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  Editorial: Don’t rush past yesterday

  Yesterday may be gone, but its importance is still alive and well, informing our today and tomorrow. We must reflect on it with a purpose.

  12/03/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Being thankful it isn’t ‘otherwise’

  Jane Kenyon was a poet and translator. She died young. Already, I am three years older than she was when leukemia took her. How many times in my life I…

  11/25/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Church, sometimes we’re the problem

  Editor Eric Black holds a mirror up to the church for self-examination and points to the cure for the church’s ailment.

  11/20/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What’s the BGCT? Show up to shape it

  Being a Texas Baptist means showing up to vote, Editor Eric Black contends, encouraging Texas Baptists to participate in the BGCT annual meeting.

  11/12/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Religious freedom, not ‘guns a-blazing’ in Nigeria

  Editor Eric Black supports and protests portions of Nov. 1 social media posts by President Donald Trump regarding Nigeria.

  11/05/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: I was hungry. Did you feed me?

  “I was hungry, and you said it’s because I’m shiftless and lazy.” “I was hungry, and you told me to get a job.” “I was hungry, and you said it’s…

  10/29/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: No kings? But one.

  Millions of people joined “No Kings” protests and rallies Oct. 18. Christians do have one King. Editor Eric Black explains how that matters.

  10/22/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: A shout out to bivocational ministers

  For Pastor Appreciation Month, I’m giving a shout out to bivocational ministers—men and women. You amaze me.

  10/15/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Tony Evans, Robert Morris and restoration

  Two Dallas-area megachurch pastors who made the news during the last week give us a chance to think about how we respond when pastors sin.

  10/08/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: There’s only one litmus test for a Christian

  Remembering Jesus is Lord and we are to obey him will guide our way through these divided, conflicted, testing times.

  10/02/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: It’s safe to say … or is it?

  I expect the world to be an unsafe place right now. I don’t expect the church to be. But we are. We can change that.

  09/25/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: How I am processing recent violence

  I’m going to talk about traumatizing things, and I’m going to challenge Christians to focus on who Jesus commands us to be. Our present moment demands it.

  09/18/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor