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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…

05/11/2016 - By Marv Knox

In Touch: Churches, Congreso, golf, floods, BaptistWay, leadership

Kathleen and I had a great time at Blue Ridge Baptist Church near Marlin as the congregation celebrated its annual May Day. This annual singing has been going on since 1887. Thanks…

05/10/2016 - By Marv Knox

Ray: Don’t miss the 30th Small Church Conference

To those serving on the small-church mission field, I invite you and your church to attend two wonderful events on the campus of Dallas Baptist University July 15-16. Richard RayOn…

05/10/2016 - By Marv Knox

2nd Opinion: In supporting Trump, do evangelicals reap what they’ve sown?

“I do not have much patience for evangelical leaders who are shocked and surprised so many people support Donald Trump. We have reaped what we have sown. We evangelicals can, and must, do better.”

05/10/2016 - By Marv Knox

Tarleton State University: The power of prayer

The leader of the freshman Bible study asked the students who had come to faith in Christ, “Who are some people you know aren’t believers who are living in the same darkness you were just saved from?”

05/10/2016 - By Ken Camp

Wales: Flipping the world upside-down

Humility and voluntary submission are foundational for Christian living, and that’s exactly what we’ve found in language learning.

05/06/2016 - By Ken Camp

Editorial: Honor mothers by loving foster children

What if Texas Baptists decided we would follow Jesus (who said, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me”) and honor our mothers by declaring we will care for Texas’ neediest children?

05/04/2016 - By Marv Knox

Analysis: Can America’s largest Protestant denomination stop Trump?

Russell Moore and some other Southern Baptist Convention leaders are speaking out against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign—but to the consternation of others, such as Robert Jeffress of Dallas. (Slate)

05/04/2016 - By Marv Knox

West Texas A&M: Here or there

It is still really hard for me to believe I’m back from East Asia. Partly because it is still a battle to be here—all here—and to want to be here, find joy in being here and in this life.

05/04/2016 - By Ken Camp

Mount Fuji, a “fall to grace” and a miracle

“As I prayed, I died. Those in the station covered my face and radioed down that I had passed away. However, God had another plan.”

05/04/2016 - By Marv Knox

DBU’s Cook reflects on 28-year “sacred trust”

“All of us at Dallas Baptist University are so pleased to be a part of the Baptist family. Our trustees, faculty and staff are committed in the years ahead to serve our Lord faithfully alongside our Baptist brothers and sisters around the world.”

05/04/2016 - By Marv Knox

2nd Opinion: Why Trump’s rise does not spell the end for the Christian right

If history is our guide, the differences between the Republican Party’s God voters and the Country voters will not last long. American Protestants have been fusing God and Country for a long time.

05/04/2016 - By Marv Knox