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  Tacoma: Created with purpose

  Student Missions Blog: When we went Christmas caroling around the community, I was able to talk with a high school student. … When we got to a point in the conversation where I brought up Jesus, he told me he had issues in truly knowing whether God is real.

  01/16/2019 - By Emilio Vega

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  Chris Liebrum: The ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of the BGCT

  Chris Liebrum, who served Texas Baptist churches and ministries before joining the Texas Baptists staff 35 years ago, shares his thoughts on ministry and Baptist life.

  01/15/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Ukraine: The most important gift of all

  Student Missions Blog: A shoe delivery to an orphanage was delayed, but that didn’t stop student missionaries from giving orphaned children gifts of time and attention.

  01/15/2019 - By Katia Snyder

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  Jamaica: Surrounded

  Student Missions Blog: Standing in the midst of the Harmons in Jamaica, I felt as though I was surrounded. I felt surrounded by poverty, by brokenness, by emptiness.

  01/14/2019 - By MacKenzie Johnson

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  New York: Sharing the joy of Christ with a Buddhist

  Student Missions Blog: The most rewarding experience took place in Jackson Heights when I came across a Buddhist monk praying aloud at a street corner.

  01/12/2019 - By Gabriel Garcia

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  Greece: Faith to go, faith to come home

  Student Missions Blog: When most people think of Greece, they think of beautiful hills and mountains, clear water, and amazing food and culture. But when I think of Greece, all I see is the life-changing place of Camp Moria and the people in it.

  01/11/2019 - By Halle Smith

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  Editorial: Where do centrist Baptists belong?

  I grew up under the illusion that Baptists were one big happy family. At least, that’s what I thought as a young child. My exposure to the real state of affairs happened in 1988. I was in seventh grade, and I was appalled at how I saw adults, Christian adults, treating one another.

  01/09/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Letters: True Love Waits pioneer defends sexual purity movement

  A Baptist Standard reader replies to a story about True Love Waits, wondering if there is a better way to talk about sex in the church.

  01/09/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Olin Boles: Called to share in joys and challenges

  Olin Boles, executive director of the Bi-Stone Baptist Association shares his background and thoughts on church and associational ministry.

  01/08/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Jamaica: Where love is genuine

  Student Missions blog: My Jamaica is the place where my heart broke numerous times but was glued together by Jesus being ever present in the very people and situations that broke it.

  01/08/2019 - By Christine Fisher

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  Editorial: 2019 will put our goodness to the test

  The coming year promises to test our understanding of goodness. Followers of Christ—evangelical or otherwise—will not have to wait to practice goodness in this world. We will have the opportunity to do the honorable thing even before the end of this editorial.

  01/03/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: The importance of a good book

  Books expand our vision of the world. Books open the world up to us much more than our phones and the ever-shrinking community and influences we have on social media. Books can push us out of our comfort zone and help us think about this world in a new way.

  01/02/2019 - By Zac Harrel