Lisa Rainey, an educator, Baptist Standard contributor and guest editorialist, encourages others to discover the joys of reading and writing.

A reader responds to President Trump’s order to teargas protesters so he could have a photo-op in front of a church.

Kyle Mize, the assistant vice president for communications at Howard Payne University, shares his background and thoughts about Christian higher education.

At a time of intense emotion, division is easy. Zac Harrel calls for the church to be united by focusing on the lordship and humble life of Jesus Christ.

Special needs individuals display God’s handiwork. They and their families want and can be included in the life of the church and will enrich it.

Jim Denison acknowledges he doesn’t know firsthand what it’s like to experience racial discrimination, face systemic poverty, encounter injustice, or suffer as an innocent victim of violence.  But Jesus does. 

Jim Denison, recounting two incidents in one day involving race, condemns racism and asks the Holy Spirit for Pentecost miracle to overcome it.

Contempt is a killer, laying low but unable to stay under wraps forever. To combat contempt, Editor Eric Black points to God’s valuation of us.

Before social distancing to stop the spread of coronavirus, Jesus overcame the distance created by sin and calls his followers to embody that gospel.

In response to another Christian celebrity losing faith in God, Jim Denison suggests how to experience Jesus “as a living, daily presence in your life.”

Rather than passing along conspiracy theories, Jack Goodyear exhorts Christians to think critically and to pass along the good news of Jesus Christ.

Phillip Marshall, assistant professor of biblical languages at Houston Baptist University, shares his background and thoughts on Christian higher education.