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  Editorial: Learn to see people, not just news about them

  We tell ourselves and those visiting our churches that we welcome people in our buildings. Too often, our words and actions say otherwise.

  01/25/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Women in ministry still a question for BGCT

  As some in the SBC seek to exclude women pastors—of any kind—some Texas Baptists wonder anew where the BGCT stands on women in ministry.

  01/19/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: We need a clear definition of racism

  If we oppose racism in all its forms, we should be able to define all its forms. Otherwise, we are doing little more than virtue signaling.

  01/11/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What a speaker and a safety reveal about us

  What I watched Monday night and Tuesday afternoon is a snapshot, not just of where we are as a culture, but who we are as a people.

  01/04/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What the women in Jesus’ family taught him and us

  Editor Eric Black shares a few lessons learned from five women who taught on the five women in Jesus’ genealogy.

  12/21/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Positive ways churches can show respect for marriage

  The Respect for Marriage Act defines what marriages are legal, not how marriage is respected. Churches can define that respect in positive ways.

  12/15/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Who has authority to restore a pastor?

  Not every fallen minister should be restored to ministry. Who has the authority to decide who is restored and who isn’t?

  12/07/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Accountability requires more than four pastors

  Four pastors give their stamp of approval on Johnny Hunt’s return to ministry, but accountability requires more than that.

  11/30/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Give thanks in all circumstances?

  Paul instructed the Christians in Thessalonica to “give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Did he really mean all?

  11/22/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Not everything is better in Texas

  Not everything is better in Texas, but more can be. If we will live as Jesus taught and commanded us to live, more will be.

  11/17/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What does it mean to be great?

  What greatness are we—Christians and churches—after? How are we displaying that so-called greatness? Does it look like the world?

  11/09/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Attacking politicians starts at home

  Attacking politicians begins well before any physical attack. It begins close to home, in our hearts and minds. We must defeat it there.

  11/02/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor