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  Editorial: Who has authority to restore a pastor?

  Not every fallen minister should be restored to ministry. Who has the authority to decide who is restored and who isn’t?

  12/07/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: The example of the adulterous woman

  Pastor Panha Mey offers a different perspective on the story of the religious leaders using a woman caught in adultery to trap Jesus.

  12/07/2022 - By Pastor Panha Mey

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  Letter: Editorial: Accountability requires more than four pastors

  A Baptist Standard reader responds to Editor Eric Black’s editorial about Johnny Hunt’s supposed restoration to ministry.

  12/06/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Commentary: Why Americans are leaving their churches

  A British sociologist studying American religious trends suggests three reasons Americans are leaving their churches in higher numbers now.

  12/02/2022 - By Jana Riess / Religion News Service

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  Editorial: Accountability requires more than four pastors

  Four pastors give their stamp of approval on Johnny Hunt’s return to ministry, but accountability requires more than that.

  11/30/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: The church is not built on Peter

  Lester Leonares, a Baptist church elder, takes issue with the belief that Jesus said Peter was the rock on which the church would be built.

  11/29/2022 - By Lester Leonares

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  Voices: Ministering through holiday loss and grief

  Helen Harris, a clinical social worker, suggests several ways chaplains and ministers can care for those facing grief during the holidays.

  11/28/2022 - By Helen Harris

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  Editorial: Give thanks in all circumstances?

  Paul instructed the Christians in Thessalonica to “give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Did he really mean all?

  11/22/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: A corrective action of God for a dysfunctional family

  Every family has a little dysfunction. Some have a lot. Genesis tells the story of Isaac, Rebekah, Esau and Jacob’s dysfunction.

  11/21/2022 - By Rev. Thong Lun

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  Letters: Better in Texas and Trump’s faith supporters

  Baptist Standard readers respond to Editor Eric Black’s recent editorial and Donald Trump’s declining support from Christian faith leaders.

  11/21/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Un corazón indeciso

  Cuando te enfrentes a un desafío, el corazón decidido busca en oración una solución en Dios. Si ya Él te la ha dado, entonces avanza.

  11/17/2022 - By Luis R. López

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  Voices: Holidays and grief after loss

  Many families with gather for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year without someone at the table. Helen Harris offers caring counsel.

  11/17/2022 - By Helen Harris