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  2nd Opinion: Help your daughter find her worth in Christ, not from culture

  If we are faithful to teach our daughters where true worth can be found and model a commitment to those truths in our homes as well as in our own lives, they will be less likely to look to the world when it comes to defining their worth.

  09/28/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Editorial: Government should not unite the U.S. under ‘one God’

  The idea of the government advocating only one concept of religious belief is a step onto a slippery slope that descends to 1930s Germany, the Soviet gulag and the crammed cities of today’s China. Where only one view of religion is acceptable, horror reigns.

  09/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Howie Batson: ‘Bringing the hope of the gospel’

  This week, our profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Howie Batson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Amarillo.

  09/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: Place ethics ahead of political considerations

  A trio of biblical themes—hope, cross and community—provide a lens through which a Christian may examine political candidates and policies and make moral choices.

  09/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Guest editorial: Praise God for a caring Savior

  Jesus understood his followers needed both spiritual food and physical food. God cares about every detail of our lives, every single one.

  09/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  2nd Opinion: Roads to Rome, and poor sermons

  What’s the difference between a great sermon and a very poor sermon? Jesus.

  09/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Letters: Trump and justice; struggling with homosexuality

  Letters this week question Donald Trump’s sincerity about injustice and strive to help people “struggling with homosexuality.”

  09/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  René Maciel: Baptist Standard & HighGround Advisors

  This week’s Baptist General Convention of Texas presidential column focuses on HighGround Advisors and the Baptist Standard.

  09/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Editorial: Stand up for the patriots who kneel

  Even if you don’t agree with athletes who kneel during the National Anthem, that doesn’t mean you can dismiss their point. Whatever you think of the protest, we still need to do something about racial inequality in America.

  09/14/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Go and vote

  This week’s letter counters last week’s “2nd Opinion” column and appeals to Christian to vote.

  09/14/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: An appeal for honesty in church

  Our churches must be places where we can be honest with one another, where we can say we are bruised and our faith is faintly burning. … We all need the healing power of honest community.

  09/14/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Voices: So your life is being sifted—how Christlike

  Just as Jesus’ desert temptations shaped his ministry, the shifting and changing and sorting that occurs in our lives provides opportunities for finding what God has prepared for us.

  09/14/2016 - By Marv Knox