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Opinion: Concerns with limiting pastoral function to pastoral office for the local church

June 1, 2026

The concern with this proposed SBC constitution amendment is whether the amendment’s prohibitive language unnecessarily expands beyond the pastoral office itself into a broad and undefined expression of “function” that could potentially lead to unnecessary and unbiblical limitations for women engaging ministerially in the local church and in local and global mission.

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Opinion: 21 notes about the Mohler Amendment

June 1, 2026

Griffin Gulledge of The Baptist Review shares thoughts on Mohler Amendment.

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First person: Confessions of a recovering soccer dad

June 1, 2026

I’m still in a little bit of denial. I can’t believe it is over. Our now 18-year-old daughter Laura recently played her last competitive soccer

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Opinion: ‘I am the 1% used 100% of the time to justify abortion’

May 28, 2026

“You should have been aborted!” The Harvard student yelled this in my face while I was visiting the campus for a forum on abortion in the black community. It wasn’t the first time someone had said this to me, and it wouldn’t be the last.  

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First person: Lessons learned through caregiving journey

May 27, 2026

Our world changed in August 2024. A neighbor called to say, “Your wife is lying on the pavement.”

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Are congregations spiritual organisms or religious organizations?

May 22, 2026

Is your congregation more like a living, ever-changing spiritual organism or a religious organization in danger of institutionalization? Your answer makes a tremendous long-term difference in the vitality and vibrancy of your congregation and its Christlike witness.

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First person: Finding the gospel in adoption

May 20, 2026

Did you know that more than 8,000 faith-based adoption agencies currently serve our nation? Or that evangelicals are twice as likely to adopt as are

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First person: ‘Disney Adults’ and the search for that ‘nostalgic feeling’

May 19, 2026

Americans spend a lot of money on vacation — with many wanting to visit the same place over and over each year — but what drives Disney adults?

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First person: ‘Pondering Psalm 23 in a very different way’

May 18, 2026

I don’t know about anybody else but retirement has been hard for me. I had served in church positions for more than 50 years, yet

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First person: When someone in your small group ‘hijacks the room’

May 16, 2026

One of the fastest ways to kill a small group isn’t bad theology, poor leadership or even lack of preparation.

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