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  Voices: A ‘ninja warrior’ and his ministry

  From youth ministry in rural Texas to competitor on NBC’s American Ninja Warrior, Jared Greer is intent on communicating the gospel.

  04/16/2025 - By Don Newbury

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  Voices: Counseling: What does it mean to ‘get help?’

  Ruth and Joe Cook offer insight and advice about counseling. She shares some of her own personal experience receiving counseling.

  04/15/2025 - By Ruth & Joe Cook

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  Editorial: Jesus Christ: Conquering warrior or crucified lamb?

  Against the politics of our day, amid the temptation to win the world, as we approach Easter, we need to remember who Jesus is.

  04/10/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Is it preaching or teaching?

  Some prefer being taught. Others prefer to be inspired. Ron Danley considers the difference between teaching and preaching.

  04/09/2025 - By Ron Danley

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  Letter: Editorial: Church in 21st century looking more like 19th

  A Baptist Standard reader responds to Editor Eric Black’s take on the state of mission funding and the pastorate.

  04/09/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Who is the breadwinner?

  Johnny Teague has counseled enough married couples to know money is a primary cause of marital strife. Here, he reframes the issue.

  04/08/2025 - By Johnny Teague

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  Voices: Shower and laundry are disaster relief

  On March 15, an EF-3 tornado tore through the Poplar Bluff, Mo., area, leaving one person dead and causing widespread devastation, impacting about 500 homes and 50 businesses. In response…

  04/07/2025 - By Paul Henry

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  Editorial: Church in 21st century looking more like 19th

  After a century of glory days, the church in 21st-century America is looking more and more like its 19th-century ancestor.

  04/02/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: School vouchers or religious freedom?

  “When you see ‘school choice,’ know that is a surreptitious cover-up for ‘Christian school vouchers,’” Michael Maness contends.

  04/01/2025 - By Michael Maness

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  Commentary: Being the man needed in times like these

  His boyhood experience nearly left him bitter, broken and confused, but the Lord used it to make him a better man.

  04/01/2025 - By Kendall Lyons

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  Voices: Prayers against human trafficking on Galveston Island

  Mary Madison Weaver explains how she became involved in opposing human trafficking and how others can engage through prayer.

  03/31/2025 - By Mary Madison Weaver

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  Editorial: Longing for revival after rupture, realignment

  The Ascent gathering was a reprieve from the troubles of worldly and religious politics. I wasn’t expecting that.

  03/26/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor