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  Vancouver: Investing time in young lives

  Student Missions Blog: Entering the home stretch of my time here in Vancouver, things aren’t slowing down. We’ve had a lot of things happening, and there’s plenty to pray for as my time here continues.

  07/22/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Letters: ‘Good starting point’ for child-immigrant crisis

  Thank you for a calm, reasoned, Christian response to the human tragedy of immigrant children.

  07/22/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Georgia: Loving not-so-pretty sinners

  Student Missions Blog: I’m just a small-town, Baptist-bred Texas girl. I lived a pretty normal—fairly sheltered—life. If there were any shootings, robberies, murders, drug or sex scandals, teenage pregnancies or rape in my town, I didn’t know about them.

  07/22/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  In Touch: A great Sunday morning in Waxahachie

  I had a great Sunday morning at First Baptist Church of Waxahachie recently.

  07/18/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Richard Ray: A weekend full of blessings

  The Bivocational/Small-Church Association annual conference in San Antonio was a wonderful blessing, and I want thank Baptist University of the Americas for hosting us again this year.

  07/18/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Jeff Johnson: Aunt Muggie, Uncle Fuzz & preparing for ministry

  I traipsed home with my first report card of the new school year.

  07/18/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Down Home: A ‘jungling’ octopus & the joys of summer

  Even after being away from home, it’s a sin not to stop and play with your grandson.

  07/17/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: What are we going to do about all those children?

  The crisis on our southern border is complicated. Except when it’s not.

  07/17/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Right or Wrong? A multicultural culture

  Most churches seem boggled by the dynamics of our secular, multicultural, multifaith society. How do churches develop Great Commission values in the face of such diversity?

  07/16/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Letters: Gracious words; outdated sentiment?

  Updated: Whatever happened to “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free?”

  07/16/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Jeff Johnson: Let’s ‘pray our way in’ to serving immigrant children

  Too often when faced with clutch circumstances, I hurl up panic-button prayers.

  07/11/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Let’s keep the Sabbath and see what happens

  Jesus was right; Sabbath was made for people. And we really, really need to keep the Sabbath.

  07/11/2014 - By John Rutledge