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  Voices: Baptists, remember your history in 2016

  Baptists were born out of a reaction against the mingling of religion and political power, which doesn’t work out well for anybody for very long. Christianity is designed in such a way that it does not need “power” of this sort to survive and grow.

  10/26/2016 - By Jake Raabe

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  Voices: Viewing the gift of life through Kyle Lake’s lens

  Eleven years after his accidental death, former Texas pastor Kyle Lake still inspires friends and former parishioners to taste: “Taste every ounce of flavor. Taste every ounce of friendship. Taste every ounce of Life. Because it is most definitely a gift.”

  10/26/2016 - By Craig Nash

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  Guest editorial: Studying history is essential for the strength of our democracy

  Any politician who wants to make America great again must come to grips with the fact that African-Americans were slaves and the victims of Jim Crow laws. Women were second-class citizens in a patriarchal society that did not give them voting rights.

  10/25/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Start gender reconciliation in church

  This week’s letter compares racial reconciliation and gender reconciliation.

  10/25/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  BGCT President: The Donut Palace

  The different flavored donuts at the little shop in Castroville not only bring pleasure to the taste, but also bring different flavored people together. 

  10/24/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  2nd Opinion: It’s an odd time to be a male

  It’s time for Christian men to ask: What have I done to foster a culture where sexual abuse and gender bias are called out for the evil they are? When have I spoken up to say this prevailing attitude is not right? (BNG)

  10/20/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Jesus isn’t done talking—then and now

  Do you ever wonder why Luke tells the story of the two praying men right beside the story of Jesus welcoming the children? Maybe humility is the big idea.

  10/20/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: What makes us Christian?

  I am in the Christian faith because I love God, and I want to love my neighbor and because I am convinced God loves us all. Politics do not make us Christian. Christ is what unites us. Not Donald Trump. Not political campaigns. Not being on this side or that side of an issue.

  10/20/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: The power of silence in the face of grief

  Our presence is our greatest ministry to those walking through grief. Silence is not something we have to fill. Silence is an opportunity for us to sit and cry with those who are hurting. Powerful ministry happens in silence.

  10/20/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Ellis Orozco: Solving community, spiritual and people problems

  This week, our profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Ellis Orozco, pastor of First Baptist Church in Richardson.

  10/20/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Editorial: Global refugee crisis demands response

  How should Christians respond to the plight of 65 million refugees, the worst humanitarian crisis in history?

  10/20/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Thank God for the saints who shaped us

  It is a gift of the church that none of us is without mothers and fathers. … When our biological parents fail us, we look to men and women in our churches and faith traditions.

  10/19/2016 - By Marv Knox