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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

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  Voices: Don’t vilify the BGCT, and don’t demonize other churches

  Honest, genuine grief is an appropriate response to the division within the Baptist General Convention of Texas regarding response to churches that welcome and affirm LGBT members.

  03/08/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: Why I love the church

  When we are tempted to think about when the church has been its worst, we need to pause for a moment and remember when it was its best.

  03/08/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  2nd Opinion: ‘School-choice’ vouchers provide solution to educational crisis

  The head of Prestonwood Christian Academy contends a recent editorial opposing “school-choice” vouchers is wrong.

  03/08/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Homeless LGBTQ youth and ‘Lenting’ Baptists

  Letters this week respond to an article about battling human trafficking and a column on observing Lent.

  03/08/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Rio Grande Valley: All about relationships

  Student Missions Blog: The Baptist Student Ministry at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a place for establishing relationships.

  03/07/2017 - By Ken Camp