By Don Pierson Pastor, Stewart’s Chapel Baptist Church, Flintville A few years ago if someone had told you that our nation would be debating whether a person could marry a person of the same sex, you would have said, “No way!” Yet we are not only debating it, some of our states are already doing it, and even some churches are doing it. We are in critical days, the Bible describes
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There is an ancient Afghan proverb that states, “If you think you’re leading and no one is following you, then you’re only taking a walk.” I love the truth in that statement, but it begs a question. “If they aren’t following you, then who did they go follow?” More concisely, is someone else really in charge?
By David Evans TBC Evangelism Specialist I have had many conversations about Easter egg hunts and evangelism. Many churches that I have recently spoken with feel incomplete concerning their Easter egg hunt plans. They have a great turnout but it seems to just be another event. The Easter egg hunt seems to be consumed with preparation leaving little to be offered afterwards. I understand that some church leaders struggle with
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Growing up in a Southern Baptist church I always knew that church attendance usually was higher on Easter Sunday and the Sunday closest to Christmas. I naturally assumed that a lot of those Easter/Christmas attendees were non-believers. The more I have researched and talked with people who know more about church attendance than me, the more I realize that’s not necessarily true.
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I recently reread an old letter that stopped me in my tracks. The author’s passion was evident, and I could imagine the anguished expression on his face. I’m sure tears streamed down his cheeks and into his beard as he wrote. “With Christ as my witness,” he penned. “I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. My heart
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R In our first year of marriage, I was a working, full-time college student with my wife expecting a baby. Though money was scarce, hamburger meat was just three pounds for a dollar. And we had some kind of meat every meal — well, until we didn’t one night. After we prayed, I looked over the meal and asked, “Where’s the meat?” Phyllis pointed to
By Chris Kelly Exec. VP/General Counsel, Tennessee Baptist Foundation It’s not always popular to speak of the, uh, let’s say “seniority” of some of our Baptist brothers and sisters. However, for the purpose of this article, it may be a good thing as you have an opportunity to contribute to Kingdom work that others do not enjoy. If you have reached the young age of 70 and a half years
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Okay, show of hands. How many of you have ever heard of Knowles Shaw (without searching for him on Google). Raise those hands high. Tennessee is a long state. Nobody? Honestly, before this column I didn’t know who he was either. But he’s worth knowing about. Shaw was an American composer, author, and evangelist from Ohio. Thousands across our state grew up singing
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Over the past year you have seen a lot of changes in the Baptist and Reflector — and there are more to come. We are in the process of developing a website totally dedicated to the B&R. This website will enable us to produce more material that our readers (and future readers) will want and need to read.
By Scott Patty Pastor, Grace Community Church, Nashville Two obvious reasons to affirm marriage as the union of a man and a woman include loyalty to Jesus and faithfulness to the Bible passages about marriage. But there is another reason: for the clarity of the gospel. The one human relationship given to us to illustrate the gospel message and the relationship between Jesus and the church is marriage. The Apostle
By Don Pierson Pastor, Stewart’s Chapel Baptist Church, Flintville A few years ago if someone had told you that our nation would be debating whether a
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There is an ancient Afghan proverb that states, “If you think you’re leading and no one is following
By David Evans TBC Evangelism Specialist I have had many conversations about Easter egg hunts and evangelism. Many churches that I have recently spoken with
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Growing up in a Southern Baptist church I always knew that church attendance usually was higher on Easter
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I recently reread an old letter that stopped me in my tracks. The author’s passion was evident, and
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R In our first year of marriage, I was a working, full-time college student with my wife expecting a baby.
By Chris Kelly Exec. VP/General Counsel, Tennessee Baptist Foundation It’s not always popular to speak of the, uh, let’s say “seniority” of some of our
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Okay, show of hands. How many of you have ever heard of Knowles Shaw (without searching for him
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Over the past year you have seen a lot of changes in the Baptist and Reflector — and
By Scott Patty Pastor, Grace Community Church, Nashville Two obvious reasons to affirm marriage as the union of a man and a woman include loyalty