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The maker of the BGCT motion that restricts convention membership to churches that affirm “the bonds of a marriage between one man and one woman” explains why he made the motion and why it is best for the state convention.
11/17/2016 - By Guest Writer
Amarillo Pastor Howie Batson counters Editor Marv Knox’s suggestion the BGCT practice a welcoming-if-not-affirming relationship to welcoming-and-affirming congregations.
11/17/2016 - By Howie Batson
Let’s be a convention of Baptists who live up to the best of our Baptist heritage as a people who value freedom of conscience and freedom to cooperate. Let’s be a BGCT that lives up to Jesus’ high priestly prayer for us—that we be one.
11/14/2016 - By Marv Knox
This election like few others will set the course of our nation for decades to come. Your involvement is a privilege paid with the lives of others. Few people on earth have this privilege. Vote. Pray. Proclaim the hope we have in the Lord Jesus Christ.
11/02/2016 - By Marv Knox
Ministry to the elderly and their caregivers is a wide-open—and needed—opportunity for congregations.
With a minimum investment each month, any church can start a retirement program and help its staff members one day retire with dignity.
Any politician who wants to make America great again must come to grips with the fact that African-Americans were slaves and the victims of Jim Crow laws. Women were second-class citizens in a patriarchal society that did not give them voting rights.
10/25/2016 - By Marv Knox
It’s time for Christian men to ask: What have I done to foster a culture where sexual abuse and gender bias are called out for the evil they are? When have I spoken up to say this prevailing attitude is not right? (BNG)
10/20/2016 - By Marv Knox
As we look past this presidential election, let’s figure out how we find common ground to establish a foundation for empathy and cooperation.
10/19/2016 - By Marv Knox
We need a renewal of moral seriousness in this country. We need to retrieve religious and moral resources easily available to us for the cultivation of character.
10/12/2016 - By Marv Knox
Your advocacy is needed today to help save the life of a Christian in Pakistan, Asia Bibi.
All truth is God’s truth, and the “truths” we own personally aren’t always 100 percent right. We’ll all be shown wrong at some level, in this life or the next. Guaranteed.
10/04/2016 - By Marv Knox