• 

  Guest Editorial: Pure and Undefiled

  Scott Collins reflects on a journey from disillusionment to renewal through decades of service, faith, and caring for the vulnerable.

  08/13/2025 - By Scott Collins

• 

  Guest Editorial: Camp changed my life

  Kathy Hillman shares how God used camp to speak to her and how He still uses camp to speak to believers of all ages.

  08/06/2025 - By Kathy Hillman

• 

  Guest Editorial: Why Hymns?

  Patsy Davis shares her love of hymnals with readers.

  07/30/2025 - By Patsy Williams Davis

• 

  Guest Editorial: Leadership wears a coat of many colors

  Toby Druin shares how three important leaders impacted the lives of many.

  07/23/2025 - By Toby Druin

• 

  Guest Editorial: Times have changed, but the Standard is still worthy of your trust

  Toby Druin, retired Baptist Standard editor, reflects on the evolution from print publication to digital source that continues to inform Texas Baptists.

  07/16/2025 - By Toby Druin

• 

  Editorial: Worship when you feel helpless

  Some think Christian worship is merely a crutch, but our worship is far more than a painkiller.

  07/10/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

• 

  Editorial: ‘Independence Day:’ Why did the pastor leave?

  Pastors leave for lots of reasons—some positive and some not. Churches have a role in the good and bad and should take their role seriously.

  07/02/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

• 

  Editorial: Reconciliation: What the world needs now

  A broken world full of broken relationships doesn’t just need love but a specific expression of love—reconciliation. It starts with Jesus.

  06/26/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

• 

  Editorial: Tiny fraction of Baptists deciding for the whole

  Only 0.04 percent of Southern Baptists voted on a constitutional amendment barring women pastors. Editor Eric Black considers why.

  06/19/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

• 

  Editorial: Controversy is not sum total of SBC

  Editor Eric Black presents a different view of Southern Baptists, the SBC and its annual meeting than many would expect.

  06/12/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

• 

  Editorial: Southern Baptists’ religious freedom puzzle

  Southern Baptists plan to champion religious freedom once again in a proposed resolution, but it presents a contradiction of the principle.

  06/04/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

• 

  Editorial: It’s time for a new drumbeat in the SBC

  Southern Baptists might like the news reports and the op-eds about sexual abuse in the SBC to stop. But they’re not going to … for a while.

  05/28/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor