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  Letter: Rededicate 250 urges repentance, prayer

  A Baptist Standard reader responds to Southern Baptist speakers at the “Rededicate 250” event in Washington, D.C.

  05/26/2026 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Editorial: How the government is passively judging the church

  The U.S. Education Dept. is proposing a rule that dishonors churches and, if implemented, will punish those who prepare their ministers.

  05/20/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Proposed federal rule threatens Texas Baptist universities

  A newly proposed U.S. Dept. of Education rule could have a significant negative impact on Texas Baptist universities if implemented.

  05/19/2026 - By Donna Hedgepath / Wayland Baptist University

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  Editorial: What soccer and mental health have in common

  The numbers for soccer and mental health show we need to pay more attention to both, Editor Eric Black explains.

  05/14/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Don’t be a chicken

  Johnny Teague has a problem with his chickens. He sees a spiritual application and a warning in that problem.

  05/12/2026 - By Johnny Teague

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  Editorial: What a Baptist institution is for

  Regarding Baptist institutions: “I’m going to put some things in print some may consider impolite or imprudent. Perhaps so. Here we go.”

  05/06/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Honoring all who have mothered me

  Ruth Cook honors all the Baptist women, including her mom, who served as mothers in her life and who continue to serve as mothers for others.

  05/06/2026 - By Ruth Cook

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  Voices: For Texas, Baylor & BGCT should maintain relationship

  Baylor graduate Greg Torres makes a case for Baylor University and the BGCT maintaining their relationship for the sake of Texas and beyond.

  05/06/2026 - By Greg Torres

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  Voices: Books that ‘stoked a fire for missions’

  Pastor Jeff Gravens recommends a set of books—biographies, theology, and fiction—that “stoked a lifelong fire for missions” in him.

  05/05/2026 - By Jeff Gravens

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  Editorial: Surviving the season of unsettled weather

  It’s the season of unsettled weather. And we have to live through it. How are we going to do that? The weather holds some answers.

  04/29/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Commentary: Southern Baptists became like what they feared

  Elesha Coffman, Baylor history professor, describes how some Southern Baptists have done what they once feared Catholics would do.

  04/27/2026 - By Elesha Coffman

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  Editorial: What’s to come of the Baylor-BGCT relationship?

  The long and storied relationship between Baylor and the BGCT is complex, frequently questioned, and well worth maintaining. But how?

  04/23/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor