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  Guest editorial: Where is God when life gets tough?

  Veteran pastor Barry Howard struggles with a persistent question: “Where is God when bad stuff happens?”

  06/07/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: Texans, including lawmakers, must rise above physical aggression

  Legislators set a bad example when they scuffled on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives. We should expect better.

  05/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Commentary: The stranger in our midst

  Making guests feel welcome in your church requires intentionality—and the work of members and pastors alike.

  05/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  2nd Opinion: A pair of sixtysomethings offer advice to young people

  Life—and God’s grace—provide valuable lessons for daily living.

  05/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: Growing in compassion—the blessing of family reunification

  A foster mother describes the complicated, poignant decision she and her husband made to serve not only the child in their care, but also his mother.

  05/24/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: It’s a God thing

  What, exactly, comprises a “God thing”?

  05/15/2017 - By Rich Mussler

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  Commentary: How Texas churches can help prevent teen suicide

  Churches can bless and protect at-risk children and teens by knowing the warning signs of suicide and acting swiftly and compassionately to help them.

  05/11/2017 - By Guest Writer

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  Guest editorial: Watching the future emerge together

  One of the most important things we can do is get with people who look expectantly for God’s future and talk about what we’re seeing.

  05/11/2017 - By Jim Kitchens

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  2nd Opinion: Lessons from ‘the underside’

  Experiences from around the world and across the decades provide lessons learned from the powerless-yet-hopeful, missions professor Rob Sellers asserts.

  05/10/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: Why a racially insensitive photo by Southwestern Seminary profs matters

  Preaching professors at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary created controversy—and launched a discussion about racism—when they dressed up as rappers, took a photo and posted it on Twitter. (Washington Post)

  04/28/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  2nd Opinion: The church’s surprising public contribution

  Can you name the “public contributions” made by churches? Ethicist/professor/pastor David Gushee suggests three answers. (RNS)

  04/26/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: To avoid meddling, government should not fund churches

  A Supreme Court case involving state aid for a church playground could alter the landscape of church-state relations.

  04/20/2017 - By Marv Knox