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
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
By Nathan A. Finn Dean, School Of Theology & Missions, Union University As Baptist followers of Jesus Christ, we Southern Baptists have always emphasized the importance of believer’s baptism. As we see it in Scripture, believer’s baptism is: A public testimony of a new believer’s faith in Christ and the church’s recognition of that faith (Acts 2:38-41; I Peter 3:21). A pictorial representation of the gospel the believer has responded
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Columnist, B&R Recently a friend mentioned that she attended a class reunion with others who graduated from the same college. “I had not seen many of these people in years,” she said, “but like me, most of these couples had been married 45 years or more. With today’s high divorce rate, I was a bit surprised.” According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB I was recently talking with a pastor and the conversation migrated to social media. It didn’t take long to understand his perspective. “Facebook is straight from the pit of hell,” he said. “All it does is cause problems.” He’s not the only person who feels that way, and it isn’t a new conversation. I remember years ago being told the same thing about
Supports Haun I felt a great deal of sadness and a broken heart when I read the article “Tennessee Pastor Resigns As IMB Trustee” in the Baptist & Reflector. I have known Dean Haun since 1985 when he was pastor of First Baptist Church, Sparta. I am a retired pastor and have had many conversations with Brother Dean throughout the years. He is a godly man who walks daily with
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Fake news is a big deal today, but it is not “new.” Fake news has been around forever. Those of us who have been in Baptist journalism for decades can remember the countless news stories we have had to produce assuring Baptists that the Madalyn Murray O’Hair and Proctor & Gamble rumors from the 1980s and 1990s were just that — rumors and
By Randy C. Davis TBMB Executive Director It’s been said the hardest thing to do in sports is to hit a baseball. It’s a tough point to argue. Take a guy like Nolan Ryan, one of the greatest fastball pitchers to ever play the game. Ryan unbelievably had a 27-year career and was still throwing the ball 95 mph-plus when he finally retired; ever the “Ryan Express” to the end.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector The Boy Scouts of America announced Jan. 30 that the organization would begin accepting transgender members. In other words, what’s on the birth certificate doesn’t matter anymore. The BSA stated: “Starting today, we will accept and register youth in the Cub and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated on the application.” While sad to hear, is anyone really surprised?
By Joe Sorah Compassion Ministries Specialist, TBMB If you were to ask a longtime church member about his church, he would probably say his church is friendly, welcoming to guests, and an easy place in which to find your way. I would have told you that about the church where I served as pastor for almost 23 years. Occasionally someone would say they visited our church and no one said
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
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
By Nathan A. Finn Dean, School Of Theology & Missions, Union University As Baptist followers of Jesus Christ, we Southern Baptists have always emphasized the
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Columnist, B&R Recently a friend mentioned that she attended a class reunion with others who graduated from the same college. “I
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB I was recently talking with a pastor and the conversation migrated to social media. It didn’t take long
Supports Haun I felt a great deal of sadness and a broken heart when I read the article “Tennessee Pastor Resigns As IMB Trustee” in
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Fake news is a big deal today, but it is not “new.” Fake news has been around forever.
By Randy C. Davis TBMB Executive Director It’s been said the hardest thing to do in sports is to hit a baseball. It’s a tough
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector The Boy Scouts of America announced Jan. 30 that the organization would begin accepting transgender members. In other
By Joe Sorah Compassion Ministries Specialist, TBMB If you were to ask a longtime church member about his church, he would probably say his church