By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Last week at least two more police officers were shot and killed — this time in San Diego. The list of police officers being killed is growing at an alarming rate. Police officers have been cast in a negative light by some political leaders and media. That must stop. Police officers put their lives on the line every time they step out the
By David Evans TBC Evangelism Specialist As you are aware, our nation is struggling with a great divide. Those that stand in the middle of the divide are our men and women police officers. They wake every morning to fears that most of us cannot comprehend. They face the unknown everyday to protect and serve their communities. Lately they have been compensated with news of fallen officers. They are not
Morgan Owen BCM Specialist, TBC The phone call was one that, as a campus minister, you love to receive. Reed Tallman from Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethton, contacted me in July 2015 to pass along contact information on a student coming to the University of Tennessee at Martin. The importance of the call was vital for Tallman because the student from his youth ministry, Roger Clark, lived more than 400 miles
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R When I grew up in West Texas, everyone knew what it meant for two people to get “crossways” with each other. They were at odds and headed in different directions. However, dictionaries tend to focus on the literal meanings of crossways [also means “crosswise”]. Very literally, “crossways” means to cut across something that is going in another direction. But when people are crossways or
By Bill Choate Collegiate Ministries Director, TBC In the next few weeks, many of our fine young adults will leave home to go off to college. Moving off to live and learn on a university campus is an important step in growing toward adulthood. Tennessee Baptists continue to invest much in providing Baptist Collegiate Ministry on our campuses. BCM is a ministry of our churches — ministry done with, by,
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Just recently I received an e-mail from a long-time friend and colleague in denominational journalism. He wrote, after browsing through some various state papers online, “I was thoroughly impressed with the B&R’s content and display. Everything there has visual appeal web-wise, even if just a headline, and is easily accessible and, then, quite a number of the stories are great reports.” High praise
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Here’s a quiz. Ready? What does a country girl from McMinnville, an agnostic from Mt. Juliet, a Division I basketball player from Memphis, and a Jewish young man from Georgia have in common? Hint: The same thing as several Muslims from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Yemen, and quite a few Buddhists from Korea, Japan, and China. They were all brought to Jesus as
By Ken R. Speakman Member, Tulip Grove Baptist Church, Old Hickory I Thessalonians 5:18 reminds us to “in everything give thanks.” To give thanks when you don’t feel like it is not hypocrisy; it’s obedience. Does this mean even when my flight is cancelled, my vacation has been interrupted, or some difficulty comes my way? Yes it does. God often has something else, or something better for you. In January
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector One thing I have learned after working on newspapers for 30-plus years is that you have to be flexible. Quite frankly, this column was not planned, but the events of Thursday, July 7, caused me to completely change the plans that had been made for this issue. We had to delay the printed publication of some stories (some have appeared or will appear
By Bill Wilson Director, Center For Healthy Churches, Clemmons, NC The photo below is of a perfect attendance pin for Sunday School. Many of you have never seen one. There was a day when it was a regular feature in churches all across America. If a person attended Sunday School every Sunday in a year, he or she was awarded a pin, or was awarded an attachment that hung below
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Last week at least two more police officers were shot and killed — this time in San Diego.
By David Evans TBC Evangelism Specialist As you are aware, our nation is struggling with a great divide. Those that stand in the middle of
Morgan Owen BCM Specialist, TBC The phone call was one that, as a campus minister, you love to receive. Reed Tallman from Immanuel Baptist Church,
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R When I grew up in West Texas, everyone knew what it meant for two people to get “crossways” with
By Bill Choate Collegiate Ministries Director, TBC In the next few weeks, many of our fine young adults will leave home to go off to
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Just recently I received an e-mail from a long-time friend and colleague in denominational journalism. He wrote, after
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Here’s a quiz. Ready? What does a country girl from McMinnville, an agnostic from Mt. Juliet, a Division
By Ken R. Speakman Member, Tulip Grove Baptist Church, Old Hickory I Thessalonians 5:18 reminds us to “in everything give thanks.” To give thanks when
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector One thing I have learned after working on newspapers for 30-plus years is that you have to be
By Bill Wilson Director, Center For Healthy Churches, Clemmons, NC The photo below is of a perfect attendance pin for Sunday School. Many of you
