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  Voices: The image of God in the immigration debate

  True Head contends how Christians interpret the Bible on immigration is less a political issue than it is an understanding of God’s image.

  03/24/2025 - By True Head

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  Editorial: You are a witness, like it or not

  You are a witness. What is your testimony? I am a witness. What is my testimony? … Does the question give you cold sweats? Depending on the day, the time,…

  03/20/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Commentary: Clarifying complementarity biblically

  Lauren Roberts Lukefahr and Christine Crawford examine a biblical definition of a term in the center of much recent controversy.

  03/19/2025 - By Lauren Roberts Lukefahr and Christine Crawford

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  Letters: Working together, evangelism, Zelensky

  Working together for a better world The United States was the only country to vote March 4 against a United Nations resolution declaring an International Day of Hope. The resolution…

  03/18/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: A man one dark night

  “I was running late for church. I tried to justify not helping, but this did me no good. God gave me … a visible need, and I drove by.”

  03/18/2025 - By Johnny Teague

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  Voices: Unintended consequences and rural life

  Changes to rural Texas have been drastic and rapid. Many of these changes are unintended consequences. Stacy Conner describes a few.

  03/17/2025 - By Stacy Conner

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  Commentary: Empathy isn’t a sin. It’s a risk.

  Michael C. Rea seeks to correct Joe Rigney’s take on empathy, arguing the danger of empathy is not weakness or sin, but risk.

  03/14/2025 - By Michael C. Rea

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  Voices: A slap in the face to sex abuse survivors

  Encouraged by the DOJ dropping its investigation of the SBC, Joshua Sharp is shocked by how some SBC leaders have responded to the news.

  03/13/2025 - By Joshua Sharp

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  Editorial: In a divided time, we must model civil disagreement

  Editor Eric Black calls to account how Christians communicate their opinions and convictions to and about those with whom they disagree.

  03/13/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Letters: Explainer, BGCT & NAMB, Esther & Ukraine

  Explainer Some readers have noticed how few letters to the editor we publish. There was a time when each issue of the Baptist Standard contained a full section of letters….

  03/12/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Why my church gave up on Annie’s offering

  Matt Richard, pastor of FBC Llano, explains why his church voted to cease giving to the SBC’s Annie Armstrong Easter Offering.

  03/12/2025 - By Matt Richard

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  Commentary: Religious persecution is part of Russia’s battle plan

  Knox Thames, U.S. State Dept. special envoy during the Obama and first Trump administrations, examines Russia’s religious liberty record.

  03/11/2025 - By Knox Thames