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  Commentary: How we talk about the Civil War matters

  After Sen. John Kennedy’s, R-La., comments about America beating slavery, Jared Burkholder questions how we view the Civil War.

  02/28/2022 - By Jared S. Burkholder

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  Commentary: A ‘best friend’ during the long goodbye of Alzheimer’s

  Maurice Harding has experienced the long goodbye with loved ones who had Alzheimer’s and reflects on the blessing of being a friend to them.

  01/25/2022 - By Maurice Harding

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  Commentary: Just courts must be free from religious discrimination

  Marv Knox, past editor of the Baptist Standard, makes an appeal for a fair trial for Randy Halprin in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

  01/19/2022 - By Marv Knox

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  Commentary: Messengers are leading the SBC forward

  Matt Henslee, president of the SBC Pastors’ Conference, responds to an op-ed by Bob Smietana of RNS regarding SBC leadership.

  10/25/2021 - By Matt Henslee / Collin Baptist Association

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  Commentary: Supporting public school boards can be ministry

  Cameron Vickrey, associate director of Pastors for Texas Children, shares how Christians can minister to public school boards.

  10/13/2021 - By Cameron Vickrey / Pastors for Texas Children

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  Comentario: La solución permanente para los Dreamers salvaguardará el futuro de Estados Unidos

  Proporcionar una solución permanente para estos beneficiarios de DACA—y para otros traídos a los Estados Unidos cuando eran niños, pero que pueden no haber calificado o solicitado DACA todavía—es el paso más pro-familia, pro-educación, pro-economía y pro-fe que el Congreso y el presidente pueden tomar en este asunto.

  10/04/2021 - By Jesse Rincones / Convención Hispana de Bautista

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  Commentary: Permanent Dreamer solution will safeguard America’s future

  Jesse Rincones, executive director of Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas, explains how Dreamers benefit the American church and society.

  09/30/2021 - By Jesse Rincones / Convención Hispana de Bautista

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  Commentary: Systemic racism? What about the sexual revolution?

  Karen Swallow Prior makes an instructive comparison of systemic racism—which many deny—to the sexual revolution—which many decry.

  07/13/2021 - By Karen Swallow Prior

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  Commentary: Why I’m leaving the Baptist denomination

  Jared Brandt gives three reasons he is leaving Baptists for another church at a time when others are choosing to stay with Baptists.

  06/23/2021 - By Jared Brandt

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  Commentary: Why I’m still Baptist

  Evan Duncan gives three reasons he remains Baptist at a time when others are leaving Baptist churches for other churches or no church at all.

  06/23/2021 - By Evan Duncan

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  2nd Opinion: SBC annual meetings demonstrate conflict resolution

  Bart Barber, a member of the 2021 SBC Committee on Resolutions, gives an alternative to Editor Eric Black’s view of the SBC annual meeting.

  06/22/2021 - By Bart Barber

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  Commentary: We still must teach inconvenient truths about race

  Kendall Lyons responds to the passage of HB 3979 by the 87th Texas Legislature, which circumscribes instruction on race and gender.

  06/04/2021 - By Kendall Lyons