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  Editorial: It’s time to embrace the ‘stranger’

  Four months ago, who would have dreamed resolving America’s immigration problems could become a fertile field for bipartisan endeavors?

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Give life your best

  My best pinstriped suit reminded me to live a consistent Christian life.

  02/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Paynter’s election splendid news from CBF

  How is Suzii Paynter’s selection to lead the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship great news? Editor Marv Knox counts the ways.

  01/24/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Tithing only marks the beginning of stewardship

  Here’s a challenge: Publicly declare all Christians should tithe, and then watch what happens.

  01/08/2013 - By Steve Simons

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  Making history while looking ahead

  EDITORIAL: This is the last printed edition of the Baptist Standard. Beginning next month, we’re converting the entire newspaper to a state-of-the-art digital edition.

  12/14/2012 - By Administrator

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  Waiting with childlike anticipation

  EDITORIAL: If we put our hearts into the task, we can recapture childlike gladness, longing and expectation during the Christmas season.

  11/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  Thanksgiving can’t arrive fast enough

  EDITORIAL: I love Thanksgiving because I realize giving thanks is one of the very best things a person, especially a Christian, can do.

  11/17/2012 - By Administrator

• Empathy & the common good

  EDITORIAL: Hurricane Sandy wreaked destruction on the Caribbean and the Eastern Seacoast, but at least she left one positive development in her wake.

  11/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  EDITORIAL: A call for constructive citizenship

  After all the debates, sound bites, commercials, fact-checkers, yard signs and rallies, Americans are ready to vote Nov. 6 and get this election over with.

  10/27/2012 - By Administrator

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  Editorial: What shall we render to ‘Caesar’?

  What do we owe to the world beyond God? We are at our most Christlike when we appropriately "render" to others.

  10/13/2012 - By Administrator

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  EDITORIAL: Raise ‘a new generation of pastors’

  We aren't producing enough pastors to meet the current demand, much less providing qualified pastors to start hundreds of churches we must plant in the next few years, according to Texas Baptist Executive Director David Hardage.

  09/29/2012 - By Administrator

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  EDITORIAL: Hope, despair & glimpses of God

  In the Old Testament, despair devours people who forsake God. In Pilgrim's Progress, Giant Despair murders Christians. When we despair, we fail to see God at work on the horizon around us.

  09/15/2012 - By Administrator