Texas Baptist Voices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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