but who we are as a people.

  01/04/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What the women in Jesus’ family taught him and us

  Editor Eric Black shares a few lessons learned from five women who taught on the five women in Jesus’ genealogy.

  12/21/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor