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  Voices: The response to hostility

  Rev. Dr. Michael Evans Sr., president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield, responds to Amber Guyger’s sentencing and Brandt Jean’s victim impact statement.

  10/04/2019 - By Rev. Dr. Michael Evans Sr.

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  Editorial: Be the glue. Hold strong in fractious times.

  In these fractious times, followers of Christ need to be the glue that holds families, neighborhoods, communities and societies together.

  10/03/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Christina elected as BGCT associate executive director

  Craig Christina, pastor of Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church, elected as next associate executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  10/03/2019 - By Kalie Lowrie / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Larry Parsley: The Promise of God’s Presence

  Larry Parsley, senior pastor of Valley Ranch Baptist Church in Coppell, examines how the Israelite people hungered for God’s presence … sometimes. (Exodus 33:12-23)

  10/02/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Make Jesus Christ the main attraction in youth ministry

  Churches often fall into the temptation to make entertainment the main attraction of their youth ministries. Jonathan Balmer calls churches back to making Jesus Christ the main attraction.

  10/01/2019 - By Jonathan Balmer

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  Joel Gallegos: Directed by Scripture in the marketplace

  Joel Gallegos is a product of Hispanic Baptists in West Texas, where he still lives. He works in the oil and gas industry and shares his background and thoughts on being a Christian in the marketplace.

  10/01/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Without love, we’re all just organ grinders’ monkeys

  In the most polarized time in American history, Matthew McNiece challenges Christians to remember the primacy of love.

  09/30/2019 - By Matthew McNiece

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  Voices: On civil discourse: Have we ever gotten along?

  How can we create a more civil world? Rich Traylor writes on how Hardin-Simmons University is teaching students about civil discourse.

  09/26/2019 - By Rich Traylor

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  Evans to be nominated for second term as BGCT president

  Michael Evans, senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield, will be nominated for a second term as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  09/25/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Editorial: Hopeful people in a hope-starved time

  Instead of competing over who is most doctrinally pure, most committed to justice, has the most baptisms or who simply is the best, let’s race to be the hope of Jesus Christ in a hope-starved time.

  09/25/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Tony Watson: Beyond What You Are Able

  Tony Watson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Palestine, examines a well-known and frequently misunderstood Bible verse—1 Corinthians 10:13—explaining what Paul means by stating that God “will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.”

  09/25/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: A tale of two gospels: Reclaiming the transforming power of God’s word

  Are we embracing the gospel we think we are embracing? Are we offering the gospel of Jesus Christ or some human version? Sam Still prods our thinking.

  09/25/2019 - By Sam Still