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Editorial: Christians, must we keep America first in our hearts?

In the State of the Union address and the Democratic response, one statement jumped out to me, a call for our first allegiance.

02/06/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

Rev. Dr. Hurley Clayton Jr.: Run Your Race | Baptists Preaching

In this week’s Baptists Preaching, Rev. Dr. Hurley Clayton, pastor of Berean Tabernacle Baptist in Liberty, exhorts his hearers toward three characteristics: self-restraint, intense discipline, and hardest of the three you’ll have to read the sermon to find.

02/06/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Voices: Religious liberty—Baptists’ hill to die on

There are hills to die on, hills to bleed on and hills to keep walking over, the popular leadership maxim goes. For historic Baptists, religious liberty has been a hill to bleed and even die on. Why are Baptists so committed to religious liberty?

02/05/2019 - By John Whitten

Voices: Mining the past for who we need to be today

What can Baptists learn from the past and apply to life today? Ross Shelton suggests some noble characteristics today’s Baptists can bring forward from their forebears.

02/05/2019 - By Ross Shelton

Voices: The challenge of church discipline

Joshua Sharp examines biblical teaching on church discipline and challenges churches to be stewards of the practice.

02/05/2019 - By Joshua Sharp

Rev. Tamiko Jones: The rewards of relationships

In celebration of Black History Month, Rev. Tamiko Jones, executive director of Texas Baptists Woman’s Missionary Union, describes ministry from her vantage point.

02/04/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

CommonCall: Pure Water, Living Water

Texas Baptist Men secured a grant from national WMU to provide clean water for a hard-to-reach area in central Burkina Faso. In the process, people throughout that region learned about the source of Living Water, Jesus Christ.

02/04/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Voices: Loneliness and the Lord’s Supper

Even pastors feel lonely sometimes. Zac Harrel shares how the Lord’s Supper helped him when he felt lonely.

02/01/2019 - By Zac Harrel

Editorial: Abortion involves real people—Three real stories

Abortion happens in the real world, and so we have to deal with abortion in the real world, which includes all the difficulties of human stories.

01/30/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

Craig Curry: It’s the Lord’s Fight | Baptists Preaching

This week’s Baptists Preaching features Craig Curry, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Plano. Craig shares the testimony of a college student who, during a difficult season of life, found strength in a verse from Exodus sent to him 50 times by a ministry assistant. (Exodus 14:10-16)

01/30/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Aaron Summers: Passionate about the chemistry of ministry

Aaron Summers, pastor of First Baptist Church in Crowley, Texas, shares his background and thoughts on church and ministry.

01/28/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Christian Latina Leadership Institute inspires service

Christian Latina Leadership Institute students interact and learn from accomplished Hispanic women in different fields, including ministry, nonprofits and business.

01/25/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter