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  EDITORIAL: So different & so much in common

  Lovers of irony should relish the fact that—in alphabetical order—the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Southern Baptist Convention have a lot in common these days.

  05/07/2010 - By admin

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  DOWN HOME: Mama Bear always saved the day

  The Berenstain Bears books taught our kids important lessons. On the down side, the lesson was usually at the expense of Papa Bear.

  05/07/2010 - By admin

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  RIGHT or WRONG? Prayer for small decisions

  All my life, I’ve heard about the importance of praying when we must make a major decision. But what about small decisions? Just how should we pray and recognize God’s responses to our decisions?

  05/06/2010 - By admin

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  Quotes in the News

  “I lost my faith that November; lost it for many, many years."–Laura Bush

  05/06/2010 - By admin

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  Texas Baptist Forum

  Your church could receive a great benefit if you send your pastor and spouse to the Baptist World Congress July 28-Aug. 1.

  05/06/2010 - By admin

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  IN FOCUS: Sunscreen, a free ride & Jesus

  The money your church provides through Texas Baptists’ Cooperative Program unified budget supports college ministry on more than 120 Texas campuses. This letter is an example that reminds us of the importance of this outreach.

  05/06/2010 - By admin

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  Reading the Culture: The next 100 years

  Our best response to an uncertain future is to pray and work for an awakening that will bring spiritual renewal to our self-sufficient, secularized, demographically shifting culture.

  05/06/2010 - By admin

• 2nd Opinion: Faith on trial: What’s your verdict?

  Many Christians around the world are on trial for their faith. The persecution of Christians in Islamic, communist and totalitarian lands is increasing at a frightening rate. Could a good case be made against you that you really are a Christian?

  05/06/2010 - By admin

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  Cartoon

  An investment at the local sporting goods store could have paid big dividends for Jacob.

  05/06/2010 - By admin

• Watching a new believer fall in love with Jesus

  Last September, I became acquainted with an international student from Taiwan, and we became friends. She was raised Buddhist and did not know the Lord, but she was open to learning about Christianity.

  04/29/2010 - By Administrator

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  EDITORIAL: Obedience, identification & hope

  Since at least 1641, Baptists have immersed new believers, because the specific New Testament word, baptizein, means to dip or immerse.

  04/22/2010 - By admin

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  DOWN HOME: Cecil Sherman: No other like him

  Baptists lost one of our true giants when Cecil Sherman died April 17.

  04/22/2010 - By admin