By Randy C. Davis TBMB Executive Director Maybe you’ve been there, on a missions trip standing in the middle of the urban sprawl of one of the world’s great cities, cities like Buenos Aires, Guatemala City, Sao Paulo, London, Krakow, Rome, or Istanbul. There are people everywhere, bouncing off each other like pinballs. You may have even felt — like I have — very small and wondering what kind of
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R I believe in the Cooperative Program established in 1925. It is our best single-shot, laser beam approach in reaching the world for Christ. I say this at a time when most of our Southern Baptists are largely ignorant of their Baptist history and heritage and the history of missiology. They know little about the Cooperative Program and are tending to retreat to the old
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I was reading a novel recently and saw these words: “Where there is life, there is hope.” That sounds good and it works — for fiction. But in real life, hope is available only through Jesus Christ. We live in a fallen, sin-filled world. Turn on the news every day and you will be depressed within the first five minutes, if not sooner.
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC Dust particles diffuse the saturated orange of a sinking sun and smooth the warm tones evenly across the horizon. The limestone walls of Jerusalem absorb the light and the city practically glows, like it is on fire. In a sense, it is. Jerusalem’s Old City has been a battleground for thousands of years. Lingering hostility between Jews and Muslims still smolders within, waiting
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Columnist, B&R Remember when your family made the traditional trip to the meadows and woods in search of that perfect Christmas tree? Or, you cut armloads of holly, pine, and cedar to bring the scent of winter holidays into your home? Perhaps you recall home made ornaments that held a special place on the cedar tree. This holiday season recapture the joys of making family memories
By Lori McDaniel Church Initiative Leader, International Mission Board, Richmond, Va. Lottie Moon. I want to be like her, but I didn’t realize how much until I dove into her life story. You could draw a line in the sand, mention the name Lottie Moon, and people who revere her will move to one side of the line while people whispering, “Who’s that?” will migrate to the other. I had
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Churches charred. Businesses gone. Homes nothing but ash heaps and rubble. Some of the most beautiful country I’ve ever seen left a blackened wasteland. A few hours of raging fire forever changed the lives of thousands. One of those homes on top of one of those mountains belonged to the late Dr. Clyde Martin and his
By Chris Kelly Exec. VP/General Counsel, Tennessee Baptist Foundation ’Tis the season — the season for celebrating our Savior, gathering with friends and family, looking for that perfect gift, and taking last-minute advantage of the charitable giving opportunities to Baptist causes within this calendar year. While I’ll admit that it is surprising that no one has ever written a Christmas song about charitable giving, it is important to consider whether
By Billy Hoffman Stewardship Development Specialist, TBC Is God leading you and your church to share Christ where He is not known? I ask it this way because spreading the gospel is both an individual as well as a Christian community activity. This is the third in a series of articles to assist you to discover a biblically-based process for doing that. We continue reviewing Acts 13 to discover the
By Erich Bridges Freelance Writer, Richmond, Va. My heart aches for the six young lives lost in the crash of school bus No. 366 in Chattanooga. I think about their families, now facing Christmas without beloved children. I think about the kids on the bus who survived. Some of them suffered critical injuries; all of them experienced the horror of seeing friends die. And I think about the tens of
By Randy C. Davis TBMB Executive Director Maybe you’ve been there, on a missions trip standing in the middle of the urban sprawl of one
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R I believe in the Cooperative Program established in 1925. It is our best single-shot, laser beam approach in reaching
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I was reading a novel recently and saw these words: “Where there is life, there is hope.” That
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC Dust particles diffuse the saturated orange of a sinking sun and smooth the warm tones evenly across the
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Columnist, B&R Remember when your family made the traditional trip to the meadows and woods in search of that perfect Christmas
By Lori McDaniel Church Initiative Leader, International Mission Board, Richmond, Va. Lottie Moon. I want to be like her, but I didn’t realize how much
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Churches charred. Businesses gone. Homes nothing but ash heaps and rubble.
By Chris Kelly Exec. VP/General Counsel, Tennessee Baptist Foundation ’Tis the season — the season for celebrating our Savior, gathering with friends and family, looking
By Billy Hoffman Stewardship Development Specialist, TBC Is God leading you and your church to share Christ where He is not known? I ask it
By Erich Bridges Freelance Writer, Richmond, Va. My heart aches for the six young lives lost in the crash of school bus No. 366 in