Opinion Archives - Page 5 of 60

First person: Embracing a sustainable pace

May 12, 2026

What does the pace of your day usually look like? Sane? Sensible? Sustainable? Or are you rushing through life at a pace that will inevitably lead to a crash?

First person: A ‘colorblind’ constitution

May 9, 2026

This month marks the 130-year anniversary of one of the most infamous cases in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

First person: Churches must help prevent child abuse

May 2, 2026

As we recognize April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, may we as followers of Jesus choose to shine brightly in a world that desperately needs His light. (Matthew 5:16)

First person: Is it time to leave your ministry assignment?

April 30, 2026

How do you know when it is time to leave one ministry assignment for another?

Opinion: What’s to come of the Baylor-BGCT relationship?

April 23, 2026

While my guess is as good as anyone else’s, the relationship is likely to continue largely unchanged, but not without some tension along the way. Governance and sexuality are recurring sources of the tension.

First person: Singleness and the Bible

April 22, 2026

It had never occurred to many of them that marriage was a temporary arrangement and singleness before God is the eternal reality for resurrection people.

First person: Today’s church and the quiet crisis

April 10, 2026

The greatest danger facing today’s church is not persecution, political pressure or cultural hostility. It is something far more subtle — and far more familiar.