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  Early Texas Baptists reflected pro-slavery culture

  In the decades surrounding Baylor University’s founding, Texas Baptists reflected the prevailing culture, including support for slavery, three historians agreed during an online forum sponsored by the university.

  03/10/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Editorial: A year with COVID-19, and where are we?

  Editor Eric Black reflects on where we are one year after the first closures in Texas due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  03/10/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Fernando Rojas: Why We Study the Prophecies / Por que Estudiamos las Profecias

  Fernando Rojas notes people want to know the future and look for predictions of it in many places. / Fernando Rojas señala que la gente quiere conocer el futuro y buscar predicciones del mismo en muchos lugares.(Isaiah 46:9-11 / Isaias 46:9-11)

  03/09/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Dr. Pablo Juarez: From atheist guerrilla to gospel minister

  Dr. Pablo Juarez, pastor of First Baptist Church en Español in Kaufman, shares his background and thoughts on ministry and the church.

  03/09/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Baptist leaders square off on Equality Act

  Baptist leaders offered starkly different assessments of the Equality Act, a measure that would ban discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

  03/08/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Voices: Justice looks like ‘fighting for the good of everyone’

  Cynthia Aulds, director of the Coalition to Combat Human Trafficking in Texas, explains the role of justice in addressing human trafficking.

  03/08/2021 - By Cynthia Aulds

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  Conditions deteriorating in Myanmar, Baptist doctor says

  Conditions continue to deteriorate rapidly for citizens peacefully seeking to resist military rule in Myanmar, and particularly for medical personnel who are caring for injured protesters, a Baptist physician in the troubled nation reported.

  03/05/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Editorial: Mask or no mask: Are we (still) on the same team?

  Editor Eric Black responds to Gov. Greg Abbott’s Mar. 2 announcement about masks by encouraging Christians to focus on their common ground.

  03/03/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Britt Jones: Joy in keeping Hardin-Simmons alumni connected

  Britt Jones, executive director of alumni special programs and trustee relations at Hardin-Simmons University, shares her background in higher education.

  03/02/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Chris Curran: Any Room?

  Chris Curran, the pastor of Southland Baptist Church in San Angelo, reflected on the innkeeper in the story of Jesus’ birth recorded in the Gospel of Luke. (Luke 2:7)

  03/01/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Jezebel and the question of who goes to hell

  In response to Vice President Harris being called “Jezebel” and a Baptist minister consigning her to hell, Mariah Humphries calls for caution.

  03/01/2021 - By Mariah Humphries

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  Voices: Justice looks like jumping in the water

  Michael Mills, pastor of Agape Baptist Church in Fort Worth, shares how he is learning to engage in the work of justice.

  03/01/2021 - By Michael Mills