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  Editorial: Inviting diverse and disconnected people to follow Jesus together

  Week-in and week-out, Christians must figure out how to help the diverse and disconnected people all around us know without a doubt they are loved by Jesus because they receive that love from us.

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Four reasons I became a Baptist

  Baptists have much to offer both the church as a whole and the world. If we remember where we came from, we will continue to reach a world in desperate need of what we have to offer.

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: You need church

  Being a part of a church is not easy, but it is essential. We cannot love Jesus and not love his church.

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Deconstructing our ‘us vs. them’ mindset

  The Roman army officer whose servant Jesus healed demonstrates the kind of inclusive humility needed to break down barriers between “us” and “them.”

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Letter: ‘Under one God’

  This week’s letter responds to the notion of  America being “one nation under one God.”

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: The civility of discourse

  We may have the liberty to say whatever we wish, but doing so may destroy/damage something, not only in others, but something deep inside ourselves.

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Lillian Hinds: ‘I love to tell the story’

  Our weekly profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Lillian Hinds, pastor of Meadow Oaks Baptist Church in Temple.

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Commentary: Abortion is not valid genetic control

  In tackling genetic disease, Christians must show the world abortion is not the answer, while providing smart solutions, such as genetic testing for young couples before they begin having children and pursuing actual cures to genetic conditions.

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  BGCT president: Valley Baptist Missions Education Center

  In 1947, the same year Baptist University of the Américas began, another institution began a critical work in the Rio Grande Valley to train Hispanic church leaders in a private Christian school. The Valley Baptist Missions Education Center’s great work of training Christian leaders continues, as does facilitating wonderful ministry and mission opportunities for Texas Baptists in the Valley.

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  2nd Opinion: Help your daughter find her worth in Christ, not from culture

  If we are faithful to teach our daughters where true worth can be found and model a commitment to those truths in our homes as well as in our own lives, they will be less likely to look to the world when it comes to defining their worth.

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Editorial: Government should not unite the U.S. under ‘one God’

  The idea of the government advocating only one concept of religious belief is a step onto a slippery slope that descends to 1930s Germany, the Soviet gulag and the crammed cities of today’s China. Where only one view of religion is acceptable, horror reigns.

  09/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Howie Batson: ‘Bringing the hope of the gospel’

  This week, our profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Howie Batson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Amarillo.

  09/21/2016 - By Marv Knox