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  Editorial: As purple as hope

  Hope is a recurring theme in our news this week. Christian hope is not merely sentiment or desire. It’s as rich as purple.

  11/29/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: The most important thanksgiving meal

  Editor Eric Black describes one of the most meaningful Lord’s Suppers he’s ever taken and challenges readers to consider how they take it.

  11/21/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Is thanksgiving a distraction?

  Are you already feeling the stress of the holidays? Or just the stress of living in a world on fire? Or both? Could you use a distraction?

  11/15/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Jesus and Rashida Tlaib have a conversation

  What would happen if Jesus sat down and talked with Rep. Rashida Tlaib? How would we see that? How would we respond?

  11/09/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: The power of breathing room amid stress

  “I wonder if what we need most now are not experts—forecasters and forecast models—but are those who can weather the storms.”

  11/02/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: God’s redemptive story is still advancing

  The pervasive bad news threatens to but can’t overshadow many bright spots Christians need to see, celebrate and take courage from.

  10/26/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What a lawsuit reveals about American Christianity

  The juxtaposition of a few headlines this week provides a jarring picture of the drastic difference between how some American Christians are making news and the situation among our brothers and sisters elsewhere in the world.

  10/19/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Gazan Christians caught in Hamas-Israel crossfire

  Along with calls to prayer for Israel, Christians also need to pray for Gaza, where about 900 of our brothers and sisters are enduring war.

  10/11/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What’s so hard about staffing a music ministry?

  If you’re having trouble staffing a music ministry, you’re not crazy, and you’re not alone. But why’s it so hard? And what should churches do?

  10/04/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial Invitada: Tener una visión de Dios de los migrantes

  El director ejecutivo de la Asociación Bautista de El Paso, Larry Floyd, comparte cómo los cristianos pueden involucrarse en la bienvenida a los inmigrantes.

  09/27/2023 - By Larry Floyd

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  Guest Editorial: Having a God’s-eye view of migrants

  Executive director of the El Paso Baptist Association Larry Floyd shares how christians can get involved in welcoming migrants.

  09/27/2023 - By Larry Floyd

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  Editorial: Religious freedom calls for rejecting Abbott’s ‘ask’

  Baptists, who have championed religious freedom and separation of church and state more than 400 years, should reject Abbott’s latest “ask.”

  09/21/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor