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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

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  Voices: Baptists, baptism and open membership

  David Wilhite presents the view Baptist churches should welcome believers in Jesus, whether baptized by pouring, sprinkling or immersion.

  03/10/2025 - By David Wilhite

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  Voices: Baptism by immersion for Baptist church membership

  John Trow presents the view only those who believe in Jesus and are baptized by immersion can be members of a Baptist church.

  03/10/2025 - By John Trow Jr.

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  Commentary: Zomi Christians, face of refugee crisis we can’t ignore

  (RNS)—“You have come to us at a very low point,” said Pastor Piang, a refugee from Myanmar I met on a recent trip to Malaysia. “We always look to God…

  03/10/2025 - By Eric Costanzo

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  Voices: What would you do if you were Esther?

  Texas Baptist medical doctor, researcher and entrepreneur Rostyslav Semikov considers similarities between Zelensky and the biblical Esther.

  03/08/2025 - By Rostyslav Semikov