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  Guest editorial: Balance security and compassion, but respect refugees

  Urge President Trump to reconsider the scope and effect of his executive order on immigration and to work with congressional leaders to devise a solution that bolsters American security without causing unnecessary delays for refugees fleeing violence or disregarding traditional American values.

  02/01/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  2nd Opinion: On immigration, Franklin Graham is dead wrong

  Franklin Graham’s assertion that President Trump’s hardline stand on immigration is OK because it is “not a biblical issue” doesn’t square with biblical teaching—and it will get people killed. (BNG)

  01/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Fields: Don’t be too disappointed in your disappointments

  The variety of my disappointments may vary, but the God of my life who gives me purpose even in my disappointments never changes.

  01/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Find grace and beauty in numbered days

  Godly wisdom is marked by knowing our own frailty and seeing each day as a gift from the hand of God, a gift of his grace.

  01/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Public education as a truly conservative Texas value

  True conservatives rally around our public schools as the primary vehicles for perpetuating civil society, strengthening our economy and ensuring continued leadership in the world.

  01/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Jack Bodenhamer: Seeking God’s will on earth as it is in heaven

  This week’s profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Jack Bodenhamer, pastor of First Baptist Church in Elm Mott.

  01/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Affirmation for Trump, condemnation of Obama

  Letters this week respond to editorials about the new Trump administration and an essay praising the outgoing Obama administration.

  01/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: A border that perpetuates suffering is not worth defending

  If we must fear, let it be fear of betraying our Lord and being found wanting in the last days, not fear of refugees and other immigrants who wish to join us.

  01/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Everything is a Bible issue: A response to Franklin Graham

  “America first” is not a concept found in the Bible. “Christ first” is what Scripture teaches us to base all our decisions on.

  01/31/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  East Asia: Dangerous truth

  Student Missions Blog: “Seeking truth is dangerous.” My friend is right. Truth is dangerous. Yet it is truth alone that frees us.

  01/27/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Editorial: Pray for the president—and act

  Christians should pray for President Trump, but they also should give feet to those prayers by concrete actions, Editor Marv Knox urges.

  01/25/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: A farewell letter to President Barack Obama

  Dante Wright, pastor of the Pinnacle of Praise in Round Rock, pens a farewell letter to President Obama.

  01/25/2017 - By Marv Knox