Opinion

Voices: The good, the true and the beautiful

The church doesn’t need more outrage or more noise. You don’t need more outrage or more noise. Our spiritual health depends upon stepping away from the noise, from the fear and from the anger.

02/07/2018 - By Zac Harrel

Commentary: Beth Moore: What about the church’s silence?

Beth Moore questions why the church hasn’t been more vocal on behalf of the victims of sexual assault and abuse.

02/07/2018 - By Beth Moore

Commentary: Praying for some snowboard diplomacy

Richard Mouw hopes that the Pyongyang Winter Olympics in South Korea brings about more than just good competition.

02/07/2018 - By Richard Mouw

Letters: About inerrancy

A Baptist Standard reader responds to Ross Shelton’s article, ‘How I came to affirm inerrancy.’

02/07/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Keith Parks: ‘Missionary is still my dominant DNA’

Keith Parks, former president of the Foreign Mission Board and the first coordinator of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global Missions, shares his thoughts on life, ministry, and leading Baptists.

01/31/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Voices: Does church size matter?

Despite the attention that megachurches receive, pastors of small churches should be encouraged that their often unnoticed work is meaningful.

01/31/2018 - By Don McCaig

Voices: How I came to affirm inerrancy

One pastor’s view on inerrancy changed, not as a result of attending seminary, but rather through preaching and leading a church.

01/31/2018 - By Ross Shelton

Voices: Immigration and the church’s witness

When it comes to immigration reform, is the church being led by culture or by the gospel?

01/31/2018 - By Jake Raabe

Commentary: 3 lessons from a pastor up close to the Kentucky school shooting

In the aftermath of an event like the Kentucky school shooting, how should a church respond to people in the grip of shock, pain, emotional trauma, grief and loss?

01/31/2018 - By Richie Clendenen / Religion News Service

Commentary: Are white evangelicals sacrificing the future in search of the past?

The religious profile of young adults today differs dramatically from older Americans. (FiveThirtyEight)

01/31/2018 - By Daniel Cox / Public Religion Research Institute

Letters: Commending Stone

A reader responds to Meredith Stone’s response to an article by John Piper concerning women teaching in seminaries.