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  Pennsylvania: Heartbreaking and heartwarming events

  Student Missions blog: I’ve never felt so drained. I’ve never felt so exhausted. Yet I’m content. I feel at peace with the fact it is an honor to serve here and to build relationships. … It is an honor to feel like I am about to collapse but still feel the Holy Spirit working in me, pushing me through it.

  07/01/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Arizona: No ‘on’ and ‘off’ switch

  Student Missions blog: We came here with the mindset of a “missionary.” For us, we think of it as an experience in which you prepare beforehand with more prayer, read the Bible, have more accountability and then proceed turn on your “missionary switch.”

  07/01/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Philippines: Introduction to the Great Physician

  Student Missions blog: Although Mercy Midwives is a medically based mission, caring for laboring mothers, my teammates and I continually seek out opportunities not only to share God’s love through actions, but also to present the Good News of salvation.

  07/01/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Guatemala: A secure home of their own

  Student Missions blog: Maria had never slept on what we would call a bed, bathed in what we would call a shower, or owned a cell phone. … Her house was about 6 feet tall—three walls and a roof, each made of a single sheet of tin. 

  07/01/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  California: ‘I did not sign up for this’

  Student Missions blog: It was a long week, and it had not been what I thought it was going to be. There have been multiple times I have said to myself, “I did not sign up for this.”

  06/26/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Editorial: Now is the time to reclaim ‘patriotism’

  We talk about patriotism quite a bit around Independence Day. But what does being a patriot mean for a Christian in 21st century America?

  06/25/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Music, SBC and Shariah

  Letters this week addressed a column on songwriting, the Southern Baptist Convention’s resolution decrying the alt-right movement and Shariah law.

  06/24/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Jesus-style discipleship

  If Jesus had Twitter in his incarnation, his handle would have been @Simply_Make_Disciples.

  06/23/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Is conversion the cure America needs?

  It’s going to take more than conversion to make progress on social ills like racism, violence and poverty. It’s going to take more than individual piety to create a more just society. The highly individualized theology of American Christianity leaves us hamstrung to face the social problems of our time.

  06/23/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  2nd Opinion: Old wolf of racism appears in alt-right sheep’s clothing

  The base of the alt-right movement is “white nationalism, or at least white identity politics.”

  06/23/2017 - By Ferrell Foster

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  Dennis Young: ‘The church should be a family’

  This week’s profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Dennis Young, pastor of Missouri City Baptist Church in Missouri City for 25 years.

  06/23/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: What if churches re-evaluate instead of scapegoat?

  Scapegoating has become far too common among churches as a means of diverting attention from actual causes to projected ones.

  06/23/2017 - By Marv Knox