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  Hawaii: Melting pot of cultures

  Student Missions Blog: Hilo, Hawaii, is a melting pot of cultures. Through working here with the Baptist Student Ministry, God has opened my eyes to the world.

  04/09/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  HPU: Resurrection and revival

  Student Missions Blog: As we approached our observance of Resurrection Week at Howard Payne University, we began to prepare our hearts and minds.

  04/09/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Right or Wrong: Leadership and ‘followship’

  How can we tell if our church suffers from poor leadership or poor “followship?”

  04/09/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Be a life-saver; sign up to donate your organs

  You could be somebody’s hero. Maybe even eight somebodies. All you need to do is register to be an organ donor.

  04/09/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  2nd Opinion: We should worry when millennials dismiss religion

  I’m a secular baby boomer myself, but I worry secularism has led many of my generation, and even more millennials, to discount religion’s influence in ways that could prove dangerous.

  04/09/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Haiti: From adorable to absolutely perfect

  Student Missions Blog: I was sitting outside playing with Jayrele, who is about 3 years old. He was just sitting on my lap playing patty cake with me and hugging me.

  04/08/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Letters: Glorieta leaseholders took risky gamble

  Updated: The Glorieta lawsuit by Kirk and Susie Tompkins sounds more like “Oops, I made a bad business decision and someone needs to pay for my mistake.”

  04/07/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Kathy Hillman: Unlimited Possibilities

  As a child, books stretched my world. When I was sick and lost my perfect Sunday school attendance, Mother stopped the tears with Little Women. I’ve celebrated National Library Week as long as I can remember.

  04/03/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  In Touch: Visiting three great churches

  I visited three great churches last week – Plymouth Park Baptist Church in Irving,  First Baptist Church of Decatur and Cedar Cross Country Church in Alvarado.

  04/03/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  2nd Opinion: Guarded, but joyful, anticipation for Glorieta

  Visiting the new Glorieta, many of our great memories of the place were sustained, energized by a fresh surge of youthful excitement from the staff. In the end, we were reassured about Glorieta’s spiritual mission.

  04/03/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Letters: School vouchers hurt struggling system

  As a public educator who works tirelessly for my students, I don’t appreciate our senators’ comments on public schools and our teachers.

  04/02/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Same-sex marriage & the intractable knot of freedoms

  Same-sex marriage has tied American society into a seemingly intractable knot.

  04/01/2015 - By John Rutledge