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  Voices: Three reasons why churches fail at mental health

  Chris Legg—pastor and licensed professional counselor—describes three reasons churches and ministry leaders may not address mental health.

  05/17/2022 - By Chris Legg

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  Voices: Not-so-Minor Prophets: Jonah

  Cade Jarrell describes the not-so-subtle narrative of Jonah, a book whose truth boomerangs back on its subject—and its reader.

  05/16/2022 - By Cade Jarrell

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  Editorial: Can Jesus’ followers really stay out of politics?

  Just as Jesus ministered right in the middle of the political turmoil of his day, his followers can’t avoid being in the middle of it now.

  05/11/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Commentary: Five steps in the lost practice of lament

  During a recent symposium, two Dallas Baptist University psychology and counseling professors offered five steps to biblical lament.

  05/11/2022 - By Emmalie Ellis & Joan Davis / Dallas Baptist University

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  Voices: Learning pastoral ministry by fire

  Wade Berry, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Ranger, shares four lessons he learned when his church building was destroyed by fire.

  05/10/2022 - By Wade Berry

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  Voices: Not-so-Minor Prophets: Obadiah

  Joshua Sharp, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Orange, explains Obadiah’s significance for its original audience and readers today.

  05/09/2022 - By Joshua Sharp

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  Editorial: Mother’s Day, Methodists and Roe v. Wade

  What is the common thread of the confluence of Mother’s Day, the United Methodist split and a leaked Supreme Court draft about Roe v. Wade?

  05/04/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: This is the small, rural church’s moment

  Zac Harrel works with a lot of small and rural churches, and sees reason for optimism in some current demographic changes.

  05/04/2022 - By Zac Harrel

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  Voices: The migrant God is for immigrants

  Dr. Tony Miranda describes “the migrant God” who came from heaven to make a better life, the salvation story to be shared with all.

  05/03/2022 - By Dr. Tony Miranda

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  Voices: Not-so-Minor Prophets: Amos

  Amos, the blue-collar prophet, had an uncomfortable and urgent warning for the comfortable socialites of his day. It’s still applicable.

  05/02/2022 - By Timothy Pierce

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  Voices: Facilitating successful reentry into community

  Christians can offer relationships and diverse skillsets needed to facilitate the successful reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals.

  04/28/2022 - By Marcus Franklin

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  Editorial: Should a church die? Maybe more than once

  “There is a kind of dying every church should do, and that kind of dying needs to be clearly understood,” Editor Eric Black contends.

  04/27/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor