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  Voices: Peace that surpasses all understanding

  Every commercial promises the product they are selling can meet our deepest needs, can save us from a life that doesn’t matter, and can give us peace from the chaos surrounding us. We are all searching for peace in this crazy world. So, where can we find this peace our souls need?

  11/28/2018 - By Zac Harrel

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  Analysis: The migrant caravan and the crisis along the border

  Christians know of one of the most important migrant caravans in history—the people of Israel leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. What do we know about migrant caravans today? Kathryn Freeman provides some facts.

  11/28/2018 - By Kathryn Freeman

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  Commentary: Immigrants and refugees: Why care?

  Immigration is a current hot topic. As a caravan of migrants finishes its long trip through Mexico and reaches the border of the United States, what will we do? As refugees from violence-torn places seek shelter, what will we do? What should we do?

  11/27/2018 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Patty Lane: God is God for everyone

  Patty Lane, director of Intercultural Ministries for Texas Baptists, shares her background, call to and thoughts on ministry.

  11/27/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Commentary: Advice to Christians on dealing with family at Thanksgiving

  Just in time for the Thanksgiving meal is some family advice offered by Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention.

  11/21/2018 - By Russell Moore / Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention

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  Editorial: If you can read this, be thankful

  If you can read this, be thankful. Someone taught you to read, which took time and patience. Now you can get ahead in life because you can read. Others are staying behind or falling behind because they can’t. But you can change that.

  11/20/2018 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Pass the plate this thanksgiving season

  Instead of plunging into consumerism this season, what if we celebrate gratitude as the people of God by passing this plate this Thanksgiving?

  11/20/2018 - By Ali Corona

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  Voices: Can we emphasize generational gifts rather than gaps?

  Millennials are low-hanging fruit these days. As we gather together across the generations this year, can we emphasize generational gifts rather than gaps?

  11/20/2018 - By John Whitten

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  Jerry Smith: Stewarding a place where God saves people

  Jerry Smith, executive director of Big Country Baptist Assembly, shares his background and thoughts on camp ministry.

  11/19/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Commentary: How to talk about racism in the church without becoming bitter

  Working against racism in society is difficult, but such work in the church may turn a person bitter. Jemar Tisby celebrates a saint who overcame bitterness toward the church.

  11/19/2018 - By Jemar Tisby / Religion News Service

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  Commentary: Clergy sex abuse: Why a national all-faiths inquiry is needed

  Christa Brown calls for an inquiry of all faith groups in an effort to expose and rectify any and all clergy sexual misconduct.

  11/19/2018 - By Christa Brown / Religion News Service

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  Editorial: Forgiveness Saturday Night Live-style

  “There’s a lot of lessons to learn here, not just that the Left and the Right can still agree on some things, but also this: Americans can forgive one another,” Dan Crenshaw said.

  11/14/2018 - By Eric Black / Editor