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  Editorial: We don’t really want a perfect Christmas

  We don’t really want a perfect Christmas. We think we do. But we don’t. Not if we stop and think about it.

  12/23/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Christmas points beyond common decency

  “Jesus knew all about the state of this troubled world and chose to live in it with us anyway. Think about that as you read the news today.”

  12/18/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Our hope is hallowed, not hollow

  I realize Advent has moved on to peace, but I’m stuck at hope. It won’t sound like that at first, but keep reading. I’m a bit of a Grinch about…

  12/10/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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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