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  Voices: But Jesus never talked about (fill in the blank)

  Christians believe everything we think and do ultimately should be centered on Jesus. Doesn’t it follow then that if Jesus never talked about something, we should assume either he was OK with it, or at least he didn’t care too much about it? Voices columnist Joshua Sharp takes a closer look at this perspective.

  10/31/2018 - By Joshua Sharp

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  Voices: Memoir of an undocumented immigrant

  In April 1994, I embarked on a journey to the United States. I left behind my wife, my two children, my large extended family and the town where I was born. I still remember every single mile I traveled through Mexico and the United States while undocumented.

  10/31/2018 - By Pablo Juárez

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  Eric Bruntmyer: In Christian education, we pursue Christ

  From Deep in the Heart of Eric Bruntmyer, president of Hardin-Simmons University: “The breadth and the nature of our work is simply to be the hands and feet of Christ in any way that he should call us.”

  10/30/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: A Rwandan, an Anglo and a Hispanic come to the table

  A Rwandan woman, miraculously saved, shares forgiveness and the Lord’s Supper with those unlike her.

  10/24/2018 - By Grace Mitchell

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  Editorial: How do you choose a candidate?

  Of all the criteria available for choosing a political candidate, what factors determine the person for whom you will vote?

  10/24/2018 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Not-so-fantastic beasts of Revelation & today

  The season of scary things is upon us. People are decorating their yards with frightening symbols and coming to ring our doorbells and deliver spooky messages.

  10/24/2018 - By Patrick Adair

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  Voices: Lessons from a forgotten pastor

  Ross Shelton wonders what happened to one of his forgotten predecessors and comes up with wise counsel for himself and other pastors.

  10/24/2018 - By Ross Shelton

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  Commentary: 7 thoughts on Christian living from Eugene Peterson

  Jana Reiss, of Religion News Service, shares seven of her favorite passages from Eugene Peterson in honor of his death.

  10/23/2018 - By Jana Riess / Religion News Service

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  Brian Colbath: Watering souls in dry West Texas

  Brian Colbath, executive director of Circle Six Baptist Camp and Conference Center, shares his background and thoughts on camp ministry.

  10/23/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Editorial: Let’s talk about your pew

  It’s a longstanding tradition among churchgoers to sit in the same place in the sanctuary Sunday after Sunday. If attending church services in an old enough building, then that place is a specific spot on a specific pew. Let’s talk about that.

  10/17/2018 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Soul care for educators in the midst of war

  When I think about my soul, what comes to mind are songs like “It Is Well with My Soul” and verses like 3 John 2: “Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually]” (Amplified Bible).

  10/17/2018 - By Lisa M. Rainey, Ph.D.

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  Commentary: How Howard Thurman can help Christians heal their political divides

  In his timeless book, Jesus and the Disinherited, black minister and theologian Howard Thurman wrote, “There is one overmastering problem that the socially and politically disinherited always face: Under what terms is survival possible?”

  10/17/2018 - By Jemar Tisby / Religion News Service