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  Voices: Pondering Ten Commandments for the long haul through life

  Veteran pastor Kyle Childress offers 10 commandments for living a faithful Christian life across the span of your life.

  11/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Opportunity for unity in God’s kingdom

  God’s kingdom is now—and will certainly be in its fullness—comprised of a rich diversity of believers and traditions. If our Christian faith fails to embody this, then whose cause are we advancing?

  11/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: A hope for overcoming racial and ethnic division

  “A Declaration in Support of Multi-Ethnic Churches and Racial Healing” calls upon churches to transcend barriers that so easily divide Christians.

  11/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Jeff Gravens: Sharing God’s word and speaking into lives of God’s people

  This week, our profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Jeff Gravens, pastor of First Baptist Church in Crawford.

  11/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Commentary: ‘I am not allowed to be a Texas Baptist anymore’

  “Others are telling me—and others I know and love—that if we are going to be Baptists, we must change our thoughts and beliefs. That is not the Baptist way.”

  11/19/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Commentary: BGCT homosexuality decision focused on top-tier issue

  “This discussion (about LGBT-affirming congregations) was not a matter of making one particular sin worse than any other sin. The heart of this discussion is about our doctrine of sin. I believe this is a top-tier theological issue.”

  11/19/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Commentary: For I was a stranger, and you (didn’t) welcome(d) me

  Christ does not allow you to pick and choose parts of people to accept. He demands that you look into their eyes and see in them a person created in God’s image, be they lesbian, gay, bisexual, gender fluid, pansexual, transgender or straight.

  11/19/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Communion, shared meals bridge post-election chasms

  In this fractious time, healing begins at the communion table and in communion around tables in the fellowship hall.

  11/17/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Editorial: A rock, a hard place, and a home for all kinds of Baptists

  The BGCT has spoken on the limits of “harmonious cooperation.” The outcome was not surprising but still produced grief. The coverage and ideals discussed in the Baptist Standard will remain expansive enough to include all kinds of Baptists in Texas and the Southwest.

  11/17/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  BGCT president: Thanksgiving—the fragrance of the knowledge of God

  Now is the season to give thanks—in all things, René Maciel, Texas Baptists’ immediate past president, urges.

  11/17/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: Why a ‘standard’ must be set

  The maker of the BGCT motion that restricts convention membership to churches that affirm “the bonds of a marriage between one man and one woman” explains why he made the motion and why it is best for the state convention.

  11/17/2016 - By Guest Writer

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  2nd Opinion: BGCT expressed ‘courage to do the right thing’

  Amarillo Pastor Howie Batson counters Editor Marv Knox’s suggestion the BGCT practice a welcoming-if-not-affirming relationship to welcoming-and-affirming congregations.

  11/17/2016 - By Howie Batson