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  Editorial: How can Texas claim to be righteous and embrace injustice?

  Baptists—who claim the gospel is good news for all people—must champion fair, representative legislative districts, as well as equal opportunity for all citizens to cast their ballots.

  03/15/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Bobby Dagnel: Leading the church to engage

  This week’s profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Bobby Dagnel, pastor of First Baptist Church in Lubbock.

  03/15/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  ‘The call,’ or ‘_ _ _ _, the preacher is coming’

  The words pastors overhear—and overlook—often explain the context of ministry.

  03/15/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: May women know our churches are filled with ‘men on bicycles’

  Every woman and girl should know the men in our congregations are “the men on bicycles”—protective, pure, faithful and courageous.

  03/15/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Keys to church revitalization, Part 1

  What causes a congregation to seem negative during decline and exciting during revitalization? Ross Shelton, pastor of First Baptist Church in Brenham, offers some answers.

  03/15/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Faith doesn’t require perfection

  Faith does not always lead us to victorious living or our best life now. Our better life is not promised here. What is promised here is joy, hope and love in the midst of our wandering.

  03/15/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: If you have the Lord, you have everything

  May the church cease to be known as anything other than the people of God’s presence.

  03/15/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Heiligman: Let’s pray Jesus’ prayer—for unity

  Unity of the local church is the chief testimony that will convince the world of the truth of Jesus’ message and mission.

  03/15/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Editorial: Lovely words, loving God, loving others

  When Christians are among the worst at speaking coarsely—vilifying and demeaning others—no wonder unbelievers and people of other faiths think badly of us, and also of our Savior.

  03/08/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Chris McLain: ‘… breaking bread together in faith’

  This week’s profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Chris McLain, pastor of First Baptist Church in Crowell.

  03/08/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: There’s one in every crowd

  Does God have a unique assignment for the contrarians in every church? Maybe they’re there to convict everyone else’s conscience.

  03/08/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Allowed ain’t able, or able ain’t allowed

  How many families with special needs and how many senior adults are not involved in your church’s ministry because your physical space will not accommodate them?

  03/08/2017 - By Marv Knox