Category: Ethics & Justice

. . . what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8, NIV)

. . . an outstanding weakness . . . of contemporary Christianity . . . is the tendency to separate faith from daily living, theology from ethics. — T. B. Maston, preface to Biblical Ethics (1967)

Say NO to voucher bills – My written testimony to today’s hearing by Texas House Public Education Committee 
by Bill Jones

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(AUTHOR’S NOTE: Unable to make it to the Capitol in Austin for today’s Texas House Public Education Committee hearing, I provided the following written testimony – via an online link – regarding four voucher bills being considered by the committee.) I am a resident of Collin County, and my state representative is Jeff Leach. I Read more . . .

Ethics & Justice:
A Christian’s responsibility, in the wake of rising anti-Semitic attacks 
by George A. Mason, guest contributor

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(George A. Mason, senior pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, TX, posted the following commentary to his Facebook page on Sunday, December 29, 2019; it is reprinted here with his permission.) The repeated and increasing attacks on synagogues and the murder of Jews is a grim product of anti-Semitism. Beliefs matter. As a Christian pastor, Read more . . .

Ethics & Justice: 
Holocaust Day: Remembrance and resolve 
by Dr. A. Jase Jones (1985)

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From 1957 through 1978, my dad, Dr. A. Jase Jones (who passed away at 93 in 2007), served as an area missionary director in the Dept. of Interfaith Witness of the SBC’s Home Mission Board and was a leader in Jewish-Baptist dialogues. This article reflects his deep affection and admiration for the Jewish people; and Read more . . .

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2019 Currie-Strickland Lectures – Muslim Immigration: Following Christ Through the Debate

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This week, I attended the 12th annual Currie-Strickland Distinguished Lectures in Christian Ethics at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. These lectures are named for David R. Currie, who led Texas Baptists Committed as executive director for over two decades (1988-2009); and Phil Strickland, who served as director of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission Read more . . .