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  El Paso: Sharing the gospel every day

  Student Missions Blog: While I was at the training/staff retreat about three weeks before school started here at the University of Texas at El Paso, I felt God calling me to do something different this semester. I really sensed God telling me I needed to try to share the gospel every day.

  09/17/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Praise God—and volunteers—for the sacrifice of time

  Every now and then, an outsider’s gob-smacked amazement at “normal” church behavior provides refreshing insight.

  09/16/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Letters: Missionaries cut, Jesus wept; Prayers for CLC, Pastors for Texas Children

  If each Southern Baptist congregation would prayerfully, honestly, consider ways to assist in maintaining the current number of missionaries, there would be no need to cut missionaries.

  09/11/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Richard Ray: Focus on compassion, and miracles will follow

  I have noticed a rise in Christians desiring to witness signs from God. They are looking everywhere for these signs, whether in worship services, during their prayer time or as they look to the sky.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Kathy Hillman: Thirsty? Life-giving and eternal-life-giving water

  Thirsty? Our son Marshall was thirsty, although he didn’t yet know it. Both Marshall and Michael played Little League that summer, often back-to-back. With temperatures soaring in the 90s, Marshall’s…

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Down Home: Why use a real word when a made-up word will do?

  Hanging out with little kids will expand your vocabulary. My grandson, Ezra, recently reminded me of the word-warping, lexicon-lengthening, expression-expanding power of childhood imagination.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Editorial: How do we balance religious liberty and rule of law?

  If you could collect a dime every time U.S. media mention “religious liberty” between now and Election Day 2016, you could fund your own Super-PAC—or maybe even bankroll your own run for the White House.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Right or Wrong? Listen to detractors

  Right or wrong? A consultant suggested a church should listen only to positive, encouraging people.  Can’t churches learn from both encouragers and discouragers?

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Tarleton State: Freshman introduced to Jesus

  Student Missions Blog: “Do you have to have a Bible to be here?” she asked. It was obvious this was not somebody who had spent much time in church.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Asia: Ghost holiday and a burden for the lost

  Student Missions Blog: As we walked outside to get our scooters to leave our supervisor’s apartment, our supervisor rushed out to show us something. We had heard firecrackers go off all night, and he pointed out why: Ghost holiday.

  09/09/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Rio Grande Valley: Welcome to campus

  Student Missions Blog: The school year finally has begun at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The staff from the Baptist Student Ministry had been preparing since the first week of August, and we finally opened the doors of our building to welcome students.

  09/08/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Kathy Hillman: Mary, Lottie, Annie, BGCT and Baptist-ese

  Do you speak Baptist-ese? More specifically, do you understand Texas Baptist-ese? My family has spoken it for generations, so I learned the language along with English.

  09/07/2015 - By John Rutledge