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  Voices: Gambling expansion won’t solve education emergency in Texas

  If Texas expands gambling, public schools will be hurt, not helped.

  04/25/2018 - By Rodger Weems

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  Stephanie Gates: We Know Him to Make Him Known

  Stephanie Gates, director of the University of North Texas Baptist Student Ministries, shares her background and thoughts on ministering to college students.

  04/25/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Commentary: Taking advantage of old folks

  A young pastor friend of mine recently complained of too many senior adults in his congregation. Since I am myself a senior adult, I wondered why that was a problem. It seemed to me that he was missing a great opportunity.

  04/25/2018 - By Mike Queen / Center for Healthy Churches

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  Commentary: Barbara Bush’s old-fashioned religion

  Upon Barbara Bush’s passing, Jacob Lupfer considers how her faith influenced her influential life.

  04/25/2018 - By Jacob Lupfer / Religion News Service

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  Commentary: Your pastor isn’t as unhealthy as you might think

  Are a majority of pastors burned out or depressed, as has been previously and widely reported? According to the Barna Group, the answer is no. (via The Christian Century)

  04/25/2018 - By Amy Frykholm

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  Commentary: The ugly coded critique of Chick-Fil-A’s Christianity

  When you mock Christians, you’re not mocking who you think you are. (via Bloomberg)

  04/25/2018 - By Stephen L. Carter / Bloomberg

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  Todd D. Still: The ‘sacred trust and true pleasure’ of shaping tomorrow’s ministers

  Todd D. Still, dean of Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, shares his thoughts on leading the institution and shaping tomorrow’s leaders today.

  04/18/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Can understanding history help Christians combat racism?

  Though talks about racial reparations have become more common in our day, can the church adequately combat racism without first attempting to “decolonize” our narrative?

  04/18/2018 - By Bobby Martinez

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  Voices: The high stakes of wading into political waters

  Is politics our idol? Do we worship at the altar of power? Are we called to be successful? Or faithful?

  04/18/2018 - By Jack Wyman

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  Voices: Where is your hope?

  Where do we turn when what we see leads us to despair? If our hope is not in what we see, then where is our hope?

  04/17/2018 - By Zac Harrel

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  Letters: ‘In God We Trust’ and Online Databases

  Readers weigh in on ‘The problem with “In God We Trust”‘ and online databases of churches.

  04/17/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Signs of the times: The problem with ‘In God We Trust’

  Should “In God We Trust” be a government-mandated quote placed in all schools?

  04/11/2018 - By Jake Raabe