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Men & Women, Young & Old, Risking Their Lives for the Gospel

The headlines I’ve seen so far say something like this …. “Southern Baptists Vote to Oppose Use of I.V.F.,” “Southern Baptist Ban on Women Pastors Fails in Historic Vote” or “Southern Baptists’ Nuanced Divides on Display at Annual Meeting.”  As someone who was in the room when all the votes and discussions took place, I’m not surprised these are the headlines. This was my first time to ever attend the Annual Meeting of the...

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Hide and Seek

One of my favorite games growing up was hide and seek.  I lived in a neighborhood with several other boys my age who became my closest friends.  Most days, we would gather at one of our houses and run through a list of options of things we could do.  This list included the typical options of riding bikes, playing sports, jumping on the trampoline, or playing video games.  When we were younger, however, hide and seek was a popular choice.  There was even a stretch...

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Called to Go

I have many memories sitting in the large auditorium surrounded by more than a thousand college students.  My friends and I were in high school, just 16 years old, but this had become our weekly tradition for Thursday nights.  We would meet up at Dos Amigos for dinner and then head over to Grace, a weekly worship service targeting college students at the three Christian universities located in Abilene.  While the target audience was older, it wasn’t uncommon for high...

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