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  TBM crews meet needs after disasters near and far

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers completed work in the Rio Grande Valley after Hurricane Hanna, responded rapidly when a summer storm damaged trees in North Texas and stood ready to serve after 112 mph winds hit the Midwest.

  08/19/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Rev. Byron Stevenson: A Proper Perspective in a Troubled World

  Rev. Byron Stevenson, founding pastor of The Fort Bend Church in Sugar Land, focuses on 1 Peter 1:7 as he speaks to the reality of some amount of trouble in every person’s life. (1 Peter 1:1-9)

  08/18/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Logsdon dean named HSU Faculty Member of the Year

  Robert Ellis, who learned earlier this year the seminary where he was dean would close, recently found out his peers at Hardin-Simmons University named him Faculty Member of the Year.

  08/18/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Voices: Why I, and maybe you, write for the Baptist Standard

  Joshua Sharp, in the hope of encouraging other writers, explains why he writes for the Baptist Standard and provides a few guidelines for article submissions.

  08/17/2020 - By Joshua Sharp

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  Voices: Justice is providing excellent education for all

  Charles Foster Johnson, founder and executive director of Pastors for Texas Children and co-pastor of Bread Fellowship in Fort Worth, proposes that justice looks like providing quality education for all children everywhere.

  08/17/2020 - By Charles Foster Johnson / Pastors for Texas Children

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  Editorial: What is the Standard’s place in political discourse?

  Given the ubiquitous nature of politics and the historic Baptist commitment to the separation of church and state, what is the Standard’s place in political discourse?

  08/12/2020 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: How to pray for the first day of school this year

  Daniel Camp suggests how to pray for students, parents and teachers encountering the first day of a new school year during the coronavirus pandemic.

  08/11/2020 - By Daniel Camp

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  Voices: What justice looks like in the New Testament

  Dr. Stephen Reid, professor of Christian Scriptures at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary, examines justice as seen in the Good Samaritan and Simon of Cyrene.

  08/11/2020 - By Dr. Stephen Reid

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  Dr. Delvin Atchison: A Prophetic Response to ‘I Can’t Breathe’

  Dr. Delvin Atchison, the senior pastor of Westside Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas, addresses race head-on, saying he “will stop preaching about it when it stops being an issue.” (Ezekiel 37:1-14)

  08/10/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Irene Gallegos: ‘Public health and the gospel go hand in hand’

  Irene Gallegos, an adjunct professor of public health at the University of Texas at Arlington, shares her thoughts on being a Christian in health care.

  08/10/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  COVID-19 prompts innovation at Georgetown church

  Crestview Baptist Church in Georgetown enjoys some distinctive advantages in terms of facilities and resources that have helped it thrive during a global pandemic. But Pastor Dan Wooldridge believes its greatest assets are creativity and commitment.

  08/10/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Voices: Responding to Shirley Taylor on roles of men and women

  Mathew St. John questions the notion that his plain reading of Scripture means he is “guilty of abuse, sexism and inviting persecution toward women.”

  08/06/2020 - By Mathew St. John