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  Denton: God moves in lives of student leaders

  Student Missions Blog: Many retreats have one person who casts a vision, and too often, few people come on board with this vision. However, this was not one of those retreats.

  01/16/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Wales: Counting the cost of obedience

  Student Missions Blog: About a month before leaving the United States, I visited my parent’s house for a weekend. That was the first time my mom told me about my dad’s declining physical condition.

  01/15/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  2nd Opinion: No problem too small to give to God

  A person of great faith trusts Jesus with life’s smallest details.

  01/10/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Letters: Standard’s 125th anniversay

  You have stuck to the truth, rooted historically in your fearless responsibility to abide in the truth of the word of God.

  01/10/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  First Person: In West, tradition continues as love endures

  First Baptist Church in West has made great progress since the fertilizer-plant explosion rocked our community April 17. But the holidays were difficult.

  01/10/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Incarnation, empathy & the failure of sympathy

  The Incarnation poses all kinds of questions, two of which are: Why was Jesus’ humanity important? And why did God have to/choose to take on human frailty and finitude?

  01/10/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Right or Wrong? Nonprofit business plans

  Have you heard the comment, “Nonprofit institutions are attempting to operate with a broken business plan”? Do you agree? If so, how do we fix the business plans?

  01/03/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  In Touch: Thanks for allowing us to serve you

  Thank you for allowing us the privilege of serving Texas Baptists this past year, 2013. 

  01/03/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Down Home: A New Year’s Sabbath resolution

  I crossed from one year into the next for the 58th time, and I doubt I’ve resolved anything on more than four or five occasions.

  01/03/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  2nd Opinion: God’s word and Duck Dynasty controversy

  One’s choice is his right and, thus, should be respected, whatever it may be. But a person cannot pledge allegiance to both man’s word and God’s word.

  01/03/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Letters: New definition of ‘bivocational’

  Concerning pastoral compensation in a local church: I am the widow of a Texas Baptist pastor, and I remember churches insisting that I not have a job other than that of the wife of the pastor.

  01/03/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Who needs a Tikker when you’ve got life?

  What would you do if you knew exactly how many days you had to live? How would you feel?

  01/03/2014 - By John Rutledge