Letters

  • Letters: Gracious words; outdated sentiment?

    07/16/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Updated: Whatever happened to “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free?”

  • Letters: Glorieta’s sad ending

    07/06/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    I thank you for shedding some light on the development at Glorieta and bringing to light the sad situation of its ending.

  • Letters: Death-row inmates ‘A blessing to me’

    06/28/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    I totally agree with Pastor Jeff Hood’s view of the death penalty as a Christian.

  • Letters: Glorieta homeowners should get fair market value

    06/20/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    UPDATED: As a current homeowner at the former Glorieta Conference Center, I differ with many of Tom Rainer’s comments to the Southern Baptist Convention about the sale of Glorieta.

  • Letters: Patterson opens the door

    06/13/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Having read “Muslim seminarian shows ideology trumps theology,” I’m wondering if a Mormon man or Jehovah’s witness man will receive the same benefit?

  • Letters: Learn about mental illness

    06/06/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Church leaders need to become more competent in understanding mental illness.

  • Letters: Another contradiction in seminary decision

    05/30/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    You can’t be both a denominational seminary and a diverse theological school at the same time!

  • Texas Baptist Forum: Muslim student at Southwestern

    05/24/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Patterson was right to distance from moderates You wrote, “But here’s the real irony: (Paige) Patterson extended the kind of grace to a Muslim he has spent his lifetime denying to…

  • Letters: ‘We are not God’

    05/17/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Capital punishment: ‘We are not God’ Regarding the death penalty: Could you be the one who injects the poison that will kill the one accused of a crime? You are…

  • Letters: Capital punishment ‘inhuman and stupid’

    05/08/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Your editorial about the death penalty expresses many of my thoughts on the subject. However, there are additional things we should consider.

  • Letters: Begin with repentance & forgiveness

    05/01/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    I cannot agree more with regards to your request to repent and forgive. In as much as we desire revival of our churches, we must start with prayer, repentance and forgiveness.

  • Letters: Why support immigration reform?

    04/23/2014 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Our current immigration laws built the most prosperous county ever to exist in the history of the world.