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  Voices: My George Strait philosophy of pastoral leadership

  Leadership is about much more than giving people what they like. In fact, sometimes leadership is about challenging people to move beyond simple likes and preferences in order to move them to something much better.

  09/04/2018 - By Ross Shelton

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  Voices: Use your gifts to edify and bring unity

  Look around and appreciate the current place God has set for you to use your gifts.

  09/04/2018 - By Joel Gallegos

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  Voices: Keeping church from becoming a show

  How do we keep church from becoming a show to be consumed rather than a community in which to participate?

  08/29/2018 - By Jake Raabe

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  Voices: God’s word applied to back to school

  For many of us, the start of a new school year means we can get back to our routines. Teachers are about to enter a plethora of the unpredictable.

  08/29/2018 - By Lisa M. Rainey, Ph.D.

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  Voices: Is the Bible only a sacred conversation?

  Conversation is a wonderful way of interacting with other people. But is it a proper model for how we should approach Scripture?

  08/22/2018 - By Joshua Sharp

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  Voices: Jesus drives cell phone users out of the temple

  It seems as if every Sunday, either in the morning worship service or in my Sunday school class, I’ll hear a cell phone go off.

  08/20/2018 - By John N. Davis

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  Voices: Complementarianism: Separate but equal by another name

  It is time for us to ensure gender discrimination in the church is not given cover by co-opting a valid view of relationships and twisting it into something it is not.

  08/15/2018 - By Paul Kenley

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  Voices: The voices to which we listen

  The voice of hyper-partisan politics calls for us to seek our own interests. The voice of Jesus calls us to “look not only to [your] own interests, but also to the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4).

  08/15/2018 - By Zac Harrel

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  Voices: Why Christians don’t come to church (and what to do about it)

  The church offers the world something unique and irreplaceable. People may encounter God in their backyard, but they are still missing something that happens only in the church.

  08/08/2018 - By Jake Raabe

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  Voices: Hope is revealed in our obedience to Christ

  Too many of us have grown apathetic and weak in our apathy, giving ourselves over to believing the world is a hopeless place. What should I do when I feel the overwhelming weight of all I carry with me?

  08/08/2018 - By Smith Getterman

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  Voices: BGCT “unified” in conformity, returning to the SBC

  BGCT leaders touted the unity and diversity reflected in the gathering; yet the unity was a reflection of conformity achieved at the November 2016 meeting by sending some of the “family” packing.

  08/06/2018 - By Bill Jones

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  Voices: How disconnected BGCT pastors can reconnect with national Baptist groups

  Pastors associating with the BGCT for convictional reasons face a challenge. Many BGCT pastors do not feel at home in either the Southern Baptist Convention or the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the two national Baptist bodies connected to BGCT churches.

  08/01/2018 - By Ross Shelton