• Letters: Briles, Trump, Starr, handguns, Muslims

  Letters this week focus on Art Briles, who was fired as Baylor University’s football coach; Donald Trump, whose followers include some Southern Baptists; Ken Starr, who was fired as Baylor’s president; and handguns

• Letters: Tributes to Lynn Craft, Golden Gate Seminary

  Writers express gratitude for the life and ministry of Lynn Craft and for the ministry-training platform of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary

• Letter: Vote to “further God’s purpose”

  “Social injustice and immigration reform can only be addressed when the lives of the most innocent are protected first.”

• Letters: Baylor, voting, education

  Letters this week include commentary on the sexual abuse scandal at Baylor University, as well as editorials on Texas’ school-funding system and Christian voting.

• Letter: Need to know the whole story

  Reader challenges editor to examine “what’s even more immoral” about public education and the Texas Legislature.

• Letters: Politics, politics, politics, politics, pope

  Loud on Trump; quiet on Clinton I’m pretty tired of the apparently liberal Baptist Standard feeling that this anything negative about Trump is worthy of news is worthy of news…

• Letter: “Flags are not racist; people are”

  I have prayed about responding to the Southern Baptist Convention condemning the Confederate Flag. Does the SBC think this symbolic gesture will actually bring healing to the SBC and our…

• Letters: The challenge of same-sex weddings to religious freedom

  Regarding “A conversation about ‘religious liberty’ laws and freedom”: Thank you for diving deep into the confusing and nuanced layers of these issues. While I agree with your opinions for…

• Christian persecution; immoral behavior

  Forcing a Christian to participate in a gay wedding or lose his business is akin to forcing a Kosher or Halal deli to sell bacon, ,,,

• Baylor alumni urged to oppose settlement

  Letter to the editor: “While the settlement between Baylor University and the Baylor Alumni Association is better than the previous transition agreement, that is not saying a lot.”

• Letters: Fear not and capital punishment

  Stand with Jesus or follow the fearful? The editorial “Fear not—why we need Easter this year” is much-needed at this time. Marv Knox addresses fear, but other emotions are in…

• Letter: Follow the law regarding immigration

  I, like many others, are frustrated by the actions of our government’s inability to address the immigration problem that is humane and abides by the established immigration law. The problem…