By Roc Collins President, TBC What a blessing it is to be a Tennessee Baptist. God has so richly blessed our state and convention, and we are seeing people saved, baptized, and set on the road of discipleship. The generosity of our churches is seen in both our local communities and across our state as a whole. With all that we see God doing in our state, I can hardly
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made national headlines recently when he refused to stand for the National Anthem prior to a 49ers preseason National Football League game. While I’m not disputing his right to stand or not stand (and I do disagree with his decision to not stand), I do dispute his rationale. Kaepernick, who is biracial, told NFL media reporter Steve
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Sometimes people make well-meaning statements when they are trying to comfort others about things which they have no personal experience. Fortunately, and somehow, as a young pastor I knew not to say, “I know how you feel” unless I had been through what the other person was going through. It’s Pastoring 101. I now know how you feel if you’re someone who has
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector When the United States Supreme Court redefined the biblical definition of marriage slightly more than a year ago to allow for homosexual marriage, some Christians thought it couldn’t get any worse. They were wrong. The slippery slope continues to get more slippery with each passing day.
Van Richmond Former Pastor of New Life Church, Nashville And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15 ESV). Proclaiming the gospel. Some find the prospect frightening. Others find it exhilarating. For Charles Hand, talking about Jesus was as natural as breathing. Cancer gave him just another reason to talk — not about death, but about eternal life. The
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R “You missed your chance!” That’s what our pastor said to our church just after he made the climactic statement of his whole message. In the world of sports, we would say he had just hit a grand slam home run. He had delivered the knockout blow! It was a hole-in-one. Response? None! The pastor
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC I hear the naysayers. They say newspaper is dead. Or, if not dead, is dying, or on life support, or limping to an inglorious death, or breathing its last, or turning blue. Or as one friend would say of newspaper’s current state, “It wouldn’t fog a mirror.” As someone who loves newspapers and has been associated with newspaper production for the better part
Kevin Minchey Church Revitalization Strategist, TBC Church revitalization is about making a “comeback.” The sports world loves a good comeback: George Foreman, Jack Nicklaus, Michael Jordan. The movie industry thrives on comeback stories: Rocky (all of them), The Wrestler, Captain America. The Bible is also known for its comeback stories: In the Old Testament we find Joseph, Moses, even Samson made a comeback of sorts. In the New Testament we
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector It’s well documented that courts in the United States (including the highest court in the land) have not been very favorable to Christians and/or Christian-based beliefs when rendering verdicts in recent months. The best example occurred slightly more than a year ago when the Supreme Court took the biblical definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman and redefined
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I love Tennessee. It is my adopted home and home to all of my immediate family. I believe our state is the most beautiful and unique of the 50 states. From the Smoky Mountains to the majestic and mighty Mississippi River, I stand in awe that the providential hand of God led me here decades ago to invest the best — and rest
By Roc Collins President, TBC What a blessing it is to be a Tennessee Baptist. God has so richly blessed our state and convention, and
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made national headlines recently when he refused to stand for the National
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Sometimes people make well-meaning statements when they are trying to comfort others about things which they have no
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector When the United States Supreme Court redefined the biblical definition of marriage slightly more than a year ago
Van Richmond Former Pastor of New Life Church, Nashville And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R “You missed your chance!” That’s what our pastor said
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC I hear the naysayers. They say newspaper is dead. Or, if not dead, is dying, or on life
Kevin Minchey Church Revitalization Strategist, TBC Church revitalization is about making a “comeback.” The sports world loves a good comeback: George Foreman, Jack Nicklaus, Michael
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector It’s well documented that courts in the United States (including the highest court in the land) have not
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I love Tennessee. It is my adopted home and home to all of my immediate family. I believe