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  Reading the Culture: The next population bomb?

  Europe and North America are aging and becoming less significant for the global economy while the developing world is growing at unprecedented rates. Need-centered ministries in the world’s largest cities and Muslim populations will be even more critical in the coming decades.

  01/29/2010 - By admin

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  Quotes in the News

  “Especially when religious leaders are confronted with temptation or seduction, it is the responsibility of that leader to hold the line. They must model how to care for others. They should never take advantage of another’s neediness or vulnerability.”  –Diana Garland

  01/29/2010 - By admin

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  Texas Baptist Forum: Need for prayer warriors

  Just think what 100,000 groups of four and five people meeting once a week to pray for revival could accomplish.

  01/29/2010 - By admin

• Lessons learned from a visit to a retirement center

  Here I was, my 21 years of age against her 95, and I suddenly got the feeling that maybe I didn’t know as much as I thought I did after all.

  01/28/2010 - By admin

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  Opinion: Don’t call it an affair. Call it abuse of power

  The murder trial of former pastor Matt Baker in Waco, Texas, last week was mesmerizing for many reasons. It involved sex, lies, premeditated murder, pornography and a clergy member. It should have been a work of fiction; it should never have happened in real life.

  01/25/2010 - By Administrator

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  Stories of grace inspire trust in Jesus

  Purchase an inexpensive, used hot tub from Craig’s list, find a way to transport it into a building, put a tarp inside it, patiently fill it up with lukewarm water from a hose, drape black bedsheets around it and it becomes something beautiful — a portable baptistry.

  01/21/2010 - By Administrator

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  EDITORIAL: God, Haiti & judgmental Christians

  Millions of Christians and Muslims debate whether adherents of the two faiths worship the same god. Lately, I’ve been wondering if I worship the same god as some other Christians. For example, take Pat Robertson. Please.

  01/15/2010 - By admin

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  DOWN HOME: Unexpected sorrow relieved by faith

  During the past few days, our family has experienced an unimaginable high and an almost-unbearable low: Lindsay lost her baby.

  01/15/2010 - By admin

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  RIGHT or WRONG? Ministry to immigrants

  I tell our Sunday school class the stream of immigrants pouring into our city represents more of an opportunity than a challenge. What can we learn from them about doing mission with more integrity?

  01/15/2010 - By admin

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  IN FOCUS: Are you ready for Resurrection Sunday?

  These final few weeks of Texas Hope 2010 are the most important part of the mission. We should give it our best effort.

  01/15/2010 - By admin

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  2nd Opinion: Finding a 3rd—Baptist—way ahead

  I believe there is a path ahead for us that can learn from both Canterbury and Azusa Street but that reflects our own indigenous, organic history. It is a path that can mean a vibrant future for Baptists.

  01/15/2010 - By admin

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  Texas Baptist Forum

  Do we need a debate on whether Muslims should serve in the U.S. armed forces?

  01/15/2010 - By admin