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WHY DAVID PLATT’S APOLOGY IS SO IMPORTANT

March 9, 2017

By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB “I’m sorry.” Two words that carry profound meaning and trigger acts of reconciliation. They admit a wrong, communicate humility, express a desire for forgiveness, and move people toward a unified future. And that’s precisely why David Platt, president of the International Mission Board, needed to say he was sorry to Southern Baptists for the amicus brief the IMB offered last summer in support

ONE OF GOD’S HUMBLE SERVANTS STEPS DOWN

March 8, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Talk about the best-laid plans of mice and men going awry (to paraphrase poet Robert Burns). Phyllis Bates, a 43-plus year member of the staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board (formerly Executive Board) retired on Feb. 28. My plan was to write an extensive feature story and a column. My feature story idea disappeared quickly after a short interview with Phyllis. It

INTENTIONAL ACTS OF COURAGE

March 7, 2017

By Randy C. Davis TBMB Executive Director You’ve probably never heard of Thomas Hart Benton. Benton was a U.S. senator from Missouri who served with distinction for 30 years, but whose political career crashed to an inglorious end in 1851 because of his opposition to the westward expansion of slavery. Benton, a Democrat and representative of a slave state, stood in staunch opposition to his party, the majority of the

CHOOSING YOUR NEIGHBOR

February 27, 2017

By Terry Sharp International Mission Board From time to time I receive a postcard boasting the headline, “Choose Your Neighbor!” It’s from a local realtor sending listings of houses for sale in my neighborhood. The idea is for me to tell my circle of friends and acquaintances about the available houses, thus allowing me to choose my neighbor. Through many years of moving around the country and overseas, my family

WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE BECOMES ‘TOO MUCH!’

February 24, 2017

By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R At breakfast recently, wife Phyllis and I were talking about technology. Another new tech gadget was advertised on TV. Phyllis is not anti-tech, but she declares I dragged her “kicking and screaming into technology.” Let me explain. Phyllis has been a professionally published writer for over 45 years. She never wanted to become a writer, but I “bootlegged” her into it when I became

DIRECTORS OF MISSIONS: VITAL SERVANTS

February 23, 2017

By Nathan A. Finn Dean, School Of Theology & Missions, Union University As Baptists, we believe that “ground zero” for the Great Commission’s advance is the local church. Ministries, kingdom-minded institutions, and even denominations come and go over time, but the local church will endure until Jesus returns. As such, we argue that being the pastor of a local church is the most strategic ministry role in the kingdom. But

REMEMBER THIS: IT’S NEVER WRONG TO PRAY

February 22, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Chalk up another victory for political correctness. A school system in Tennessee has to go to the time and expense of providing training to employees on the constitutional law concerning “the application of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses in public schools” (see story here). All of this is happening because a Tennessee Baptist youth pastor dared to do what’s right — pray

WHY PLATT’S APOLOGY IS IMPORTANT

February 22, 2017

By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB “I’m sorry.” Two words that carry profound meaning and trigger acts of reconciliation. They admit a wrong, communicate humility, express a desire for forgiveness and move people toward a unified future. And that’s precisely why David Platt, president of the International Mission Board, needed to say he was sorry to Southern Baptists for the amicus brief the IMB offered last summer in support

NOT ALL ROCKS ARE EBENEZERS

February 21, 2017

By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB There is an 80-pound rock in my flower bed that looks like a meteorite. I pried it loose from a mountaintop in North Carolina about 13 years ago. I then grunted, pushed, rolled, chucked, yelled at, and tripped over it trying to get it — and me — to the bottom of a challenging descent. It was supposed to be my “Ebenezer,” but

A PLEA FOR UNITY AND COOPERATION

February 16, 2017

By Randy C. Davis TBMB Executive Director There is a fog of divisiveness settling across the Southern Baptist Convention and it is spreading like a poisonous gas, and we must address it rather than allow it to linger and destroy our Great Commission calling. There is a litany of issues causing the increasing tension that seemingly permeates every conversation taking place across our denomination and we no longer have the

Opinion Column

WHY DAVID PLATT’S APOLOGY IS SO IMPORTANT

ONE OF GOD’S HUMBLE SERVANTS STEPS DOWN

INTENTIONAL ACTS OF COURAGE

CHOOSING YOUR NEIGHBOR

WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE BECOMES ‘TOO MUCH!’

DIRECTORS OF MISSIONS: VITAL SERVANTS

REMEMBER THIS: IT’S NEVER WRONG TO PRAY

WHY PLATT’S APOLOGY IS IMPORTANT

NOT ALL ROCKS ARE EBENEZERS

A PLEA FOR UNITY AND COOPERATION

WHY DAVID PLATT’S APOLOGY IS SO IMPORTANT

ONE OF GOD’S HUMBLE SERVANTS STEPS DOWN

INTENTIONAL ACTS OF COURAGE

CHOOSING YOUR NEIGHBOR

WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE BECOMES ‘TOO MUCH!’

DIRECTORS OF MISSIONS: VITAL SERVANTS

REMEMBER THIS: IT’S NEVER WRONG TO PRAY

WHY PLATT’S APOLOGY IS IMPORTANT

NOT ALL ROCKS ARE EBENEZERS

A PLEA FOR UNITY AND COOPERATION

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