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  Voices: Black lament shouldn’t feel so lonely

  There are few actions that demonstrate one’s love for another more powerfully than mourning with those who mourn.

  02/25/2021 - By Trent Richardson

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  Letter: Voices: Serious problems revealed by the ERLC Task Force report

  A Baptist Standard reader responds to Jamey L. Yadon’s take on the ERLC Task Force report alleging serious problems with the SBC agency.

  02/25/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Editorial: Winter storm damage may reveal a deeper problem

  Trying to figure out who’s responsible for recent winter storm damages can be an exercise in seeing a deeper and more pervasive problem.

  02/24/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: How Alice showed the love of Jesus after the winter storm

  When a burst pipe flooded the building of First Baptist Church in Alice, Texas, during the winter storm, Alice’s Christians responded.

  02/23/2021 - By Zach Tharp

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  Commentary: Our moral crisis and our nation’s only hope

  Jim Denison points to Abraham Lincoln’s and George Washington’s warnings that government by the people relies on governing the self.

  02/23/2021 - By Jim Denison / Denison Forum

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  Juan Valdez: Every step and decision influenced by being a Christian

  Juan Valdez, a former family coach with Buckner in Dallas, shares his background and thoughts on being a Christian in banking and finance.

  02/23/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Justice must precede peace, calm and healing

  Jeremy Everett reminds churches they have a role in justice, from the abstract of faith formation to the concrete of feeding the hungry.

  02/22/2021 - By Jeremy Everett

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  Voices: My mother, my mentor

  Sonya Stevenson shares how her mother taught her how to serve the Lord and others with a spirit of excellence.

  02/22/2021 - By Sonya Stevenson

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  Commentary: Black history can’t be told without the Bible

  African Americans today are “the most Bible engaged in the U.S.,” according to our American Bible Society 2018 State of the Bible study.

  02/19/2021 - By Rev. Dr. Nicole Martin

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  Voices: Serious problems revealed by the ERLC Task Force report

  Jamey L. Yadon points out three problems shown by the ERLC Task Force’s report and its understanding of the Great Commission.

  02/18/2021 - By Jamey L. Yadon

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  Editorial: Trusting God while living in a world beyond our control

  How Christians are to live in the world seems counterintuitive and ineffective but rests on the witness of Scripture and Christian history.

  02/17/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Commentary: Power in weakness: ‘It’s full surrender’

  Jim Denison shares remarkable stories of God working in and through human weakness and suffering.

  02/17/2021 - By Jim Denison / Denison Forum