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  Editorial: Reconciliation: What the world needs now

  A broken world full of broken relationships doesn’t just need love but a specific expression of love—reconciliation. It starts with Jesus.

  06/26/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Letters: Editorial on SBC attendance; Filthy language

  One Baptist Standard reader responds to an editorial by Editor Eric Black. Another expresses his opinion about coarse and vulgar language.

  06/25/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Commentary: Worship matters: A personal testimony

  Wade Berry guides into the wonder and power, the balm and personal significance of worshipping God in song.

  06/24/2025 - By Wade Berry

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  Voices: Still feeding others in retirement

  Don Newbury knows how full retirement can be. Here, he celebrates another retiree who, after a career in education, is still feeding others.

  06/23/2025 - By Don Newbury

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  Comentario: Elevar la presencia hispana en la educación superior

  Luis Juárez, vicepresidente de asuntos estudiantiles y comunicaciones de Criswell College, responde preguntas sobre la financiación federal a las HSI.

  06/21/2025 - By Luis Juárez / Criswell College

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  Commentary: Elevating Hispanic presence in higher education

  Luis Juárez, vice president of student affairs and communications for Criswell College, responds to questions about federal funding to HSIs.

  06/20/2025 - By Luis Juárez / Criswell College

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  Voices: Questions I’m asking about Michael Tait

  The accusations against Michael Tait and his subsequent confession have sparked important questions. Scott Jones is asking several of them.

  06/19/2025 - By Scott Jones

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  Editorial: Tiny fraction of Baptists deciding for the whole

  Only 0.04 percent of Southern Baptists voted on a constitutional amendment barring women pastors. Editor Eric Black considers why.

  06/19/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Commentary: Juneteenth: Speaking our uncomfortable truths

  Juneteenth is personal for Rev. Kip Bernard Banks Sr., whose family is connected to Confederate Galveston and the horror of slavery.

  06/18/2025 - By Kip Bernard Banks Sr.

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  Commentary: When freedom rings in Texas, will it reach Bethlehem?

  Jack Nassar, a Palestinian Christian, considers Juneteenth in light of the situation on the ground in Palestine.

  06/18/2025 - By Jack Nassar

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  Voices: How Freedom crosses over

  Oza Jones, Texas Baptists’ director of evangelism, recounts a recent story of partnership in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

  06/17/2025 - By Oza Jones Jr. / Texas Baptists

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  Commentary: Thinking about what you think about

  Kendall Lyons encourages Christians to biblically evaluate what they think and believe to see if it squares with God’s will for them.

  06/17/2025 - By Kendall Lyons