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  Editorial: Freedoms: Be careful what you celebrate

  Christians should be wary when a government seeks to connect our spiritual freedom in Christ with religious freedom in service of government ends.

  07/03/2018 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Linda Livingstone: Baylor empowers Texas Baptists ‘by educating men and women for leadership and service’

  Linda Livingstone, the 15th president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, shares her background and thoughts on leading the world’s largest Baptist university.

  07/03/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Commentary: Leading like the Good Shepherd

  What’s your guiding image for ministry leadership?

  07/03/2018 - By Guy Sayles / Center for Healthy Churches

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  Commentary: Religious liberty: A US birthright for conservatives and progressives alike

  On Independence Day, let us remember that religious liberty is not a bludgeon but a birthright.

  07/03/2018 - By Jacob Lupfer / Religion News Service

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  Commentary: Keep kids with parents at border—and remember how we got here

  “We support the rule of law, the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy, but we also want to see a compassionate response to the families attempting to cross the border illegally.”

  07/03/2018 - By Tony Perkins

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  Commentary: Elvis descended into darkness as he searched for forgiveness

  With the release of the new documentary ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher,’ gospel music expert Robert F. Darden considers Elvis’ religious roots. (via The Dallas Morning News)

  07/03/2018 - By Robert F. Darden / The Dallas Morning News

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  Commentary: Peru’s dream of a World Cup: A lesson for missions

  Peru’s newfound hope for its national soccer team as a World Cup contender can give insight into the growing missions mindset among minority-world Christians. (via Baptist Press)

  07/03/2018 - By Jennifer Waldrop / Baptist Press

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  East Asia: Making connections, sharing the Good News

  Student missions blog: What I wasn’t expecting, though, was his friend to be the one interested in the one true Father of all nations.

  07/03/2018 - By Lucas

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  Southeast Asia: ‘Why is this journey so hard?’

  Student missions blog: I stood up and leaned out as far as I could. The only breaths of fresh air I could catch came from the sea breeze that would occasionally hit my face.

  07/01/2018 - By H. T.

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  Editorial: Remember who you are

  If you ever forget who you are, you will be like a rootless tree. But if you remember who you are and delight in the Lord who made you, you will be “like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.”

  06/27/2018 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Lessons from the nineties

  Even when in their nineties, Bob Ellis’ parents are still teaching him what it means to follow Christ and live well.

  06/27/2018 - By Bob Ellis

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  Voices: What we forget about preaching

  Is preaching worship? Is preaching teaching? Or is preaching … preaching? Jake Raabe considers the role of the sermon.

  06/27/2018 - By Jake Raabe