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  Editorial: Our caricatures of each other are a plague we can eradicate

  There is a mind-altering and highly contagious disease among us. It has a single name and a multitude of expressions. And it can be eradicated.

  10/09/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: The shadow of grief

  Last time I was home, riding the backroads of Northeast Texas to the cemetery where Mom is buried, passing through the shadows of the overhanging trees and into the light of the late morning, around every curve God reminded me this is the journey of life in a broken world.

  10/09/2019 - By Zac Harrel

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  Voices: Forming authentic faith at the university

  What reputation should you or I want today for the future? What sort of influence should we have, and will we be identified with it? Jerry Summers of East Texas Baptist University considers how we pursue authentic Christian faith.

  10/08/2019 - By Jerry L. Summers / East Texas Baptist University

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  Scott Sharman: ‘Joy of seeing the Lord use’ others in ‘meaningful ministry’

  Scott Sharman, senior pastor of Alsbury Baptist Church in Burleson, shares his background and thoughts on the church and ministry.

  10/08/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: The response to hostility

  Rev. Dr. Michael Evans Sr., president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield, responds to Amber Guyger’s sentencing and Brandt Jean’s victim impact statement.

  10/04/2019 - By Rev. Dr. Michael Evans Sr.

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  Commentary: Not victim, but victory impact

  Marcia Davis, a freelance journalist in Plano, responds to Brandt Jean’s victim impact statement after the sentencing of his older brother’s killer.

  10/04/2019 - By Marcia Davis

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  Editorial: Be the glue. Hold strong in fractious times.

  In these fractious times, followers of Christ need to be the glue that holds families, neighborhoods, communities and societies together.

  10/03/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Make Jesus Christ the main attraction in youth ministry

  Churches often fall into the temptation to make entertainment the main attraction of their youth ministries. Jonathan Balmer calls churches back to making Jesus Christ the main attraction.

  10/01/2019 - By Jonathan Balmer

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  Joel Gallegos: Directed by Scripture in the marketplace

  Joel Gallegos is a product of Hispanic Baptists in West Texas, where he still lives. He works in the oil and gas industry and shares his background and thoughts on being a Christian in the marketplace.

  10/01/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Without love, we’re all just organ grinders’ monkeys

  In the most polarized time in American history, Matthew McNiece challenges Christians to remember the primacy of love.

  09/30/2019 - By Matthew McNiece

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  Letter: A Baptist voter guide for the 2020 election

  A Baptist Standard reader responded to Editor Eric Black’s suggestions for how Baptists might vote in the 2020 presidential election.

  09/30/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: On civil discourse: Have we ever gotten along?

  How can we create a more civil world? Rich Traylor writes on how Hardin-Simmons University is teaching students about civil discourse.

  09/26/2019 - By Rich Traylor