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  Letter: Voices: Pro-life voting involves more than one issue

  A Baptist Standard reader responds to Terry Austin’s op-ed about single-issue voting and abortion.

  02/10/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Letter: Commentary: Why you shouldn’t be outraged by the Super Bowl halftime show

  A Baptist Standard reader responds to an op-ed about Christians being outraged about the Super Bowl halftime show.

  02/09/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Editorial: Trump wants infrastructure. Christians can be it.

  Our nation is deeply divided. Tearing a speech in half is not going to fix things. Repairing the right roads and building the needed bridges might.

  02/05/2020 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: In the strain of life, where can we find focus?

  When the daily grind gets to be more than enough, how do we keep our heads? Dalese Black points us back to the details of the daily grind for help finding focus.

  02/05/2020 - By Dalese Black

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  Voices: The Holy Spirit: A friend we can depend on

  In the noise and chaos of life, the Holy Spirit is a friend we can depend on, helping us hear the Lord’s voice and driving out fear.

  02/05/2020 - By Anna Shannon

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  D.L. Lowrie: A pastor by conviction: ‘This is why I was born’

  D.L. Lowrie, the pastor of several churches and a mentor to many ministers, shares his background and thoughts on ministry and the church.

  02/05/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Commentary: Being a church home for senior adults looking for one

  Bob Brown, a retired senior adult in East Texas, shares what he and his wife hoped to find, and eventually found, in a new church home.

  02/05/2020 - By Bob Brown

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  Commentary: Why you shouldn’t be outraged by the Super Bowl halftime show

  Many expressed outrage at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show featuring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. Ginger McPherson offers another perspective on their performance.

  02/04/2020 - By Ginger McPherson

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  Editorial: Don’t be fooled by all that glitters. There’s rot inside.

  Underneath the shiny surface of a good economy, there is the problem of how a country achieves prosperity. Are we willing to look beyond all that glitters?

  01/29/2020 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Michael Dean: The gospel is everything. ‘Stay riveted to the gospel.’

  Michael Dean, retired senior and lead teaching pastor of Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth, shares his background and thoughts on the church and ministry.

  01/28/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Vote for the layman, and fill the baptistry

  John N. Davis calls for new leadership in the Southern Baptist Convention by electing a layperson instead of another member of the clergy.

  01/28/2020 - By John N. Davis

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  Voices: There is no biblical defense for American slavery

  Joshua Sharp responds to a dispute on Twitter about whether or not the Bible defends the enslavement of African Americans or anyone else.

  01/27/2020 - By Joshua Sharp