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  Voices: Women and the SBC interpreting the Bible

  Even though a primary issue of the SBC conservative resurgence’s commitment to biblical inerrancy was women’s leadership and submission, perhaps the recent revelations about abuses of power and the objectification and silencing of women can be an impetus for reexamining what some think to be a very clear teaching of the Bible.

  06/11/2018 - By Meredith Stone

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  Voices: What in the world is a non-practicing Christian?

  What does it really mean when Pew Research Center classifies a group as “non-practicing Christians”?

  06/06/2018 - By Jake Raabe

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  Voices: Pastoring with the next pastor in mind

  Pastoring with the next pastor in mind is done within the context of the biblical belief that the head of the church is Christ. The church does not belong to a pastor (or the membership).

  05/30/2018 - By Ross Shelton

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  Voices: Are thoughts and prayers enough?

  We feed the hopelessness the world feels when we respond with words but without actions.

  05/23/2018 - By Smith Getterman

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  Voices: The Spirit’s help in our weakness

  I didn’t know what to pray for, and, if I am honest, in that moment I wasn’t sure God heard my cries anyway. I had come to the end of my strength, but God had not left me alone.

  05/23/2018 - By Zac Harrel

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  Voices: On the value of charity, or why government aid is necessary

  Being made to care for things that we did not voluntarily give to invites us to see the value of a need independent of whether we care about that need.

  05/16/2018 - By Myles Werntz

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  Voices: The hope in our holiness

  The fruit of progressive holiness shows the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives, and, without this fruit, we should examine our hearts.

  05/16/2018 - By Zac Harrel

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  Voices: Much more than this

  Why does God get in our way and frustrate our best-laid plans with all this confusing and inconvenient morality?

  05/16/2018 - By Jack Wyman

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  Voices: Why Paige Patterson’s comments on abuse are dangerous

  I am concerned that interpretations of the Bible have been used to promote an ideology which says women are expected to return to their abusive husbands, submit and pray.

  05/02/2018 - By Meredith Stone

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  Voices: The church must do more to protect children from abuse

  We often teach our kids about “stranger danger,” but that threat is minimal. The greater threat to children comes from their own home and family.

  05/02/2018 - By Micah Titterington

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  Voices: What pastors need but do not want during burnout

  Why do pastors burnout, and what can a pastor do who’s feeling the effects of burnout?

  05/02/2018 - By Ross Shelton

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  Voices: Gambling expansion won’t solve education emergency in Texas

  If Texas expands gambling, public schools will be hurt, not helped.

  04/25/2018 - By Rodger Weems