Opinion - Page 184 of 449 - Baptist Standard

Commentary: Christmas wars, begone!

Let’s stop looking for a fight where none exists. I’m frankly too busy and too filled with the season’s joy to worry about whether a store clerk tells me ”Happy holidays” or ”Merry Christmas.” (Baptist News Global)

11/15/2017 - By Doyle Sager / Baptist News Global

Letters: Sutherland Springs and gun control

Baptist Standard readers reply to recent articles on gun control in the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in Texas history.

11/15/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Voices: Do you hug the church or squeeze its life out?

What may feel like loving the church may actually be part of the cause for why our church is declining, reaching fewer and fewer people and, perhaps, be close to dying.

11/08/2017 - By Ross Shelton

2nd Opinion: Gun massacres: Why aren’t more churches telling the truth?

Why aren’t more churches or public faith leaders telling the truth about America’s unique scourge of gun violence?

11/08/2017 - By Jacob Lupfer / Religion News Service

Tom Billings: ‘No one church can reach a city by itself’

Tom Billings, executive director of Union Baptist Association, discusses his calling and mobilizing Houston-area congregations to “take on lostness.”

11/08/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Commentary: After Sutherland Springs, pray … and do something

After another mass shooting, praying is doing something. But should we be doing something in addition to praying?

11/08/2017 - By Richard Mouw

Commentary: Why isn’t the church a leader in calling out sexual harassment?

After being sexually harassed while serving at her first pastorate, Pastor Amy Butler calls out the church and herself in their complicity of “just taking it.” (Baptist News Global)

11/08/2017 - By Amy Butler

Commentary: The quiet religious-freedom fight that is remaking America

A federal law was supposed to put an end to the use of local zoning laws as tools of discrimination. It hasn’t. (The Atlantic)

11/08/2017 - By Emma Green / The Atlantic

Letters to the Editor: Alleging racism; Jeffress’ Hannity interview

Baptist Standard readers respond to recent articles about racism and Pastor Robert Jeffress’ interview of TV personality Sean Hannity.

11/08/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Commentary: What do we do in the aftermath of another mass shooting?

In the aftermath of the worst shooting in Texas history at First Baptist Sutherland Springs, Ferrell Foster argues that all churches should hire professional security.

11/06/2017 - By Ferrell Foster / Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission

Voices: The power of ordinary faithfulness

Lives that truly change the world love God and love neighbor in the everyday tasks of washing dishes, dropping kids off at school, meeting for coffee, checking cows and buying groceries.

11/01/2017 - By Zac Harrel

Alan Lefever: Christian history is ‘exciting, poignant and humorous’

Alan Lefever, director of the Texas Baptist Historical Collection and an adjunct professor at Truett Seminary, shares his thoughts on preserving Texas Baptist history.

11/01/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard