Theoretically, people should be able to express different opinions and still get along. In practice, however, cordial disagreement is the exception rather than the rule.

05/21/2008 - By Marv Kox, Editor, Baptist Standard

I’ve been told I just need the courage to act on my principles. My response is that sometimes prudence should be the driving force for doing the ethical thing. How can we balance these virtues?

05/12/2008 - By Stacy Conner, First Baptist Church, Muleshoe, TX

"Global warming is a catastrophe, but not in the sense that so many think. …"

05/12/2008 - By Staff, Baptist Standard

“Whenever we see euphemisms in use, we can know that something morally dubious is going on…."

05/12/2008 - By Staff, Baptist Standard

A new initiative, Texas Hope 2010, will help Texas Baptists share the hope of Christ with every person in Texas within their own language and context by Resurrection Sunday 2010.

05/12/2008 - By Randel Everett, BGCT Executive Director

Truth be told, I probably enjoyed hearing about Molly’s journeys about as much as she enjoyed actually taking them.

05/12/2008 - By Marv Knox, Editor, Baptist Standard

Doug Mendenhall warns you might just get what you pray for.

05/12/2008 - By Doug Mendenhall

We just don’t hear about the Ten Commandments anymore. They carry the essence of the law of our land and guidelines for all of life. I’m embarrassed that our preachers apparently aren’t preaching the Ten Commandments. Lots of morality issues would be settled if they did, don’t you think?

04/28/2008 - By Robert Prince, First Baptist Church, Waynesville, N.C.

"Frankly, I’m excited about the prospects of using time-tested, proven business techniques from industry to accomplish kingdom purposes."…

04/28/2008 - By Staff, Baptist Standard

“Science and faith, reason and faith should never be seen as opposites but as bed-fellows.”
—Tony Blair, former British prime minister and a recent convert to Catholicism (RNS)

04/28/2008 - By Staff, Baptist Standard

Ironically, Thomas Clifford McGowan Jr. became a free man the same day the U.S. Supreme Court freed states to resume executions. McGowan’s case illustrates why Texas and other states should maintain a moratorium on capital punishment.

04/28/2008 - By Marv Knox, Editor, Baptist Standard

Randel Everett sgare some stories from his tour of Texas Baptist ministries.

04/28/2008 - By Randel Everett, Executive Director, BGCT Executive Board